Condo handyman work under the MCST by-laws

Private condominiums are governed by the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act and by the development’s by-laws. A handyman who treats a condo like an HDB flat will drill on a Saturday, chip the lift, and leave you arguing with the managing agent about the deposit. The condo guide on this site is the longer text. This page is the booking version: what to ask the MCST, and which Homey bands still apply once they say yes.

Minor repairs sometimes need only guardhouse registration. Renovation often needs a form and a refundable cheque. The condo guide describes refundable cheques of S$500 to S$2,000 as a common range. That cheque is paid to the MCST under their by-law. It is not a line on the Homey invoice and it is not a reason to inflate a hinge from S$60 to S$120 into a “condo rate.” If your by-law asks for a smaller or larger deposit, the by-law wins. We will not invent a deposit to match a forum post.

Noise and water are the two scheduling facts. The condo guide notes that Saturday and Sunday noisy work is banned in many by-laws, and that some estates ban noisy work after 5pm on weekdays. Book drilling, coring and tile cutting on a weekday morning and write that day on the form. A silicone joint or a hinge is not that booking. A storage heater in the ceiling may need the riser shut. Ask the management office for the shutdown window before you promise yourself a same-day tank. The heater bands stay S$180 to S$450 for a like-for-like instant unit and S$450 to S$900 for a 15 to 30 litre storage change. The hatch, if the ceiling has none, is S$180 to S$350.

Facade and windows are where condo handyman work stops. Invisible grilles, film and external screens are often uniformity rules. Exterior window rivets stay with a BCA approved window contractor, as the window page says. Interior silicone or PU reseal of a window is S$180 to S$380 a window on that page, and it is described there as BCA-exempt. Do not ask a handyman to replace a casement stay from the outside and call it a hinge visit. Balcony sliding doors with failed bogie rollers are S$220 to S$480 on the door repair page, without inventing a condo surcharge.

Inter-floor leaks make condos louder than HDB because the ceiling below is another subsidiary proprietor, not a relative upstairs. Stop the source before any stain paint. A hairline or water-stain repaint after the leak is fixed is S$150 to S$400. A balcony that holds water is the decking page, not a handyman hour: lifting and flushing a scupper is S$280 to S$550 when that is the scope. Mosquito breeding on a private balcony is an NEA matter the decking page already flags. We do not quote a “condo emergency” rate for a puddle.

Homey Furnishing Pte. Ltd. (ACRA UEN 202018148K), 27 Mandai Estate, #06-10 Innovation Place, Singapore 729931, invoices the permit-exempt visit. V On Construction Pte. Ltd. (ACRA UEN 201611708H), on the HDB Directory of Renovation Contractors, invoices hacking, a new layout, windows that are not exempt, and the household shelter. Homey Furnishing is not a MOM-licensed employment agency and does not place helpers, nannies or caregivers.

The managing agent’s answer comes before the drill bit. The price comes from the fitting.

1. Ask the MCST whether this scope needs a form, a deposit, or only guardhouse registration.
2. Book noisy work on a day the by-law allows. Do not offer to pay us extra for a banned day.
3. Arrange lift protection if the by-law requires it. A chipped jamb is how deposits stick.
4. Match the fitting to a published band. A condo address does not create a new band.
5. If the work is the facade or an exterior window stay, stop and use the correct contractor.

A walk-up apartment with a management committee is still private property if it is strata. A privatised HUDC or a condo-like HDB block is not this page. If the S&CC bill names a town council, you are on the HDB page even if the lobby feels private. Mixed-use developments sometimes have a retail MCST and a residential one. Name the tower.

Landed houses inside a cluster development can be strata too. If an MCST writes to you about the gate or the roof, you are in by-law country. Say so in the first message.

How you're charged

These four lines are the published handyman charges. A job that already has its own band uses that band. The hour is not added on top of a band unless the written scope says so. There is no fuel surcharge.

Small, medium, and large visits

Times are planning estimates for the work itself. They are not a promise of when someone arrives.

Ways to keep the bill smaller

• Put several tasks on one visit. The S$55 call-out is one task. Extra permit-exempt time is S$45 an hour, not a second trip.
• Buy the part when the row is labour only. Tap labour is S$55. Toilet-bowl labour is S$168. Instant-heater labour is S$108 to S$260. Exposed storage-heater labour is S$188 to S$380.
• Send the photos first, so the reply can use a published band instead of a vague hour.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

Condo rows are the ordinary rows. The deposit is not in this table because it is not our fee.

Anything not in that table is quote on inspection. A second trade, when the law requires one, is named. It is not folded into a handyman hour.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630. The reply uses a band already printed on HomeySG, or it says quote on inspection. It does not invent a third number in the chat.

• MCST by-laws and deposits
• Door repair, including balcony sliders
• MCST minor works
• HDB handyman rules
• Price list