{"id":40957,"date":"2021-06-16T19:55:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/?p=40957"},"modified":"2022-06-13T17:27:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:27:20","slug":"home-facades-in-singapore-to-frown-or-fawn-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.99.co\/singapore\/insider\/home-facades-in-singapore-to-frown-or-fawn-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Home facades in Singapore to frown or fawn over"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When we think of facades, our immediate mental image is our HDB void deck or our common corridor and lift lobby outside our doorstep. In the spirit of facades, we thought we visit some beloved Singapore residential frontages, including several our readers sent us.<\/em><\/p>\n

For 78.7% of Singapore’s resident population<\/a>, who lives in HDB flats<\/strong>, our front door facades, or common corridors, are usually lined with bicycles, shoes, laundry racks and prayer altars.<\/p>\n

Occasionally, neighbours would place their potted plants (or overhanging plant racks) around their front door and parapet wall, right up close to their neighbours’ front doors. Maybe it’s their way to share the kampung spirit?<\/p>\n

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The HDB common corridor – the longish corridor designs help sound travel faster, like the noise of shoes sliding on concrete – useful when we expect guests or deliverymen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyway, most residents in HDB apartments abide by Town Council rules when it comes to what they can or cannot place outside their front door, especially when it concerns fire safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Understandably, everyone takes pride in their homes and would occasionally find ways to show-off, or utilise all the space they can get, even the shared spaces outside their doorsteps. So, we get adventurous risk-takers like these:<\/p>\n

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