Joinery after Conservation Permission, not instead of it

The shophouse guide quotes URA. The guidelines page says Conservation Permission is required before all additions and alterations and before a new use begins, and that you should consult URA if unsure. This service is the wood after that answer. We will not strip windows, block a five-foot way, or open a cafe on the strength of a carpentry booking.

A shutter that already exists and only needs the track aligned is S$250 to S$480 on the shutter page when that matches. A new counter, a stair repair and a room upstairs are quote on inspection. A loose rail is S$250 to S$480 only if the repair is allowed and the photo matches. We are not a Qualified Person. BCA describes who is. Fire safety plans for a new kitchen use are a Qualified Person’s submission. A hood we make is a separate quote.

Upstairs bedrooms are not HDB flats. Do not import the three-year tile rule or clause 7.2 unless the building has a household shelter. Timber windows stay until URA has been asked. We do not swap them for aluminium as a same-day job. Signs are the sign pages and URA’s signage guidelines, not a logo we paint on a conserved pier.

If the building is not conserved, say so and use the shop fit-out page. If it is an HDB shop, use the HDB shop notes. This page is the conserved building. Send the permission status with the photos. Without it, the reply will ask for it rather than invent a start date.

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. State the Conservation Permission status.
2. Do not send a cafe as if it were a shelf.
3. Photograph stairs and windows you want kept.
4. Keep the walkway clear in the drawing.
5. Expect a quote.

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

It will not say we obtained Conservation Permission, that a new use is approved, or that a fire-safety plan was submitted. If those are done, they were done by others. Our line is the joinery described in the quote.

A residential upper floor and a shop counter are two lines if both are in scope. One number for “the shophouse” is the quote guide’s first red flag.

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.
• Write “permission granted”, “not required — URA said so”, or “not yet” in the first message. A mood board is not a status.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

Permission is URA’s. The wood is quote on inspection.

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.

• Shophouse guide
• Shop fit-out
• Hoods
• Shutters
• Reading a quote
• Walk-ups

URA requires Conservation Permission before additions, alterations and a new use. This carpentry quote does not file that permission.

• Shophouse renovation list