Vue 8 Residences Review

Construction of Vue 8 Residence is moving along at a steady pace. Already, it looks more than 60% completed and on track for its June 2017 TOP.

The showroom is still available for viewing between 10am to 7pm daily. There is currently no shutdown date yet.

Showroom: Two show units are available for viewing; the 3-bedroom (Type C1) unit and 4-bedroom (Type D3) unit.

3-bedroom: The 3-bedroom unit makes use of its space quite well. From the main entrance, you’ll see the living room and the kitchen.

Vue 8 3-bedroom showunit entrance

The tiles for the living and dining room are porcelain. Kitchen tiles are homogenous. The kitchen comes furnished with a fridge, washing machine/dryer, cooker hob, built-in oven and stove (gas for 3 & 4-bedrooms, electric for 1 & 2-bedrooms) provided by Teka.

The stainless steel sink (Grohe) is built into a solid surface worktop and framed by built-in kitchen cabinets. There is a utility room, connected to an even smaller bathroom with toilet and shower head.

A see-through glass display allows a two way view between the kitchen and the living room. This adds to the open aesthetic feel to the unit.

Vue 8 3-bedroom kitchen

Additionally, it doubles up as a safety precaution for residents with small children. The see-through glass makes it easier to watch the kids playing in the living room while you cook in the kitchen.

All bedrooms come with built-in wardrobes and air-conditioner units. A queen sized bed can fit into the common bedroom for all unit types.

Next to the second bedroom is the common bathroom. It is elongated and the cabinets, sink and toilet are all positioned on one side (left when standing at entrance) with the bath area at the back.

Vue 8 3 bedroom common bathroom

The shower compartment and wash basin with mirror are Grohe branded. The vanity top cabinet is a solid surface. Like all the other rooms, the door is a timber swing door.

From the common bathroom, you can peer into the master bedroom. This room is big and comes with its own balcony and bathroom. The 3-bedroom master bedroom can fit a king size bed.

The path from the bed to the bathroom is through an open closet. The personal bathroom is a lot bigger than the common one.

There is enough space here for two people to stand back to back comfortably.

3 bedroom unit master bedroom with balcony

There is also a balcony in the master bedroom so residents on the higher floors can relax and take in the view.

Residents on lower floors however have some landscaping between the blocks to liven up the view.

Landscaping for units that do not have a view. (Not indicative of actual landscaping)

4-bedroom: The 4-bedroom (Type D3) unit is a lot larger than it looks. Once you enter the living/dining room, the unit opens up into a surprisingly large communal area.

On the right is the dining and living area. The living area is connected to a balcony and the first bedroom.

Entrance to 4-bedroom unit

On the left of the common area is the kitchen. Its large cooking area flows in an L-shape before narrowing into the yard where the fridge and washing machine can reside.

Beyond that is the utility room and the adjoining toilet with shower.

The kitchen comes with the usual trappings; sink, oven, cooking hob and stove.

It has space for an additional counter top or a small dining table against the wall opposite the stove. The kitchen is separated from the common area by a glass sliding door, either with timber or aluminium frame.

L-shaped kitchen in 4-bedroom show unit

A sliding door works better than a regular swinging door since it takes up less space. It is also more aesthetically pleasing for residents with an eye toward a minimalist design.

Most condominiums in Singapore adopt minimalism anyway, due to a shortage of space so the clean lines that divide the spaces are present if you look for them.

Dining area and ID common room

A queen size bed can fit in and since it is connected to the balcony, you should get some breeze.

Opposite is the second bedroom. Similarly sized, it merely lacks a balcony. The common bathroom is beside it.

Next to the bathroom is the master bedroom and the third adjoining bedroom. Both rooms are connected by a shared balcony and separated by doors.

The separation can be broken down to make the master bedroom bigger however. Families with toddlers can opt to turn the other room into a playroom or a temporary bedroom with a cradle.

Master bedroom and common bedroom combined

On its own, the master bedroom fits a king size bed easily with space to spare and has its own bathroom that is significantly larger than the common one. The entrance to the bathroom is next to the built in open closet.

The bathroom is quite spacious with more than enough room to move around in. In addition to the Grohe fittings, it has a rain shower for a slightly more luxurious feel.

For the stacks facing the sea, you get to look out over the rows of landed housing toward Pasir Ris Park and the sea.

Or you could walk to the balcony, and look out the other side, toward the trees and more sea.

Vue 8 4-bedroom show unit with illustrated view of the sea

From the balcony you can get to the other room. If privacy is a big thing, then it makes sense to combine both rooms otherwise you’ll always have to contend with someone else infringing on your space or being within earshot of you.

Besides, having another bedroom connected to the master bedroom is an excellent way of having a study room so close to where you sleep, but not directly at where you sleep.

The room has space for a queen size bed or several computer tables and shelves. Either way, it’s the owner’s choice but the existing layout presents it as a separate room. The showroom merely shows what is possible.

Adjoining room from connecting balcony

The two showrooms do a good job at selling the potential of Vue 8 Residence and while lighting and interior design plays a huge part in creating and eliciting a certain mood, when stripped bare, it’s still rather good.

The layouts are well thought out and space is used intelligently. Unlike BTOs where the common bathroom is way bigger than the master bedroom bathroom (which are a lot smaller in comparison), here, the developer understands that bathrooms need to be of a certain size in order for the resident to be comfortable.

Master bathroom in 4-bedroom unit

Of course comparing BTOs and condos is like comparing apples and oranges. The point is that the design here better utilizes space constraint and the developer is cognizant of how best to do so with what they are given.

The condo: When the condo is completed, the tennis court will assume the area where the show room currently sits.

Behind are the BBQ pits, children’s swimming pool and fitness corners. The blocks closest to that area, which faces the main road and traffic junction are 1-bedroom units – blocks 19 & 20 – of which only four in block 19 are left (as of 10^th July 2015). Block 20 is sold out.

Tennis Court will be where the showflat is currently situated

From the 3-D model, it’s hard to determine the scale and distance between the blocks. So you may be surprised to know that Vue 8 is considered low density due to how far the blocks are from one other. Take for example the two stacks separated by the 50m lap pool.

The distance between those two stacks of apartments is about 49m across, roughly the length of the swimming pool that divides them.

Additionally, the sky bridge has a sky gym as well but it is essentially a viewing platform. This move is quite reminiscent of older condominium developments where the space allocated is a lot bigger.

Much of this is achieved because the development is in an area that is not as densely packed as other locations in Singapore. Perhaps in the future, upcoming residential developments will have a smaller space to play with but currently, Vue 8 and its early adopters benefit from the generous size.

Vue 8 Residences 3D model

As with other developments, there are several facilities though, with a slight focus on a three generational tier for fitness and fun (children’s swimming pool, adult’s gym, elder’s fitness corners).

Being so close to the park and flanked by a crop of forestry also adds a certain sense of tranquillity to an otherwise marginally out of the way development.

Yet despite this, some of its units are priced quite highly.