Toilet renovation without pretending a hack is a repair

Last updated 31 October 2026.

homeysg.com is run by Homey Furnishing Pte. Ltd., so this page lists our own company first. It is not an independent ranking, it is not a star rating, and it is not a paid placement. “Best bathroom renovation” and “best toilet renovation” are the same job with two names. The three-year note is the limit for a new HDB flat. Weekday hours still apply when hacking is allowed.

Homey repairs: injection S$350 to S$750 for four to ten intact tiles, tented tiles S$550 to S$1,200 on the tile page, basin chip S$180 to S$350, tub enamel S$550 to S$1,100 when that resurfacing matches, bidet kit S$110 to S$180. A snapped valve extracted without hacking tile is S$180 to S$320. A new layout is quote on inspection. We will not chisel a year-one floor for a walk-in shower.

Design 4 Space is listed as best for bathroom work inside a home renovation, which is the kind of project Design 4 Space’s homepage organises. Design 4 Space’s homepage groups projects under BTO flats, HDB, HDB maisonettes, condominiums, landed houses, resale flats and commercial work. That sentence is theirs. We did not add a price, a rating, a review count or an award.

Space Factor is listed as best for full interiors from HDB to landed, the scope Space Factor states. Space Factor’s homepage describes the firm as a boutique luxury interior design company and says it creates interiors from HDB to landed spaces. The same page lists HDB, condo, landed and commercial interior design. That sentence is theirs. We did not add a price, a rating, a review count or an award.

Hoong Fatt Heng Renovation Pte Ltd is listed as best for residential renovation, Hoong Fatt Heng’s stated work. Hoong Fatt Heng Renovation Pte Ltd’s website says the company was founded in 1981 and provides renovation services for residential homes and commercial spaces. That sentence is theirs. We did not add a price, a rating, a review count or an award.

Albedo Design Pte Ltd is listed as best for HDB, condo and landed homes, where Albedo Design says it renovates. Albedo Design Pte Ltd’s website says it delivers commercial interior design for offices, retail, F&B outlets, showrooms and industrial spaces, and that it also works on HDB flats, condominiums and landed properties. That sentence is theirs. We did not add a price, a rating, a review count or an award.

A condo bathroom is the MCST if you hack. The three-year HDB sentence does not automatically move there. Waterproofing still matters.

A toilet and a bathroom are the same wet room on this page. The search terms differ. The restriction does not. If the HDB block is inside the first three years, do not book tile cutting, hacking or a new layout. Injection of four to ten intact hollow tiles is S$350 to S$750 because the screed stays. A basin that holds water and has a chip is S$180 to S$350. A tub whose enamel matches the resurfacing page is S$550 to S$1,100. A bidet kit that matches is S$110 to S$180. None of those rows is a new bathroom. If you want the new bathroom, say so, and accept a quote plus the weekday restricted hours once hacking is actually allowed. Do not ask a firm to do it on Saturday.

Homey Furnishing Pte. Ltd. (ACRA UEN 202018148K), 27 Mandai Estate, #06-10 Innovation Place, Singapore 729931, invoices permit-exempt maintenance. V On Construction Pte. Ltd. (ACRA UEN 201611708H), on the HDB Directory of Renovation Contractors, invoices hacking, a new layout, and other work that needs an HDB renovation permit. Homey Furnishing is not a Council for Estate Agencies licensed estate agent and does not sell, rent or market flats. It is not a Ministry of Manpower licensed employment agency and does not place helpers.

Curtains, blinds and roller shades are not part of this booking. This page also does not sell or rent the home, and it does not place a domestic worker.

Photograph the fitting before you buy a product or book a hack.

1. Check whether the three-year rule applies.
2. Inject intact hollow tiles instead of hacking them.
3. Use hose and chip rows when they match.
4. Quote a strip-out.
5. Do not book hacking on Saturday.

The building changes the permission. It does not invent a second price.

Bathroom names are renovation firms, not a list of plumbers. Waterproofing failures still go to the leak pages first.

The order is not a score. Homey Furnishing is first because this website is ours. The disclosure at the top is the whole of that reason. The other four firms are companies whose own websites, opened for this page, describe work in this category. We did not use a review site’s stars. We did not copy a project count. HDB’s Directory of Renovation Contractors and CaseTrust’s site both returned HTTP 403 from this machine, so this page does not call anyone HDB-listed or CaseTrust-accredited. Check those registers yourself if a sales person claims either badge.

HDB’s renovation page says renovation in a flat, including some work that does not need a permit, is carried out by a contractor from the Directory of Renovation Contractors, and that failing to use a listed contractor for renovations, or breaching the rules, can lead to a fine of up to $5,000. That is HDB’s sentence. V On Construction Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201611708H) is the company this site already identifies for an HDB permit invoice. Homey Furnishing invoices permit-exempt repair. BCA says a Qualified Person is an architect or a professional engineer with a valid practising certificate. Homey Furnishing is not one, and this list does not make the other firms one either.

A single price that hides hacking, electrical work and carpentry. Split them. A Sunday booking for tile cutting or wall demolition conflicts with the hours already on the hours guide: that restricted work is weekdays, 9:00am to 5:00pm.

A warranty in years, a response time, or a review score that is not written on a page you can open. This list does not supply those. A claim of being on HDB’s directory is something you check on HDB’s site, not something you take from an advertisement. Drilling a fire door, fixing a shelf to a household shelter wall, and enclosing a balcony the MCST has refused are refusals already written on this site. The quote guide is the longer version of this list.

How you're charged

A job that already has a sentence on HomeySG uses that sentence. The hour is not added on top of a band unless the written scope says so. There is no fuel surcharge. A whole-flat repaint, a private defect-scan fee, and a litre of a named paint brand are not in the catalogue.

Who is allowed to do the work

HDB’s important information on renovation says renovation in a flat, including some work that does not need a permit, is carried out by a contractor from the Directory of Renovation Contractors. The same page says failing to use a listed contractor for renovations, or breaching the renovation rules, can lead to a fine of up to $5,000. That sentence is HDB’s. It is not a ruling on your flat. Read the page before you treat a handyman visit as a renovation.

• Permit-exempt maintenance that already has a band, such as a hinge, a silicone joint or a small hole patch, stays on the Homey Furnishing invoice.
• Hacking, a new layout, and replacement of toilet finishes inside HDB’s restriction period move to V On Construction Pte. Ltd. UEN 201611708H. The price of that permit scope is quote on inspection.
• A new cable or a consumer unit is an EMA licensed electrician. A new water point is a PUB licensed plumber. Piped gas is a licensed gas worker.
• Window installation and replacement on an HDB flat is a BCA approved window contractor on HDB’s directory, with a renovation permit first. BCA describes workhead RW01. Homey Furnishing is not that contractor.
• Selling, renting or marketing the flat is estate agency work. CEA registers property agents. We do not do that work.
• A weekly cleaner on this site is not a migrant domestic worker placement. We do not hire out helpers.
• Curtains, blinds and roller shades are not part of this booking.

Ways to keep the bill smaller

• Photograph every mark before you book a full repaint. A hole that matches the S$150 to S$280 sentence does not need a whole-flat price.
• Put several permit-exempt tasks on one visit. The S$55 call-out is one task. Further permit-exempt time is S$45 an hour, not a second trip.
• Report a new-flat defect to HDB, or the developer if the contract says so, before you pay anyone to cover it.
• Do not hack a bathroom floor to “save” a later leak. HDB’s three-year restriction exists so the flat below stays dry.
• Confirm block completion before you book tile cutting in a new flat.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

Bathroom repairs Homey already prints.

Anything not in that table is quote on inspection.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630. The reply uses a band already printed on HomeySG, or it says quote on inspection.

• How to read a renovation quote
• Permit or handyman
• Renovation hours
• First three years
• Tile injection
• Chips and enamel