An EC and a DBSS flat are not the same rulebook

Last updated 31 October 2026.

Executive condominium and DBSS searches ask for one interior package. The buildings are not one legal object. DBSS was a way HDB flats were sold. We do not list the blocks. While you are renovating an HDB flat, HDB’s renovation page is the page: a listed renovation contractor for renovation, a fine of up to $5,000 when the rules are breached, and the hours already written on the hours guide. General work 9:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays and Saturdays, not Sundays. Hacking and tile cutting on weekdays 9:00am to 5:00pm only. V On Construction invoices an HDB permit. Homey Furnishing does not put itself on that directory.

An executive condominium can be spoken about as if it were still HDB and as if it were already a condo. Both sentences are used online. We will not pick a year and apply it to your stack. If your papers and the managing agent say the estate is private strata, use the MCST deposit guide. A hacking deposit they ask for is not our price. If they say HDB conditions still bind the flat, use HDB’s page. Send us the answer you were given. We will not invent it from the estate name.

The interior work itself is the same split as any other home. A hinge is from S$38. A sink base that stays is S$280 to S$700. A layout change is quote on inspection and, in an HDB flat, a permit. A full kitchen comparison of S$5,000 to S$6,500 applies only when the kitchen page’s sentence matches. A condo DB overhaul of 18-way to 24-way with the LEW test is S$780 to S$1,150 on the DB page. An HDB 12-way to 18-way board is S$480 to S$780. Do not use the condo row on a DBSS board that is still the HDB board, or the reverse.

Defects in a new EC are not the BTO defect checklist by default. The condo key-collection page is the private-estate version. A DBSS resale that is decades old is an old HDB flat, and the old-flat note is the spalling and wiring conversation. A new coat of paint does not fix a rusted rebar. The ceiling page prices a small spalling patch at S$150 to S$300. A beam is not that patch. Homey Furnishing Pte. Ltd. is not an architect, not a professional engineer, and not a Qualified Person. BCA’s page on works that may not need plan approval says a Qualified Person is an architect registered with the Board of Architects, or a professional engineer registered with the Professional Engineers Board, with a valid practising certificate. We do not sign plans.

We do not market EC or DBSS units, and we do not tell you whether you may buy or sell one. Eligibility and any occupation period stay on the official page you can read. Ours returned HTTP 403 for several HDB sale pages, which is why those numbers are absent. Style, a shoebox layout, and a landed terrace are different notes. An estate name is not a floor plan.

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. Confirm HDB flat or private strata before you book a hack.
2. Do not apply Saturday tile-cutting if HDB’s restricted hours apply.
3. Match the DB row to the board you actually have.
4. Report defects before you cover them.
5. Expect a quote for carpentry.

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

Threads argue about EC aircon ledges, DBSS ceiling boxes, and whether a hack was allowed in a named town. We will not adopt a thread as a rule. Bring the by-law or the HDB page that applies to your unit. A neighbour’s renovation is not a permit.

Window replacement on an HDB flat is an approved window contractor where BCA’s RW01 workhead applies. Homey Furnishing is not that contractor. A condo window is the MCST and the same refusal if the facade is regulated. Film on the inside of glass is the film pages and is quote on inspection. It is not a new window.

EC and DBSS forums spend a lot of time on the aircon ledge and the ceiling bulkhead. The ledge outside an HDB window is not ours to drill if the town council or the window rules forbid it. A condo ledge is the MCST. Bird netting on a compressor ledge is S$350 to S$580 when that product matches. It is not permission to move the compressor. A ceiling box that hides pipes is quote on inspection. If it covers a valve, we will not build it. Photograph the access panel before you ask for a smooth ceiling.

A new coat of paint on a DBSS ceiling that has a brown ring is the leak, not the paint. The ceiling page’s stain paint is S$150 to S$400 only after the leak is fixed. Do not book the paint as the renovation. The old-flat note is the same warning for a 1990s board. An EC built later may not have that board. Look.

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.
• Ask the managing agent, or look at your sale papers, before you assume HDB hours or an MCST deposit.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

The legal label changes the permission. It does not create a package price.

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.

• Older HDB flats
• MCST deposits
• HDB hours
• DB upgrades
• Condo renovation
• Permit guide