As revealed by some reports in the media, property experts have been urging that authorities have a review of the studio apartment scheme, as the government starts to increase the construction of 2 room Housing and Development Board flats.

Botanique at Bartley Studio Units

The reasoning behind this is that studio apartments and 2 room flats in Botanique Bartley have a similar size and layout, yet offer differing lease periods.

Nicholas Mak, SLP International Property Consultants’ Executive Director of Research and Consultancy, has stated that one possible consideration that the Government should look to is whether or not to entirely do away with studio apartments while taking the more desirable features of a studio apartment and implementing them into 2 room flats for the elderly.

Another suggestion that has been posed is that the Government extends the studio apartment lease period for Botanique Bartley. However, by doing so the Government …