Dunearn House: Turf City's first condo launch in decades

The first private condo in Bukit Timah’s Turf City precinct in more than three decades previews on July 10 and opens for booking on July 25. The pricing and the land behind it tell buyers what to expect from this new district.

Frasers Property, CSC Land and Sekisui House will open the sales gallery for Dunearn House to the public on Friday, July 10, with sales bookings from Saturday, July 25. The 380-unit development is on a 99-year lease, and the three developers describe it as the first new private housing project to launch in the Bukit Timah Turf City area in over three decades.

Indicative prices span a wide range by unit type. Two-bedroom units of 527 to 678 sq ft start from $1.475 million, or about $2,799 psf. Three-bedroom units of 872 to 1,001 sq ft start from $2.597 million, and four-bedroom units of 1,184 to 1,378 sq ft start from $3.588 million. The layout splits into two collections: a pair of 19-storey towers holding the larger three-bedroom and four-bedroom units, and three 10-storey blocks with the two-bedroom and three-bedroom homes.

The site sits within the prime Bukit Timah stretch, near Sixth Avenue MRT on the Downtown Line, and close to the Singapore Botanic Gardens and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Frasers Property Singapore’s chief executive, Soon Su Lin, framed the project as offering a first-mover advantage in a distinctive new precinct that will eventually mix public and private housing.

The land tells its own story

The three developers secured the site through a Government Land Sales (GLS) tender that closed in June 2025, with a top bid of $491.45 million. That works out to $1,410 psf per plot ratio (psf ppr), a common way to compare land cost per unit of buildable space.

Dunearn House indicative starting prices by unit type. Exact figures in the text. Source: Frasers Property, CSC Land and Sekisui House indicative prices, Jul 2026. Chart: HomeAsset.

What has happened since is the more telling part. An adjacent Dunearn Road site was awarded to Winrich Investment and Metrobilt Construction in May 2026 at $533 million, or $1,625 psf ppr. In under a year, land in the same pocket changed hands about 15 percent higher.

Land under Turf City is getting dearer: two Dunearn Road GLS sites, a year apart. Source: URA Government Land Sales tender results.

Land is one of the largest inputs into a new condo’s cost, so a rising land price nearby usually points to firmer launch prices for the projects that follow.

What this means for you

• Being first into a brand-new precinct cuts both ways. There is scarcity value in the only condo here, but no local resale track record yet to benchmark future value against. Weigh the premium you pay for being early.
• An entry quantum from about $1.475 million for a two-bedder is relatively accessible for prime Bukit Timah, but the starting psf near $2,799 is firmly at prime-district levels. Check how your TDSR (the rule capping total monthly debt at 55 percent of gross income) and LTV (loan-to-value, the share of price you can borrow) shape your real budget before you fall for a showflat.
• Land next door has already risen about 15 percent in a year, so later Turf City launches may start higher. That is useful context, not a reason to rush a decision.