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“ Guests can be taken up this staircase to the formal living room . But if they are close friends , they go deeper into the house to the secondary staircase leading to the block with the open family areas .”
He says that another benefit of this composition of basement and two blocks is the resulting home is not an enormous mass pushed to the boundaries , which is often the case on tight urban sites .
Instead , the property retains the suburb ’ s original garden atmosphere .
“ The house is in close proximity to
Top : The property is heavily planted around the perimeter to screen out neighbours and so give a high degree of privacy to the living spaces .
Above : Like many Singaporean landed homes , this one has two kitchens . The dry kitchen is part of the open living areas , and is a place for family and friends to congregate for drinks or light snacks .
Left : Tucked behind the dry kitchen is the wet kitchen with its full suite of appliances and cleanup facilities .
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