Landed housing is a dream for many Singaporeans - the crème de la crème of the private housing market. It's quite clear from our cheapest freehold landed homes series just how popular these homes are.
This is important to think about if you're living with older parents, or are nearing your later years yourself. Unless you're willing to install elevators or stairlifts , you may have problems cleaning and maintaining rooms over different floors. In a condo, you pay the same maintenance fees, whether the damage to be fixed is a minor leak, or something as major as having to re-pave the driveway. Of course, this could increase as the development ages, but it will ultimately be a shared cost.
It's also a good idea to conduct checks once every year, to head off any potential damage before it happens . Landed homes don't have these added obstacles. It's one of the reasons why, when you see notices for missing dogs or cats, it's most often from the owner of a landed property. Pests are a commonly overlooked risk for pet owners. If you have curious dogs or cats, there's a higher risk they may eat something they shouldn't; like poisonous frogs or insects from the garden. Also, don't overlook the higher risk of fleas and ticks.
But Siglap is by no means the only landed enclave with such problems, so check at different days and times when viewing the property.
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