The concept of a shophouse home has long been a very
common and popular fixture in urban areas in Southeast Asia. Aside from
being very practical, small businesses in Southeast Asia, especially
Singapore, often make use of the shophouse concept to keep costs
relatively low with the shop or business at the front and living
quarters usually at the rear or typically located upstairs apart from
the selling area.The popular Peranakan shophouse usually comes with home insurance quotes from a reputable insurer as most of the shophouses
were built during the colonial era of the 18th century with most having
undergone renovation or restoration.
The ubiquitous Peranakan shophouse, with its airwells,
beautiful Peranakan filigree detailing and lovely wooden flooring has
become the habitat of choice for the new creative forces in Singapore.
Housing everything from creative outfits, young Singaporeans to the
expatriate looking for a piece of vernacular architecture, the shophouse
typology has lent itself to various, at times polemical,
interpretations.
Of late there has been an increasing genre of shophouses
as part of a mixed development concept- shophouses with access to
condominium facilities. What is also happening is a subdivision of
space- we now see 'shophouse apartments'- the first such development
being sold out even in a sluggish market.
Urbane Spaces will source for a conservation shophouse
for you in Singapore to your specifications for both commercial and
residential purposes.
An idea of the well-appointed luxury properties that we
deal with can be found below. Please do note that this represents a
portfolio of the properties that we'd worked with and is not a 'listing'
of currently available properties. We work for private clients to
present them with a portfolio of currently available properties at any
one time, specifically tailored to their needs. This is done on a
retainer basis of SGD2,500 per month, partially refundable upon
successful placement.
