We toured a unique landed street where no one has sold a property for 14 years

Last week, we visited Farrer Road and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the landed enclave — the only fly in the ointment being its location right by a very busy road and flyover. 

Hence, I decided to search the area behind it to see if there were any other streets to visit. There are a lot of landed houses in the area but most are huge units and out of budget for most, so I was looking to see if there was anything more accessible.

This led me to Jalan Kembang Melati and Jalan Harom Setangkai — now given that the last sale at  Jalan Harom Setangkai was for a $8.88 million terrace house in May 2025, it's not what I would  call cheap or even affordable. However, it's definitely less pricey than its neighbours! 

The last sale at Jalan Kembang Melati was for a detached unit at $7.8million — at first I thought that it was extraordinarily inexpensive for the area, then I realised that the last sale took place in 2011 — which means that, for the last 14 years, no one has sold a property on that street! Now the street isn't the longest one (i.e. not many potential sales) but I still find it worth noting. 

Here are the last transacted prices of both streets for your reference. Given that these two streets are within walking distance of the houses on Farrer Road, I’m curious to see how the prices compare. To refresh your memory, below are the prices for the last transacted sales at Farrer Road:

Now the last sale at Farrer Road was also a terrace house but for $6.55million (i.e. less than the last sale at Jalan Harom Setangkai) which might lead one to conclude that it sold at a discount due to its proximity to the road. However, if you look at the details, it was actually "more expensive" in terms of $PSF: $2,609 vs $2,371. Moreover, it transacted earlier in 2024 and not 2025.

I found that interesting but we can't really conclude anything from just 1 data point, as it doesn't tell us anything about the state of the houses etc. 

Looking further, there were actually four sales at Jalan Harom Setangkai in 2024 — if we average out the $PSF for those sales, though the houses in question range from a detached unit to terrace house; the average in was $2,633 PSF — skewed by the lower PSF of the detached unit sale. Anyway, as mentioned, there are too few data points to draw a definitive conclusion but I just thought it was worth pointing out.

Okay, back to the tour now:

Since it’s such a short street, we’ve pretty much seen everything. Time to head to Jalan Harom Setangkai now.

I mean, just look art how big this garden is!

If you were confused when I said Jalan Kembang Melati and Jalan Harom Setangkai are "accessible" — just look at their neighbours in comparison. Barely any in sight because the houses are so big! I must say, it definitely made the area feel much more peaceful.

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This article was first published in Stackedhomes.