Enter, and the first thing you notice is the feeling rather than the modern furnishings or shiny flooring. That understated sensation that, for once, a Tampines St 95 EC showflat isn’t striving too hard to impress but rather makes sense as a house. There is no too ambitious staging or unusual design decisions meant merely for picture appeal. Basically sensible, well-considered environments that seem right.
The entry is not a small corridor that would make one feel as though they are approaching a storage closet. It opens with barely enough room for one to inhale before entering. The living area feels different from a shoebox with a couch pushed against the wall. Actually, there is room to move, sit, and live free from running across furniture at every turn.
After that comes the dining room. Not an afterthought thrown into a corner, but a suitable area where you could really enjoy a meal without elbow knocking. What about the lighting? Warm, not blazing. somewhere that encourages talks over dinner instead than driving you to eat and go.
Let me now discuss the kitchen. To be honest, a lot of places take short cuts in this area. But right now? There is real counter space here. Imagine a real cooking session in which you are not feeling as though your ingredients are engaged in a fierce game of Tetris. It’s also enclosed, hence your whole house won’t smell like last night’s stir-fry thick in garlic for days.
Eventually, the bedrooms—finally ones devoid of large cabinets—do not feel like such. The communal areas can be real living areas rather than only sleeping areas since they fit more than just a bed. And the bedroom used for master purposes? Large enough to avoid squeezing around furniture in order to reach the opposite side of the bed.
Also deserving of notice are bathrooms. Because poor designs destroy a place more quickly than anything else. These are… There are no oddly positioned sinks or little showers that make you feel like a contortionist. Simply sensible, cosy areas that really work.
And then the balcony comes in. Some places designate an outdoor area from a little ledge. Here it is large enough to be practically utilized. Coffee in the morning? An evening wind-down? Not problematic. Rare enough to feel like a luxury, some designs even feature a yard.
Walking a showflat and really envisioning living there without having to mentally undo embarrassing design decisions is difficult. But this one specifically. It merely works; it does not ask you to compromise.