Points and aircon are not a carpentry extra

Last updated 31 October 2026.

Electrical searches ask for more points, a DB upgrade, and where the aircon should go. The DB page already prices the board: a like-for-like RCCB or MCB from S$138 to S$480, a socket on an existing circuit at S$55, a dedicated 20A, 32A or 40A circuit at S$220 to S$450, and an HDB 12-way to 18-way unit at S$480 to S$780. A condo or landed 18-way to 24-way overhaul with the LEW test is S$780 to S$1,150. Those rows stay there. This note is how a new flat uses them. A carpentry quote that says “points included” without naming these rows is the quote note.

The DB page says a new DB is not an HDB hacking permit, and a new water point for a heater is still a PUB Licensed Plumber. Pre-1985 flats are in the EMA 30mA RCCB note on that page. A new BTO is not a pre-1985 flat, so do not buy a story that every new flat needs that sentence. If the board is full because the hob, the oven and the aircon were added together, the dedicated circuit is the row. SS 638 is the installation note already written there. We label ways. We do not leave a live cover off.

Aircon position is quote on inspection. We do not publish a capacity, a pipe length, or a per-metre trunking price. The trunking page is the name of that job. A chemical wash is the servicing page, not a new system. A ledge outside the window is bird netting at S$350 to S$580 for UV-stabilised netting when that product matches, and the town council or MCST may forbid drilling the facade. BCA’s windows page is workhead RW01 for window work. Homey Furnishing is not an approved window contractor. Do not cut a window to “seat” a compressor.

Where the indoor unit goes is a furniture problem as well as a machine problem. A trunk over the wardrobe you have not measured will hit the door. A trunk across a shelter wall is refused. Clause 7.2 does not make an exception for a white box. A living-room unit opposite the afternoon sun is a comfort guess, not a rule we print. Bedrooms that share one outdoor unit are a design the aircon trade has to confirm. We will not promise two rooms from one machine.

Gas to induction is three jobs on the hob guide: the appliance at S$150 to S$280, a stone cutout at S$250 to S$450, and a licensed gas worker to cap Town Gas. The circuit for a high-wattage hob is the dedicated row above, not a kitchen-cabinet extra. A 4-room and a 2-room do not share a load. Count the ways. HDB’s renovation page is not opened by a socket on an existing circuit. It is opened by the hacking and layout work people bundle into the same week. Keep the invoices separate so a DB upgrade is not described as a hack.

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. Photograph the open DB.
2. List the appliances that trip or that you have not bought yet.
3. Do not accept “points included” without a circuit count.
4. Place the aircon so it misses doors, wardrobes and the shelter.
5. Use the DB rows only when the photo matches them.

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

A false ceiling that exists only to hide pipes is still a ceiling. If it needs a hack or a new layout, it is the permit. We do not publish a false-ceiling rate. A box built around trunking that is already there is quote on inspection and must not cover a valve, a shelter vent, or an access panel.

A fan point you want to abandon for an aircon is an electrician’s isolation, not a furniture decision. Say so in the same email as the desk. The study-corner note is the desk. This note is the power.

A water heater that trips with the aircon is the DB page’s “shared circuit” story, not a reason to buy a second aircon. The dedicated circuit row exists for that. A heater also needs the plumber if the point is new. Do not let a carpentry firm include both in a ceiling box and call the box the whole job. Photograph the heater switch. If there is no switch, say so before anyone tiles over the idea.

The outdoor unit’s drip must not pond on a neighbour’s aircon ledge. That is a fall and a mosquito problem, and the awning and gutter pages already treat standing water as an NEA concern without us inventing a fine. We are not a vector-control operator. If the only place for the outdoor unit ponds, do not install it there and hope. The ledge netting row is S$350 to S$580 when the product is netting, not a drain.

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.
• Photograph the DB door, open, so the handwriting and the spare ways are visible. A closed door is not a count.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

Power rows are the DB page. Aircon placement is quote on inspection.

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.

• DB and circuits
• Aircon trunking
• Aircon servicing
• Study corner
• Gas hob to induction
• Reading a quote