Looking out from the penthouse terrace over rooftops, a canal and greenery in the neighbourhood

The neighbourhood, Topaz Road, Singapore

More than a home. A neighbourhood worth falling for.

A river on one side, hawker centres on the other, heritage streets a short walk away, and the forest and the Causeway when you want to go further. Here is what living here actually feels like.

Take the walk

Right outside

The river is your front garden

The Kallang Park Connector runs along the water, flat and traffic-free.

Step out and you are on the Kallang riverside path. Turn one way and it carries you down towards the old National Stadium and the bay; turn the other and it leads up to Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, where a family of otters has made the river home. No junctions, no traffic lights, just a long green ribbon of water for a morning walk, an evening jog or a slow cycle.

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Walk, jog or cycle Otters and herons
Walking along the Kallang riverside
A gentle riverside stroll, on YouTube

A short walk away

Hawker centres worth the walk

Two proper old hawker centres, and your groceries, all within reach.

This is a part of town that still eats well and cheaply. Upper Boon Keng is known for its soup kambing and char kway teow; Whampoa, a little further, for fish head bee hoon and duck rice. Potong Pasir adds a run of easy cafes for a flat white and a laptop, and The Poiz Centre covers the everyday groceries and pharmacy runs. You can eat somewhere different every night of the week without getting in a car.

Upper Boon Keng Whampoa Food Centre Potong Pasir cafes The Poiz for groceries
Whampoa Market and Hawker Centre
A full walking tour, on YouTube

An afternoon out

An afternoon in Balestier

Old shophouses, famous snacks and a quiet temple, all on foot.

Cross over on the Whampoa Park Connector and you are in Balestier, one of the city's oldest and most characterful streets. Queue for Loong Fatt's tau sar piah, take a side in the long-running chicken rice rivalry, and duck into the calm of the Burmese Buddhist Temple. It is the kind of afternoon you will want to show visitors, ten minutes from your door.

Loong Fatt tau sar piah Burmese Buddhist Temple Art Deco shophouses

Note: the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall on this trail is closed for restoration and is expected to reopen in 2027. Correct as of July 2026.

Balestier Heritage Trail, a morning walk
The heritage streets on foot, on YouTube

When you want to go further

Weekends, further afield

The forest one way, another country the other, both easy from here.

Some weekends you want more than the neighbourhood. MacRitchie Reservoir and its TreeTop Walk, a suspension bridge over the forest canopy, are about a fifteen minute drive. And Johor Bahru, with its food and its outlet malls, is just across the Causeway by bus today. The new cross-border RTS Link train is targeted to open by December 2026, which would put JB a few minutes from Woodlands North.

MacRitchie TreeTop Walk About 15 min drive JB across the Causeway

Note: the RTS Link's December 2026 opening and its fares are targets, not yet confirmed. Correct as of July 2026.

MacRitchie TreeTop Walk
Over the forest canopy, on YouTube
A weekend of food in Johor Bahru
What to eat across the Causeway, on YouTube

Everything, on one map

How far, and how many McSpicys

Here is the home and everything around it. Tap a place to see how long the walk is, and just for fun, roughly how much you would burn off getting there, counted in food you already know.

Distances and calories are rough estimates for a typical adult at an easy walking pace, and the walking figures are as the crow flies, so real routes are a little longer. The home is shown at street level; the exact unit is shared once you enquire.

The home itself

Ready to see where all this begins?

You have seen the neighbourhood. The penthouse it wraps around is a two-storey home with a private rooftop, at S$3,000 a month on a lease takeover. Register your interest and we will send you the full details.

We move out on 7 August 2026, subject to the landlord's approval. Register early and we will arrange the takeover together.