After HDB resale completion, the fittings can be booked

HDB’s resale completion page describes the appointment: when it is scheduled, who attends, what to settle beforehand, and that the seller must vacate so the buyer can take possession after the appointment. The page says the documents you must bring are those stated in the appointment letter, and it lists examples such as identity cards and the keys. Read the letter HDB posts for your case. Do not treat a blog as the checklist for the counter at HDB Hub. The resale terms and conditions say the seller gives vacant possession on completion and cannot reside once the keys are handed over, and that the buyer shall not obtain possession before completion. That is why a “renovate before completion” booking is refused. We will not drill, paint or hack a flat the buyer does not yet possess, and we will not enter as if we were a party to the sale.

After completion, the terms also say the buyer keeps the interior, including fixtures and fittings, in good and tenantable repair, and notifies HDB before alterations. “Good repair” is not a price. The prices are the rows already on this site. Door alignment is S$60 to S$120. An HDB PD toilet-door pivot is S$120 to S$220 if that is the door. A silicone zone is S$80 to S$150. A small hole left by the seller’s brackets is S$150 to S$280 when the patch sentence fits. A handover reset for a 4 to 5-room flat is S$688 if you want the package rather than a list of singles. A two-address move of fans and brackets is S$350 to S$950 on the move-in page. None of these is a legal completion fee.

People ask what to bring for resale completion and where the completion letter is. HDB says the letter is posted on My Flat Dashboard when the appointment is scheduled, and that an SMS tells you to download it. We cannot see that dashboard. People ask how long from option to completion. HDB’s completion page says the appointment is about 8 weeks after HDB accepts the resale application. That is HDB’s process note, not a promise about your file, and it is not a repair timeline. If a seller wants the flat touched up before the buyer’s inspection, that seller is still the owner until completion. The viewing touch-up page is for that owner. The buyer’s works wait.

A new coat of paint on the whole flat, a hacked bathroom, and a window replacement are not completion-week handyman tasks. Whole-flat paint is quote on inspection. Bathroom hacking inside three years of the block completion date is restricted. Windows that are replaced need the approved contractor and a permit. If the flat you bought still has a developer defects year, which is uncommon on an older resale but possible on a young one, report to HDB before you cover the marks. We do not value the flat, hold the option, or apportion property tax. Those lines on HDB’s page stay with HDB and your solicitor.

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.

Do not book a drill for the morning of the appointment. Book it for a day when the keys are yours and the flat is empty enough to work.

1. Read the appointment letter for documents. Do not ask us to invent the list.
2. Confirm you already have possession before anyone comes to repair.
3. Photograph hinges, silicone, holes and stains. One photo each.
4. Match a package or a single band. Leave conveyancing questions with HDB.
5. Stop if the job is a hack, a new window, or paint on the common corridor.

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

HDB describes buyers on an HDB loan attending in a morning window, and buyers on a bank loan in the afternoon, on the completion page. Those times are for the legal counter. They are not a handyman arrival slot. A Power of Attorney, if you cannot attend, is also described by HDB. We do not draft it. Outstanding conservancy charges and property tax are HDB’s list for the seller. A fresh silicone joint does not replace a town-council letter.

If both households want a cleaner and a handyman on the same vacant day, say which invoice is the seller’s and which is the buyer’s. We can split a handover the way the move-in page already describes. We cannot split a sale.

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.
• Bring the questions about documents, GIRO and the appointment time to HDB or your solicitor. Bring the photos of hinges and silicone here.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

These bands start when the flat is in the client’s possession. They are not completion disbursements.

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.

• Why works wait until completion
• Handover packages
• Seller’s viewing touch-up
• Hinges
• Move-day checklist