$750 for bomb shelter? Rental listing for Balestier room removed after rousing suspicion

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If you've ever wanted to feel extra safe at home, this may be the room for you. A user purportedly posted on Facebook group Room Rental Singapore to advertise a room at Balestier Road for $750 a month. The problem? The room looks suspiciously like a bomb shelter, Shin Min Daily News reported on Sunday (May 12). According to the...

Netizens suspect this Balestier Road room put up for rent may be a bomb shelter.If you've ever wanted to feel extra safe at home, this may be the room for you.

According to the now-deleted post, the unit is a two-minute walk from supermarkets and food courts, 500m from 13 bus stops, and near Boon Keng and Novena MRT stations.Tenants are allowed to cook, use the pool and gym facilities and have visitors in the day. Netizens commented that the photo of the room that is for rent resembles a bomb shelter with air-conditioning installedSome netizens were outraged by the asking price of $750, which they felt was too high — with some wondering if it is legal to rent out a bomb shelter, Shin Min reported.Speaking with the Chinese publication, Propnex Group key executive officer Lim Yong Hock said that only the spaces that are stipulated bedrooms are allowed to be rented out.

 

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