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By: George

George — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:13:49 +0000

How come you have not been posting updates? Looking forward to your updates!

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By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:20:24 +0000

Hi Keith,

Nice to see fellow property agents blogging about Singapore property market.

By: keith yip

keith yip — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:10:41 +0000

@Kelvin,

Looking at the overall picture with location premium and more efficient spatial layout, I would think the $100+ psf is worth it. Of course, that is my personal view then:)

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:04:51 +0000

Thanks for your inputs Keith. PSF for Pinnacle 16 is unfortunately 100+psf higher than Verve and the development is also about 4 yrs old…

By: keith yip

keith yip — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:12:57 +0000

Hi Kelvin,

Some of my views on the Verge projects. Let’s talk about the things that I like about this project:
1. Shoebox scheme which provide mainly small units of 440 to 800sf. Good for rental yield since the layouts are easy to be let out.
2. Location: Just next to the up & coming Zhong Shan Park with international hotels and park amenities. Moreover, it is within walking distance to Toa Payoh MRT station via the overhead bridge at PIE

Things that I do not like:
1. Excessive planter and balcony space: For some units these spaces could make up more than one third of overall strata.
2. No provision of yard area: The thing I dread of seeing apartment owners start drying clothings at balcony areas which make the development realy ugly. It is especially true if you do not have a yard area to start with.
3. So-so materials for 1000 psf units: Compressed marble at living & dining, and homogenous tiles at bath are not so glam for the project.

These are my personal views. If given the choice at same psf, I will prefer Pinnacle 16. I have not seen Domus myself so I could not comment much:)

By: keith yip

keith yip — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:26:10 +0000

Hi Kelvin,

Ok. Give me some time, see if I can find out more about the development:)

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:48:29 +0000

Hi Keith,

Would you be able to provide you views on the Verve along Jln Rajah? Is the development comparable to the likes of Pinnacle 16 or Domus? It would be great if you can post a write-up on this development.

Thanks.

By: keith yip

keith yip — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:45:22 +0000

@Michael, I moved your comment to the article on the Arte & Vista Residences. Thanks greatly for telling me the info on the Vista old site development names too!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:07:15 +0000

Hi Keith
Another insightful comparison of Arte vs Vista Residences. Looking forward to Part 2. I actually did a check on the number of apartments that were enbloc on the Vista site. These included De Angelo, Datoh Court, Prince Apartment, Cai Yuan Mansion, Sapphire. Seems like Far East would have paid a much higher price for the plot of land compared to the price which CDL had paid for Lock Cho and Comfort Mansion. So perhaps it is reasonable that Far East had charged higher for Vista buyers. But Far East has always been known to charge higher price to buyers. Will be nice to make an analysis of how much profit Far East would have made even though it is still selling the higher floor bigger units.

Looking back, price seems cheap even at 1000 psf mid last year since now Balestier does not seem that cheap anymore with prices transacting around 1200 psf.

I am staying at an apartment in the vicinity of Vista and Arte and prices have been creeping up. Not sure if it is a good time to sell now?