While touring the neighbourhood to write this review, I managed to have a conversation with a friendly young couple staying near the actual Atlassia site. They just moved into a shophouse in the area, and shared that they were surprised that Joo Chiat was actually much younger than they had expected. Before they bought their home, it was a decision between a shophouse versus a Semi-D, which they eventually caved to choosing the shophouse because it wasn’t as common as the usual homes in Singapore. However, they did mention that the biggest downside of living in a shophouse is the costly maintenance. Which is exactly what Atlassia is all about – shophouse living without the fuss and cost. It’s in arguably the most apt location for shophouse lovers – a quaint and bijou development in the heart of Joo Chiat called Atlassia. Like the aforementioned developments, it carefully preserves the shophouse facade with a newly built appending block....