Landed Guide · Episode 4 · 52s
Corner or Inter-Terrace? What the Corner Premium Actually Buys
A corner terrace costs more than the house next door — same row, same roof line. What you're paying for is the extra land at the side, and the rules that come with it.
Key takeaways
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A corner plot has to be bigger and wider: URA's minimum is 200 sqm and 8m of width, against 150 sqm and 6m for an intermediate terrace.
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That extra width is the real purchase — room at the side, a second frontage, more light, and usually more freedom when you rebuild.
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The premium only comes back if your next buyer wants the same things. On a quiet street it holds; on a busy junction, that second frontage is noise.
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On the size of the gap: what I quote is from my own transactions, not a published market rate. Corner premiums vary enormously by street, plot shape and surroundings — your number should be worked out on your specific plot.
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These are URA minimums for creating a plot through subdivision or redevelopment, not a description of any particular house, and they're the Terrace Type I figures. Net dimensions, excluding land vested to the State. (Source: URA Development Control Handbooks.)
Read the transcript+
A corner terrace costs more than the house next door. Same row, same roof line. You're paying for the extra land at the side and for what it lets you do. A corner plot has to be bigger, 200 square meters against 150, and wider, 8 meters against 6. That's the rule, not the marketing. That extra 2-meter width is what you're really buying. Room on the side, a second frontage, more light, and usually more freedom when you rebuild it. I've seen corners trade half a million to a million above the inter terrace beside them. But that premium only comes back if your next buyer wants the same thing. So which is better, a corner or an inter-terrace?
Thinking about a landed purchase or sale?
Land, plot and rebuild potential decide landed value — and they are not what the listing's built-up number tells you. Start with a proper read of your plot.