Earlier when I did the tour of Elliot Road, a reader left a comment asking for more tours of smaller landed estates so when I passed Jalan Mas Kuning, also known as the Pasir Panjang Gardens estate, I decided that it would be a good fit for this series! Despite the name, the estate is not really within Pasir Panjang..
When I visited West Coast landed estate, someone suggested that I should also check out Faber Hills, which is sort of opposite West Coast (separated by the expressway.) I was rather intrigued as my mother had worked in West Coast all my life but I’d never heard of or been to Faber Hills! Hence, last week, I decided to trot.
In response to another reader’s request, I went down to West Coast to tour the landed houses there. This is an area that I’m quite familiar with, as my Mother has been working there my entire life. I remember when it was still a sleepy area that wasn’t very in demand. Our hairdresser actually bought a semi-D for a few.
Given the interest in bigger living spaces we’ve seen since 2020, it seemed appropriate to do a series on townhouses in Singapore. I suppose as, like real landed houses, townhouses (and cluster houses) offer more space, but often at lower price tags. In this series, we’ll be covering East, West, North, South & Central Singapore, starting with D5 and D21.