The Morris Residences Review

Propshort: The Morris Residences is an altogether well-designed project with spacious homes outfitted with natural marble tiles, heavy duty windows that blocks out all outside noise, in-built lifts, private pools and more. Each home is ideal for multi-generational families and have a startling breadth of space in the bedrooms, all of which come with personal attached bathrooms, that each household has far more options toward designing the house and making it their own.

With only ten homes in a cluster development, exclusivity is more of a certainty than say, in a condominium. However, people who already live in landed developments may not necessarily take toward sharing property space with others in a cluster development.

Morris Residences main gate

This was something Goodland had already anticipated and while the development remains a cluster, critical steps were taken to ensure that when the resident and the family are within the home, their privacy and sense of exclusivity is not diminished in any way.

To enforce this, all houses come fitted with Fascina® windows. A European brand, these windows inoculate the entire home from sound and heat, even providing water insulation during monsoon season. No sounds from the outside penetrates the windows when they’re shut. When the windows are closed, the only sounds you will hear are those within your household. Even the sounds of heavy rain are blocked out when the windows are shut. And by design, they also provide the highest security by being heavy and hard to dislodge from the outside.

Access to the home can be made in one of two ways for most of the units; either by the main entrance (where the balcony/patio is) or via the basement from the carpark.

Patio and community pool on ground floor

Since all units come fitted with a Ken-jo lift, it’s convenient enough to walk in from the private door at your personal parking lot into the basement. From there, you can take the lift up to the living floor, to the bedroom levels or all the way up to the rooftop terrace where the private pool is located.

The lift is motorized instead of hydraulics so in the event of a power trip, the lift will land on the nearest floor, allowing you to exit safely. In addition, there’ a phone in the lift that allows you to call out in an emergency. As a large home, the serves well in a multi-generational household, especially in situations where there’s wheelchair bound elderly.

Adding to the smart design choices is the area where the household shelter is located. There’s a rather large area just outside of where the shelter is and in the showunit, it was dressed up as a play area.

Play area near bomb shelter in basement

The interior of the shelter is also quite large and can hold a super single if necessary. The water tank which is usually found on the roofs of such developments is also located in this area, thus freeing up significant space on the roof for actual use.

The only communal facility is the swimming pool and perhaps the garden at the far end of the property. There aren’t other facilities like gyms to take up space since across the road is a fitness centre. There’s also a rather big Anytime Fitness 24-hour gym in NEX. All in all, this means a much larger personal space to call home without facilities taking up that space since those facilities are already available outside the property.

Due to the size of the house, each floor will be covered separately.

Basement

The basement is simple, albeit quite far down by steps. It segues into the carpark, specifically the residence’s appointed lot. As mentioned above, the basement is where the household shelter and the adjoining room is located. It is also where the water tank is stored innocuously. The basement is serviced by the lift.

First floor (Living room/Kitchen)

Living room

As the main floor, it has the unenviable task of making a good first impression. Fortunately, the first floor is posh, inviting, warm and promising.

Natural large marble slabs with natural patterns gives the living room a certain pop. The kitchen at the far end is semi-closed (it doesn’t have a door) with a glass partition replacing part of the wall to enable whoever is cooking in the kitchen to see everything going on in the living room.

Kitchen

The kitchen is compact, which may seem strange for a big house like this but it does its job admirably. It’s certainly not small as it comes with plenty of preparation space. The surface top is durable and has fine patterns on it that gives the kitchen that extra aesthetic.

Behind the kitchen is a bathroom which if you have a maid that’s rooming in the household shelter, is close enough for her to use. The bathroom is just as spacious as a master bathroom in a condominium.

Second floor (bedrooms)

On this floor is the junior master bedroom and the common bedroom. The flooring for the bedrooms are timber. The common bedroom is quite big, especially since it comes with its own bathroom.

Common bedroom

The junior master also has its own bathroom, but with the extra space, its entrance is next to a walk-in wardrobe. The space is considerable and the amount of walk space is appreciated. At no point does the junior master bedroom feel cramped.

The bathroom is also well-designed, with ample space and clear wet and dry sections.

Junior master bedroom

Third Floor (Bedrooms)

This floor is home to another common bedroom which is identical to the one on the second floor. The other room however is the master bedroom and it is much bigger than the junior master, even with its own attached bathroom.

The see-through glass for the bathroom takes some getting used to but as the master bedroom is meant for the premier married couple of the family, it’s nowhere as jarring as seeing such a thing in a 1-bedroom apartment for example.

In fact, the frosted glass decal and see-through bits makes an already big room look even more spacious and vibrant. Light can stream in from the bathroom which lets you close the blinds near the bed for privacy and still have natural light.

Master bedroom

In addition, there’s a larger walk-in wardrobe area that’s further away from the bathroom and ample room in between the bed and the wardrobe area to build a small work table. There’s even space at the foot of the bed to place a shelf and mount a television on it without sacrificing walk space. The master bedroom is beautiful and aesthetically well-designed with everything working well with one another.

Rooftop

With the water tank safely and neatly tucked away in the basement, the rooftop has a much bigger space dedicated to usability. You can take the stairs up but the lift also goes to this level. Its platform serves as a middle ground for the two areas of the rooftop.

On one side, closer to the top of the stairs are where the deck chairs and potentially BBQ area will be. On the other side and past the lift is the private rooftop pool.

Source: Goodland Group Ltd

It’s a large enough pool for a few family members to recline in. It’s exposed to the elements so not a good idea to swim when it’s raining but when the weather is clear, the pool is a great place to cool down in during hot weather.

The wall that separates the houses also gives each household the requisite privacy.