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Semi-detached house at Upper Bukit Timah showcases ‘new urban kampong’ concept
January 6, 2023
A recently rebuilt semi-detached house in the Upper Bukit Timah-Beauty World neighbourhood of District 21 has all the trappings of a bungalow — from the terraced garden on every level of the three-storey house to a private lift, four en suite bedrooms with nature-inspired bathrooms, a car porch for three cars and a quarter-sized basketball court, a rooftop jacuzzi, gym and workspace-library-studio.
The house owners are a couple who purchased the property — a 50-year-old, double-storey semi-detached house sitting on a freehold site area of close to 3,900 sq ft — in August 2017 for $4.2 million, based on caveats lodged. The trapezoid shape of the land drew little interest when it was first put up for sale five years ago. But the couple found the site intriguing and decided to buy it.
They subsequently engaged Arthur Aw, executive director of privately held boutique development and investment firm Kimen Group, to undertake the design and redevelopment of the property. While others steered away from the trapezoid site with the downward-sloping terrain, Aw saw it as an opportunity to transform an unconventional piece of land into a highly functional and practical house. “The site has the widest frontage in the neighbourhood and is situated on the highest point too,” says Aw, who is clearly of the glass-half-full persuasion.
https://i.imgur.com/Xu6WoW5.jpg
The exterior of the new semi-detached house designed with a bungalow feel in the Beauty World-Upper Bukit Timah area (Photo: Fabian Ong)
Surrounded by greenery
“This house is based on a ‘new urban kampong’ concept, where the interiors are well-ventilated and bright, and you see a garden or pocket of greenery wherever you look,” says Aw.
The built-up area of the new house was optimised to 9,000 sq ft and spans 31⁄2 floors, including the half-basement at street level. The main gate of the house opens to the car porch that can park three cars, the basketball court and a maintenance work staging space.
The main feature of the basement level is a high-ceiling, workspace-studio-library on the left and a staircase with a linear fern garden on the right. The fern garden spans the entire depth of the house, ending with a vertical green wall at the rear, with sunlight streaming in from the skylight.
More at: https://www.edgeprop.sg/property-news/semi-detached-house-upper-bukit-timah-showcases-%E2%80%98new-urban-kampong%E2%80%99-concept
January 6, 2023
A recently rebuilt semi-detached house in the Upper Bukit Timah-Beauty World neighbourhood of District 21 has all the trappings of a bungalow — from the terraced garden on every level of the three-storey house to a private lift, four en suite bedrooms with nature-inspired bathrooms, a car porch for three cars and a quarter-sized basketball court, a rooftop jacuzzi, gym and workspace-library-studio.
The house owners are a couple who purchased the property — a 50-year-old, double-storey semi-detached house sitting on a freehold site area of close to 3,900 sq ft — in August 2017 for $4.2 million, based on caveats lodged. The trapezoid shape of the land drew little interest when it was first put up for sale five years ago. But the couple found the site intriguing and decided to buy it.
They subsequently engaged Arthur Aw, executive director of privately held boutique development and investment firm Kimen Group, to undertake the design and redevelopment of the property. While others steered away from the trapezoid site with the downward-sloping terrain, Aw saw it as an opportunity to transform an unconventional piece of land into a highly functional and practical house. “The site has the widest frontage in the neighbourhood and is situated on the highest point too,” says Aw, who is clearly of the glass-half-full persuasion.
https://i.imgur.com/Xu6WoW5.jpg
The exterior of the new semi-detached house designed with a bungalow feel in the Beauty World-Upper Bukit Timah area (Photo: Fabian Ong)
Surrounded by greenery
“This house is based on a ‘new urban kampong’ concept, where the interiors are well-ventilated and bright, and you see a garden or pocket of greenery wherever you look,” says Aw.
The built-up area of the new house was optimised to 9,000 sq ft and spans 31⁄2 floors, including the half-basement at street level. The main gate of the house opens to the car porch that can park three cars, the basketball court and a maintenance work staging space.
The main feature of the basement level is a high-ceiling, workspace-studio-library on the left and a staircase with a linear fern garden on the right. The fern garden spans the entire depth of the house, ending with a vertical green wall at the rear, with sunlight streaming in from the skylight.
More at: https://www.edgeprop.sg/property-news/semi-detached-house-upper-bukit-timah-showcases-%E2%80%98new-urban-kampong%E2%80%99-concept