A frustrated Tampines resident has posted a TikTok video slamming the confusing layout of void decks in his neighbourhood, with netizens agreeing that common spaces at newer flats are difficult to navigate and “feel like a maze”.
Uzen Tan, a 30-year-old Assistant Marketing Manager, told Stomp that he has been staying at his Tampines Green Opal flat over the weekend for the past month, and will eventually move in permanently.
“My main concern is navigation,” he said. “The problem is, these paths often lead to dead ends or inaccessible routes. They are also unnecessarily long and winding.”
Mr Tan described the smell from a nearby discharge valve room as an “awful stench”, adding that its location forces residents to walk past it on the way to the lift lobby. There are also insufficient signs to guide people to the lift lobby, other blocks, or bicycle parking areas.
Mr Tan said he has not raised these concerns to the Housing and Development Board (HDB) as he felt that infrastructural issues are difficult to change.
