These few blocks of flats in chinatown are one of the few earlier old housing estates. The owners have since grown old, so majority of them are old folks. The youngs prefer to buy flats in newer housing estates.
Yes, we are a small island, so we need to built our houses upwards towards the sky...lol
Chinatown is a very old town and can be considered to be a small village.
This apartment looked big but the individual units had lesser rooms, some are only 1 bedroom and 1 living room or 2 bedrooms and 1 living room while those in newer estates have bigger units with four or five bedrooms and some are masionettes.
"Some are maisonnettes", must come from the French word maison, maisonnette means little house, sounds cute and cosy. I wouldn't like live in one of those small appartements, they don't look very confortable nor cosy, but hey! the people living there are happy to have a roof on their head, in their dear Chinatown.
Owners of these flats around Singapore need to pay a monthly service fee for maintainenace in the housing estate and every five years the building would receive a fresh coat of painting.
And of course most lived happily in these flats although there are some who really do not get along. Different racial people do live in these apartments in harmony and during festivals they would exchange food, etc.
You watch a virtual show on the newer flats in newer housing estates. And these flats dont come cheap, can cost from $200,000 onwards. http://www101.hdb.gov.sg/hdbvsf/eaap006p.nsf/images/main/$file/main_VT.htm
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more and more skyrise buildings there.
ReplyDeletewhat a huge building. like a small village
ReplyDeleteyikes this apartment building is huge! are the newer estates as large?
ReplyDeleteYes, we are a small island, so we need to built our houses upwards towards the sky...lol
ReplyDeleteChinatown is a very old town and can be considered to be a small village.
This apartment looked big but the individual units had lesser rooms, some are only 1 bedroom and 1 living room or 2 bedrooms and 1 living room while those in newer estates have bigger units with four or five bedrooms and some are masionettes.
the apartments look new to me. well maintained by the owners.
ReplyDelete"Some are maisonnettes", must come from the French word maison, maisonnette means little house, sounds cute and cosy.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't like live in one of those small appartements, they don't look very confortable nor cosy, but hey! the people living there are happy to have a roof on their head, in their dear Chinatown.
That's pretty huge ... hope everybody is friendly or else we shall have a big mess!
ReplyDeleteOwners of these flats around Singapore need to pay a monthly service fee for maintainenace in the housing estate and every five years the building would receive a fresh coat of painting.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course most lived happily in these flats although there are some who really do not get along. Different racial people do live in these apartments in harmony and during festivals they would exchange food, etc.
You watch a virtual show on the newer flats in newer housing estates. And these flats dont come cheap, can cost from $200,000 onwards. http://www101.hdb.gov.sg/hdbvsf/eaap006p.nsf/images/main/$file/main_VT.htm
ReplyDeleteI have always found these buildings so impressive!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young, I wanted to live in the penthouse of a building like this one.
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