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Glossary of Singapore Properties
Apartment and Condo
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.
- 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.
- 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.
HDB Flats
More than 80% of Singaporeans live in public housing. These apartments are mostly owned by the occupants. These HDB apartments are located in housing estates, which are self-contained towns with clinics, schools, supermarkets, food centres, as well as sports and recreational facilities. They are known as HDB flats because they are built and maintained by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). For the classification of HDB flats, the living room is counted as one room.
- 2-Room HDB Flat - 1 bedroom with a built-in area of about 45 sq m or 485 sq ft.
- 3-Room HDB Flat - 2 bedrooms with a built-in area of about 70 sq m or 754 sq ft.
- 4-Room HDB Flat - 3 bedrooms with a built-in area of about 90 sq m or 969 sq ft.
- 5-Room HDB Flat - 3 bedrooms with a built-in area of about 110 sq m or 1,184 sq ft.
- Jumbo HDB Flat - 6 bedrooms which is joint by two 3-Room flats.
- Executive Apartment (HDB EA) - 3 bedrooms with built-in area of about 150 sq m or 1,615 sq ft.
- Executive Mansionette (HDB EM) - Same as Executive apartment, except it has two levels.
