SG Block Index

Block 404 Serangoon Ave 1

550404 · Upper Paya Lebar · Serangoon · Built 1988 · Lease from 1989 · ~62 yrs lease left · 60 units · 11 floors

63Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 404 Serangoon Ave 1 in Serangoon scores 62.5/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 7.1 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 17 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 492 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 404 Serangoon Ave 1 in Singapore

Block 404 Serangoon Ave 1, Singapore 550404

Pillar scores

Transport
58
Food
62
Schools
100
Healthcare
42
Daily needs
43
Green space
64
Connectivity
70
Value (lease)
44
Leisure
68
EV charging
90
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
63
Young Families
67
Seniors
55
Renters
59
Investors
52
EV Owners
69

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
29.1min
135NELNSLS$1.82 · 2 transfers
one-north
31.1min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
45.2min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
41.7min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

29 min door to door · S$1.82 · 2 transfers · 7 min (401 m) walking · 7 min waiting · 16 min riding

1m1352mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 1 min (68 m) to Blk 403
  2. Bus 135 · SBS Transit
    Blk 403Woodleigh · 3 stops · 3 min
  3. Walk 2 min (101 m) to Woodleigh
  4. North East Line · SBS Transit
    WoodleighDhoby Ghaut · 5 stops · 9 min
  5. Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
  6. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Dhoby GhautRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min
  7. 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 minMRTMarketClinicParkBlk 404

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
PlannedSerangoon North MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2612 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre17 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)29.4 min
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)31.9 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10.9 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd13.5 min
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd17.2 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Drs Lim & Chan Clinic10.5 min
  • Sterling Clinic & Surgery10.6 min
  • OneDoctors Medical Centre10.7 min

Parks & green

green
  • Lorong Ong Lye Park10.1 min
  • Upper Serangoon Park10.6 min
  • How Sun Linear Park12.2 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • St John's Home for the Aged27.8 min
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang31.1 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home33.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)13.5 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)19.9 min
  • Potong Pasir CC28 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library13 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 401/408 Serangoon Central/Avenue 11.1 min
  • Blk 409/414 Serangoon Central/Avenue 16.3 min
  • Nex10.7 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 404 Serangoon Ave 1
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT.

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 621296.9 min walk · 52 m
  • Stop 621217 min walk · 99 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BLK 4031 min walk
    135

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 · Serangoon planning area
Age profile
In Serangoon, 11.1% of residents are under 15 and 19.3% are 65 or older.
60–648.6%
25–298%
55–598%
50–547.2%
Household income
47.7% of Serangoon households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
$20,000+22.6%
No working person14%
$15,000–17,4995.4%
$17,500–19,9994.7%
Dwelling mix
57.9% of Serangoon households live in HDB flats; 41.8% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats27.6%
Landed properties25.6%
HDB 5 room and executive flats17.1%
Condominiums and other apartments16.2%
Household size
35.1% of Serangoon households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person21%
3-person20.5%
4-person20.2%
1-person14.1%
In education
Of Serangoon residents currently in education, 31.3% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary29%
Secondary24.5%
University21.6%
Polytechnic9.7%
Commute to work
53.8% of working Serangoon residents commute by public transport; 35.2% drive or ride.
Car29.6%
MRT LRT and bus25.1%
MRT LRT only14.5%
Bus12.3%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$438k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
pays a premium

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 404 Serangoon Ave 1 is more liveable than 12% of them and cheaper than 55% — around S$626/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability12th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 55%

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 404 offers a solid liveability score (62.5/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~62 years left).

What you get62.5/100overall liveability
Where price is heading-1.8%3 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds62 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 Upper Paya Lebar. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 404 Serangoon Ave 1

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

Subzone median PSF (smoothed)2-room3-room4-room5-room a sale at this block
592697801Aug '24Aug '25Jul '26
Monthly resale volume — Upper Paya Lebar (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 404 Serangoon Ave 1

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Aug '245-room10 TO 12123S$855kS$646

Subzone medians — Upper Paya Lebar

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$612
3 ROOMS$626▼ 1.8%
4 ROOMS$802▲ 13.2%
5 ROOMS$681▲ 5.5%
EXECUTIVES$662▼ 3.5%
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