We found freehold landed homes from $4m in the east, but would you live here?

Recently we visited First Avenue in Bukit Timah and there was quite a bit of interest in the area. Hence, I thought it'd be interesting to take a look at its "counterpart" in the east: First Street. For those not familiar with the area, the numbered Streets in the East are similar to the numbered "Avenues" in Bukit Timah: there's First Street/ First Avenue, Second Street, Second Avenue and so on.

For those not familiar with the area, it's the reverse L-shaped street on the map above, where the blue dot is located. One interesting thing about this estate is that the plot ratio, unlike many other landed enclaves in the east, is not 1.4. That means there's no opportunity to develop a boutique apartment on the plots of land, barring zoning changes. This means that you don't have to worry about future properties looming over you in the foreseeable future.

As indicated by the rows of pink properties, you have a wide variety of choice when it comes to commercial businesses, such as shops and restaurants. We'll take a small tour of them in a bit; for now, let's start with our walkabout.

There was limited street parking on First Street and I didn't want to chance it, so I decided to park at Siglap Centre instead, which is really only a few meters away. Big Mistake: it has one of the worst carparks I've been seen — the money isn't automatically deducted from the cashcard, and I was having problems tapping my card. It took me forever, and many ignored uses of the "Help" button, before I managed to exit the carpark. Luckily, there was no one waiting behind me.

First things first, where is the playground? Whilst the First-Fourth Streets don't have their own playground, they are in between two: one over at Cheviot Hill (larger) and one at Elite Park Avenue (closer.) We'll walk over to the latter, as I presume most Singaporeans are as lazy as myself.

Now, how about the shops? We all know the East has great village vibes, but it's always nice to see what’s in the immediate neighbourhood.

Now for the question on most parents minds: how about schools? The closest schools would be Victoria School and Sekolah Indonesia. 

According to the MOE website, there are also three Primary Schools within one kilometre, something which surprised me. Looking at the map, I hadn’t been expecting any!

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This article was first published in Stackedhomes.