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Black-and-white houses exude character, but are not for faint-hearted

Colonial-era homes require regular maintenance, but are still sought after by tenants who like landed living

Published Wed, Mar 11, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

DISTINCTIVE homes in lush settings for the elite few, Singapore's 500 black-and-white bungalows present a different facet of a city where everything works with clockwork efficiency and money can seemingly fix any inconvenience.

But money does not always work if you want to live in one of these colonial black-and-white houses. And they are certainly not for the faint- hearted, either.

For a housewife who moved her family from Thailand to Singapore, a black-and-white house on Malcolm Road was home for 21 years until 2015.

Dealing with termites and snakes wer…