As I am now house hunting for my own residence, I dived into the housing market and discovered that it had a lingo all of its own. There were so many abbreviations thrown around that I feel HDB should compile a dictionary to help first time home seekers understand what is going own.
After hours of research, I decided to post my work for my future reference and perhaps hope it helps other apprehensive first timers as well.
First and foremost, HDB flat types:
2 bedroom flat
Consists of 1 bedroom, kitchen, living room with 2 versions
2 ‘I’ (Improved) & 2 ‘S’ (Standard)
3 bedroom flat
Consists of 2 bedrooms, kitchen, living room with more than half a dozen versions
- 3 ‘A’ (Modified)
- 3 ‘NG’ (Modified)
- 3 ‘A’
- 3 ‘NG’ (New Generation)
- 3 ‘I’ (Modified)
- 3 ‘S’ (Simplified)
- 3 ‘I’ (Improved)
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