(D19) 5I
191A Rivervale Drive (541191)
Asking $520,000 Negotiable
¤ 1238sq ft - 5I
¤ Corner Unit
¤ Mid floor - above 10th
¤ Door facing - South east
¤ Spacious living room
¤ Rivervale mall less than 5mins walk, rivervale
plaza 10mins bus
¤ Rivervale Primary school 5mins walk
¤ Less than 5mins drive to TPE, less than 10mins
drive KPE
¤ Eateries in rivervale mall, a kopitiam near
compassvale mrt (0.35km).
¤ Easy manoeuvre to kovan, hougang, serangoon
less than 20mins drive
¤ Less than 10mins direct road to Sengkang
Swimming complex.
¤ Tenure : 99years - Lease start 2000
** Selling point
1998-2000 block with 4-Room Model A (100 sqm), 5-Room Improved (120 sqm) and Executive Apartment (140 sqm), some blocks have 4-Room Model A2 (90 sqm)
《Second downsize of HDB flats》
All HDB flats completed since 2000 lost 10 sqm. 4-Room (90 sqm), 5-Room (110 sqm), Executive (130 sqm).
In attempt to minimize number of corridor-facing flats, the shape of blocks became complex, with many corners containing 5-Room units, their number exceeded the number 4-Room units built in 2002 and 2003, so the average flat size remained high as 105 sqm in 2000-2005.
《2000s random HDB floor plans》
HDB made a surprise decision in 1995 to close the registration queue for Executive flats, shortly after introduction of Executive Condominiums. Last EA was completed in 2004, last EM in 2000, for people in the queue. A common misconception is that Executive Apartment were replaced by Executive Condos. NO, Executive Condo flats are privately-built in variety of sizes from 50 to 300 sqm.
Due to many unsold flats, very few 5-Room were completed in 2007-2009. Economy recovered in late 2000s, HDB raised production of 5-Room flats but do not reintroduce Executive Apartments, motivating that these flats were purchased by rich families who can afford too much space for no reason, also the average household size dropped thus larger flats are no longer necessary.