How far is Draycott Eight from the nearest MRT?

The nearest MRT is Orchard Mrt Station, about 10.9 minutes on foot.

What is the tenure of Draycott Eight?

Draycott Eight is 99-year leasehold (commenced 1997, ~70 years remaining).

How do I get from Draycott Eight to the city centre by public transport?

Take Bus 143 to Newton, then North-South Line to Raffles Place. About 24 minutes with 1 transfer, roughly S$1.59.

What is the resale price per square foot at Draycott Eight?

Recent URA caveats put the median at about S$2489 psf, from 28 transactions over the last five years.

What is the liveability score of Draycott Eight?

It scores 59.7/100 overall: transport 49.7, food 64.9, schools 100, healthcare 48.5, daily needs 63, green space 28.2, connectivity 64.

Draycott Eight

259405 · Core Central Region (CCR) · Orange Grove · Newton

Private condominium99-year leasehold (commenced 1997, ~70 years remaining)

60Overall / 100Top 84% of 2,287 condosHow we score →

Summary

Draycott Eight in Newton scores 59.7/100 overall. It is a 99-year leasehold (commenced 1997, ~70 years remaining) development, 10.9 minutes’ walk from Orchard Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$2489 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA

Map showing the location of Draycott Eight in Singapore

Draycott Eight, Newton, Singapore 259405

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Pillar scores

Transport: 50
Food: 65
Schools: 100
Healthcare: 49
Daily needs: 63
Green space: 28
Connectivity: 64
Value (lease): 60
Leisure: 46
EV charging: 51

80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall: 60
Young Families: 66
Seniors: 53
Renters: 55
Investors: 59
EV Owners: 57

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00

Raffles Placecity centre: 23.7min
one-north: 33.2min
Jurong East: 43min
Changi Airport: 59.3min

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

24 min door to door · S$1.59 · 1 transfer · 9 min (609 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 11 min riding

9m›143›0m›NSL›0mthe city centre

Walk 9 min (573 m) to Royal Plaza ON Scotts
Bus 143 · Tower Transit Services
Royal Plaza ON Scotts → Newton · 2 stops · 3 min
Walk 0 min (8 m) to Newton
North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
Newton → Raffles Place · 5 stops · 9 min
Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination

Fastest itinerary · fares & times from OneMap, Singapore Land Authority

Price & tenure

Transacted prices from URA caveats (private residential), last 5 years · tenure from URA

Latest median PSFS$2489

12-month change▲ 26.6%

Price momentum56th pctvs other condos

Based on 28 transactions. Tenure: 99-year leasehold (commenced 1997, ~70 years remaining).

Transacted unit sizes

Strata area of units transacted (URA caveats), not a full unit inventory

101–150 m²

>150 m²

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door

Walk-time rings · schematic

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

PlannedMount Pleasant MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 1936 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food

Newton Food Centre18.4 min
Zion Riverside Food Centre28.9 min
Cambridge Road Blk 41A (Pek Kio Market and Food Centre)32.6 min

Supermarkets

daily

Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd6.5 min
Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd8.3 min
Isetan (Singapore) Limited?9 min

CHAS clinics

health

Healthwerkz medical centre @ orchard7.8 min
RafflesMedical8.5 min
WL&H Medical8.5 min

Parks & green

green

Orchard Fountain Corner19.2 min
Hooper Rd Pg22.9 min
Goldhill Ave Pg24.5 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)888 m
Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)1067 m
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School1158 m

Eldercare centres

care

Chong Hua Tong Senior Activity Centre33.2 min
THK Senior Group Home @ Indus36.1 min
Indus Moral CARE36.1 min

Community clubs

leisure

Cairnhill CC13.7 min
Tanglin CC25 min
Pek Kio CC33.7 min

Libraries

leisure

library@orchard22.9 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap

5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 supermarkets, 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 092135.8 min walk · 402 m
Stop 401916.5 min walk · 247 m

Buses that serve this block

BEF LEWIS RD6 min walk
67
AFT DRAYCOTT PK7 min walk
132
FAR EAST PLAZA9 min walk
132190
ROYAL PLAZA ON SCOTTS9 min walk
143

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.

Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like

pays a premium

Among CCR condos islandwide (668 compared), Draycott Eight is more liveable than 17% of them but pricier than 74% — around S$2,489/psf (as of 2026-06).

Liveability17th percentile

Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 26%

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

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Newton planning area

Age profile: In Newton, 18% of residents are under 15 and 14.5% are 65 or older.; 45–4910.3%
40–449.3%
50–548.4%
35–397.5%

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

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See what’s for sale

Browse current for-sale listings near Draycott Eight on Singapore’s property portals. These open on third-party sites — SG Block Index doesn’t list or sell property.

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