HDB Says Future HDB Flats Will Become ‘More Spacious’ Liao

Last Updated on 2018-01-05 , 11:34 am

Let’s face it. While we’re not at the state of Hong Kong, our HDB flats can legitimately be called matchbox-size.

We recently did a video in a new HDB flat. While it is an advertisement for a drill, most people only took one factor into consideration: BTO flats are damn small.

If you’re anything like me, you’d have taken it as part and parcel of staying in SG. And just like me, you’ll believe that it’s something that can never be changed. Or so I thought.

Or so I thought.

But then, HDB came out and say it’s possible. And it could happen in the next few BTO projects.

You’re like…

Here’s what is happening right now.

If you’ve bought an HDB flat before, you’ll have noticed something on your paperwork.

Flat size: 94 square metres. Available space: 90 square metres.

That’s right. The flat you purchase is 94 square metres but out of this already small area, four metres are used for walls.

And you cry because your flat is damn expensive compared to your parents’, yet still smaller than theirs.

But that, my dear friend, might just change over the next few years.

HDB Might Remove Structural Walls In The Middle Of The Flat

With the removal of structural walls in the middle of the flat, homeowners are now able to knock them down if they want to.

Want a bigger living room? Go ahead. Prefer to have a bigger room? No problemo. Everything goes.

Okay, not everything but more than what you’ll usually get as a homeowner.

And in case you’re afraid of structural integrity problems (read: whether it will collapse on you or not), HDB has used the design on an existing HDB project.

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Looks like a normal building on the outside.

But check out the interior.

No, I’m pretty sure that’s not the standard design of every flat there (this looks like a penthouse but I might be wrong).

But they share one thing in common: No structural walls in the middle of the flat so you have more available space to play with.

Other innovative designs waiting to be implemented

The HDB project at Woodleigh Glen features rain screens which are designed in such a way that rainwater is stopped from splashing into the corridor while allowing wind to flow through.

One thing for sure…I think I bought my flat too early liao.

So, no structural walls in the middle of flat. Yay or nay?

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