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$700K Renovation, Toilet Aircon, and Zero Rent: The Ultimate Singaporean House Tour Breakdown

ILf you’ve been scrolling TikTok, you probably know her as Nana—the one famous for causing hour-long queues for salad and making everyone drool over her homemade shio pan.

But her biggest flex to date isn’t even the bread; it’s the massive 3,900-square-foot corner terrace house in the East where she lives with her mum, Doreen Tan, and her siblings.

When host Amy Ang asked about the renovation bill, Natasha casually dropped that digging out the whole ground floor and hacking down every wall cost around $600,000 to $700,000.

And then came the ultimate flex that will make your BTO mortgage cry: “I don’t know the exact real numbers ‘cos I didn’t pay for it.” Confirm plus guarantee your heart will pain a bit, but credit to her for being 100% honest lah!

The Ground Floor: MRT-Sized Kitchen and Robot Sovereignty

They completely gutted the ground floor to create a seamless, open-concept layout so wide you could literally host a neighborhood badminton tournament inside.

  • The Shio Pan Station: Her kitchen island is practically the size of an MRT platform. This is where the baking magic happens, where she hosts friends, and where she even conducts shio pan masterclasses.
  • Meet “Elon”: Cleaning a 3,900 sq ft footprint? No problem. They have a robot vacuum named “Elon” that runs three times a day. Natasha proudly bragged that Elon works so hard, their domestic helper doesn’t even need to sweep or mop the first-storey floors at all. Work smart, not work hard!
  • Secret Spy Lair Doors: Following her strict “out of sight, out of mind” design rule, every ground-floor room is hidden behind seamless, handleless panel doors. Helper’s room? Hidden. Motion-sensor toilet where you don’t even need to touch a light switch? Hidden. The only door with an actual handle on the entire floor is the guest toilet!

Natasha’s Pad: Hotel Vibes Meets Black Tile Dungeon

Moving into Natasha’s bedroom, she made it clear that productivity is strictly banned.

  • No Work Desks Allowed: Instead of cramming a study table inside like us normal office peasants, she opted for pure “hotel room vibes.” She stuck a plush, luxurious hotel lounge chair right beside her bed for maximum relaxation.
  • Cat Luxury: Even her cats live better than most of us. Her room features built-in custom carpentry designed specifically to conceal the cat litter box, keeping the minimalist aesthetic completely untainted.
  • The “Dungeon” Ensuite: Walk through her walk-in wardrobe and step behind another hidden door to find her bathroom. Decked out entirely in dark, matte black tiles with contrasting white marble countertops, she proudly calls it her “dungeon vibes” sanctuary—because nothing says good morning like brushing your teeth in the Batcave. Plus, the whole room opens right out into a massive, unblocked backyard that’s ready for future upgrades.

Auntie Doreen’s Sanctuary: The Toilet Aircon Masterclass

If you think Natasha’s setup is high-class, wait till you look at the second floor. The absolute peak Singaporean dream belongs to her mother, Auntie Doreen.

Auntie Doreen has her own sprawling outdoor yoga deck equipped with solar panel awnings to cut down the household electricity bills during the day (which is great, because the house has zero fans and runs strictly on air-conditioning).

But the real crown jewel is “Doreen Tan’s Sanctuary”—her master bathroom.

Inside this sanctuary sits a custom-built, luxury onsen tub. And mounted directly right above the toilet door? A dedicated split-unit air conditioner.

I upWhy on earth would anyone put air-con inside a toilet? Natasha explained the math perfectly: “Usually when you take a bath, you will be hot, right? But you don’t want to be hot. You turn on the aircon, and then you soak in the hot tub, and it’s like, wah, shiok.” Stepping into a steaming hot onsen while 18°C arctic wind blasts your face? That is 200IQ Singaporean luxury right there.

Why Buy a BTO When You Can Build Upwards?

When Amy Ang finally asked if Natasha has any plans to move out, buy a property, and get her own place, Natasha didn’t even hesitate for one second:

“No, why? I want to live with Doreen.”

Turns out Auntie Doreen already has the ultimate legacy strategy mapped out. If the kids get married and the family expands, they aren’t going to go house-hunting in this property market.

Instead, the plan is to tear down the terrace house and rebuild it straight upwards into a multi-story landed complex—giving every single child their very own dedicated floor with private apartment vibes.

Free rent, a robot cleaning crew named Elon, an in-house bakery, and a personal toilet onsen with dedicated air conditioning. Honestly lah, with a setup like that, who in their right mind would ever want to leave home?


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