Category Archives: Luxury Property

Luxury, luxury everywhere: but what does it really mean?

Posted on 6 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Luxury, luxury everywhere: but what does it really mean?
The Luxury Expert looks at Singapore’s high-end property market and defines luxury for HNWI’s.

Let’s make it clear, not every property that the developer calls ’luxury’ is a luxury or choice property. In many, if not most cases in Singapore, the property that is up for a launch hails itself as a ’true luxury’ or ’luxury living’. Its advertisement is splashed with lush greeneries around the upcoming condo, usually accompanied by a smiling, dressed-up teenage model, who also strikes a pose by the swimming pool. I have never teenage girls buying luxury condominiums and I hope the readers do not confuse such properties with our Continue reading →

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Don’t write off old bungalows

Posted on 6 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Don’t write off old bungalows

You can always ask an architect to see how rooms and spaces can be transformed with simple changes

WHEN one buys a landed property, it is more than likely that it will come with a house attached.

Quite often, however, new owners will demolish the existing house and build a new one from scratch, adding to the money invested in the property. And at an average of $500 psf for construction cost, this can add up to quite a hefty sum. So it may pay to consider the potential of the existing old bungalow instead.

Anyone with a good eye for architecture should be able to see how rooms and spaces can be transformed with simple changes. But for those without, the best person to ask is an architect.

Transforming old buildings is something architect Mink Tan has had experience with, having won the URA Heritage Award for the Waterboat House on Fullerton Road in 2004.

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