A new balcony rail, not a re-anchor and not an invisible grille

Balcony railing searches mix a loose stainless rail, a glass panel that knocks, a new steel balustrade, and an invisible cable grille. The stair repair page prices the first two: re-anchor S$250 to S$480, intact glass S$350 to S$780. A cracked glass panel is a replacement confirmed from photos on that page, not a gasket. This page is a rail that has to be made. That is quote on inspection. We do not publish a price per metre of balcony.

The invisible grille is a third product. The invisible grille page re-tensions one to three windows at S$150 to S$280, replaces a frayed 316 cable at S$180 to S$350, and prices a fixed HDB balcony grille from S$600 to S$1,800. Use that page when the photo is cables. Do not send a cable photo and expect a steel-rail quote to match the cable row, and do not send a steel rail and expect the S$1,800 ceiling to apply. They are different materials.

Homey Furnishing Pte. Ltd. is not a professional engineer, not an architect, and not a Qualified Person. BCA’s page on works that do 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, holding a valid practising certificate. We do not sign a structural plan and we do not decide that a work is exempt. If the drawing changes a stair, a floor, a roof or a barrier, the owner asks that Qualified Person. We quote the metal after the permission is clear, or we stop. The stair repair page already says BCA Approved Document Section C looks for a barrier of at least 1.0 m and for clamps that do not deflect. A new design or a lower rail “for the view” is not something we will draw. A condo balcony is also the MCST. BCA’s exemptions page says building works in a strata development might need the MCST’s approval and points owners to the strata management guides. We do not vote on the council and we do not publish their deposit.

Do not borrow the landed car-porch rule and paste it onto a condo balcony. URA’s landed-house page says planning permission is not required to convert a car porch roof into an open balcony or garden only if the parapet is not higher than 1 m, the parapet is visually porous, and a lightweight screen on the common boundary is not higher than 1.8 m. That sentence is about a car porch roof. It is not a balcony-rail price and it is not a certificate we issue. A new rail on an HDB aircon ledge is not a balcony we invent. HDB’s renovation page and the fine of up to $5,000 are the flat rules. Window grilles stay on the window grille page. A shelter wall is refused under SCDF clause 7.2.

Pigeon netting is not a railing. UV-stabilised netting on a compressor ledge is S$350 to S$580, and a full-height service-yard enclosure with 316 mesh is S$580 to S$980, on the bird-proofing page. Those rows assume the net is the product. A steel balustrade is the quote on this page. The metal fabrication page is the general steel quote if the job is a gate rather than a balcony edge. Send the length, the substrate, and whether glass is wanted. We will not guess a glass thickness from a sunset photo.

Homey Furnishing Pte. Ltd. (ACRA UEN 202018148K), 27 Mandai Estate, #06-10 Innovation Place, Singapore 729931, invoices permit-exempt furniture assembly and repair. V On Construction Pte. Ltd. (ACRA UEN 201611708H), on the HDB Directory of Renovation Contractors, invoices an HDB renovation permit when the work is a new layout, hacking, or a built-in strip-out. Homey Furnishing is not a removal company and does not publish a truck rate.

Curtains, blinds and roller shades are not part of this booking. Fabric window treatments are a different product, and these pages do not quote them.

Look at the piece in the room. Do not drag a tall wardrobe across a wet floor to test it.

1. Say steel, glass, or invisible cable.
2. Photograph the whole edge, including the fixing.
3. Ask the MCST before a condo facade changes.
4. Do not treat the car-porch 1 m sentence as a balcony design.
5. Expect a quote for a new rail.

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

A clear panel is not “no railing”. If the drawing removes the rail to improve a view, we will not build that. The 1.0 m sentence on the stair page is the existing statement of what BCA’s Approved Document looks for. We do not invent a second height.

Stainless grade is not a shine. The stainless fabrication page already refuses to price 304 against 316. A balcony near the sea does not get a grade surcharge we have printed, because we have not printed one. Ask for the mill mark if a seller names a grade. We will not confirm 316 from a photo.

How you're charged

A furniture job that already has a sentence on HomeySG uses that sentence. Nothing in this table is a fuel surcharge, and the handyman hour is not added on top of a band unless the written scope says so. IKEA publishes its own checkout fee. That percentage is not a HomeySG band.

Who is allowed to do the work

The permit guide on this site already splits hardware from a renovation. A cabinet hinge, a gas strut and a drawer runner do not need an HDB renovation permit when the layout stays. A new kitchen or bathroom layout, hacking, or removing a wall does. Fines for unauthorised work are already written there as up to S$5,000. Homey Furnishing does not sign the permit invoice.

• Flat-pack assembly uses the furniture assembly catalogue. Tall units are wall-anchored on that visit. A separate anti-tip price is not printed, except the child-gate and anti-tip bundle at S$180 to S$420 when that bundle is the job.
• A built-in that has to come off the wall can become a strip-out. That is V On Construction if the flat is HDB and the work needs a permit. A loose shelf inside a carcass is not a strip-out.
• Town councils collect some bulky loose items on their own rules. We are not the collector, and we do not publish their fee.
• A new cable inside a wardrobe is an electrician. Assembly does not include a new circuit.
• Do not anchor into a household shelter wall. The permit guide already keeps TV brackets and shelves off that wall.
• A hollow partition or a false ceiling is a poor anchor for a tall wardrobe. If the fixing cannot reach structure, the visit stops.
• Active termites are not painted over. Skirting and door-frame replacement after damage uses the termite page bands. We do not claim to be the pest-control operator.
• Curtains, blinds and roller shades are not quoted here.

Ways to keep the bill smaller

• Photograph every piece before a carpenter is booked. A hinge visit is not a new kitchen.
• Put the flat-pack in the room where it will stand. Carrying a built wardrobe down an HDB corridor is a second job.
• If the drawer only sticks, use the published slide row. A new carcass is the cabinet page, and only when the board is swollen.
• Book the town council bulky slot before you pay anyone to truck a loose sofa. Many councils collect a limited number of loose items. Built-ins are usually excluded.
• Photograph the whole balcony edge. A cable grille is not a steel rail.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

New balcony metal is quote on inspection. The numbered rows are other products.

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.

• Railing repair
• Invisible grilles
• HDB window grilles
• Metal fabrication
• Pigeon netting
• Spiral stairs
• Handyman price list