SG Block Index

Block 639 Rowell RD

200639 · Little India · Rochor · Built 1982 · Lease from 1983 · ~56 yrs lease left · 96 units · 25 floors

1 upcoming development site within 1 km
88Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 639 Rowell RD in Rochor scores 88.4/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 4 minutes’ walk from Jalan Besar Mrt Station MRT, 2.6 minutes from Berseh Food Centre, and 717 m straight-line from Farrer Park Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 639 Rowell RD in Singapore

Pillar scores

Transport
89
Food
100
Schools
99
Healthcare
91
Daily needs
100
Green space
99
Connectivity
71
Value (lease)
32
Leisure
82
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
88
Young Families
89
Seniors
92
Renters
88
Investors
72
EV Owners
86

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
17.1min
130EWLS$1.28 · 1 transfer
one-north
35.5min
DTLCCLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
43.9min
130EWLS$2.15 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
45min
130EWLEWLS$2.24 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

17 min door to door · S$1.28 · 1 transfer · 8 min (477 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 7 min riding

5m1302mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 5 min (350 m) to Opp Veerasamy RD
  2. Bus 130 · SBS Transit
    Opp Veerasamy RDBugis · 3 stops · 3 min
  3. Walk 2 min (100 m) to Bugis
  4. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    BugisRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min
  5. Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
Fastest itinerary · fares & times from OneMap, Singapore Land Authority

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door
Walk-time rings · schematic5 min10 min15 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicParkBlk 639

Distance from centre is real walk time (rings at 5 / 10 / 15 min); the angle only spreads categories apart — it is not compass bearing.

MRT stations

transit
PlannedFounders' Memorial MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2412 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Berseh Food Centre2.6 min
  • Buffalo Road Blk 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market)8.2 min
  • Queen Street Blk 270 (Albert Centre)11.9 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd3 min
  • Pardeshi Pte. Ltd.3.1 min
  • Mustafa Holdings Pte Ltd4.5 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Rochor Medical Centre1.6 min
  • Rowell Clinic & Surgery2.5 min
  • Winstedt Clinic4.2 min

Parks & green

green
  • Rowell Rd Os3.1 min
  • Somme Rd Pg9 min
  • City Green9.6 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Wesley Senior Activity Centre4.6 min
  • King George’s Ave Senior Activity Centre10.9 min
  • PEACE-Connect Senior Group Home@814.9 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Pek Kio CC11.7 min
  • Jalan Besar CC12.3 min
  • Kampong Glam CC15.8 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Central Public Library18 min
  • National Library Building18.2 min
  • library@orchard28.9 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 632/633/635 Veerasamy Road2.4 min
  • Tekka Place7 min
  • City Square Mall9.1 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 639 Rowell RD
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 4 MRT, 2 hawker centres, 5 supermarkets, 3 parks, 4 clinics.

Shaded areas are real pedestrian reach (OSRM foot routing), sampled on a grid — an approximate schematic, not a legal boundary.

Buses near here

LTA stops · OneMap routing
Nearest bus stops
  • Stop 074192.2 min walk · 169 m
  • Stop 071115 min walk · 250 m
Buses that serve this block
  • OPP VEERASAMY RD5 min walk
    130

Services seen boarding near this block on real OneMap public-transport routes — not a full timetable. Check the LTA / bus operator app for live arrivals.

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Rochor planning area
Age profile
In Rochor, 10.1% of residents are under 15 and 22.6% are 65 or older.
45–498.5%
40–448.2%
60–647.8%
35–397.4%

Resident data for the Rochor planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$498k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
strong value

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 639 Rowell RD is more liveable than 99% of them but pricier than 72% — around S$711/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability99th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 28%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (3-room HDB flats islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2026-06

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 639 offers an outstanding liveability score (88.4/100). On price, resale prices here have been climbing faster than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~56 years left).

What you get88.4/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+6.2%3 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds56 yrslease remaining

A plain-language read, not financial advice. Liveability and lease come from the index; price signals from data.gov.sg resale transactions for Little India. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 639 Rowell RD

Actual registered resale prices · source data.gov.sg · we show real sale ranges, not an estimated valuation

5-room1 sale · 12 mo
S$990k
median S$990k · S$662662 psf
4-room1 sale · 12 mo
S$770k
median S$770k · S$662662 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)5-room4-room a sale at this block
652701750Mar '24Apr '25May '26
Monthly resale volume — Little India (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 639 Rowell RD

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
May '265-room22 TO 24139S$990kS$662
Feb '264-room04 TO 06108S$770kS$662
May '255-room22 TO 24139S$1.03mS$689
Mar '254-room19 TO 21108S$860kS$740
Nov '245-room25 TO 27139S$1.01mS$674

Subzone medians — Little India

Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
3 ROOMS$711▲ 6.2%
4 ROOMS$665▲ 5.3%
5 ROOMS$662▲ 1.0%
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