You may have heard of how some home buyers, when collecting the keys to their prized apartments, were left disappointed when their units turned out to be much smaller than the show flats had seemed.“When you go into the show flat and everything is very nice, sometimes you get distracted and mundane details like storage space does not cross your mind,” said Ngee Ann Polytechnic real estate lecturer Nicholas Mak.
“Mirrors ca be a sense of space”
Here’s what to look out for so that you don’t get cornered into a shoe box when you collect your apartment keys.
1. Mirrors
Arguably the fairest of all interior design tricks, mirrors are used liberally in show flats to make units look bigger with reflections creating illusions of spaciousness. Unless you’re ready to install mirrors in the same fashion, remember to rip these off from the walls of your dream apartment.
2. Glass walls
Some developers install glass walls in show flats to create an illusion of space between two rooms, particularly between the living room and the nearest bedroom. These glass walls typically have a label on them saying something along the lines of “This is a partition wall”. Ask if the unit you’re eyeing will also have these glass walls or they may well be the standard concrete walls instead. Continue reading
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