Brooks Signature Review

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Propshort: Brooks Signature is a rare sort of development. It is both freehold and non-strata which means that the resident owns the land and can therefore, pass on the property to the next generation indefinitely. The landed houses are massive, three-storey homes with more than enough room for a family of six or more.

Freehold homes are rare but most are freehold strata-titled homes such as townhouses arranged in a township where the facilities are communal and management of the development is shared by the management.

Freehold landed non-strata homes on the other hand are as rare as rare gets in Singapore and Brooks Signature is all the better for it.

Each terrace home is three and a half storeys and all come with six bedrooms and attached bathrooms. The corner terraces have a little something extra – a pool.

The houses are also all slightly different, in layout and size and so as not all things are identical, every house is just a little more unique than their predecessor.

Different inter terraces with pools

What they all have in common are the six bedrooms, the number of floors and the sheer expansive communal and living spaces no matter where you are in the house.

The house focused on for this review will be the 3,681 sq ft. Type TW terrace.

This house does not come with a pool as it is not a corner terrace but the lack of a pool makes no difference to the house. Its absence is barely noticeable upon entering the main door and taking in the first floor.

Brooks Signature living area

Spaces are clearly demarcated here, with the living area being closest to the door, the dining table fit for 10 people or so next to a feature wall that is just beneath where the design of the house provides natural illumination from above.

The dry kitchen and its island leads into a wet kitchen which in turn leads outside into the yard area.

Brooks Signature dry and wet kitchen

The first bedroom is also on the ground floor and though this is often considered a ‘guest room’, it is far bigger, has its own bathroom and is better suited as a permanent room for an elderly member of the family. If no such family member is expected to move in, then the room can serve as comfortable living quarters for the family helper.

The living room is perfect for parties given its size. Owners might even be tempted to install the biggest television screen they can because the room is wide enough to allow for it.

Living room

The first floor is the ground storey and as such, does not add to the three-storey of rooms that are to follow. The staircase are noticeably wide with a gentler slope up rather than a steep one. This is good for when lugging heavy stuff up or even moving furniture from one room to another. It makes maneuvering easier and it’s less of a strain on the people moving furniture than if the steps were narrow and steep. It is a small addition with huge benefits.

As for the bedrooms, they are all extremely big. A king size bed can go in them with no problems or lack of space after to have additional furniture placed inside.

The common bedrooms with their attached bathrooms are leaps and bounds bigger than any master bedroom in a typical condominium unit which is both expected and welcomed. The bountiful space means proper living conditions for an individual instead of a cell-like room good for just one bed.

Common bedroom

The master bedroom is the grandest of them all and this is punctuated with a king-size bed that looks small within its confines. Bay windows do little to eat up space as well.

Master bedroom

The walk-space from the foot of the bed to the far wall is unconventionally large but the room opens further to include a walk-in wardrobe. That the walk-in wardrobe spans an entire main wall means much more space for clothing. As there are no additional partitions about, the excess of walking space keeps the bedroom from every feeling cramped and looking messy.

The walk-in wardrobe leads to the master bathroom which like the rest of the room is commodious, grand and superior to any five-star hotels.

Master bathroom

As gorgeous as the master bedroom is, it certainly does not detract from the common bedrooms. The master bedroom is just bigger but the common rooms aren’t lacking in any way which makes the best looking common room the most ironic since it is also smaller, at least where the room part is concerned, than the others.

Attic bedroom with attached balcony

The room in question is on the uppermost floor and is commonly referred to as the attic though nowhere as dingy as the attics in movies are shown to be. This room is the sole occupier of the third storey and though smaller, it comes with its own bathroom and balcony. Being on the third floor also means this room offers the occupier a fantastic view of Brooks Signature and beyond.

View from attic balcony

While the design for the bathroom here includes see-through glass partitions, it’s a simple enough matter to install blinds.

Attic attached bathroom

In any case, the sense of freedom here is inspiring and the attic room is a fantastic option for the single teenager in the family tethering at the edge of adulthood but not quite there yet.

The last thing that this house has is an outdoor family area on the second floor that is accessible through sliding doors that keep the living areas and communal corridor separate from where you would go and BBQ under the open air. When the doors are shut, the smoke floats upward into the sky.

Outdoor BBQ terrace on 2nd storey

Only this unit type has the BBQ terrace on the second-storey. Other units have it located at the back of the kitchen. No matter where it is located however, it’s still a nice, self-contained area that the owner can choose what to do with. Since the terrace area is open air it may even be a better idea to eschew the BBQ area and instead, plant a garden. The fauna is likely to grow well under natural light and rain.

In closing, Brooks Signature is a fantastic piece of real estate. It is easy for the developer to merely coast on the prestige of offering freehold non-strata homes but Kallang Development saw fit to build luxurious and gorgeous homes for people who prefer this kind of lifestyle.

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