Picture hanging without a wall of extra holes
A picture is a light load until the frame is a mirror or a glass panel. There is no published picture-hanging price. Old holes, if they match the small patch sentence, are S$150 to S$280.
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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
Most picture jobs are a rail or a few anchors at a height someone can still see. The failures are a hook in a hollow partition, a mirror treated as a poster, and a gallery wall of holes the landlord will count. This site does not price “per picture.” Quote on inspection after you send the count, the heaviest frame, and the wall. A single light frame and a 15kg mirror are not the same visit even if both are called pictures.
HDB concrete takes an anchor and makes noise. A weekday slot is the honest booking if we are drilling concrete for a gallery. A plaster dab on a brick wall may take a lighter fixing. Hollow block will not take a mirror. The tile guide applies if the picture is going on a tiled wall, which is a strange place for art and a common place for a bathroom mirror. Mirrors are also on the mirror installation page. Use that page if the glass is the product. This page is frames.
Rentals are where picture hanging becomes a deposit argument. The tenancy guide talks about drill holes as tenant damage rather than fair wear. Making good a small patch is S$150 to S$280 when the ceiling page’s sentence fits. A handover package from S$298 includes a stated number of holes. Do not pay both and assume they stack. Tell us if you are moving out. The move calculator’s hole bundle is another sentence again, about ten holes at S$40 to S$80 inside a two-address transfer. Read the sentence before you add the numbers.
Condo feature walls are often the TV wall, with cables behind the plaster. A picture hook through a HDMI cable is an electrician’s afternoon, not a hanging visit. Landed stair galleries are high. The high-ceiling lamp bands are for lamps, S$220 to S$380 with a ladder for 3.6m to 4.8m. A picture at that height is quote on inspection, and we will say if the ladder is enough. We will not stand on a banister.
Send a photo of the arrangement you want, or a pencil sketch with heights from the floor to the hook. A second photo of the heaviest frame, including the hanging wire, saves a return trip. “Gallery wall” without a layout produces a straight line you did not want, and extra holes. We level to the frame, not to a ceiling that itself slopes. Old adhesive hooks that have stained the paint are a patch conversation, not a free wipe.
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.
What to do first
Count frames and name the heaviest one.
- Photograph the wall and the heaviest frame.
- Say if you are a tenant who must make good later.
- Keep mirrors on the mirror page if the glass is large.
- Book a weekday if concrete anchors are likely.
- Expect quote on inspection, not a per-picture menu.
| What you see | Safe check | Stop |
|---|---|---|
| Ten light frames | Send the layout | Still quote on inspection, not ten times a guess |
| One heavy mirror | Mirror page if it is glass hardware | A picture hook will pull out |
| Landlord inspection Friday | Separate patching from hanging | Do not stack two hole prices blindly |
| TV wall | Assume cables until shown otherwise | Do not hook blind |
HDB, condo and landed
HDB gallery walls in the living room are usually concrete and noisy. Bedroom partitions may be hollow. Condo TV walls hide services. Landed stairs add height. The price does not have a column for “art.”
We do not value the artwork and we do not insure it as a gallery. Tell us if a frame is glass that cannot be laid on the floor.
| Question | HDB | Condo | Landed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDB | Weekday drilling if the fixing is noisy. Not the shelter. | A picture hook in plaster may be quiet. Concrete is not. | Say which wall. |
| Condo | By-law if the drill is noisy. | Feature walls hide conduits. | No facade fixings. |
| Landed | Brick or concrete. High stairs are not the lamp price. | Party walls need a thought. | No published storey fee. |
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 |
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
No first-install price is published for this object.
| Scope already published | 2026 band in the repo | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Small hole patch and repaint | S$150 to S$280 | Ceiling repair |
| This first install | 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much to hang pictures?
Quote on inspection. There is no per-picture price in the catalogue.
Will the landlord see the holes?
Yes, if you remove the frames. A small patch is S$150 to S$280 when it matches that sentence. A handover package is a different product, from S$298.
Can you hang a heavy mirror?
Only with fixings for that weight. Large mirrors belong on the mirror installation page. A light hook is the wrong hardware.
Do you work on Sunday?
Quiet hooks maybe. Concrete drilling is a weekday daytime HDB job.