Looking for the Perfect Escape From the City? Upper Thomson @ Central Catchment

The Upper Thomson area is also known as the lungs of Singapore consists mostly landed properties with a few condo landed enclave.

It is also home to some GCB otherwise also known as Good Class Bungalows. They are the most prestigious of the landed houses class as there are strict URA – Urban Renewal Authority guidelines on the use of land in a GCB.

The Upper Thomson area sits just next to the lungs of Singapore. Lungs referring to The Central Catchment Area. The Central Catchment Area region is home to MacRitche Reservoir. Hence the air quality in this region is fresher. It is also for this reason their many exercise enthusiasts come to MacRitche to run, hike or simply be with nature.

SCHOOLS

As much as we would like to say or even think that all schools are good schools, this is not a true fact. Let’s face it, Schools form an important and integral part of a family’s decision on where they would call their home. It is still the Asian parent belief that a good education would allow the child to move up in the in the Corporate ladder, hence their status in society would be cemented too.

Why are schools important?

The Central Catchment areas is home to many good schools such as Raffles Institution (RI), Raffles Girls School (RGS), Catholic High, St Joseph International, CHIJ St Nicholas, Marymount Primary.

This gives parents an array of schools to choose from. The school that the parents chose for their children to study in depends on a variety of reasons such as proximity to one’s home, academic results and of course affiliation to the school.

Because parents will do things for their children which includes living near the school of choice. It may be by way of renting or purchase.