Congratulations. You've bought your five-room HDB flat in a housing market where prices only seem to go in one direction (which is up). Now comes the fun (or hard part, depending on which side of the fence you sit on) part — renovating the space. Depending on the layout of the flat, you will be surprised at just how much...
Congratulations. You've bought your five-room HDB flat in a housing market where prices only seem to go in one direction .Depending on the layout of the flat, you will be surprised at just how much you can actually configure a space. All this will come at a greater cost, as hacking walls and floors will certainly be a more costly affair.
What's not so great is the position of the bathrooms. They are located next to each other, and the position of the common bath means that occupants of both common bedrooms will need to walk across the dining — it's not ideal for privacy. You could also do away with the additional storage, and push in the wall to make the study area smaller and give more space to the dining.This layout is one for those who just need the one bedroom, and would like to dedicate the rest of the space towards a generous living/dining and entertainment area.
The other bedroom has been converted to a dedicated lounge area, but you can always transform this into something that's more appropriate for your hobbies. You could opt to use one of the bedrooms as a "bay window", which would make sense here as most of the older HDB units do not sport floor-to-ceiling windows anyway.Are you one of those folks whose favourite spot in the house is the bedroom? Or do you want to have a clear and solid separation between your home's private spaces and those areas available to guests? If you're in that camp, this might just be a very interesting option to consider.
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