The entry fails when three doors open at once

Last updated 31 October 2026.

The shoe-cabinet page already says an inward gate and a shelter door steal the same floor. This note is the BTO version of that sentence, before a carpenter repeats it in a quote. Stand in the flat with both doors open. The overlap is not storage. A small flat-pack that is truly small is S$50 to S$80. A tall shoe cabinet that is really a wardrobe is S$100 to S$650 to assemble. A bench with a flip seat, scribed to the wall, is quote on inspection. If the only place for it covers the shelter door, we will say so and not build it.

SCDF clause 7.2 is the shelter. No shelf, no hook rail, no feature panel on that wall. The vent stays clear. A boltless rack that does not drill the wall is a different product on the shelter-vent page, S$280 to S$580 when it is bundled with a vent cover that still opens, and that page’s cover itself is S$90 to S$180. Do not confuse that rack with a shoe bench in the hall. The fragmentation bolts are not sealed. We will not “tidy” them.

The gate is metalwork if you replace it, and a weld if the hinge has dropped. The weld is S$180 to S$350 on the autogate page when the leaf can be propped. A new leaf is quote on inspection on the metal fabrication page and on the existing HDB gate page. A main-gate pet mesh is S$140 to S$260. That mesh is not a new gate. Window grilles are the window pages, and a new HDB window is an approved window contractor where BCA describes workhead RW01. Homey Furnishing is not that contractor.

A digital lock on the main door is the fire-door guide if the door is fire-rated. We will not drill a fire door to suit a shoe light. SCDF says fire safety works are submitted by a Qualified Person. We are not one. A bedroom door in the entry path that only sags is S$60 to S$120 to align. It is not a reason to move the shelter.

Corridors are not a workshop. The hours guide still applies if the work is renovation: neighbour notice, and no Sunday hacking. A loose cabinet carried in is not that hack. Defects on the gate, the door or the shelter frame should be on the key-collection list before you cover them with a bench. We do not publish a corridor width. Measure this block, including the lift, using the lift guide. An estate name does not tell you the swing.

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. Open the gate and the shelter together and take one photo.
2. Do not order a bench that sits in that overlap.
3. Keep shelter-wall fixings off the list.
4. Match a weld to a weld and a new leaf to a quote.
5. Report a door that will not latch before you hide it.

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

A light over the shoes is an electrician if it is a new point. It is not a carpentry extra. A socket on an existing circuit is S$55. Do not run a cable along the shelter wall to avoid calling an electrician.

Wet shoes need a tray, not a hacked niche in a new bathroom. The bathroom restriction is the other note. The entry can have a loose tray. It does not need a new floor.

Umbrellas, a stroller and a bicycle do not fit because a cabinet was made smaller. If a stroller must live inside, measure it open and folded before the bench depth is cut. A bicycle in an HDB corridor is a town-council question, not a carpentry question. We will not build a rack that blocks the neighbour’s gate. The corridor photo should include the neighbour’s door if it is close.

Letterbox keys and a digital lock are not the same visit as the bench. A lock on a fire door follows the fire-door guide. A bench that hides the lock’s battery panel is a bad bench. Leave a hand’s width. We do not publish a battery-panel size. Look at the lock you own. A shoe bench that also blocks the neighbour’s view of a corridor light is a town-council matter if they say the corridor must stay clear. We will not argue that for you. Leave the common passage walkable in the photo you send. If a delivery is left at the gate, the bench inside does not need a slot for parcels. The gate swing still comes first. A mirror on the shelter door is a fixing. Do not add one. The door has to close on its own frame, not on a frame we thicken. A coat hook on the shelter door is the same refusal. Leave the door face bare.

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.
• Open the gate and the shelter together. If they meet, no cabinet belongs in the overlap.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

Entry pieces that already have a row stay on those rows.

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.

• Shoe cabinets
• Shelter vent and rack
• HDB gates
• New metal gates
• Fire doors
• Lift and stairs