A built-in study corner, not a new room
A desk built to a bedroom or a living-room wall is quote on inspection. A motorised carton desk is S$140 to S$260. A new study room is a different job and a permit. Sockets are not included: S$55 on an existing circuit, or S$220 to S$450 for a dedicated circuit.

Photo: Texas Lane, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The faceplate in the photo is not a Singapore 13A socket.
How it works
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Send one photo per task, the block, and whether the home is HDB, condo or landed. Say if keys were collected this month.
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We match a band already printed on HomeySG, or we say quote on inspection.
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Developer defects, hacking, a new layout and permit windows are named. They are not folded into a handyman visit.
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You confirm the scope before anyone comes. Curtains, blinds and roller shades stay off the booking.
What this job actually is
This service is a top and shelves on a wall that already exists. The study note explains why that is not a new bedroom. We do not publish a depth or a height. You sit in your chair before we cut. A motorised desk you buy in a carton is S$140 to S$260 including monitor arms, and moving it is S$180 to S$320. If that is what you bought, you do not need this quote.
A plasterboard room is HDB’s renovation page and V On Construction’s permit invoice. It is quote on inspection and it is not a shelf. Sunday is not available for that hack. The hours guide is the clock. A 2-room rarely has a wall to spare. The Flexi note says the bed and the desk share one room. We will not pretend a shelf is a door.
Power sits on the DB page. S$55, S$220 to S$450, or S$480 to S$780 are those rows, not carpentry. A cable along a shelter wall is refused. A fire door is not moved to make chair space. Glare is your observation, not a curtain we sell.
Send the wall, the chair, and whether anyone sleeps in the same room. We do not rate sound. A bookshelf is S$50 to S$80 only when it is a small carton. A tall bookcase we build is part of the quote. Anchors go to structure. A hollow partition stops the visit. No week count is published.
Compare this with a whole-flat package using the quote note. If the only line you need is the corner, do not buy the hack. If you need the room, say room. The price will not be the desk row.
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.
What to do first
Photograph the fitting before you buy a product or book a hack.
- Say corner or new room.
- Photograph the chair and the door.
- Count sockets before the shelves.
- Keep the shelter and the fire door out.
- Expect a quote for anything we build.
| What you see | Safe check | Stop |
|---|---|---|
| Built-in top and shelves | Carpentry | quote on inspection |
| Carton standing desk | Desk row | S$140 to S$260 |
| New room | Permit | quote on inspection |
| New socket | DB page | S$55 if the circuit exists |
HDB, condo and landed
The building changes the permission. It does not invent a second price.
| Question | HDB | Condo | Landed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDB | A new wall is a permit. | Shelter refused. | Hours if you hack. |
| 2-room | One room only. | Read the Flexi note. | Still a quote if built-in. |
| Condo | MCST for a new room. | Power rows unchanged. | No HDB package. |
What is not in the corner
The chair, the computer, the lamp’s new circuit, curtains, and a claim that the corner is quiet. Those are outside the wood. Name them if you want them priced by the trade that owns them.
A 10 to 30 desk office rollout is S$580 to S$1,800 on the desk page. That is an office. A home corner is not that rollout.
How you're charged
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.
| Charge | What it covers | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Per hour | Permit-exempt handyman time when no job band matches | S$45/hr |
| Minimum charge | One task on one visit | S$55 |
| Small hole patch and repaint | The ceiling-page hole sentence | S$150 to S$280 |
| Hairline or stain, leak already fixed | The ceiling-page paint sentence | S$150 to S$400 |
| Handover reset | The package on the move-in page, by flat size | From S$298 |
| Anything without a row | A full repaint, a scan fee, a new membrane | quote on inspection |
Who may do the work
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
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 chair pulled out, with the door open. If they meet, do not build there.
WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.
Price, or quote on inspection
Build is a quote. The carton and the socket are other pages.
Anything not in that table is quote on inspection.
| Scope already published | 2026 band in the repo | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Built-in study corner | quote on inspection | Existing wall |
| Motorised desk | S$140 to S$260 | Carton |
| Socket, existing circuit | S$55 | DB page |
| New study room | quote on inspection | Permit |
WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630. The reply uses a band already printed on HomeySG, or it says quote on inspection.

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Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a study table built into a BTO?
Quote on inspection. A motorised carton desk is S$140 to S$260 only when that is the product.
Does it include a power point?
No. S$55 on an existing circuit, or S$220 to S$450 for a dedicated circuit.
Can you build a room instead?
That is a permit and a separate quote. It is not this corner.
How high will you make it?
We do not publish a height. Sit in your chair first.
Can it be on the shelter wall?
No.