Joinery in a terrace or bungalow, after the permission

Landed joinery is quote on inspection. URA’s landed page says whether planning permission is needed. We do not decide and we are not a Qualified Person. A loose handrail is S$250 to S$480. An HDB maisonette is not this visit.

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How it works

  1. 1

    Send one photo per task, the block, and whether the home is HDB, condo or landed. Say if keys were collected this month.

  2. 2

    We match a band already printed on HomeySG, or we say quote on inspection.

  3. 3

    Developer defects, hacking, a new layout and permit windows are named. They are not folded into a handyman visit.

  4. 4

    You confirm the scope before anyone comes. Curtains, blinds and roller shades stay off the booking.

What this job actually is

1. URA or a QP first 2. Repairs if a row matches 3. New joinery is a quote 4. Party walls stay
Permission, then the cabinets

The landed guide has URA’s sentences: fences not higher than 1.8 m, a new pavilion that needs permission, the car-porch conversion test, and the window-replacement test. Read the page. This service is cabinets, shelves and stair parts after that reading, or a repair that does not change the building. We will not extend a kitchen and call the boxes the approval.

Homey Furnishing is not a Qualified Person. BCA says who is. A new stair opening is that person. A loose rail on a stair that stays is S$250 to S$480. Intact glass is S$350 to S$780. A high void light at 4.8 m to 6.0 m is S$380 to S$680 if you measured it. A kitchen that changes layout is S$5,000 to S$6,500 only when the kitchen page matches. Otherwise quote on inspection.

An inter-terrace party wall is not storage we chase into. A corner terrace’s extra windows are film or secondary glazing, S$750 to S$2,800 for an interior secondary window, not a new opening. Cluster houses with an MCST follow that guide as well. A good-class bungalow does not get a secret rate. An HDB terrace uses HDB’s page, not this one.

Send the room that exists, the permission status if the work changes the envelope, and the stair photo if the stair is involved. We do not publish a week count. Curtains are not included. A carport is the carport page. A fence is the fence page.

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.

  1. Say repair or new joinery.
  2. Do not include an unapproved extension.
  3. Keep the party wall intact.
  4. Match stair and light rows only when measured.
  5. Expect a quote.
What you seeSafe checkStop
New cabinets, room existsCarpentryquote on inspection
Loose railRepairS$250 to S$480
New extensionURA and a QPWe do not grant it
HDB maisonetteWrong pageMaisonette note

HDB, condo and landed

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

QuestionHDBCondoLanded
Terrace, semi-D, bungalowURA landed page.We are not the QP.Quote for joinery.
Cluster or townhouseMCST as well.Deposit is theirs.Same carpentry rule.
HDBNot this visit.HDB hours.Use the HDB pages.

Attics and basements

An attic ladder in an existing opening is S$850 to S$1,950. A new floor is not. A basement we have not seen is quote on inspection and is a Qualified Person if it is structure. We will not price a cinema from a sketch.

If the email is only a mood board of a bungalow kitchen, the reply will ask for the plan and the permission status. That is the whole of the first step.

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.

ChargeWhat it covers2026
Per hourPermit-exempt handyman time when no job band matchesS$45/hr
Minimum chargeOne task on one visitS$55
Small hole patch and repaintThe ceiling-page hole sentenceS$150 to S$280
Hairline or stain, leak already fixedThe ceiling-page paint sentenceS$150 to S$400
Handover resetThe package on the move-in page, by flat sizeFrom S$298
Anything without a rowA full repaint, a scan fee, a new membranequote 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.
  • Do not send a kitchen for a room that has not been approved yet.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

Price, or quote on inspection

House type is not a rate.

Anything not in that table is quote on inspection.

Scope already published2026 band in the repoWhere it lives
Landed joineryquote on inspectionRoom must exist
Loose handrailS$250 to S$480Stair page
Light, 4.8 m to 6.0 mS$380 to S$680Measured
Planning permissionNot our feeURA

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630. The reply uses a band already printed on HomeySG, or it says quote on inspection.

Hand tools hanging on a workshop wall
Tools for joinery. The planning permission is not a saw cutPhoto: Syced, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Landed renovation names

Joinery in a room that already exists is quote on inspection. URA decides planning permission. A loose handrail is S$250 to S$480.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is landed interior carpentry?

Quote on inspection. A loose handrail is S$250 to S$480 if that is the repair.

Will you get URA approval?

No. URA’s landed page says whether permission is required. We do not decide.

Are you a Qualified Person?

No.

Can you open the party wall?

No. Not on a furniture visit.

Is a maisonette included?

No. That is an HDB type unless you have been told otherwise. Use the maisonette guide.

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