SINGAPORE: After a current YouTube video from Reno Scout the place the very small kitchen of a four-room BTO flat at Tengah obtained a variety of consideration, the Housing & Growth Board responded in a Fb put up.
Based on the caption on the video from the design and renovation firm, “the kitchen dimension on this 4 Room BTO at Tengah is so pathetic…”. In it, lead carpenter Rhys Ng mentioned that whereas the remainder of the house had normal-sized rooms, the kitchen was a special matter.
“Who handed the design papers for this kitchen?” he requested, including, “Actually received a difficulty.”
Anticipating that keyboard warriors would level out that the kitchen space could possibly be expanded into the lounge, Mr Ng mentioned that it might imply asking householders to construct extra, and added that the flooring within the extension can be totally different, because the kitchen flooring is tiled and the one for the lounge is manufactured from vinyl.
Residents who prepare dinner frequently would additionally wish to set up a door for the kitchen, he identified, which might imply a further beam. Sighing closely, he mentioned it may be finished, however known as it problematic.
What HDB mentioned
HDB acknowledged the net discussions stemming from the video of the BTO flat at Backyard Waterfront I in an Oct 14 put up, writing that it’s all about letting householders design the areas based mostly on how they see match.
“Some members of the general public have shared that this format gives householders with flexibility to configure the area to go well with their preferences. That is certainly HDB’s goal – to supply totally different flat designs to fulfill the wants of various patrons,” the put up mentioned.
It added that the flat’s open-concept kitchen is designed for the moist and dry areas to operate collectively, and the world Mr Ng had referred to within the video is the moist kitchen.
The dry kitchen, in the meantime, has further area for counter tops, storage and home equipment. Taken collectively, they measure round 10sqm, which is about the identical as commonplace kitchens in newer flats which have a service yard.
Open-concept kitchens have been the usual design since 2018 for BTO flats when the format permits, HDB wrote, including that this design is “well-liked with a lot of our HDB flat patrons, because the format meets their evolving life-style wants and gives householders with better flexibility in how they use their residing areas.”
Moreover, the beam-free design of Backyard Waterfront additionally signifies that residents who prepare dinner regularly can have greater kitchens, and people who don’t can select to have bigger residing or eating areas.
Nonetheless, some commenters on HDB’s put up didn’t sound too joyful.
“As somebody who cooks regularly, there isn’t a such factor as a moist/dry kitchen,” one wrote, saying that the dry space would nonetheless get moist.
“See the video, then you understand how small the kitchen is. Undecided it could actually stand 2 adults on the similar time with the washer, sink and cooking hob. Within the dry kitchen, you have to put the fridge and countertop,” one other added.
“That dry kitchen space is the place the eating desk was positioned within the older BTO layouts. Now, there can be a counter plus a fridge. There’s barely area within the moist kitchen for one individual to work. And also you anticipate folks to have extra youngsters?” added a 3rd. /TISG
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