Door handle replacement, lever or pull
A lever handle is not a window handle and not a hinge. No lever price is published. Window handles are not given a new number here either. The door repair page still owns hinge tightening at S$60 to S$120.
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How it works
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Send one photo per task on WhatsApp, with the block and whether the home is HDB, condo, or landed.
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We match each task to a published band, or we say quote on inspection.
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You confirm the scope before anyone comes. Licensed work and permit work are named, not folded into the hour.
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The fitting is repaired and tested. Parts that a row does not include stay off the invoice.
What this job actually is
Handles mean levers and pulls on a door, not the casement handle on a window. Window hardware that is exterior stays with a BCA approved window contractor when it is the stay or the rivet. This page will not borrow a window price, and the window page’s interior reseal of S$180 to S$380 is silicone, not a lever. A door lever that flops has a sprung cassette or a loose rose. No price is published. Quote on inspection with a photo of the lever and the latch.
Fire-rated doors are supplied with a handle set that is part of the test. A decorative lever from a furniture shop can be the wrong thickness and the wrong latch. Do not swap it onto an HDB main door because the finish matches the lights. Bedroom levers are the ordinary job. If the door has dropped, the handle is blamed unfairly. The hinge band is S$60 to S$120 when alignment is the fault, and it lives on the door repair page so this page does not become a second door catalogue.
Back-to-back pulls on a glass or a PD door are another object. PD doors are the pivot row, S$120 to S$220. A pull handle screwed into a glass door is the commercial glass page if it is a shopfront, not a flat. Say “home” or “shop.” A shopfront at night is the mall page if the mall requires it.
Condo levers on your own room door do not need a deposit. Levers on a common door do. We will not change a stair handle because it looks dated. Landed houses with a long pull on a pivot door should send the height. A pull that is only decorative still has to miss the door stop.
Send both sides of the door, including the latch plate. A photo of only the pretty lever hides the part that actually failed inside. A lever that is tight on one side and loose on the other is a spindle problem. Buying two new levers will not fix a bent spindle, and we will not sell you the pair to hide that. If you already bought a set, send the hole centres. A mismatch is how the rose covers nothing and the old hole shows.
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 priced door catalogue stays on door repair: alignment and hinges, HDB PD pivots, pocket rollers, balcony bogies, veneer patches and surface-mounted drop seals. This page does not replace that list. It only covers the narrower job in the heading.
What to do first
- Photo both sides of the handle and the latch.
- Confirm it is a door, not a window.
- If it is the main door, stop and check the fire set.
- Photo the hinge gap if the door scrapes.
- Expect quote on inspection for the lever.
| What you see | Safe check | Stop |
|---|---|---|
| Lever flops | Spring or spindle | Quote on inspection |
| It is a window | Window page, and exterior hardware may be an approved contractor | Not this lever |
| Main door | Do not fit a decorative set | Fire-door guide |
| Door scrapes | Hinge band may apply | S$60 to S$120 |
HDB, condo and landed
Permission changes with the building. The published band does not.
| Question | HDB | Condo | Landed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDB | Main doors are often fire-rated. Bedroom and bathroom doors are a different leaf. Weekday hours if we must drill. | A letterbox in the common bank is often the town council. | The shelter door is not a lock experiment. |
| Condo | Ask the MCST before a new bore in a rated entrance. | Lobby letterboxes may be the management’s. | No door surcharge is published. |
| Landed | A gate lock and a front-door lock are different. Confirm the leaf before drilling. | A private letterbox on the gate is not an HDB bank. | No HDB permit for a knob. |
How you're charged
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.
| Charge | What it covers | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Per hour | Permit-exempt handyman time | S$45/hr |
| Minimum charge | One task on one visit | S$55 |
| Call-out | The same single-task visit. No separate trip fee | S$55 |
| Materials | Parts, unless a job row says they are included | quote on inspection |
Small, medium, and large visits
Times are planning estimates for the work itself. They are not a promise of when someone arrives.
| Size | Example tasks | Planning time |
|---|---|---|
| Small | One generic hinge, tap labour on the existing outlet, or a socket on an existing circuit | Often under an hour |
| Medium | An exposed cistern siphon, one silicone zone, or two or three small tasks on the same visit | About 1 to 3 hours |
| Large | A typical HDB bathroom regrout, a dishwasher bay, or an exposed storage-heater labour visit | Half a day or longer |
What a handyman can't do
What a handyman can't do
Permit-exempt fittings stay on the Homey Furnishing invoice. These do not:
- A new cable, a new circuit, or a consumer unit. That is an EMA licensed electrician. A socket on an existing circuit is the S$55 row. A dedicated appliance circuit stays S$220 to S$450.
- A new or relocated water point, or a hacked chase. That is a PUB licensed plumber. Tap labour on the existing outlet is S$55.
- Piped gas. That is a Licensed Gas Service Worker.
- Hacking, a new layout, or the household shelter. That is an HDB renovation permit through V On Construction Pte. Ltd. UEN 201611708H.
- A hole in a fire-rated door that the fire detail does not allow.
- Common-corridor lights, stacks, and letterbox banks. Those follow the town council on the S&CC bill, or the MCST in a condo.
Handyman vs licensed contractor
| Work | Who does it | What this site prices |
|---|---|---|
| Existing fitting, no new cable or pipe | Handyman visit | S$45/hr, or the job band |
| One small task | Handyman visit | S$55 call-out |
| New circuit or DB | EMA licensed electrician | S$220 to S$450 for a dedicated circuit, or the DB bands |
| New water point | PUB licensed plumber | quote on inspection |
| Hacking or a new layout | HDB permit, V On Construction | quote on inspection |
Ways to keep the bill smaller
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.
Price, or quote on inspection
Priced door rows stay on the door repair page. Unlisted parts are quote on inspection.
| Scope already published | 2026 band in the repo | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Door alignment or hinge tightening | S$60 to S$120 | Door repair |
| HDB PD toilet-door pivot and roller | S$120 to S$220 | Door repair |
| Interior window silicone or PU reseal | S$180 to S$380 | Window silicone, not a lever |
| Door lever or pull | quote on inspection | No catalogue row |
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.
Related pages
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a door handle?
Quote on inspection. No lever price is published.
My window handle is broken. Is this the page?
No. Exterior window hardware is the window repair route, often an approved window contractor. Interior window reseal is S$180 to S$380 a window on that page, which is not a lever.
Can I change the HDB main door handle?
Not for decoration. The fire set stays. Read the digital-lock guide before any new hardware on that door.
The door sags. Is that the handle?
Often it is the hinge, S$60 to S$120 on the door repair page. Photograph the gap.