Picture coming home on a weekday evening. You step off the train at Riviera, and two minutes later you are at your own gate, with the river just beyond the development and the sky turning orange over Sungei Serangoon. It is the same walk so many of us made on the way to supper here, except this time the evening ends at your own front door. The home itself is still taking shape, and its layouts, facilities and finishes will be shared as soon as they are released.
The neighbourhood is settled and easy going. Punggol Plaza has the wet market, groceries, a food court and the clinic, all a short walk away. Oasis Terraces is nearby on the Punggol Waterway, and Waterway Point, the town's main mall, is a short ride for the bigger shopping trips. Three primary schools are a short walk from the site, so the mornings stay relaxed. And for the nights when supper calls, GM Food Centre on Punggol Field is nearby, with most of its stalls open round the clock.
Getting around starts at Riviera. The Punggol LRT links you to the North East Line at Punggol, the KPE and TPE are within easy reach for the days you drive, and Changi Airport is about twelve minutes away by car. Around 2032, the Cross Island Line's Punggol Extension is expected to open its interchange at Riviera, putting a second rail line right at the gate.
Weekends are made for the water. The promenade leads straight onto the park connector, the red bridge and Lorong Halus Wetland are a short ride away, and Coney Island is close enough for a morning cycle before the sun gets too strong. Lorong Halus Wetland, just across the bridge, makes for a quiet early walk with the binoculars and the kids. Punggol Point and the old jetty are about ten minutes by car for an evening on the coast, and the 4.2 km Punggol Waterway, with its bridges, kayaks and picnic lawns, is a short ride from home.
Long before the containers arrived, Punggol was a place of farms and kampongs along the river, and the name is said to come from knocking fruit down from the trees with sticks. A five-generation family florist still works the land just along Punggol East. And even as the containers move on, one favourite kitchen is only shifting a junction down the road. With Punggol East Residences, you get to write the next bit of that story, with the river, the sunsets and the walk home right where they have always been.