of this house in singapore costs $16,000 a month in rental

In Singapore, a House Steeped in Tradition: This is the house belonging to the Pickerings who moved from Rowayton, Conn, to Singapore. The house was featured in New York Times recently.

Despite the rent of 17,000 Singapore dollars ($12,470) a month, recently increased to 22,000 dollars ($16,140), the Pickerings were taken by the size of the living space: 7,200 square feet spread over a two-story main house and a small cottage. The couple and their two girls, Olivia, 18, and Lucy 14, sleep in the house, while their 15-year-old son Harry uses the cottage, which originally served as staff quarters.