Tag: shophouse

[17 November 2020: This article has been updated with comments from the Council of Estate Agencies (CEA)] This probably wouldn’t be news in, say, Amsterdam or Sydney, but a Singapore property agent has put up a rental listing for a shophouse in Lorong 20 Geylang targeting “licensed brothel operators”. Available for rent from mid-2021 onwards,…

Dwellings here, Dwellings there, Dwellings everywhere The jigsaw puzzle that is the Singaporean real estate market can be divided up, labeled, categorized, and sliced into various forms and types of housing types – or, dwellings. To make sense of it all we have created an excruciatingly comprehensive – yes, that kind of comprehensive – overview of…

When opportunity knocks, open the door – especially if it belongs to a shophouse you can earn money from by renting it out. In 2015, I signed a two-year lease on a 2,500 square feet shophouse in the Paya Lebar-Geylang area. It was bare but had a new facade. The ground floor was taken up…

Because landlords that are ghetto enough to have fire-prone properties, are ghetto enough to overcrowd. Yet another group of Geylang shophouses has proven to be both: Fire-prone Geylang Last Sunday, another fire broke out at two shophouses along Geylang Lorong 4, at around 2pm. These were units 45 and and 47, and around 20 people…

Thinking of renting a shophouse to kickstart your startup or small business? Here’s the good news: if you don’t venture into the CBD, shophouses are actually pretty inexpensive to rent.  In this blog post, we’ve curated a list of five most affordable shophouse rental options in Singapore. These shophouses will only set you back by…

A portfolio of 32 shophouses along Lavender Street and Serangoon road has been put up for sale by public tender, at a guide price of $138 million. The Lavender Collection are freehold properties, which are zoned for commercial use. Details An enquiry on the development baseline of one of them concluded it was high, at…

It’s not everyday a shophouse in Chinatown goes up for sale. These properties are considered goldmines, so they’re never on the market for long; but if you’ve got the funds, here’s what you’ll want to know: What’s for sale? A three-storey, commercial shophouse has gone up for sale in Chinatown, at an indicative price of…

If you’re familiar with Joo Chiat at all, you’ll know the area is one of the foodie hubs of Katong. Now, no less than six freehold shophouses are up for public tender in the area: What’s on offer? The six freehold shophouses are 454, 456, 468, 460, 462, and 464 Joo Chiat Road. The entire…

How do we sell you the idea of buying four burned-down shophouses in Geylang? Do we just say the property really lets in the natural light? That it’s well ventilated? Well-done? In any case, this is one of heck of a fire sale: Four burnt shophouses are on sale for $14 million in Geylang These…

Entrepreneurship is big these days, and it’s common for Singaporeans (especially Millennials and those in Gen Z) to dream of owning their own cafe, restaurant, or retail store. Ready to make those dreams your reality? In this blog post, we share 5 commercial shophouse properties that you can purchase for between S$1,388,888 to S$2,850,000. Read…