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Sembawang Drive EC is a planned 99-year leasehold executive condominium of about 450 units at Sembawang Drive (District 27, OCR). TOP is expected around 2031–2032; pricing has not been announced yet.
An easy-going northside town. Sembawang trades city intensity for space and greenery — Sun Plaza and Sembawang MRT at the town centre, the seafront at Sembawang Park, and Singapore's only natural hot spring park a short drive away. It is a town families settle into rather than pass through, and new private-housing supply here is thin.
The school-belt position. Within any estate the addresses that matter most to families are the ones inside the 1km primary-school radius. This site sits directly beside Northoaks Primary School, with three more primary schools inside the radius — a combination that consistently draws heavy balloting interest at EC launches.
How the EC path works. ECs are sold to eligible Citizen/PR family nuclei under HDB's schemes, subject to a household income ceiling, and must be occupied for a Minimum Occupation Period before resale on the open market — privatising fully later. Buyers also need to dispose of an existing HDB flat within the required window after key collection. That patience is precisely where the long-run EC upside has historically come from; send Joanne your situation and she'll confirm eligibility and map the sell-and-buy timeline before you commit.
Who it's for. HDB upgraders who want a family-sized home at an EC entry price, parents planning around primary-school registration, and buyers happy to hold through the MOP for the privatisation upside.
Sembawang Drive EC spans a generous site of roughly 138,854 sqft with an expected 450 residential units — and its defining feature is unmistakable: it sits right next to Northoaks Primary School, with three more primary schools inside the 1km radius. For families planning around primary school registration, launches like this are exactly what you queue for.
Just as compelling is the price point. This is expected to be one of the more affordable ECs of recent times — especially against what comparable EC launches in Tampines have been asking. Pair that with Sembawang's easy-going northside living and the value case for HDB upgraders writes itself.
Register your interest early. Family-oriented ECs with school proximity draw heavy balloting interest, and e-applications are the way to secure your queue position.