Often many home owners scramble and make last minute glances at the showflat model to determine which is the best choice unit. For a home owner buying new home for the first time can be a frightening experience especially investing over a million dollars at a new launch condo is nothing to be sniffed at.
When so much money is at stake, it is only essential that you areย fully prepared.
Theย realย question is: How do you select the best new launch condo unit?
The term “best facing” can be quite subjective among buyers.
Some people actually like the afternoon sun or some might prefer city view or garden view or even pool view.
So when it comes to determine the best facing, it is really down to your personal preference.
On the general, most buyers will prefer to avoid afternoon sun. On every show-flat model, there is usually a compass indicating the North-South direction on one corner of the development.ย
In these days, due to land scarcity and high land cost many developers will try to build max no of units as possible in the development. Hence having privacy is one important aspect of many owners wanted.ย
Having privacy blinds drawn all the time doesnโt cut it either. Back in those days, condos like Pine Grove and Sommerville Park having huge land size gave them advantage of units are far apart from one another.
Jadescape have only 9 blocks of units which estimated at least 32m apart from one another.
Remember not all the distances are the same so do check with us on the distance between the blocks which you have selected on to see what you are comfortable with.
On general, a comfortable range would be about 60 metres apart.ย Anything shorter than that and you will have to make your judgement on whether the unit is worth to buy.
Lastly, donโt forget to consider what is on the outside of the estate too.
Most show flat models will never show neighbouring developments, and neither would most artist impressions.
Jadescape is located in mixture of HDB and landed enclave. Interesting part is HDB flats in bishan/thomson area form less than 10% of the population, they have the most public parks within the estate.ย
For premium facing in a development, the price is usually higher.
Some perks of a premium stack in Jadescape include: private lift access, pool view, unblock view and floor levels.
Similar to the point above, what you really need to assess here would be the long term feasibility of it.
You really wouldnโt want to pay top dollar for a sea view unit, only to find out that youโll only be able to enjoy that for a few short years.ย
Let us refer back to those who bought Skyline Residences with the premise of unblocked views towards the sea would have been dismayed at the news of Keppel Club is going to make way for construction of new hdb flats by 2025.ย
With that said, here is how you can find out what upcoming changes there will be surrounding Jadescape by referring to URA master plan.
The brown region denote the location of Jadescape. The number 2.8 is the plot ratio of Jadescape. On layman term, the higher the number is, the higher the building can build. As you can see from the URA masterplan, there are only few private developments at the area.ย Jadescape situated next to Jalan Pintau playground park. Good thing about Jadescape is the area surrounding left side of the development is landed enclave which mean even low floor units at Jadescape can get to enjoy unblock view.
But with such a big investment into your home at Jadescape, we believe it is well worth your time to research. Do refer to URA masterplan 2019 for more detail research.ย
With technology so advance today, one thing that will set you apart from all the other regular new launch condo buyers is looking at the floor-plan in detail and analysis.
A very useful online tool that could lend a helping hand is Attribuild.
This tool use an algorithm based on professional knowledge and data analytical technology to help provide insights on Jadescape individual unitโs efficiency and usability.ย
Now, you will have to consider that this is based off an algorithm, so you cannot expect it to be 100% accurate and only for reference.
But it will definitely help in the analysis of the Jadescape floor-plan.
Here is how it works.
From here, you can easily search for the unit, even down to the unit number
Once that is done, you will be able to see an overview of the each unit with the +/- points clearly stated.
You can even go down to the analysis by different area of the particular unit, where you can see the inefficiencies and general commentary on it.
If you have been to new launch developments, you would have notice by now that the ground level and top level units are usually differentiated from the rest.ย This can be in the form of an open patio, bigger balcony, and a higher ceiling level. And generally on a lower psf basis.ย
As a result, you might see these units move faster than the rest.
To make things simple, here are the pros and cons on general.
Pros of a ground floor unit:
Bigger PES (private enclosed space) โ If you enjoy outdoor dining, and want more outdoor space for gardening.
Direct access โ Ground floor units usually have direct access to a garden or even the swimming pool.
Pets friendly โ If you have dogs/cats, ground floor units will easily be the safest and better choice.
High ceiling โ This is subjective on each development, but most new launch developments will feature a higher ceiling for their ground floor units.
Cons of a ground floor unit:
More pests โย Ground floors are the closest to the common areas means that your unit will most likely to be infested with the odd creepy crawlies every now and then.ย ย
Units that have a rubbish chute in their homes might have issues with cockroaches, so you will want to have proactive management that will ensure fogging is done every week.
Noise โ What is a pro can easily be a con here too, as direct access to the pool or garden also means increased exposure to noise, especially if you are looking to purchase into a kid friendly development.ย ย
Privacy โ Many ground floor units have common walkways in front of them, so you will have to compromise with less privacy as people can walk by and easily peek in.
Pros of a top floor unit:
Views โ This is by far and away the number one reason why anyone would want a top floor unit, particularly when some of the new developments today stand at 40 stories in the sky.ย
Noise โ Again, depending on how high are you are, you could be insulated more from the noise down below.
Privacy โ This point could be subjective again, depending on how far apart the blocks are, but you should expect a higher level of privacy than most.
Cons of a top floor unit:
Lift โ The higher your unit is,ย you could spend more time waiting for the lift to get to the top floor.
Jadescape’s ground floor units are mostly face landscape and pool. The top floor and penthouse units are rarely to come by as they enjoy unblock view as far as macritchie reservoir.
Many people buy a new launch development just by looking at show-flat model and unit, only to discover when it is actually built that these things donโt really play out the same in real life.ย
For example, seeing on the brochures at the show-flat that the MRT is a 7-minute walk away. If you are rely on the MRT as a means of transport this is totally something that you have to test out for yourself especially it is one of the compelling reasons you would buy the development.
Some other factors may come into your mind:
Above are the SIX ways to determine the best unit in Jadescape. We have the advance version of choosing the RIGHT unit with highest possible potential margin using price point and past transaction data to prove the strategy shown. Connect with us 
