Home is where your imagination runs wild

Some kind of wonderful: Kamal and Sri, both 40, posing proudly with their children Ayumi, 14, Tiara, 13, and Kazril, seven, at their home library area – inspired by the ‘Harry Potter’ movies – in their 37-year-old executive maisonette public housing apartment in Singapore. — Reuters

THE public housing system is acclaimed for providing affordable homes in the land-scarce country where private apartments can cost upwards of S$1mil (RM3.08mil).

The Housing Development Board (HDB) flats, in which 80% of Singapore’s 5.5 million people live, are typically utilitarian with tight rules governing ownership and resales.