HDB pilots new open concept ‘white flats’ in October BTO exercise
Compared to occurring condos, these “white condos” will definitely have contiguous living and bed rooms spot without beams or dividers walls. The first set of such white flats are going to be made available at the Kallang-Whampoa BTO venture, with 310 three- and four-room units.
An example is Far East Company’s Inessence label of ultra-luxury houses, for example, Alba, Blvd Vue and Skyline @ Orchard Blvd in the prime areas of Orchard Roadway. The “white plan” concept permitted customers to personalise their units.
According to the HDB, the non-provision of internal partition walls for such white flats will definitely be factored right into the rates. Property buyers might decide into the brand-new arrangement when they are invited to make a reservation for their level.
“Public housing flats that come with the white plan can be an original for some prospective buyers”, says Sunlight.
Christine Sun, main investigator & strategist at OrangeTee Group, explains that such “white scheme” concepts that offer buyers the possibility to customise the design of their units were available just in upscale exclusive homes prior to.
For instance, four-room flats nowadays have 3 rooms. Young pairs with no children yet may not require all three rooms currently. A white flat lets them to partition the space with furniture pieces or glass partitions. In the future, when they have kids, the space could be repurposed, and the bed rooms put in, includes Lim.
HDB will pilot a new open idea design in the October Built-To-Order (BTO) exercise, announced Desmond Lee, Minister of National Development, at a speech on May 27.
Nonetheless, she adds in that the brand-new format might have a potential downside when offering the unit in the future as it may appeal to a smaller pool of buyers.
He explains that those who intend to refurbish their brand-new level might even see price savings as they won’t need to have to dismantle partitions, unlike those purchasing the conventional HDB apartments.
Regardless of this, Sun anticipates that any type of potential cost contrast would certainly not be significant as the building of non-structural walls is cheaper.
“It allows the layout of the HDB flat to be tailor-maked and re-configured as household may need alteration,” comments Eugene Lim, key executive officer at ERA Singapore.