Site survey of Canberra Vista - Feb 2020 HDB BTO

I went down to the plot of Canberra Vista for a site survey of this BTO project today.

I wanted to check out the environment, amenities and flats located nearby Canberra MRT to have a sense of how it is like living in Canberra Vista.

I met up with Ms Doraemon at Yishun MRT and we took a 15 min walk to Canberra to have a sense of the distance of Canberra from Yishun. It is a smooth stroll along the park connector along the MRT track.

As we closed in on Canberra MRT, we were greeted by Sungei Simpang Kiri, the blue river depicted in the artist impression of Canberra Vista. I thought it is really a river, but actually it is a big drain canal filled with dirty water and litter. Disappointed that artist impression can lie.

Sungei Simpang Kiri

Nice River?!

Piling works has commenced for Canberra Vista

Then we went to check out the newly built Canberra MRT Station. It is extremely quiet and barely has less than 10 people on a Sat afternoon. An MRT Station in a ghost town?

We also checked out the Canberra Plaza which will TOP soon.

The usual shops that will be opened in Canberra Plaza. They will serve the bare essentials and needs of the residents of Canberra. But the Plaza is a far cry from a Shopping Mall.

And we headed up to the 12th storey of a newly built HDB block in Eastlink I @ Canberra BTO to check out the view. From top and far, the drain canal indeed looks like a river. The construction site is the plot where Canberra Vista is located.

We tried to walk to Sembawang Shopping Centre by cutting through Jalan Sendudok Park.

It is a scenic park near a private estate enclave. A handful of joggers can be seen. This park will be swarmed with more people when the Canberra Vista project is TOP.

After cutting through the park, we then took a 15 min walk along Jalan Sendudok and Jalan Jeruju to reach Sembawang Shopping Centre, which has many more shops and is larger scale than Canberra Plaza. It has a Giant hypermart, Daiso, Value shop, fast food eateries such as Burger King and Chic-a-boo etc. It should serve the residents of Canberra Vista well in future.

I believe that Canberra Vista is still a nice and peaceful place to live in. Located beside an MRT station, it offers convenience for residents commuting to work and travel. In terms of amenities, it does not have the richness of a matured estate but with Canberra Plaza at the doorstep to server basic essentials and a shopping mall nearby, upcoming Bukit Canberra Integrated Hub nearby at Sembawang, there is much for those lucky applicants of Canberra Vista to look forward to. This project offers great value and opportunity to live in an uncoming new town and a great investment for young couples to make their first pot of gold. As of writing, it is no wonder that the application rate has hit close to 6 times for a 4 room unit and 10 times for a 5 room unit.

Thanks for reading my site survey report of Canberra Vista for Feb 2020 HDB BTO. I will also post another report on Toa Payoh Ridge from the site visit in Oct 2019. Stay tuned!  

With Love & Peace,

Qiongster