The week also saw a new psf-price high at Orchard Towers on Claymore Road. A 947 sq ft unit, on the 10th floor, changed hands for $2.08 million ($2,196 psf) on Aug 4.The sale of a 1,216 sq ft unit at One Devonshire marked a new psf-price high at the freehold condo and also topped the list of condos that achieved a psf-price high for the week of Aug 1 to 8.The three-bedroom unit, on the 30th floor, changed hands for $3.7 million ($3,042 psf) on Aug 7. This is the first time that a resale unit at
Condos with large land plots are becoming a thing of the past. Be it because of capitalism, or the lack of space such that we have to maximise every square inch of land, older condos are slowly disappearing from our land. Despite their dated facade, their more spacious layouts and generous land plots are something that’s getting increasingly harder to.
Even as the pandemic is tapering off, one lasting effect is that it has helped to redefine our relationship with our homes. It's a trend that still seems to be going on - the search for larger living spaces. Moving beyond the simple equation of four walls and a roof, people are yearning for more - space for a home.
A while ago we reviewed condos with no balconies, for those who find these open-air ledges a waste of space. But for every one person who detests balconies, there's another who loves them and this group doesn't just love balconies, they love big balconies. Ones that you can have dinner on, or set up as a whole garden in.