Bishan Park Condo

Although the condominium is 17 years old, that should not be the reason for the management to be slack. The buildings, indeed, require a new coat of paint.

The carparks flood whenever there is a heavy downpour. The ceiling of the lift lobbies on the first floor peels off and looks like almost falling.

Overall, I think this place is not family friendly, especially those with young kids. I recommend this building for:

I am writing as a resident of this place as I am totally fed-up with the management of the place.

This condo is very old and poorly maintained. Moss is already growing on many parts of the building and fence, this place urgently needs at least a new coat of paint! The water fountain has not been working for more than 1 year since I stayed here, the children's playground is the sand type with wooden structures. The wood is already rotting at several parts! Paint at the carpark ceiling is also peeling off.

What makes it worse is the very unfriendly (night) security guards whose mission is to guard and not to serve. The overly zealous night guards makes having a second car seems like a crime, calling you way past 10pm every time your 2nd car "illegally" park at the sheltered lots, expecting you to go down immediately to park at the unsheltered lots, even when it is raining! Even when clearly there are still empty sheltered lots. Visitors were never allowed to park within the condo, and sometimes questioned why they come, making this place a turn-off.

In terms of design flaw, the car park and lift area slopes down and is not fully sheltered, making the whole lift area wet (sometimes with gushing water) when it rains. There is no place even to hide at the lift lobby area such that you stay dry once it pours!

As the carpark is not underground, cars go around the whole estate. With cars parked along the road, one always have to watch out and give way as only 1 car is passable at a time.

It's hard not to see the rubbish chutes when they are located either near the letterbox or along ramps up to the garden. It's also irritating when the cleaners bump over the humps in their rubbish cart early in the mornings as the noise is clearly heard from the bedrooms even at the upper floors, unless you do not open the windows.

Overall this is the worse condo I have seen, being the third one I have stayed in. I recommend this building for:

Bishan Park is near the city and accessible to major expressways such as CTE, SLE, TPE and PIE within minutes.For those with young children, Ai Tong Primary School that is just a 5 to 10 mins walk. CHIJ (St Nicholas) is also just across the road from Bishan Park. The condo has direct access to Bishan Park via the rear gate and also to AMK Ave 1. There is a daily shuttle bus to/fro Bishan MRT that is really convenient for the residents here.

The environment is peaceful and tranquil with the newly renovated park which will be ready before the end of the year. A joint collaboration between PUB and NParks, Bishan Park will see the conversion of the concrete canal into a natural meandering river, seamlessly integrated with the park. The additional facilities in Bishan Park including a River Promenade, new playgrounds, with distinctive theme and home to diverse wildlife with habitats created to encourage certain species to settle and thrive will certainly add vibrancy to the popular park.

The condo design provides a lot of privacy & convenience with two lifts serving only 2 units per floor in all the blocks except one. The layout and rooms in Bishan Park is also big and spacious as compared to those in newer development. Although there is limited carpark lots, the management do make an effort to cater to 2nd car owner by creating lots along the driveway. This should not really bother those who have only 1 car as 1st car owner have priority to park in the covered areas.

A very nice and peaceful place to stay ! I recommend this building for: Outdoors & Activities, Families with Children and Peace & Quiet.