Strata landed homes had a lower $PSF than large condos in all 20 districts, but cost less than 4-bedders in only four. We compare sizes and floor plans.
In June this year, a 3,100 sq ft freehold strata terrace at Kaleido in Telok Kurau changed hands for $3.68 million. About 600m away, a pair of 1,916 sq ft penthouses at Tierra Vue, another freehold project, fetched $3.5 million and $3.63 million after they were sold in August 2025.
The buyers paid prices that were just $180,000 apart, but the Kaleido buyer walked away with a unit that was 1,184 sq ft larger, had a fifth bedroom, three more bathrooms, two parking spaces and a private lift. That’s at least $640 psf less for the strata landed home than for the condo unit, although the condo units were penthouses.
This is why cluster homes can look attractive to families with a budget for a large condo.
In our previous analysis piece, we looked at what owners of each landed type made when they resold the properties. This time, we’re looking at how much space the same budget buys, and how much of that space a household can actually use.
But a larger recorded unit size doesn’t always mean more living space. For condos and strata landed homes, the size on record is the strata area, which can include a car park, a roof terrace, the private enclosed space (PES), air-con ledges and the air space above a double-height ceiling.
Newer projects, including those on government land plots launched for sale from September 2022, fall under the harmonised floor area rules, which no longer count voids in the strata area but still count a strata landed home’s PES, roof terrace and car park. All of the developments we’ll be examining today predate these rules.
