What happens after you sign. Strata governance, sinking fund health, MCST by-laws, Managing Agent quality, AGM minutes analysis. The post-purchase decisions that determine whether a well-bought property stays a good investment or quietly erodes.
All three projects form a brand-new MCST with zero AGM history. Comparing governance scale and risk across Thomson Reserve, Dunearn House, and Lentor Gardens Residences.
JadeScape's Defects Liability Period closed years ago. At 1,206 units and 96 facilities with an 8-year-old smart home system, here's what the MCST actually carries now.
MCST not yet constituted — constituted at TOP (~2029). DLP 12 months. Sinking fund seed TBC. Five governance questions every Amberwood buyer should ask before signing, and what the first 24 months post-TOP determine about the building's 10-year condition.
The new en-bloc bill isn't law yet — but three of the four things that decide whether a collective sale works are assessable today. Here's the readiness framework.
Seven former HUDC estates remain unsold, aged 39-52 years — right inside the age band a new parliamentary bill uses to lower en-bloc consent thresholds. Here's the full list.
The BMSMA governance change is real. The resale-value premium is still unproven. And a 22kW charger may charge your car at exactly the same speed as a 7.2kW one. Includes who's actually building Singapore's network — Charge+ and SP Mobility.
What you are buying into at Thomson Reserve that nobody will tell you at the showflat - developer MCST track record, sinking fund trajectory, DLP defect pattern, first AGM signals, and the maintenance cost curve over 15 years.
