Low-rise, and much of it landed
Bukit Timah — Malay for "tin hill" — takes its name from the hill that is still Singapore's highest natural point, a few kilometres north-west of this ring. The stretch of Bukit Timah Road around Sixth Avenue is one of the lowest-density residential areas of the city: many of the developments below are small condominiums of a few blocks, and more than a dozen are houses — cluster houses and landed estates — rather than flats, which is unusual this close to the centre. Nearly all are in District 10, with a few across Dunearn Road in District 11.
The avenues off Bukit Timah Road give the estate its shape: Sixth Avenue Ville and The Sixth Avenue Residences, Fifth Avenue Condominium, Fourth Avenue Residences; further east the Duchess Avenue developments — Duchess Residences, Duchess Crest, Casabella — and The Tessarina on Wilby Road.
New condos and new launches near Sixth Avenue
The newest completed developments in the ring are Fourth Avenue Residences (MCST 4843) and RoyalGreen (MCST 4794) on Anamalai Avenue, both managed by Asia Properties & Assets Consultancy.
The new launches are on government land at Bukit Timah Turf City, across Dunearn Road:
- Dunearn House — Frasers Property, CSC Land Group and Sekisui House, 380 units on a 99-year lease on Dunearn Road, near Sixth Avenue station. Launched in July 2026.
- Second Dunearn Road site — the neighbouring land sale site was awarded by URA on 4 May 2026 to Winrich Investment and Metrobilt Construction, after a top bid from Wing Tai Holdings and Metro Holdings. No project name yet.
- Watten House — UOL Group and Singapore Land Group, 180 freehold units on Shelford Road, launched in November 2023, about 1.6 km east of the station and outside the ring.
New developments are added to this directory once their management corporation is registered, usually after completion.
Getting around and schools
Sixth Avenue station on the Downtown Line is at the centre of the ring, and Tan Kah Kee is one stop east. Raffles Girls' Primary School on Hillcrest Road is about a kilometre away.
Who manages the buildings here
Chambers Property Management Services runs the most buildings in the ring. The small developments here often have no appointed managing agent, and a cluster-house estate's management council may be the residents themselves. The rest of the area is on the District 10 page.
URA award: URA (Dunearn Road award). New-launch details as reported by EdgeProp (Dunearn House); EdgeProp (second Dunearn Road site); UOL (Watten House). Unit counts and launch dates are the developers' own; prices are left out because they change.
