is there anyone else here who is going to get the lower floors for the amk bto too? Although i m still a bit pek chek with the long waiting time for the scheduled appointment (2 jan 2013!!!), I hope when my turn comes, I still can get units which are around the optimal 5th or 6th storey, and no more higher...
Currently I am staying in one of the neighbouring old hdb blocks at 12th storey (which is abt the highest for the old flats), and the evening sun is seriously no joke - it literally just shine directly in ur face... although the DBSS is tall, but it is not positioned in a manner which can help to shield the sun from my block. and at least for my neighbours which lived downstairs, the sun's impact isn't that bad - compared to mine at 12th storey, which is literally a free oven!
I can't imagine the new bto development at 32 storeys - how much more amount of heat which the higher units have to endure compared to my current old block... though it can be argued that curtains would help to block the sun, but the heat would still be trapped in the house, like the greenhouse effect... (If only HDB had built the new flats lower and positioned nicely just behind the DBSS, so that the DBSS would help to "absorb" the heat"..)