Today, we're back in the East again but this time, touring a more affordable landed enclave than last week's Peach Garden.
We'll be doing a walk-through of Jalan Soo Bee and its neighbouring roads, Sea Breeze Walk, Sea Breeze Road, and Sea Breeze Avenue. To be honest, the estate isn't particularly well-known: I did a Google search for all the roads and only two relevant articles popped up:
One said that the origin of Simei was from Jalan Soo Bee
The second was advertising the sale of a bungalow at Sea Breeze Avenue in 2019 (This landed enclave has three types of landed housing: terrace units, semi-Ds and detached houses, but I saw mostly terrace houses.)
Here's the Master Plan/plot map of the area for you to better orientate yourself. PHOTO: Stackedhomes
As you can see, the area is surrounded by Industrial Parks (the dark purple plots), Changi General Hospital (the red plot), schools (the light yellow plots — Changkat Primary, Changkat Secondary, and ITE College East), a church (Zion Presbyterian church), and other landed houses.
In fact, we're just down the road from Sunbird Avenue, which we viewed a few weeks back. However, the two landed estates feel quite different. Sunbird Avenue is very peaceful and tranquil whilst Sun Breeze Avenue, though not noisy. I didn't realise we were close to Industrial Parks till I checked the map — it feels more like any other landed estate in Singapore.
You can't see it on the map above, but the estate is quite conveniently located for amenities: it's a 3-minute drive to Eastpoint Mall, about 15 minutes on foot to Simei MRT station (East-West line) and Singapore Expo (where you can find food options and an MRT station), and a 12-minute drive from Changi Airport.
You're also a 15-minute walk from Simpang Bedok, one of the cooler hawker centres in Singapore. That's where you can find some of the cheapest landed houses in Singapore, over at Jalan Chempaka Kuning and Bedok Walk. There are houses for under $ 1 million but, as always, there's a catch- the houses are leasehold, with not many years to go before the lease expires. If you're keen to find out more, we did a walkabout there a while back.
Anyway, back to today's point of interest: Jalan Soo Bee and the Sun Breeze streets. Let's go take a look!
Here I am standing at Sea Breeze Road, looking at Jalan Angin Laut, the most direct way to enter Sea Breeze Road from the main road (Simei Avenue.) Alternatively, you can also turn off Upper Changi Road onto Harvey Avenue or Jalan Angin Laut and turn back to Sea Breeze. PHOTO: StackedhomesHere's the main Jalan Angin Laut entrance: as you can see the houses start almost right from the start. PHOTO: StackedhomesLooking out onto Simei Avenue — quite a bit of traffic, as you can see. PHOTO: StackedhomesLooking to the right — not a shop or restaurant in sight but, as mentioned earlier, you're not too far from amenities here. (There's even a hotel, albeit a 1-star hotel rated 3.4 on Google called Cameron Hotel, which is just down the road.) PHOTO: StackedhomesAnd now, looking to the left. PHOTO: StackedhomesThe closest street parallel to the main road is Jalan Soo Bee. PHOTO: StackedhomesBehind the trees is Simei Avenue (the main road), with the houses on the right of the photo. As shown, there is a single white line down the middle of the road so there's not much street parking at the start. PHOTO: StackedhomesWalking down Jalan Soo Bee. It's mostly semi-Ds here. PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesThere's also a temple here (although the area is zoned residential.) In fact, the estate reminds me a little bit of Fuyong Estate. Like Fuyong Estate, this estate is not flat (though not as hilly as Fuyong) and the houses behind the temple are elevated above it. PHOTO: StackedhomesThe grounds of the temple. PHOTO: StackedhomesClose-up of the houses behind so you can see exactly how much higher they sit. PHOTO: StackedhomesOut come the bins to reserve parking space. PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesThe houses we pass along the way — this estate has one of the highest concentration of red brick homes that I've seen. PHOTO: StackedhomesBehind Jalan Soo Bee is a condo and the street continues right onto Sea Breeze Walk. PHOTO: StackedhomesOn the left, there is a shortcut to the main road (and the bus stop.) Only stairs though, there is no ramp. PHOTO: StackedhomesHere are the buses that come this way. PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesNext to the staircase (inside the estate) is a small playground. PHOTO: StackedhomesResidents have added some seating next to the playground. PHOTO: StackedhomesI didn't meet any residents on the walk but it seems like a friendly neighbourhood — there was even a house offering free water to passers-by! PHOTO: StackedhomesBehind the playground is a walkway. PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesQuite a scenic shortcut isn't it? PHOTO: StackedhomesAnyway, back to the houses — here we are turning onto Sea Breeze Walk. PHOTO: StackedhomesSome of the terrace houses we see. Although there are a lot of terrace houses here, the estate does not feel too cluttered. PHOTO: StackedhomesAs you can see, there's some open space around. PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesSea Breeze Walk leads onto two other streets. Sea Breeze Road (the one we're on now) and Sea Breeze Avenue (which we'll look at later.) PHOTO: StackedhomesSee what I mean about the are having more red brick houses? PHOTO: StackedhomesIt was walking down this part of the estate that brought Fuyong Estate to mind. PHOTO: StackedhomesThis view in particular: do you see the resemblance? (You're not as elevated here though.) PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesMany houses are still in original condition, so there's room to build higher. PHOTO: StackedhomesThe borrow of the street reaches Jalan Angin Laut — turn left twice to reach Sea Breeze Avenue. PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesThere are some gigantic houses here! PHOTO: StackedhomesLike Sea Breeze Road, it's a dotted white line, so visitors can park along the road. PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesUnlike Sea Breeze Road, Sea Breeze Avenue has four short streets that bisect it, such as Sea Breeze Grove. PHOTO: StackedhomesPHOTO: StackedhomesAlong the main road, the houses are all in different styles. PHOTO: StackedhomesThese two are my favourites. PHOTO: Stackedhomes
Now that we've seen the entire estate, how do you find it? Before we go, here are the last transacted prices. There was even a sale for $1.5 million, only two years ago! (However, that price is so abnormally low that I didn't mention it in the title.)
Last transacted prices for Sea Breeze Avenue — the last sale in 2024 was $3.62 million, which is not high compared to other areas in Singapore. PHOTO: StackedhomesFor Sea Breeze Road, the last sale was in 2023 at $3.28 million. PHOTO: StackedhomesSimilarly, at Sea Breeze Walk, the last transaction was in 2023 at $3.62million. i.e. the last transacted prices of all three streets are around $3million+, so the prices are not a one-off. PHOTO: Stackedhomes
