{"id":13982,"date":"2025-11-24T00:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=13982"},"modified":"2025-11-24T00:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:51:40","slug":"we-toured-a-quiet-landed-area-in-central-singapore-where-terraces-have-sold-below-8-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=13982","title":{"rendered":"We Toured A Quiet Landed Area In Central Singapore Where Terraces Have Sold Below $8 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Today we\u2019re off to central Singapore for our landed estate walkabout, specifically off to Dyson Road. What caught my eye about this estate is the presence of terrace houses, which are on the rarer side in this part of central Singapore. When I got to Dyson Road, things started making more sense. They houses are technically terrace houses; but in terms of actual space they look bigger than semi-detached units. I saw one terrace property that could park four cars in its driveway.<\/p>\n

Anyway let\u2019s commence on the tour so you can see for yourself. Dyson Road is shaped like the alphabet J and has two parts: one part is very sloping and houses larger properties, whilst the other part is more level and is where we\u2019ll find there terrace houses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Here we are on the second, more level part of Dyson Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking to the right of the \u201cJ\u201d of Dyson Road. There\u2019s an apartment complex here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking further past the apartments. Follow this road all the way to the end and you\u2019ll reach Whitley road, which we toured previously. Some more affordable entry points into the area can be found there, thanks to its cluster houses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Now we\u2019re looking to the left of the \u201cJ\u201d- although it\u2019s not that visible in the photography, the road here is very sloping. Another thing to note is that, if you drive in from Bukit TimahRoad\/ Dunearn Road via the Chancery area, the roads are very winding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Here, we\u2019re turning in to the part of Dyson Road where we\u2019ll find more terraced units.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A map of the area to make things clearer:<\/p>\n

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The first houses we see as we turn into this part of Dyson Road. The first part is marked a single white lane, but that soon turns into a dotted white line; and it was very easy to find street parking. That\u2019s not true of other streets in this area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Look at how deep the driveway is here- it almost feels like you could fit a second house in there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Continuing down the road. I didn\u2019t see any bins reserving parking space and there was no issue walking\/ driving down the street despite a few construction projects on the road- probably because the owners have more than enough space in their own homes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two houses to show you the potential for redevelopment here, and how much more space you can get if you rebuild from the older property.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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You can again see the spaciousness through the gates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The most festive house I\u2019ve seen on these walks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Walking towards Thomson Road. On Thomson Road, you\u2019ll find Novena MRT station (NSL), shopping malls, and cafes and restaurants. It\u2019s not especially close though. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I\u2019m just amazed by how much space these terrace houses have.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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As we get closer to Thomson Road, some look more like typical terrace units. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We can see some of the high-rise buildings of Novena from here. However, maybe because the houses are so spacious, the area does not feel hemmed in at all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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How many cars do you think one can park in these terrace houses?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This resident obviously likes gardening. There are pavements on both sides of the street so it\u2019s relatively easy to walk through the estate- just note that one pavement is semi-blocked by trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The newer house on the left dwarfs its older neighbour to the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One of the construction projects I mentioned earlier in the article.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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From here, we start seeing some semi-detached units and even the odd detached one. The semi-detached units felt smaller and more closed in than the terrace ones, to me, though- probably because they had much less outside space. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We\u2019re almost at the end of Dyson Road here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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These are the semi-detached houses I mentioned earlier. Do you see what I mean about how the terrace houses feel bigger and more open here?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Behind the houses on our left are more apartments. Thomson Vale or Novena Lodge I think, looking at Google maps. They\u2019re located just off Thomson Road, a very busy road. However, it was so quiet at Dyson Road that I had no idea we were next to such a major road till I looked at the map.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Walking towards Thomson Road here <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One of the rare detached units on this part of Dyson Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We\u2019ve now reached the end of Dyson Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was curious about the price of a terrace house here, given how large they are and must say that, though they\u2019re by no means cheap, I was surprised the prices weren\u2019t higher. Having said that, it\u2019s most likely because the square footage on paper is smaller than I had thought it would be. Perhaps the sales are just for the smaller plots in the estate? Either that or the houses look deceptively large.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re wondering about current prices, at the time of writing, there were units for sale from $8.2 million<\/a>+ to $17.5 million<\/a>\u2013 for a detached house, not a terrace house, in case you were wondering.<\/p>\n

For those with boys about to enter Primary School, you may be interested to hear that some houses on Dyson Road are within one kilometre of ACS Barker and CHIJ Primary Toa Payoh. <\/p>\n

As always, I did a quick Google search for \u201cDyson Road\u201d to see if anything worth mentioning comes up. Apparently Dick Lee\u2019s family just sold a few bungalows<\/a> nearby. As they say, no news is good news?<\/p>\n

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In terms of amenities, the closest would be the shophouses on Thomson Road, near IRAS You can read more about them in my article about the Novena landed enclave<\/a>. It\u2019s a good mix of local and foreign food there and there\u2019s also a gym in the IRAS building. However, for groceries, you\u2019ll have to drive to Velocity mall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Note that there is a lot of construction going on over at Thomson Road which makes driving through it a real pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, one of the best things about this landed estate is that it\u2019s connected to three main roads: Thomson Road, Whitley Road, and Dunearn Road. I\u2019d say you\u2019d enjoy living here more with a car, but if you need public transport, the most viable would be taking a bus from Whitley Road. Quite a few buses stop there too: 105, 132, 151 153, 154, 156, 186, 966, 966A and 985.<\/p>\n

Now that you\u2019ve seen the area, how did you find it? I liked it more than I thought I would! Let me know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n