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Lure of ‘shoebox’ flats

Affordability of such units – some the size of 21/2 carpark lots – is the main lure

Vutton is a 21-storey condominium in Akyab Road whose smallest flat is a 1-bedroom 484 sq ft flat. — PHOTO: HUTTONS REAL ESTATE GROUP

What do you call an area equivalent to 21/2 carpark lots?

An apartment, covering 258 sq ft.

Such units were among apartments of various sizes put up for sale at the Suites@Guillemard pro-ject in Guillemard recently.

The cost of the small unit? $374,000 or $1,450 psf – and all four such units were snapped up.

They might well be Singapore’s smallest private apartments, beating out a 312 sq ft unit at Kent Residences near Farrer Park, which made the news in June last year. Continue reading