We should be thankful to our Singapore government for restricting developers from building too many shoe-size apartments.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) revised guidelines for such properties on Wednesday (Oct 17 2018), making several changes that it said also aim to moderate the reduction in home sizes and "safeguard the liveability" of residential estates. It has observed smaller unit sizes in new private housing projects.
The number of shoebox units will decrease due to a revision in formulae used to calculate the maximum permissible number of dwelling units for a non-landed residential development outside the Central Area.
Previously, the maximum number of dwelling units was derived by dividing the proposed building Gross Floor Area (GFA) by 70 sq m. From Jan 17, it will be derived by dividing the GFA by 85 sq m.
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