Tanglin / Jervois Road
This area is home to many embassies and a mix of landed and mostly
low-rise condos. It’s older and established with quiet tree-lined roads.
There’s no MRT but bus access is fairly good and it’s close to Orchard
Road. If you’re looking for greenery this is a good area, and it’s close to the
Botanic Gardens and Dempsey Hill, the latter offering a mix of furniture
shops, art galleries, cafés and restaurants in a pretty jungle setting.budgets, as well as condominiums.
Prices here have dropped slightly
as international schools have
moved out but it’s very convenient
for UWC South East Asia, Tanglin
Trust School and others.Bukit Timah
This established residential
area stretches from just beyond
Newton Circus to the Bukit
Timah Nature Reserve. It’s close
to Orchard Road, international
schools, the Japanese Association,
Hollandse Club and British Club.Braddell /
Serangoon / Lorong
Chuan / Kovan
Popular with families from the
nearby French and Australian
schools, this relaxed residential
area offers condominiums and
spacious family houses, many
with gardens. Serangoon Gardens
has a lovely neighbourhood
feel with lots of eateries and
convenience shopping in a
village setting, while NEX Mall
has excellent shopping and
cinemas – if you can navigate
your way through its maze-like
floors. Various MRT stations
connect the area to all parts of
the island and the CTE is the
closest expressway.Thomson
Thomson Road runs past the
horsey action at the Singapore
Polo Club, and offers great walks
at MacRitchie Reservoir, and
some of the best garden centres
in Singapore. Further north it
becomes Upper Thomson Road,
where you’ll find Thomson Plaza,
and access to Peirce and Seletar
Reservoirs. The further north
you go, the less you’ll pay for a
spacious home or condo; you’ll
generally find many older, larger
condos here, as well as medium-
range houses. It’s also close to the
Singapore Zoo, which is a fantastic
regular hangout if you have small
children (and preferably a car).
Currently, there are good bus
routes through the area, but there’s
an upcoming MRT line too.Holland / Clementi
A traditional expat favourite,
Holland Village has a good
selection of local and Western
restaurants, bars and cafés, plus
a supermarket, and a multitude
of health and beauty outlets. It
also has its own MRT (Circle
line), which makes it even more
appealing, with easy access to the
Botanic Gardens and Orchard
Road. Further out along Holland
Road, including the Sixth Avenue
area and Clementi, are some pretty
areas with houses priced for allHOLLAND VILLAGE
I’m a huge fan of Holland Village – it’s
got everything you need: Cold Storage
supermarket, butcher, hairdressers, nail
salons, dressing-up stores for all those
kids’ events, hawker centre, wet market,
florist, dentist, doctors – the list goes on.
It’s cosy and really livens up at night with
all the bars. – Alexandra
RIVER VALLEY
We love the atmospheric
feel of River Valley. It’s
close to Orchard and
the CBD, and it’s close
to numerous bars and
restaurants at Robertson
Quay that are fun and
kid-friendly. – Ankita#2 City Outskirts
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