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Are you 'paying for air' when you buy a house?
Units with higher ceilings may cost more if extra space is included in total floor area
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A Housing Board loft unit at SkyTerrace @ Dawson, an example of a high-ceiling design. Such homes have been popular in strata private residences too, but buyers may be charged by private developers for the void space in these projects.
PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH
Derek Wong
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A prospective home buyer, who went to see a show-flat, has come back perplexed.
He found that the developer wanted to charge him for much more than a unit's gross floor area.
