Project: Parkland Residences HDB Town Hougang Address: 475A-D Upper Serangoon Cres Lease Start Date: 2014 No. of Units: 680 Parkland Residences DBSS was launched more than 10 years ago in January 2012 and it was the second last DBSS to be launched before the scheme was stopped altogether. Regardless of your thoughts on how successful the DBSS scheme has been, this one, in particular, does have quite a number of...
Parkland Residences DBSS was launched more than 10 years ago in January 2012 and it was the second last DBSS to be launched before the scheme was stopped altogether.
I usually prefer it if there were more than one entrance/exit for residents' convenience, but considering the location, this isn't really an issue here. The area around Parkland Residences is not dense at all with only a neighbouring HDB sharing Upper Serangoon Crescent. Thus, drivers here should have no problems exiting the development.
Lights are provided, however, there are no fans here though it's not a big deal as caterers can usually provide some. There's no seating area in here too, for that matter. The good news is that residents are provided with a sheltered walkway all the way throughout the development making it comfortable regardless of the weather.
The first two levels here are rather dim which is probably where you'll park as a resident. As with all other MSCPs, it's a lot more bright and airy on the higher floors. This is quite undesirable given the lack of views, the noise, and the lack of privacy — which would likely be reflected in the unit's price anyway.It's not exactly a huge space, but I'm not complaining given Parkland Residences is literally across a park. So I doubt that residents would really have a need to come up here unless they're interested in the barbeque pits here:
Now let's head over to the second car park. This car park is situated only on the ground floor with the 2nd level housing most of the HDB's facilities. I've recently reviewed Adora Green DBSS at Yishun which has a fantastic site layout that minimises opposite block facings and maximises views all around, so it really boils down to the development.
Next is the playground! Over here, you'll find three types that are available to you. The first one looks pretty standard and has a really radical slide and a fun-looking curved slide. Now that we're done with the common facilities, let's head into the blocks to check out what the common corridor looks like.
You can see that these corridors are similar to some other DBSS I've seen where it's just around four tiles wide. While it is narrow, the good news is that there's some space right in front of each unit. Since we're referencing this picture, I wanted to point out how common it is for people to hang their clothes in less-than-ideal places .
Before I end my tour, I want to highlight two very positive aspects of Parkland Residences: Commercial units and the childcare centre!
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