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Private condominiums and apartments, where residents share the common compound and facilities, are the preferred choices for most expatriates. They come in various sizes, ranging from low-rise blocks to extensive high-rise
condo. The units range from studio, 1, 2, 3 and 4-bedroom units, penthouses.
Condo and apartment start from as small as 500 square feet to as large as 8,000 square feet.
Apartments and condo are strata-subdivided housing units,
with the common areas owned and managed by a Management Corporation. Hybrid
housing forms such as townhouses, cluster housing and strata-bungalows also come
under the strata-subdivision arrangement. There are clearly-defined planning
guidelines governing each of these housing forms.
Most condos come with good-quality finishes, luscious landscaping, basement car park and full recreational facilities such as clubhouse, children's playground, gymnasium, swimming pool, squash, tennis courts, and sometimes even a putting green. Most developments have 24-hour security surveillance, intercom systems and some
condos even have home automation systems.
 APT - Apartment. The compound has smaller land area compared to
Condominium. May not have recreation facilities.
CLUSTERHSE - Cluster House. Strata titled landed house with shared compound and
recreation facilities.
CONDO - Condominium. The compound has bigger land compared to Apartment and
usually has recreation facilities.
CONDO EXEC - Executive Condominium. Condominium restricted by HDB's rules and
regulations on Rental & Sale.
HUDC - Privatised flat originally built by the Housing & Development Board
(HDB). May not have recreation facilities.
PENTHSE - Penthouse. Biggest unit in the Apartment or Condo block. Usually on
the top floor with two levels.
TOWNHSE - Townhouse. Apartment with ground level entrance and usually is 2 to
4-storey high.
WALKUP - Walkup Apartment. Low rise apartment without a lift or recreation
facilities.
Landed Property
Landed properties are houses with gardens. Conventional landed housed comprises of bungalows (a freestanding house), semi-detached (a pair of houses) and terrace units (a row of houses), all of which come with private garden compounds or garage.
BUNGALOW
- Bungalow. Free standing house with no shared wall with others
except the fence.
CLUSTERHSE
- Cluster House. Strata titled landed house with shared compound and
recreation facilities.
DETACHED
- Detached House. Same as Bungalow, with no shared wall.
HOUSE -
House. May be any form of house listed here.
SEMI-D -
Semi Detached House. A pair of houses, two houses joint side by
side.
TERRACE -
Terrace House. A row of houses joint side by side, may be corner or
intermediate terrace.
* Please note that Singapore Government has imposed restrictions on
foreign ownership of private residential property such as landed
houses in Singapore. Please refer to
Singapore Land
Authority website for more information.
Singapore
Commercial / Industrial Property
FACTORY-
Factory. Industrial space for heavy or light industries.
HDBSHOP -
HDB Shop. Shop space within a HDB block.
OFFICE -
Office. Office space in commercial office buildings or shop house.
RES./LOUNGE
- Restaurant / Lounge. Commercial space suitable for cafe,
restaurant, lounge businesses.
SHOP -
Shop. Shop space for retail business in malls or shophouse.
SHOPHSE -
Shophouse. A row of low-rise shops joint side by side with a living
quarter / office above them.
WAREHSE -
Warehouse space for storage. May include some office space.
Other
Properties
These types of houses below are either conservation
shophouses or colonial houses and bungalows. A good example will be shophomes
like Townerville. Kindly
contact us if you are interested in them.
COLONIAL HOUSE, BUNGALOW - Houses built in the pre-war British colonial times.
CONSERVATION
HOUSE, SHOP HOUSE - Houses or Shop Houses that are marked for
conservation.
BLACK AND WHITE HOUSE - Houses built in the pre-war British colonial times,
with white & black exterior..
HERITAGE HOUSE - House constructed with a touch of Asian heritage and culture,
Balinese concept.
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