Tag: neighbour disputes

While we can hope they are friendly, we need to be prepared for the possibility to live next to noisy neighbours.

On April 29, 2022, the Municipal Services Office (MSO) and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) met to form a Community Advisory Panel (CAP) on a very interesting problem. The agenda? To develop a set of community norms that will address the issue of “neighbourhood noise”. Neighbourhood noise in this case means noise from…

Picture this: You just moved into your new HDB apartment. It’s everything you were looking for in a new home. You congratulate yourself on a good buy when suddenly, you hear dogs barking next door and loud banging noises upstairs. You smell second-hand cigarette smoke wafting in from your open living room window. When you…

If there’s one rule of city living, it seems like it’s “your neighbour is always wrong”. With 80% of Singapore’s population living in high-rise buildings, disputes are likely to flare up between neighbours. And it’s no surprise that “complaint against neighbours” is highly searched phrase on Google. In Singapore, neighbour disputes frequently hog the headlines (at…

HDB flats can occasionally throw up some surprising and downright weird discoveries. In recent weeks, a Tampines HDB resident has stirred public debate when someone exposed his outdoor koi pond. The pond was built on a communal space: atop a spare staircase of his ground floor HDB flat. Because of the attention he got, the…

Homeowners beware – hell hath no fury like unreasonable neighbours scorned, and if you’ve somehow invoked the wrath of your neighbours, you might just find yourself spiraling down a never-ending pit of petty behaviour. (Cover image credits) How bad can things get? Pretty damn bad, as evidenced in the neighbour disputes we’ve seen over the…

Buying a house is no doubt an exhilarating time in anyone’s life. It heralds a fresh beginning, with the promise of new adventures to embark on. But before you get caught up in too much excitement, here are five things you should consider before purchasing your HDB flat.   #1: You forget to research nearby schools…