DECEMBER 2022

An insider’s guide to life in their ’hood

Aryanti Clarke From: Singapore Occupation: Homemaker

THE SPECIFICS

recently just moved back. At the time we wanted to buy a property, we had to consider neighbourhoods a little further away from town. Then, my husband’s business partner had just bought a place at Braddell Hill and we paid her a visit one weekend. We really liked the grounds of this old condo estate as well as the neighbourhoods nearby. We are pretty close to town but, at the same time, we’re a stone’s throw away from one of Singapore’s beautiful nature trails and its oldest reservoir, MacRitchie Reservoir.

What’s the name of your street? Braddell Hill.

What’s a common myth or misconception about your neighbourhood?

Most people mistake Braddell Hill for Braddell Heights, which is a totally different neighbourhood further down the road in Serangoon.

Staircase leading down from the TreeTop Walk in MacRitchie

Exact words you tell a taxi driver to get home?

I normally tell the taxi driver to go to Braddell Hill, just behind Mount Alvernia Hospital. Closest MRT station? We have three near us; the nearest being Braddell (red North South Line), then Caldecott andMarymount. How long have you lived here? We bought our apartment 12 years ago but moved out for a bit and

The condo is just a few minutes from MacRitchie Reservoir

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DECEMBER2022