SG Block Index

The Old House

534749 · Outside Central Region (OCR) · Kovan · Hougang

Private condominiumFreehold
82Overall / 100Top 20% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

The Old House in Hougang scores 82.1/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 5.4 minutes’ walk from Kovan Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1469 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of The Old House in Singapore

The Old House, Hougang, Singapore 534749

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Pillar scores

Transport
88
Food
86
Schools
99
Healthcare
70
Daily needs
96
Green space
71
Connectivity
56
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
70
EV charging
75
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
82
Young Families
84
Seniors
80
Renters
77
Investors
87
EV Owners
81

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
30.8min
NELNSLS$1.90 · 1 transfer
one-north
37min
NELCCLS$2.07 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
51min
NELCCLEWLS$2.30 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
58.3min
80EWLEWLS$2.30 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

31 min door to door · S$1.90 · 1 transfer · 10 min (646 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 17 min riding

6m›NEL›3m›NSL›0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 6 min (413 m) to Kovan
  2. North East Line · SBS Transit
    Kovan → Dhoby Ghaut · 7 stops · 14 min
  3. Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Dhoby Ghaut → Raffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min
  5. 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$1469
12-month change▲ 49.3%
Price momentumToo few sales

Based on 2 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

101–150 m²
1
>150 m²
1

What’s nearby

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

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
PlannedDefu MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 1306 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)7.4 min
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)16.3 min
  • Ci Yuan Hawker Centre25.4 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd5.9 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10.7 min
  • Lim King Chew13.8 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Khoo Clinic & Surgery2.1 min
  • Joash Family Clinic & Surgery2.1 min
  • Simon Road Family Clinic3.1 min

Parks & green

green
  • Richards Ave Pk8.5 min
  • Realty Park10 min
  • Poh Huat Rd Pg10.8 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Eldercare centres

care
  • Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre @ 25 (Branch)7.7 min
  • Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre9.3 min
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang25.9 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)9.7 min
  • Hougang CC12.4 min
  • Aljunied CC15.5 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Cheng San Public Library20.7 min
  • Serangoon Public Library31.2 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around The Old House
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 3 MRT, 1 hawker centres, 1 supermarkets, 2 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 630411.7 min walk · 21 m
  • Stop 630492.5 min walk · 57 m
Buses that serve this block
  • GLAD TIDINGS CH3 min walk
    80

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
strong value

Among OCR condos islandwide (791 compared), The Old House is more liveable than 94% of them and cheaper than 53% — around S$1,469/psf (as of 2023-03).

Liveability94th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 53%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (OCR condos islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2023-03

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Hougang planning area
Age profile
In Hougang, 12.7% of residents are under 15 and 16.3% are 65 or older.
55–598.4%
60–648.2%
25–297.7%
30–347.6%
Household income
38.8% of Hougang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
$20,000+12.7%
No working person11.3%
$2,000–2,9996%
$3,000–3,9995.7%
Dwelling mix
77.2% of Hougang households live in HDB flats; 22.6% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats37.2%
HDB 5 room and executive flats21.2%
HDB 3 room flats14.6%
Condominiums and other apartments14.5%
Household size
37.5% of Hougang households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person22.8%
4-person21.4%
3-person19.9%
1-person14.7%
In education
Of Hougang residents currently in education, 27.8% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary31.1%
Secondary24%
University16.4%
Polytechnic11.4%
Commute to work
58.7% of working Hougang residents commute by public transport; 28.4% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus28.2%
Car21.4%
Bus18.1%
MRT LRT only10.3%

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

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