Shawn
16-07-11, 20:08
Personally I feel having a kitchen yard is not ideal as it is usually tugged in the middle of kitchen and bomb shelter, and non functional. Would prefer a balcony over kitchen yard.
Bomb shelter is functional if the size of the condo unit is large making it functional as a store room. Other than that, bomb shelter has no function and is a waste of space.
Some condos have large aircon ledge as large as a balcony size. Obviously aircon ledge is useless in terms of function other than to store all those aircon fan coil units. An aircon ledge as small as possible is the best option. Some condo aircon ledge occupies 10% of the total layout space.
A big balcony is functional if it is facing a park or the sea. But balcony without any facing is another useless junk.
Recently, we saw extraordinary high psf prices for units that come with large balcony, roof terraces, or penthouses despite the fact that these layouts have large open non-living spaces. Penthouses at Aalto are marketing and sold at $2300-$3000psf, Amber Residences penthouses are selling at $1850-2100psf. In condos like The Caribbean at Keppel Bay, its ground floor 4 bedrooms with large PES area was recently transacted at $1710psf, the highest psf so far whereas normal units transacted at $1400-1550psf only.
And in new developments, developers are pricing up their penthouses at $300-500psf more than its normal units. Ground floor units on the other hand are always priced at a discount from normal units.
Bomb shelter is functional if the size of the condo unit is large making it functional as a store room. Other than that, bomb shelter has no function and is a waste of space.
Some condos have large aircon ledge as large as a balcony size. Obviously aircon ledge is useless in terms of function other than to store all those aircon fan coil units. An aircon ledge as small as possible is the best option. Some condo aircon ledge occupies 10% of the total layout space.
A big balcony is functional if it is facing a park or the sea. But balcony without any facing is another useless junk.
Recently, we saw extraordinary high psf prices for units that come with large balcony, roof terraces, or penthouses despite the fact that these layouts have large open non-living spaces. Penthouses at Aalto are marketing and sold at $2300-$3000psf, Amber Residences penthouses are selling at $1850-2100psf. In condos like The Caribbean at Keppel Bay, its ground floor 4 bedrooms with large PES area was recently transacted at $1710psf, the highest psf so far whereas normal units transacted at $1400-1550psf only.
And in new developments, developers are pricing up their penthouses at $300-500psf more than its normal units. Ground floor units on the other hand are always priced at a discount from normal units.