Treasure at Tampines

[1993newbie]

Yea Treasure market their studios as 1 bedder. Really weird marketing.

I have some single friends got turned off by the studio. Now they looking at resale one bedder instead. No walls how to have guest over. Weird le open concept, Macam hotel style.

If want studio type might as well get sub sale High Park, TOP Soon. Can move in directly.
Sub sale studio there sold for 480-515k only. Getting keys soon somemore

The smallest units are studios, not 1 bedroom. There are no walls to enclose and form a bed room. Hopefully buyers realised what they are buying.

 

[yongsaver]

When i was there last time, walking to Simei MRT is a real pain in the butt. cos the overhead bridge is those type with the slope...looks near but spends more time climbing the bridge than walking....no prob if you are cycling or taking PMDs though.

Tip: Best units are those in the middle. Else if you are located near Simei MRT side,...u are far from fairprice and the round market. Conversely if u located near fairprice side, u are far from Simei MRT. dont forget the whole place is HUGE.

 

[tahanmilkshake]

thats awesome tip on getting the middle units! thanks!

 

[Brown24]

When i was there last time, walking to Simei MRT is a real pain in the butt. cos the overhead bridge is those type with the slope...looks near but spends more time climbing the bridge than walking....no prob if you are cycling or taking PMDs though.

Tip: Best units are those in the middle. Else if you are located near Simei MRT side,...u are far from fairprice and the round market. Conversely if u located near fairprice side, u are far from Simei MRT. dont forget the whole place is HUGE.

How long to walk to Simei mrt?

 

[simonghl]

How long to walk to Simei mrt?

Around 10mins~

 

[ThinkCarefully]

If you scroll up or ask around, you get replies of 10 to 15 mins walk, some say 15 to 20 minutes. To really find out, try walking on a hot day or rainy day, then ask yourself, are you acceptable to that? If future buyers and tenants can accept that? Then, decide if you want to do it regularly and commit to a unit there.

 

[vclee4321]

If you scroll up or ask around, you get replies of 10 to 15 mins walk, some say 15 to 20 minutes. To really find out, try walking on a hot day or rainy day, then ask yourself, are you acceptable to that? If future buyers and tenants can accept that? Then, decide if you want to do it regularly and commit to a unit there.

I purposefully walked around 2pm on a hot day. It's about 7 mins from the side gate facing the butterfly garden, to simei mrt. I guess it would be around 10 mins from the center units. Walking inside the development is easier I believe.

On the model I noticed the path inside the butterfly garden leading to overhead bridge will be fully sheltered when top. Shelter all the way to the path under the mrt track.

I think it is kind of shelter from the sun but the mrt track might not shelter you from the rain.

 

[vclee4321]

You are 100% correct. I live in St11 and the road heading out to PIE were already packed back when Tampines Court was still around, it was not uncommon to spend 10-12 mins or more even before hitting PIE if you drive out after 8am. Treasures have tripled the amount of units as compared with Tampines Court, and I think buyers here will drive/Grab given its really not so close to MRT. The slip road itself will be packed with both the Treasures and non-Treasures commuters.

How long will the traffic last during peak hours? How about evening peak hours?

I thought the slip roads might help to help in this to some extend?

 

[ck_ian69]

How long will the traffic last during peak hours? How about evening peak hours?

I thought the slip roads might help to help in this to some extend?

If the new slip road was only for treasures residents then yes it will alleviate the conjestion. But no, this new slip road is a public road. In fact this new slip road will be roughly located at where the 2nd entrance of Tampines court is today. The location of the current 2nd guard house becomes the entrance of the new slip road in future. The new treasures 2nd entrance/exit is approx in the middle of the slip road. You can imagine exiting the treasures guard house and driving into a yellow box with traffic snaking all the way back to street 11. This traffic will consist of residents who exited the 1st treasures guardhouse along street 11, existing street 11 residents as well as Drivers along ave 2 who use street 11 as a short cut to enter PIE (instead of turning left prior to Safra at the main ave 2 to enter pie)

Ask any agent this and provide this scenario. See how they respond

 

[ThinkCarefully]

Buying a property is not like buying a shirt, dyodd.
I discovered what some brothers and sisters here discovered, by driving along the narrow road during peak hours (then imagine and extrapolate the traffic with 2,2xx more residents).
I also walked the bridge which has no stairs but layers and layers of ramp. (I would have taken just half a minute if the bridge has stairs like any normal overhead bridge).
If you are happy after studying these discussion points, then all the best. As I mentioned, the level of tolerance for different people differ.

 

[Zze121]

Buying a property is not like buying a shirt, dyodd.
I discovered what some brothers and sisters here discovered, by driving along the narrow road during peak hours (then imagine and extrapolate the traffic with 2,2xx more residents).
I also walked the bridge which has no stairs but layers and layers of ramp. (I would have taken just half a minute if the bridge has stairs like any normal overhead bridge).
If you are happy after studying these discussion points, then all the best. As I mentioned, the level of tolerance for different people differ.

Level of tolerance also depending on situation.


Buying ppty need lots of homework, if done it in urgent manner could miss out lots of details.


Good example is A/C ledge space, the air space, the material use, URA ruling, share value. there had been dispute on some of these topics.


Apart from finishing, defect rectification works, with so many until on going at the same time, how they gonna manage their expectation?

 

[vclee4321]

Level of tolerance also depending on situation.


Buying ppty need lots of homework, if done it in urgent manner could miss out lots of details.


Good example is A/C ledge space, the air space, the material use, URA ruling, share value. there had been dispute on some of these topics.


Apart from finishing, defect rectification works, with so many until on going at the same time, how they gonna manage their expectation?

If SL wants to maintain their reputation, it would be wise to double/triple the workforce for the rectification works. Nonetheless, it's like a norm for large enbloc site to squeeze in 1.5k+ units. There might be a surge of demand for workers when all these projects launch and complete around the same time.

Within the new launch project, selecting a unit with good facing, practical layout with less wastage and yet reasonably priced would make you standout in the future resale market. Also one needs to compare the project to others within the same area to see if it still stands out.

Lots of homework to do. Pulling the trigger could be easy, living with your decision without regret might be harder.

 

[TeamUSA]

I walk this route twice everyday from one of the old EM flats way closer to the overhead bridge then treasures, walk at a fairly brisk pace and dont think 7 mins from Treasures to Simei MRT is feasible or realistic. Navigating the ramp style overhead bridge would take most walkers 3 mins. 10 mins total would be more realistic for fast walkers. You must measure point to point, ie entry into the MRT control station closer to Simei Street 3 and opposite My Manhattan, and not the back end of the MRT control station closer to Simei Street 1 (where there is no entrance).

You are also right that there is no rain shelter for the part below the simei MRT tracks so we are used to bringing an umbrella.

 

[vclee4321]

I walk this route twice everyday from one of the old EM flats way closer to the overhead bridge then treasures, walk at a fairly brisk pace and dont think 7 mins from Treasures to Simei MRT is feasible or realistic. Navigating the ramp style overhead bridge would take most walkers 3 mins. 10 mins total would be more realistic for fast walkers. You must measure point to point, ie entry into the MRT control station closer to Simei Street 3 and opposite My Manhattan, and not the back end of the MRT control station closer to Simei Street 1 (where there is no entrance).

You are also right that there is no rain shelter for the part below the simei MRT tracks so we are used to bringing an umbrella.

Indeed it would take 10 mins+ if measure from gate to mrt platform. Like all other project, even the mrt is near like Granduer Park, it will take 3-5 mins to reach the platform.

The key is the price here. With 13xx psf nowadays, close to food,market, quite facing, 10 mins+ walking to mrt and eastpoint mall, and probably you can still choose the one your like from so many units here. It seems appealing to me.

Anyway, i am also searching from resale for a few months already around Tampines and Parsi Ris and yet to conclude which one offers better values. Greed is human nature and prop investors and owners will always put a premium on their flat. Negotiation is hard and have to consider the cost of searching and bargaining as well.

 

[starry9t]

Wondering if anyone knows about the prices of those units being booked last weekend? Heard during show flat that the indicative price for the smallest unit is 585k. Wondering if it is true..

 

[microtek]

Indeed it would take 10 mins+ if measure from gate to mrt platform. Like all other project, even the mrt is near like Granduer Park, it will take 3-5 mins to reach the platform.

The key is the price here. With 13xx psf nowadays, close to food,market, quite facing, 10 mins+ walking to mrt and eastpoint mall, and probably you can still choose the one your like from so many units here. It seems appealing to me.

Anyway, i am also searching from resale for a few months already around Tampines and Parsi Ris and yet to conclude which one offers better values. Greed is human nature and prop investors and owners will always put a premium on their flat. Negotiation is hard and have to consider the cost of searching and bargaining as well.

If you don't mind Paris Ris, check out Coco Palms. Just TOP, nearer walk to MRT and selling at slightly cheaper psf than Treasure.

 

[vclee4321]

If you don't mind Paris Ris, check out Coco Palms. Just TOP, nearer walk to MRT and selling at slightly cheaper psf than Treasure.

Coco Palms only left with about 88 years. When it launched it is already 10 years lease gone.

I viewed a few 3 bedder, they all comes with huge bay windows. None better than the surrounding stretch of condo like Nv residences. It makes the usable space very little. I am staying in a condo with huge bay window right now and really hard to utilize. I never find myself sitting on it. Somemore you need to spend extra dollars to renovate the bay window , covered with wood etc. Plus road facing units have noise issue.

The livable space is actually less ideal than condo in Tampines area IMO.

Any comments?

 

[Zze121]

Coco Palms only left with about 88 years. When it launched it is already 10 years lease gone.

I viewed a few 3 bedder, they all comes with huge bay windows. None better than the surrounding stretch of condo like Nv residences. It makes the usable space very little. I am staying in a condo with huge bay window right now and really hard to utilize. I never find myself sitting on it. Somemore you need to spend extra dollars to renovate the bay window , covered with wood etc. Plus road facing units have noise issue.

The livable space is actually less ideal than condo in Tampines area IMO.

Any comments?

Last time bay window was exempted from GFA, those bought last time benefit from it.

 

[yongsaver]

saw the news yesterday on the mandarin gardens enbloc....they were saying can build 3000+ units... unfortunately cannot get 80%.

Also braddell view can yield 2600+ units...and these are bigger units in terms of average size under the new URA ruling...so every unit would have more pax since they are bigger.

cannot imagine the 'liveability' of such massive projects.

For treasures, i think it was still under the old ruling where there is no minimum on the average size. they were thus able to squeeze out 2200+ units on that plot.

 

[vclee4321]

Last time bay window was exempted from GFA, those bought last time benefit from it.

I agree if "Those" referred to developers. I don't see the benefits being passed to home owners. You still need to pay for the baywindow and the room size is not much larger by design