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Today, we\u2019re back in the East again for our landed estate exploration. This time at Fowlie Road.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been raining almost every day, so it was a little tricky to find a day clear enough to do one of these landed enclave walkabouts. You may be wondering what my logistical difficulties have to do with this series about landed houses \u2013 well, given how much rain we\u2019ve had lately, one of the things I was concerned about was obviously flooding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to this NLB article<\/a>, at least part of Fowlie Road is low lying. The nearby Onan Road<\/a> was prone to flash floods in the past, but there have been less of these today compared to the \u201970s. You can find out about heavy rain warnings<\/a> here. I did a Google News search for \u201cFowlie Road flooding\u201d but no recent news came up.<\/p>\n

Before we start our wanderings, let\u2019s take a look at the map of the area.<\/p>\n

\"Fowlie<\/figure>\n

As you can see from the map, this is a part of Singapore we\u2019ve been to a few times: see my earlier mention of Onan Road for the link to our Onan Road landed estate tour. Fowlie Road runs parallel to East Coast Road and connects Joo Chiat Road and a linear green park.<\/p>\n

I really like its proximity to the green space. There is also a \u201cshortcut\u201d to Tanjong Katong Primary School which is only about a five minute walk away.<\/p>\n

The streets in this neighbourhood are laid out in a grid pattern and most of the streets generally follow a north-south orientation. But Fowlie Road is among a handful in this estate that follow a somewhat West-East orientation.<\/p>\n

The layout of this neighbourhood certainly emphasises the area\u2019s charm and low-density landed enclave lifestyle, characteristic of most of the landed estates in the East and East Coast areas.<\/p>\n

Let me show you what I mean!<\/p>\n

\"Fowlie
Here we are at the junction between Fowlie Road and Onan Road. As you can see, not all the houses open on to Fowlie Road. Some of the houses here are actually the sides of the houses on Onan Road where the entrances are, making Fowlie Road feel a bit less residential. Initially, I wasn\u2019t even sure if there were any houses that opened directly on to Fowlie Road, but there were.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Here\u2019s the side of the house I mentioned before.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
On the right side of the street are houses that front the road, where the front gate opens on to Fowlie Road. The open space, which is part of the site comprising Toong chai Presbyterian Church, across the street gives the area a more open feel despite the houses being terrace houses. Also, note the single white line on the road which means no street parking here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Looking down Fowlie street towards Tanjong Katong Primary School here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
There is a pavement on both sides of the street but they\u2019re quite narrow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
An older house next to a rebuilt one so you can see how much higher you can go here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
The open field I mentioned earlier. It really makes Fowlie Road so much more pleasant to live on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Walking past the open field\/ church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Surprised to see more than one single storey house here as most homes here have been redeveloped.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Yup, I remembered correctly. The open field is part of a church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Front view of the single storey houses. If you bought them, would you keep them as is or redevelop it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
More vintage landmarks here. I\u2019m guessing this used to be a community signboard. It looks a bit small to be a bus stop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Some people don\u2019t like staying close to places of worship due to potential noise spillover during service. Here are the service times so you can check the noise levels out for yourself. Note that there is more than one place of worship here- there is also a temple slightly further down, to the left, and then another church, slightly further down, to the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
As you can see, the houses here don\u2019t have the largest car porches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Fowlie Road connects to Carpmael Road here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
The street across from Carpmael Road, which also bisects Fowlie Road, is a dead end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
At the end of that street, there are more houses. I guess this would be the most private part of Fowlie Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie<\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Still in the cul-de-sac. Could be quite cool to live here! There should be very little through traffic too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Heading back out to Fowlie Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Admiring the vintage structure the church is housed in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Continuing down Fowlie Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
These houses are slightly bigger than the ones we passed earlier, which makes sense as they look like semi-detached units vs the terraces we passed before.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Behind the houses on Fowlie Road is East Coast Road and what looks to be a boutique condo- possibly Ceylon Crest?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Passing some construction work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Besides the construction project is a small side alley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
It seems like this part of Fowlie Road is mostly semi-Ds, whilst the part closer to Joo Chiat Road has terrace houses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Here, Fowlie Road meets Ceylon Road. If you turn left here, Ceylon Road takes you all the way out of the landed enclave on to East Coast Road. Along the way you pass the temple I mentioned earlier.<\/p>\n

On East Coast Road, you find lots of shophouse restaurants and more, and a little down the way, you\u2019ll find The Odeon Katong shopping mall, Katong Square, and i12 Katong shopping mall. It makes this part of the East cute but also practical, with lots of amenities in the malls such as a supermarket, parking, and clinic in i12 Katong.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Fowlie<\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Walk a bit more and you reach Marshall Road which connects East Coast Road and Pennefather and Dunman Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Love the colorful walls here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Another massive construction project, this time on Marshall Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie<\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Sneak peak down both sides of Marshall Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
We\u2019re now at the very end of Fowlie Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
There are houses on both sides of the street and then, at the end, Fowlie Road adjoins on to a linear green park with Tanjong Katong Primary School behind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
The houses on the other side of the street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
It may not be obvious in the photos but on one side of the street, there are more semi-detached units and, on the other, there are more terrace units.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
A closer look at the semi-Ds, as they looked like terrace houses in the previous photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
There is no single white line here but there are double yellow lines on both sides of the street so still no street parking. Generally street parking is in limited supply in this estate though there are a few legal URA lots over at Pennefather Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie<\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Here is the connection to the linear park. You get quite a few linear parks in the East. Some cars were parked in front of the park here as it\u2019s quite a generous space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
As you can see, the linear park is very narrow and you can see the property behind it. I believe it s the school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
There\u2019s a few pieces of outdoor exercise equipment here, which means that members of the public might gather here at all times of the day (or night) (i.e. potential noise.)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
I believe this gate leads to Tanjong Katong Primary School so you can see how convenient it is for students of said school who live on Fowlie Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie<\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Looking down both sides of the linear park. It was more crowded than the estate. I saw more people here than walking around the landed enclave.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
Standing on the linear park and looking back at Fowlie Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie
A photo to show you the distance from the last house on Fowlie Road to the linear park. They\u2019re quite close to each other.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fowlie<\/figure>\n

Table: Compiled by EdgeProp Singapore based on URA caveats.<\/em><\/p>\n

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More from Stacked<\/p>\n

The Circuit Breaker seems to have had the strange effect of slowing Covid-19, and accelerating property sales. We like to\u2026<\/p>\n

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Now that we\u2019ve seen the whole estate, let me know what you think in the comments!<\/p>\n

But before we go, here are the last transacted prices. We can see that the most recent sale on Fowlie Road involved a terrace house that sat on a 1,744 sq ft plot, which fetched $4.44 million ($2,546 psf) when it was sold on Aug 22 this year. Based on caveat data, it seems that sales of semi-detached houses are less common, with only one sale in the last 13 years!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n