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Glitzy high-rise development in Singapore offers elevator for cars.
Sky-high parking in your lounge room
Singapore high-rise offers homeowners the comfort of parking their cars right beside their living rooms.
Forget parking in the basement – a new high-rise apartment complex in Singapore is offering car parking inside your apartment, no matter which level you are on.
The new 30-storey Hamilton Scotts building in the ritzy Orchard Road area has an elevator for cars, which will deliver the vehicles to the "en suite sky garages", glass cases for cars next to the living room.
The owner must drive the car into a garage and on to a turnstile, and then hop out and scan a fingerprint on a biometric scanner, which will use a computer system to send the car to the correct apartment.
Singapore apartment garage
A shot of the lift in action.
The downside is the price. The cheapest apartments in the complex cost $S9.8 million (about $7.5 million) and come with two parking spots. The $S30 million penthouse residences have four parking spaces.
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KOP Properties in Singapore is behind the development, and chief executive Leny Suparman said the homes would appeal to a very well-off and particular type of buyer.
"These buyers are very discerning. They've seen a lot, so they're very exposed in the world, so they are looking for something that's unique and different," Mr Suparman said.
Singapore apartment garage
He said the parking space wasn't just a garage. "It's done in such a way that it's a museum showcase; it's not just a car park."
Despite exorbitant taxes on imported cars – including a 41 per cent customs duty and 150 per cent registration fee, both based on the value of the car – Singaporeans buy more Lamborghinis and Ferraris per capita than almost any other nation (Hong Kong is equal).
Sky-high parking in your lounge room
Singapore high-rise offers homeowners the comfort of parking their cars right beside their living rooms.
Forget parking in the basement – a new high-rise apartment complex in Singapore is offering car parking inside your apartment, no matter which level you are on.
The new 30-storey Hamilton Scotts building in the ritzy Orchard Road area has an elevator for cars, which will deliver the vehicles to the "en suite sky garages", glass cases for cars next to the living room.
The owner must drive the car into a garage and on to a turnstile, and then hop out and scan a fingerprint on a biometric scanner, which will use a computer system to send the car to the correct apartment.
Singapore apartment garage
A shot of the lift in action.
The downside is the price. The cheapest apartments in the complex cost $S9.8 million (about $7.5 million) and come with two parking spots. The $S30 million penthouse residences have four parking spaces.
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KOP Properties in Singapore is behind the development, and chief executive Leny Suparman said the homes would appeal to a very well-off and particular type of buyer.
"These buyers are very discerning. They've seen a lot, so they're very exposed in the world, so they are looking for something that's unique and different," Mr Suparman said.
Singapore apartment garage
He said the parking space wasn't just a garage. "It's done in such a way that it's a museum showcase; it's not just a car park."
Despite exorbitant taxes on imported cars – including a 41 per cent customs duty and 150 per cent registration fee, both based on the value of the car – Singaporeans buy more Lamborghinis and Ferraris per capita than almost any other nation (Hong Kong is equal).
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