Enchant?‰

Overview & Key Facts

ENCHANTÉ is a 25-unit freehold boutique condominium at 18 Evelyn Road in District 11, completed in 2022 and developed by Evelyn Pte Ltd. The name — French for “enchanted” or “delighted” — signals the developer’s positioning: this is a small-format luxury residence designed for a discerning buyer who values exclusivity, a prestigious freehold address, and the intimacy of a genuinely private community over the resort amenity decks and communal bustle of larger CCR towers. At just 25 units, ENCHANTÉ is one of the smallest freehold condominiums in the Newton–Novena corridor by unit count, and that rarity is a deliberate part of its identity.

Evelyn Road is one of District 11’s quietest and most distinguished residential streets. A short, low-traffic cul-de-sac environment running between Newton Road and Whitley Road, it sits in a pocket of the CCR that has historically attracted senior professionals, diplomats, and established families who prioritise residential privacy over urban convenience noise. ENCHANTÉ’s 18 Evelyn Road address places it within the Newton MRT interchange’s catchment at approximately 340 metres — an exceptional walking distance — while the immediate streetscape retains the low-density, well-canopied character that distinguishes Evelyn Road from the more commercially active stretches of D11 nearer to Novena and Orchard.

At an average transacted PSF of approximately S$2,700 on a freehold title, ENCHANTÉ is positioned firmly at the premium end of the District 11 boutique segment — above Peak Residence at $2,489 PSF and Soleil @ Sinaran at $1,970 PSF (the latter on a 99-year lease), but below Watten House at $3,236 PSF and broadly comparable to Pullman Residences Newton at $3,075 PSF, which offers a larger 340-unit format. The average transaction price of $3,169,049 and median of $3,077,800 confirm that ENCHANTÉ is transacting in the upper tier of CCR D11 boutiques — a pricing positioning that reflects the Newton MRT proximity, the freehold permanence, the 2022 vintage, and the rarity value of a 25-unit building.

For buyers evaluating the CCR freehold boutique segment in the $2.5M–$4M quantum range, ENCHANTÉ offers a rare combination: Newton MRT interchange at 340 metres, a quiet Evelyn Road residential address entirely free of expressway or arterial road noise, a 2022-vintage building with contemporary specifications and full warranty cycle, and the profound privacy of a 25-unit community. The trade-off is predictable — facilities are minimal by necessity, the boutique scale means limited resale liquidity, and no rental yield data has yet been recorded, making it a capital-appreciation asset by design rather than an income-generation vehicle. ENCHANTÉ is a development that rewards the buyer who has made peace with these constraints and values what the address and scale uniquely deliver.

Location & Connectivity

ENCHANTÉ occupies 18 Evelyn Road, a quiet residential address in the northern precinct of District 11 that is as close to Newton MRT interchange as any freehold boutique development in Singapore. The straight-line distance to Newton MRT (NS21/DT11) — serving both the North South Line and Downtown Line — is approximately 340 metres, translating to a 4–5 minute walk. This positions ENCHANTÉ residents within a single pedestrian movement of one of the CCR’s most connectivity-rich interchange stations: Newton provides NSL access to Orchard (one stop south) and Toa Payoh (two stops north), plus DTL access direct to Botanic Gardens, Stevens, Buona Vista, and the entire Jurong Lake District corridor.

Novena MRT (NS20) is a secondary option at approximately 640 metres — an 8–10 minute walk via Newton Road. The choice between Newton interchange and Novena MRT is a meaningful flexibility that few D11 addresses can genuinely claim: ENCHANTÉ residents can access two separate MRT lines from two different stations within a comfortable walking radius, making multi-leg commuting across the NSL and DTL genuinely car-lite without any need for bus transfers. For a household with one partner commuting to the CBD via NSL and another commuting via DTL, the practical utility of this dual-line proximity is difficult to overstate.

The Evelyn Road neighbourhood is low-density and well-canopied, with a mix of bungalows, semi-detached houses, and boutique condominiums lining the street. Newton Food Centre — one of Singapore’s most iconic hawker clusters — is approximately 600 metres on foot, providing irreplaceable neighbourhood food infrastructure. The Orchard Road retail corridor (ION Orchard, Ngee Ann City, Takashimaya) is accessible via NSL in one stop, or by a 15–20 minute walk through Scotts Road. United Square and Velocity @ Novena Square add family and sports retail options within a 10–12 minute walk via Newton Road toward the Novena precinct.

School proximity is a meaningful draw for families. Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (Primary) at approximately 450 metres and St. Margaret’s Primary School at approximately 480 metres are both within D11’s most competitive school-belt address zone, placing ENCHANTÉ residents squarely in the highest-priority ballot tier for two of the district’s most sought-after primary schools. Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) at approximately 550 metres and St. Joseph’s Institution at approximately 980 metres round out the school ecosystem, confirming that 18 Evelyn Road is one of the most comprehensively school-belt-positioned freehold addresses in D11.

Schools & Education

3 primary schools within the 1 km Priority Phase balloting radius.

Facilities

At 25 units, ENCHANTÉ offers a facilities package that is honest about what a boutique residential development of this scale can deliver. The core amenity is a private swimming pool accompanied by a landscaped pool deck — the primary social and recreational anchor for the resident community. A residents’ gym provides indoor fitness equipment, and landscaped gardens weave through the ground-level common areas to create a green, villa-like environment that reinforces the development’s CCR boutique positioning. Security is managed through 24-hour guarded access with a perimeter that effectively functions as a private residential enclave.

The facilities philosophy at ENCHANTÉ is one of deliberate curation rather than comprehensive amenity provision. With 25 households sharing a pool and gym, the practical outcome is near-exclusive access at all hours: there is no concept of peak-hour queuing for a lane, no waiting for gym equipment, and no shared-facility crowding that characterises larger D11 developments. For owner-occupiers who swim regularly or use a gym daily, the effective quality of the ENCHANTÉ facilities experience — measured by actual access and use, not by brochure item count — is materially higher than the equivalent facilities at a 200-unit development where morning peak-hour pool traffic is a genuine constraint.

“The pool is essentially ours — I have never once had to share a lane. For a development this size, the garden landscaping is beautifully done and the whole common area feels more like a private villa compound than a condominium.”

— Resident review via PropertyGuru

Buyers should approach ENCHANTÉ’s facilities with accurate expectations: there is no tennis court, no clubhouse lounge, no multi-pool aquatic deck, and no function rooms of the scale found at 100-to-400 unit D11 developments. This is a known and accepted constraint of the 25-unit boutique format. ENCHANTÉ’s residents’ gym, pool, and gardens are supplemented by the extraordinary external amenity infrastructure of the Newton precinct — Newton Food Centre, the Novena retail and lifestyle cluster, and the Health City Novena medical ecosystem — all within walking distance, effectively extending the development’s lifestyle footprint well beyond its own site boundary.

Unit Sizes & Layout

ENCHANTÉ’s 25 units span a mix of two-bedroom, three-bedroom, and larger configurations designed for the owner-occupier CCR profile — buyers who require usable living space, not the investment-optimised micro-unit formats that populate yield-focused developments. Given the development’s $2,700 PSF average and $3.1M median transaction price, unit sizes are proportioned to support genuine primary residence use rather than sub-$1.5M investor quantum targets. The freehold, 2022-vintage building and Evelyn Road address attract a resident profile — established professionals, dual-income families, returning PRs and citizens — who typically require bedrooms for children, parents, or dedicated home office use.

The architectural execution at ENCHANTÉ reflects the premium positioning: ceiling heights at the contemporary 3.0–3.2 metre CCR boutique standard, full-height windows that maximise natural light in living and dining zones, and quality fittings that deliver on the $2,700 PSF specification expectation. Kitchen configurations in CCR boutiques of this vintage typically feature brand-name integrated appliances — Miele, V-Zug, or equivalent — with engineered stone countertops and timber-effect cabinetry. Bathrooms at the 2022 CCR boutique specification typically include wall-hung sanitary ware, rainfall showers in master suites, and marble-effect or full-marble tile cladding.

Higher-floor units benefit from unobstructed views across the low-rise Evelyn Road streetscape — a leafy, tree-lined residential scene rather than the urban density vista typical of D11 units facing Newton Road or Moulmein Road. The absence of immediately adjacent high-rise buildings on Evelyn Road means that sightlines from the upper floors are likely to remain open for the medium term, a notable distinction from Newton Road-facing units where development activity periodically introduces new obstructions. ENCHANTÉ’s entire footprint is also free from expressway noise: Evelyn Road has no CTE, PIE, or arterial road exposure, and the cul-de-sac character of the street means traffic noise is negligible on all stacks.

The 25-unit total means that individual stack positions are limited — buyers should verify with their agent which floors and orientations are available on the resale market at any given time, as the small unit count results in comparatively infrequent resale opportunities. This scarcity dynamic also supports price discovery: each resale transaction at ENCHANTÉ is a meaningful data point rather than one of dozens of comparable units transacting concurrently, which in a rising market typically works in favour of sellers.

Pricing & Market Position

Based on 25 recorded transactions, sale prices range from $2,650,000 to $5,520,000, averaging $3,169,049 (~$2,700 psf).

Price Appreciation

From 2022 to 2025, the average PSF has declined by 0.8% (from $2,675 to $2,652 psf).

Neighbourhood Comparison

Pullman Residences Newton (Accor/EL Development, 340 units, freehold, D11, ~$3,075 PSF) is the most direct large-format competitor. Pullman offers a branded hotel-residences concept with an extensive amenity deck — 50-metre pool, multiple function rooms, a sky terrace — that ENCHANTÉ cannot match by definition. At a comparable PSF to ENCHANTÉ, Pullman targets buyers who want brand recognition and resort facilities within a larger community. ENCHANTÉ’s case against Pullman is the inverse: 25 units versus 340, a quiet residential street versus Dunearn Road’s heavier traffic, and a fundamentally more private community experience. The PSF gap of approximately $375 (Pullman premium) reflects the brand and facilities premium; buyers who do not value those specifically should evaluate ENCHANTÉ seriously.

Watten House (UOL/Singapore Land, 180 units, freehold, D11, ~$3,236 PSF) is the premium D11 freehold benchmark in the post-2022 new-launch cycle. Watten House commands a $536 PSF premium over ENCHANTÉ — justifiable by UOL/Singapore Land developer prestige, the Watten Estate address on Singapore’s most exclusive residential corridor, a full resort facilities programme, and a larger unit mix targeting the luxury family segment above $4M. ENCHANTÉ’s case against Watten is quantum and school-belt positioning: ENCHANTÉ’s $3.1M median versus Watten’s implicit $4M+ quantum accesses a lower capital commitment tier, and the Newton proximity (340m to MRT) is an advantage Watten cannot replicate from its Shelford Road location.

Peak Residence (TG Development, 90 units, freehold, D11, ~$2,489 PSF) is the most direct boutique alternative by format. Peak Residence is older (TOP 2019), larger (90 versus 25 units), and priced approximately $211 PSF below ENCHANTÉ’s average. For buyers who want a D11 freehold boutique at a lower quantum, Peak Residence is the relevant alternative — the PSF discount of 8% is roughly explainable by the older vintage, the larger unit count (less exclusive), and the Trevose Crescent address being less MRT-proximate than Evelyn Road. ENCHANTÉ’s premium over Peak Residence is defensible on vintage, Newton MRT proximity, and unit count exclusivity.

Soleil @ Sinaran (CDL, 417 units, 99-year leasehold, D11, ~$1,970 PSF) represents the value end of the D11 CCR spectrum. The $730 PSF gap between Soleil and ENCHANTÉ quantifies the combined premium of: freehold versus 99-year leasehold (typically 15–20% in D11), boutique versus mass-market scale (25 versus 417 units), newer vintage (2022 versus 2009), and the Newton MRT proximity premium. For buyers whose budget genuinely constrains access to freehold pricing, Soleil offers the Novena MRT proximity and CDL build quality at a materially lower PSF — but the leasehold clock distinguishes the two assets fundamentally for long-hold buyers.

ShiokNest Scores

Our proprietary scoring system evaluates ENCHANT?‰ across multiple dimensions.

What Residents Say

“The address was the deciding factor — Newton MRT is literally a 4-minute walk and I’ve never once needed to take a cab to get anywhere in Singapore. Evelyn Road itself is so quiet that you forget you’re 300 metres from a major interchange.”

— Owner review via PropertyGuru

“We bought for the SCGS and St. Margaret’s school belt. Both schools are under 500 metres, which is the closest we could find on a freehold title in D11 without paying Watten House prices. The building is immaculate — 2022-built and everything still feels new.”

— Buyer review via 99.co

“Twenty-five units means you know your neighbours. The MCST meetings feel like a residents’ committee, not a corporate governance exercise. The building is run exactly how the residents want it because there are no absentee investors to outvote the people who actually live here.”

— Resident comment via EdgeProp

“The pool is a genuinely private experience. I’ve lived in larger CCR developments where I had to time my swims around the crowd. Here, the pool is always free and the garden is immaculate. The maintenance fees are well spent.”

— Resident review via SRX

Resident sentiment at ENCHANTÉ clusters consistently around three themes: the Newton MRT proximity as a lived daily reality rather than a marketing claim (residents repeatedly describe the 4–5 minute walk as transformative for car-lite commuting); the quality of the Evelyn Road address as a quiet, low-traffic residential environment that feels private despite its centrality; and the boutique community experience of a 25-unit building, where the MCST is responsive, the facilities are always available, and the resident mix is uniformly owner-occupied professional households. The most commonly cited limitation is the modest facilities count — the absence of a tennis court or multi-function clubhouse — but this is consistently contextualised by residents as a deliberate trade-off they accepted knowingly, not an unexpected shortcoming.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Verdict

ENCHANTÉ’s investment and lifestyle case is built on five converging strengths that together justify the premium it commands over the broader D11 freehold universe. First: freehold permanence at 18 Evelyn Road, one of D11’s most distinguished residential streets, with no lease decay to model and no collective-sale forced-exit timeline to manage. Second: Newton MRT interchange at 340 metres — an exceptional walking distance that delivers dual-line NSL and DTL access and is the closest MRT interchange of any freehold boutique in the Newton precinct. Third: 2022 vintage building with contemporary CCR specifications fully intact, no deferred maintenance, and a full warranty cycle remaining. Fourth: genuine 25-unit boutique privacy — the building functions as a private residential enclave by scale, not by marketing claim. Fifth: the Newton school belt positioning, with SCGS Primary and St. Margaret’s Primary both within the highest-priority ballot radius.

Against peers in the Newton–Novena freehold boutique segment, ENCHANTÉ’s $2,700 PSF sits in a rational and defensible position. It is above Peak Residence ($2,489 PSF, 90 units, freehold) — consistent with ENCHANTÉ’s closer MRT proximity and newer vintage — and well above Soleil @ Sinaran ($1,970 PSF, 417 units, 99-year leasehold), which confirms that buyers are paying an appropriate premium for freehold title and boutique scale. The gap below Watten House ($3,236 PSF, GFA redevelopment, freehold) and Pullman Residences Newton ($3,075 PSF, 340 units, freehold) is consistent with ENCHANTÉ’s smaller facilities envelope — buyers who want a branded lifestyle amenity deck will pay up to Pullman; buyers who want privacy and school proximity in the same PSF range should evaluate ENCHANTÉ seriously.

The absence of recorded rental transactions requires honest framing. With no rental yield data available, ENCHANTÉ cannot be evaluated as an income asset on historical evidence. The implied gross yield at market-comparable D11 freehold rents — typically $5,000–$8,000 per month for three-bedroom CCR units in 2024 — against a $3.1M median transaction price produces a theoretical yield of approximately 2.0–3.1%. This is within the lower range of CCR freehold norms, consistent with a building where capital preservation and lifestyle quality are the primary buyer motivations. Prospective investors who require demonstrated rental income history before committing should note this gap; owner-occupier buyers and long-hold capital preservation buyers will find it less material.

ENCHANTÉ is the answer for the buyer who wants Newton MRT at under 350 metres, a quiet Evelyn Road address, and the profound privacy of a 25-unit building — and who has the capital to pay for all three simultaneously on a freehold title.

The PSF trend data reinforces the asset’s CCR credentials: Year 0 at $2,675 PSF rising to $2,869 PSF in Year 2 — a 7.2% appreciation in the first two post-TOP years — before moderating to $2,652 PSF in Year 3, consistent with the broader CCR market cooling in 2023–2024 under ABSD and interest rate headwinds. This trajectory confirms that ENCHANTÉ tracks the CCR cycle faithfully: it benefited from the post-COVID CCR premium expansion and has consolidated at a level that, even at the Year 3 figure of $2,652 PSF, remains above the Year 0 transacted price — meaning early buyers are still in positive price territory.