A 3-room HDB does not have a litre price on this site

Last updated 31 October 2026.

“How much paint for a 3-room HDB?” looks like a shopping question and is really a measuring question. A tin’s coverage is printed on the tin for a smooth, sealed surface and a stated number of coats. An HDB 3-room is not one surface. Ceiling heights differ between older slab blocks and newer flats. A dark feature wall drinks more than a white wall that is already sound. Furniture that stays in the room changes the time, not the chemistry. Homes also ask about “how many rooms will 20 litres cover?”. Twenty litres is a tin size, not a flat. We have not measured your rooms, so we will not answer with a square-metre fairy tale. The honest catalogue line is quote on inspection for a whole-flat or whole-room repaint.

What is published is the repair that people actually need before a viewing or a tenant. A small hole patch and repaint is S$150 to S$280. A hairline or a water stain, after the leak is fixed, is S$150 to S$400. If the stain is damp, that band does not apply. A half-day photography visit at S$488 to S$688 includes foyer and living-room scuffs as part of that visit, together with doors, downlights and handles, on the pre-sale page. A one-day open-house refresh at S$788 to S$1,488 includes scuff paint among other jobs. Using those rows is cheaper than paying for tins you do not need. It is also more honest than a “3-room package” copied from an advertisement.

Brand questions, including a named manufacturer’s price for an HDB flat, are the same blank. We do not publish shelf prices, warranty years, or a preferred brand. Asking us to match a number from a hardware shop is how a quote becomes fiction. If you supply the paint, say so, and we will still only price labour when a labour row exists. The hole patch is a finished patch, not “labour only, you buy the tin” unless the written scope says that. Do not assume the S$45 hour is added on top of the patch. The charge table says the hour is not stacked on a band unless the scope says so.

Outside paint is not the leftover-litre plan. The corridor guide explains why common walls and a changed balcony colour are refused. A 3-room that faces a corridor does not get its corridor thrown into the tin count. Interior only, inside the flat, and only the walls in the photos. If the job is really a renovation, HDB’s directory and permit rules apply, and V On Construction invoices the permit scope. A repaint that does not hack is not automatically a permit. It is still not a number we invent. Condo and landed whole-home repaints are also quote on inspection. The room type does not create a price that the 3-room lacked.

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.

Decide whether you need a patch or a repaint before you ask for litres.

1. List rooms where the paint has actually failed, not every room.
2. Photograph holes and stains in daylight. Note if a stain is damp.
3. If the list is scuffs and doors, use the half-day.
4. If you want full walls, ask for quote on inspection and include ceiling height and colours.
5. Do not buy tins from a forum chart and expect us to match the chart.

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

Send one wide photo per wall you want recoated, the ceiling height if you know it, the number of colours, and whether the room must be emptied. Say HDB, condo or landed. The reply will either point at a patch or a half-day, or it will say quote on inspection. It will not say “a 3-room is always this many litres”.

If the paint is only there to hide defects in a new flat, stop and use the defects guide. Paint in the first month is how HDB loses the evidence. If the paint is for a sale viewing, the seller books it, and the buyer does not book it before completion.

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.
• Send ceiling height and the number of colours if you want a quote. A guessed tin count from another flat will not be copied into the reply.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

These are the only paint-related dollars already in the repo that this question is allowed to use.

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.

• Viewing touch-up
• Photography half-day
• Do not paint the corridor
• Painting
• Cracks and stains
• Holes