Terrace, semi-detached, detached, Good Class Bungalow and strata landed, bought and sold across Singapore.
Two houses on the same road can be a million apart on plot width, orientation and rebuild envelope alone. Getting that argument right is most of the job.
Houses in a row sharing party walls on both sides. The end unit becomes a corner terrace, which gains a side garden, a wider minimum plot and, usually, a noticeably higher price.
Houses in a row sharing party walls on both sides. The end unit becomes a corner terrace, which gains a side garden, a wider minimum plot and, usually, a noticeably higher price.
One shared party wall, one free side. That side setback is what buyers pay for. It brings in light and cross-ventilation, and it is what makes a rebuild worth doing.
Free on all four sides: the bungalow proper. Outside a GCB Area this is the widest rebuild envelope available, and the type where land size drives the valuation more than the house on it.
The most tightly controlled housing form in Singapore, confined to 39 gazetted GCB Areas. Where it can sit, how large the plot must be and whether it can ever be subdivided are all governed, which is precisely why the market is so thin.
A landed house held under strata title inside a managed development, commonly marketed as cluster housing. A pool, a gym and a guardhouse, with a monthly maintenance contribution and a management corporation.
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Minimum plot criteria are URA's guidelines for new subdivision. Older plots can and do sit below them. Height is capped by URA envelope control at 12 m in a 2-storey area and 15.5 m in a 3-storey area, with any attic sitting inside that envelope. Checked against URA · 2 September 2026
At the top of the landed market a handful of transactions can set the tone for a year. The right move is often to wait for the right buyer rather than to chase the first offer down.
Send the estate and the type. Karen will come back with a range and the comparables behind it.
One question at a time. It takes about a minute.
So the numbers are drawn from the right comparables.
An estate, road or district is enough — no unit number needed.
Timing changes the advice more than anything else.
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