Hi Bro Lastresort,
U mean the dinner at Marina Bay Link Mall? Jus a coincidence I joined a group of like-minded frens n met another bro (n sis-in-law) from this forum as well as Mr J Tay too!
Bro, May I know what the dimension of land next to your house for the corner lot?
Each about 30k on average. Yes up to 26% if you are foreigner but not if you are a tax resident here. As in if you stay here at least 182 days a year, you qualify and can just pay the tax from 1-26% (depending on your income bracket) as if you are a local. Certain deductions apply to you too.
Yes, not a lot here but the contractors, especially those who are mainly doing your neighbours one might know best as they already went through some rounds of checks before you. Lots of firms do valuation but not all are done very accurately. Those renovation that increase your total sqft has a slightly better chance to increase the value.
Hi bro, just a little extra info to make your house hunting easier....landed estates comes with corners, end lots and intermediate.
Corners: Usually comes with big garden, maybe 15 - 20 ft? (noticed most of the time have odd/triangular shaped garden for corner houses, as the word corner suggest, are at the end/beginning of the road, thus the odd shape, of course there are also huge nice squarish ones)
End lots: 2 types of end lots;
a) End lot with no garden, just windows at the side, slightly more exp than intermediate.
b) End lots with small strip of land/garden beside, and usually these garden strips varies in size
Mine is (b), i was told typically its 8-10ft, mine is slightly bigger at 11+ ft, so dimension is 11x75. However do note that the boundary wall wil take up about 2ft of your garden space, so i suppose usable garden strip is only abt 9ft...if u just want some extra space for a small garden/tea table or some plants then end lot with garden will be suitable...if u want to have space for kids to play, cycle or run around or an outdoor dining table to entertain 10 guest, then a corner might be a better choice. Hope that helps.
I can't remember now but normally the semi-ds in The Gateway is about 35x80. Land size differs quite a bit. Those units near to the road side like No. 88 has very little land to speak of.
I have also noticed the piece of land next to the semi-D can be a lot smaller than that next to the terrace house at the corner.
Buy bonds and gold. If you have spare cash, buy real gold from UOB or if you want, go online and get Canadian Maple Gold coins.
Good way to hedge against inflation if one is certain about prospect of golf appreciating further.
Like what Wuqi & other forumers say, inspect during VP for cracks & water seepage..
You can visit the place after rain to check on the condition..
For me, even did the backyard extension also no problem with heavy rain..
Go ahead & renovate after key collection, besides you are already paying for the place so why not use it..
I can't remember now but normally the semi-ds in The Gateway is about 35x80. Land size differs quite a bit. Those units near to the road side like No. 88 has very little land to speak of.
Does 35x80 means 2800 sqft of builtup ? Actually I always find it confusing if that is accurate.
Can anyone give a brief lesson how to tell from the dimension of 20x70 , 26x80, 35x80 etc.
My case of 26x80 is 3000 sqft builtup, how does the calculation work ?
Does 35x80 means 2800 sqft of builtup ? Actually I always find it confusing if that is accurate.
Can anyone give a brief lesson how to tell from the dimension of 20x70 , 26x80, 35x80 etc.
My case of 26x80 is 3000 sqft builtup, how does the calculation work ?
Landed properties have 2 sizes that we have to take note of:
a) Land size
b) Built up size (usually refers to internal areas+balcony upstairs+aircond ledges
20x70, 32x70, 40x80 refers to the land size, its different from built up sizes, intermediate terraces with 20x70 land might have different built-up sizes, take Nusa Duta semi-d for example, their earlier batch of 40x80 semi-d has similar built up as their clusters which are 32x70, so sometimes bigger plot size doesnt mean bigger living spaces.
In Spore developer does not reflect the dimention in eg. 20x70 etc etc, instead its just 1400 sqf land, 2000 sqf built up (in spore min plot size is smwhere 1600+ sqf, developers cant built a house on anything smaller than that.
26x80 is the standard land plot size for the intermediate.I prefer SG way really straight to the point.....mine is 26x80 with built up 3000 and the land size is 3700sqft , how to explain the math here ?
Still confuse how to calculate although I know my unit size. My guess is 26x80 is the size of land that the ground floor build-up sit on and it does not indicate garden size or complete plot size.
I prefer SG way really straight to the point.....mine is 26x80 with built up 3000 and the land size is 3700sqft , how to explain the math here ?
Still confuse how to calculate although I know my unit size. My guess is 26x80 is the size of land that the ground floor build-up sit on and it does not indicate garden size or complete plot size.
26x80 refers to teh standard lot size in the estate/house model/type. So instead of having differing sizes within the same estate/taman which might be confusing, all houses similar to yours will be reflected /presented as 26x80 (by looking at this size we know it is a superlink)....of course with the exception of corners & end lots.
So its pretty simple, 26x80=2080 sqf (the plost size your house is sitting on)
Land 3700-2080=1620 sqf (your corner garden size)
Your garden dimension therefore : 1620/80= 20 ft (20x80)
So u have a superlink 26x80 house, and its a corner unit with 20ft extra land.
Total dimension: 46x80
Of course in Singapore landed properties are not the norm, majority live in aprtments (hdb & condo), so we're not that accustomed with it, this is smthing commonly known for malaysians