Our project pick · Faber Walk
Faber Residence
Is the breathing room you gain worth the transport convenience you give up?
Faber Residence brings 399 homes to a roughly 277,659 sq ft site at Faber Walk, alongside Sungei Ulu Pandan and the Ulu Pandan Park Connector, at a plot ratio of about 1.4 — genuinely low density for a modern new launch. Its strongest case is not cheap Clementi and it is not the Jurong transformation story. It is low-density riverside family living inside an established Clementi catchment. Its clearest weakness is rail connectivity today.
“Quiet Clementi living — without needing to live in the middle of Clementi.”
Benny, Best Buy Condo
The basics
- Total units
- 399 residences
- Tenure
- 99-year leasehold
- Site area
- Approximately 277,659 sq ft
- Plot ratio
- Approximately 1.4 — unusually low density for a modern launch
- Land price
- Approximately S$900 psf ppr
- Setting
- Faber Walk landed and riverside enclave, alongside Sungei Ulu Pandan and the Ulu Pandan Park Connector
- Schools
- Nan Hua Primary School is noted as within 1km per project information; verify official block-specific home-school distance
- Wider access
- Clementi, NUS, Singapore Polytechnic, one-north, Science Park, Jurong East and the future Jurong Lake District — a short journey away, not downstairs
- Transport
- Not an MRT-doorstep site today. Future Jurong Region Line and Jurong Town Hall connectivity may improve access later
Benny's Faber Walk walk
A schematic of the setting — not to scale, not a street map, and deliberately without walking times we cannot verify.
Faber Residence
399 homes on roughly 277,659 sq ft at a plot ratio of about 1.4. In practice that means space between blocks, more landscaping and fewer neighbours sharing the lift lobby than a typical modern launch.
How the market responded
Figures as published, without embellishment.
- homes on the site
- 399
- site area
- ~277,659 sq ft
- plot ratio — low density for a new launch
- ~1.4
- psf ppr land cost
- ~S$900
“Density is the number nobody markets and everybody feels once they move in.”
Benny, Best Buy Condo
Why Faber Residence works
The residential arguments, set out plainly. None of these is a verdict, and none of them is a forecast.
Genuinely low density
A plot ratio of about 1.4 across roughly 277,659 sq ft is rare for a modern launch. It is the single attribute here that is hardest for a competing project to replicate later.
“You cannot renovate your way to more space between blocks.”
A riverside, green setting that already exists
Sungei Ulu Pandan and the Ulu Pandan Park Connector are there today. Nothing about the everyday greenery depends on a future delivery date.
Family liveability as the core case
Space, quiet, a landed-enclave street character and room for children to be outside. This is the strongest argument for the project, and it is a residential one rather than a speculative one.
A real school anchor
Nan Hua Primary School is noted as within 1km according to project information — meaningful for Clementi families. Verify the official block-specific distance before you rely on it.
Established Clementi fundamentals
Clementi is a mature estate with depth: schools, shopping, hawker food, healthcare and a working transport network. The project sits inside that ecosystem rather than trying to invent one.
Employment belt within reach
NUS, Singapore Polytechnic, one-north, Science Park, Jurong East and, in time, the Jurong Lake District. Be honest that these are short journeys away rather than at the doorstep — but they are the demand base beneath the address.
The trade-off
MRT reality, and how to price a future line
This is not an MRT-doorstep project and we would not present it as one. If rail is central to your daily life, test the actual commute — at the hour you would really make it, with the bus connection you would really use — before you fall in love with the greenery. Future Jurong Region Line and Jurong Town Hall connectivity can improve the proposition materially, and the wider Jurong transformation is credible support for the area. But future infrastructure is subject to authority timelines, and a bonus is not the same thing as a service you can use on a Monday morning. The clean way to think about it: buy the commute that exists today, and treat the improvement as a possible extra you did not pay a premium for.
“Future MRT is a bonus. Existing MRT is transport. Don't pay tomorrow's price today just because somebody shows you a URA map.”
Benny, Best Buy Condo
What gives Benny pause?
The limitations deserve the same attention as the strengths.
Rail access today is the central weakness. Buyers who lean heavily on MRT should test the real commute before committing.
Many of the attractions — Clementi town, one-north, Jurong East — are a short journey away rather than downstairs. Frame them accurately in your own head.
Remaining stock as at early September 2026 sat in the larger 4-bedroom and 5-bedroom formats, at indicative quantums of roughly S$2.8m–S$2.93m and S$3.34m–S$3.48m respectively.
At those quantums you are competing with the whole S$2.8m–S$3.5m family-home universe, including landed-adjacent and resale options, not just nearby new launches.
The Jurong transformation is support, not a thesis. Marketing language should not be allowed to imply guaranteed appreciation.
Verify the Nan Hua within-1km position for your specific block rather than for the project generally.
“The greenery sells itself at the showflat on a Sunday. The bus ride shows up on a Wednesday.”
Benny, Best Buy Condo
What else could I buy?
What we would put side by side in a real conversation. No listing prices and no agent numbers appear on this page.
The wider S$2.8m–S$3.5m family-home universe
At these quantums the honest comparison set is every four- and five-bedroom family home in that band — including resale in mature estates and MRT-adjacent alternatives — not only nearby new launches.
MRT-adjacent Clementi and west-corridor stock
If rail matters to your household, price the convenience difference explicitly rather than assuming greenery compensates for it.
Compare on the same dimensions
Life-phase Residential Suitability (LPRS)
The qualitative lenses we think through on every project — life-stage fit, place, family ecosystem, quantum, tenure and resilience. No scores, no internal formula — just what each lens tells us here.
Life-stage suitability & layout
Aimed squarely at established families needing four or five bedrooms, with the outdoor setting doing real work for households with young children.
Place & connectivity
A quiet Faber Walk riverside address inside the Clementi catchment. Strong on place, weaker on rail — the trade-off is the whole story here.
Family ecosystem
Nan Hua Primary noted within 1km per project information, plus the wider Clementi schooling and amenity depth. Verify the specifics for your block.
Affordability & quantum
Larger remaining formats put this in the S$2.8m–S$3.5m band as at early September 2026. That is a serious family-home budget and should be compared against the full field at that level.
Tenure
99-year leasehold on a fresh lease, on land acquired at roughly S$900 psf ppr.
Resilience & future buyer pool
Low density and greenery in an established Clementi catchment are difficult to replicate, which supports the pool. Larger quantum and softer rail access narrow it. Both pressures are real.
“Property is not only transport. But transport is the part you cannot renovate away either.”
Benny, Best Buy Condo
Benny would look hardest at…
Where the evidence in this review points most clearly. Not a verdict on any specific unit — stack, floor, facing and price still decide.
The larger family layouts
Four- and five-bedroom homes are the natural expression of the low-density, riverside lifestyle case — space, quiet and outdoor access are what the project does best.
The quantum, hard
At indicative levels around S$2.8m–S$3.5m, the honest comparison set is the entire family-home universe at that budget — including MRT-adjacent Clementi and young resale — not just neighbouring launches.
Who should look closer — and who should think harder
Neither list is a judgement about you. They are simply the situations this project does and doesn't suit.
Worth exploring if…
- You want space, quiet and greenery more than a station downstairs.
- You are a Clementi-catchment family and the school access matters to you.
- You drive, or a short bus ride genuinely does not bother you.
- You value low density enough to pay for it.
- You can fund a four- or five-bedroom home in the S$2.8m–S$3.5m band comfortably.
Think harder if…
- You measure every property by metres to MRT.
- Your purchase case rests on the Jurong transformation delivering on schedule.
- You want town-centre convenience at your gate.
- You have not tested the real commute at the hour you would actually travel.
- You are stretching to the top of your budget for the larger formats.
Benny's Exit Test: who buys this from me next?
Entry and exit are two halves of the same decision. This is not a forecast, a target price or a score — just who is likely to buy this from you later, and what could make that harder.
The likely next buyer
A Clementi-anchored family or own-stayer who values schools, greenery and low density — and, by then, possibly a buyer helped by improved transport in the wider west.
What still stands out then
- The riverside and park-connector setting beside Sungei Ulu Pandan, which cannot be replicated by a newer site nearby.
- Genuine low density on a large plot at a modest plot ratio.
- Clementi fundamentals: employment nodes, education ecosystem and everyday convenience.
What it competes against
Future and resale competition
- Future launches and government land sales across Clementi, the wider west and Jurong.
- Young resale condominiums in the same catchment, priced against you on total quantum.
- At larger quantums, the whole west-region family-home universe — not just neighbouring projects.
The quantum question
This matters most for the four- and five-bedroom formats sitting in today's high-S$2m to S$3m-plus range. The future buyer pool at that level is materially thinner than for three-bedroom homes. No price forecast is implied.
What could make resale harder
Vulnerabilities
- MRT access is not effortless today, and that remains part of the conversation at resale.
- Any transport transformation should support the exit argument, never carry it alone.
- Large-format units take longer to place because fewer households can absorb the quantum.
Exit profile
Reasonably broad — more selective at larger quantums.
“Scarcity can help you at resale. But scarcity is not the same thing as liquidity — someone still has to be able to pay.”
Benny, Best Buy Condo
Benny's bottom line
Faber Residence
- A strong family own-stay proposition driven by residential quality rather than speculative upside.
- Low density, riverside greenery, Clementi fundamentals and school access are difficult to replicate in a new launch.
- The central buyer question is whether the lifestyle gained is worth the transport convenience given up.
- Faber isn't the condo we would point to for someone who measures every property by metres to MRT. For a family who wants Clementi, greenery, good schools and more breathing room, and doesn't mind a short bus ride or driving, it starts to make quite a lot of sense. Just don't pay for the Jurong transformation twice — once in the purchase price, and again by waiting patiently for it to arrive.
