Design, Build and Sell Scheme
{{Short description|Housing scheme in Singapore}}
File:Natura_Loft_DBSS_Bishan.jpgDesign, Build and Sell Scheme (abbreviation: DBSS) was introduced by the Housing and Development Board in 2005. Flats built under the scheme were meant for public housing and developed by private developers. They were built with supposedly better designs and mostly in matured estates such as Tampines, Ang Mo Kio and Bishan. There were 13 DBSS projects, totaling 8,533 units. The scheme attracted public outrage when a series of five-room DBSS flats developed in Tampines by Sim Lian Group Limited opened for sale at S$880,000, way higher than what could be afforded by most middle-class families.{{Cite web|title=Prices slashed after DBSS flats uproar|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes20110622-1.2.4|access-date=2021-07-01|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg|language=en-SG}} As HDB did not control the pricing of DBSS units being sold, the scheme was poorly received{{cite web | url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/netizens-want-dbss-scrapped-altogether-yahoo-poll-162531300.html | title=Netizens want DBSS scrapped altogether: Yahoo! poll | publisher=Yahoo | accessdate=21 September 2018}} and subsequently suspended indefinitely.{{cite web | url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/khaw-boon-wan-suspends-dbss-land-sale-115432725.html | title=Khaw Boon Wan suspends DBSS land sale | accessdate=21 September 2018}}
List of DBSS projects
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!|Location !|DBSS Alias !|Blk / Unit no !|Launched !|Room Layout !width=15%|Units sqm !width=25%|Land Sale / DBSS Awarded (SGD) !DBSS Awarded |
Tampines
|The Premiere |Eight 17-storey blocks |Oct 2006 |2-room |4 (50 m²) |18 January 2006 |Sim Lian Land Pte Ltd |
Boon Keng
|City View [http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/E43B6F91FCC742274825729F0005E4C0 Press Release] |Three 40-storey blocks |Jan 2008 |3-room |72 (68 – 70 m²) |6 June 2007 |Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd Sunway Concrete Products (S) Pte Ltd
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Ang Mo Kio
|Park Central |Four 30-storey blocks |July 2008 |4-room |172 (90–93 m²) |5 December 2007 |Greatearth Developments Pte Ltd |
Bishan
|Natura Loft |Three 40-storey blocks |Nov 2008 |4-room |160 (95 m²) |28 February 2008 |Qingjian Realty Pte Ltd |
Simei
|Parc Lumiere |Eight 12-storey blocks |Apr 2009 |4-room |120 (94 m²) |6 June 2008 |Sim Lian Land Pte Ltd |
Toa Payoh
|The Peak |Two 42-storey blocks |Apr 2009 |3-room |42 (70 m²) |22 August 2008 |Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd
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Yishun
|Adora Green |Six 16-storey blocks |Feb 2011 |3-room |67 m² |24 May 2010 |Guthrie (DBP) Pte Ltd
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Tampines
|Centrale 8 |One 15-storey block |Jun 2011 |3-room |182 (61 – 62 m²) |6 August 2010 |Sim Lian Land Pte Ltd |
Bedok
|Bedok Belvia [http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/E43B6F91FCC742274825729F0005E4C0 Press Release] |Three 14-storey blocks |Oct 2011 |3-room |102 (66 – 67 m²) |4 Nov 2010 |CEL Development |
Upper Serangoon (Hougang) |Parkland Residences [http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/D4191A6BB84582DC482577B900153B2A?OpenDocument Press Release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019192712/http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/D4191A6BB84582DC482577B900153B2A?OpenDocument |date=2010-10-19 }} |Four 18-storey blocks |Jan 2012 |3-room |136 (67 m²) |2 Dec 2010 |Kwan Hwee Investment Pte Ltd |
Yuan Ching Road (Jurong West) |Lake Vista [http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/DFC3CBB6C8E36F68482577DC0017DC3C?OpenDocument Press Release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426224833/http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/DFC3CBB6C8E36F68482577DC0017DC3C?OpenDocument |date=2012-04-26 }} |Four 22-storey blocks |Oct 2011 |3-room |67 m² |10 Jan 2011 |Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd Sunway Developments Pte Ltd SC Wong Holdings Pte Ltd |
Clementi
|Trivelis [http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/C430C1238D46DD8248257823000E1109?OpenDocument Press Release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331132009/http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10296p.nsf/PressReleases/C430C1238D46DD8248257823000E1109?OpenDocument |date=2012-03-31 }} |Three 40-storey blocks |Oct 2011 |3-room |60m² |10 Mar 2011 |EL Development Pte Ltd |
References
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External links
- [http://www.hdb.gov.sg/cs/infoweb/residential/buying-a-flat/new/dbss Procedures – Buying a flat under Design, Build & Sell Scheme]
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Category:2005 establishments in Singapore