Another week, another reader’s request! This week, we’ve had someone ask for a tour of Eastwood estate so off to the East I went. I had previously shortlisted Eastwood but, after viewing a couple of other 99-year landed estates and finding them super crowded, decided to put it on the back burner.
Hence, I was very pleasantly surprised when I finally visited this small landed estate. The roads are wide, the spacing between the houses generous, there’s a small mixed development (Eastwood Centre, which houses a Cold Storage, Subway, 7-11 etc) and hawker centre next door. All-in-all, Eastwood looks to be a very comfortable area to live in! <img alt="" data-caption="Eastwood centre.
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Moreover, Eastwood is within 5 minutes of the upcoming Bedok South MRT, which is slated to be opened in 2025. (The downside of the convenience is that the construction is SUPER noisy right now – I could hear non-stop pounding as I toured the estate. In fact, I think there is another construction project near Eastwood besides this MRT!) <img alt="" data-caption="Exiting the estate brings you to the main road, where the traffic lights make it easy to cross the road (Bedok Food Centre is across the road and is an easy enough walk that I hiked over to get you guys a shot!)
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Note: the ECP and Laguna Country Park separate East Coast Park from Eastwood estate.
For the religious, Eastwood is within 15 minutes walk of a temple, a mosque and a church (right beside the estate.)
Location
The only thing to note is: Eastwood is far. It is so far out I actually thought Google Maps was sending me the wrong way! (I kept driving past industrial sites and the journey didn’t seem to be leading to a residential area. But it turned out to be correct in the end.)
There is Sungei Bedok running parallel to the Estate, across which you can find the NeWater visitor Centre and an empty plot of land that has been zoned “Business 2.” On the other side of Eastwood are 2 other landed estates, a couple of condos and the Laguna National Golf Course. I didn’t see any skyscrapers in sight but Eastwood Centre (currently low-rise) is actually zoned 2.1.
Note: there are also many empty plots of land south of East Coast Road, so we can expect lots of future changes to this area.<img alt="" data-caption="Looking across the road at one of the other landed estates near Eastwood.
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Pricing
Seeing how there are so many other landed houses around Eastwood, I figure many people will be curious to know how much Eastwood costs relative to the surrounding areas. At the time of writing, a 99-year terrace house at Eastwood was asking $2.8 million (with a lovely double volume ceiling in the living room) and 99-year semi-detached houses from upwards of $3.48 million.
In comparison, these are the prices (at the lower end of the scale) of the landed houses in the neighbouring areas:
– Bedok Place- $4.2 million for a freehold terrace house
– Jalan Haji Salam- $4.28 million for freehold inter-terrace
– Kew Drive- a freehold semi-detached for $5.23million<img alt="" data-caption="There are also several condos within the estate and across the road, such as this one (which is within the Eastwood estate.) I love the large windows!
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The landed estate
<img alt="" data-caption="A row of terrace houses at Eastwood.
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Probably because the area is a 99-year leasehold estate, most of the houses have a uniform look. Many people find it too expensive to completely rebuild a 99-year house when you’re effectively only “renting” it. It can be a little garish when every house on the street is of a different size, height and width! <img alt="" data-caption="Yet another style, and another Singapore flag. Have you noticed that there are a lot of houses on this estate that celebrate National Day? (More so than in the other estates I visited during the lead-up to National Day.)
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But it doesn’t mean the area looks boring. As you can see, the different sections/roads in the estate have houses built in different styles, but they don’t look out of place. I really like the big arched windows here. Getting enough light probably isn’t a problem for these homeowners!
I’d also like to point out how some of the terrace houses here are large enough to park 2 cars. You may think I talk too much about parking in my landed tours, but if you’ve ever lived in a small landed house with parking issues, you’ll understand why I harp on so.<img alt="" data-caption="Another uniform row of houses that have their own distinct look. As a whole, I quite like the style of the houses in this estate (although not always the color of the houses!)
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Note that quite a few roads are a single white line here, so if your visitors are scrupulous about such markings, they may struggle to find parking space.<img alt="" data-caption="As mentioned: there is a lot of heavy construction around the estate. Can you spot the cranes in the distance?
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Families
Many of the people who look at 99-year landed houses typically have several kids (as they need more space.) Unfortunately, Eastwood doesn’t appear to be the best estate when it comes to Primary Schools. There doesn’t seem to be one within the 1 km mark. According to yoursingaporemap.com, the closest is Temasek Primary, at 1.185 km away.
If your kids are teenagers, you’re in luck as Bedok South Secondary School is just across the road. At about 0.6km away, it’s close enough that your kids can walk to school, but not so close that the noise will interfere with your daily life.
Note: on the subject of noise, Eastwood is very close to Changi. I didn’t hear any planes when visiting but interested buyers might want to check the flight path of planes first, if they’re noise-sensitive.
Those with kids will be happy to hear that Eastwood has its own large playground.<img alt="" data-caption="The spaciousness of this playground makes it look so idyllic, but unfortunately, the peace was ruined by the sounds of non-stop construction.
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Now that we’ve finished our tour of Eastwood, how did you find it? Personally, I found it rather nice. It was well-spaced, had lots of greenery, not too much traffic, had shops nearby, well-kept (the homeowners took pride in keeping the gardens and road looking nice)… All in all, a great, convenient place to live – assuming 1 goes to school and works in the East, that is!
Let me know in the comments if there’s another estate you’d like covered and see you again next week!
This article was first published in Stackedhomes.
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