Minor repairs before a tenant moves in

Searches for “renting out HDB flat minor repairs” mix two decisions. The first is whether the owner may rent the flat at all. HDB publishes that on its eligibility page for renting out a flat, including citizenship and minimum occupation conditions. The buyer’s declaration and the resale terms also talk about occupation and consent before a flat is rented. This site does not apply those rules to your household. We do not check My HDBPage, we do not draft a tenancy, and we do not advertise the flat. CEA is where you check a property agent’s registration if you want one. The second decision is physical: which fittings fail a viewing. That is the only decision this page prices.

The published reset lives on the move-in page. A studio or 1-bedroom handover reset is S$298. A 2 to 3-bedroom reset is S$488. A 4 to 5-room HDB reset is S$688. Those are packages, not an hourly invention for “making it rentable”. A single hinge, if the door only sags, is S$60 to S$120 and may be the whole visit at the S$55 call-out if that sentence is the only task. A mouldy silicone zone is S$80 to S$150. A small hole patch is S$150 to S$280. Read the package before you add the patch, because a handover scope can already include holes. Paying both for the same holes is how a landlord bill doubles.

End-of-tenancy cleaning is a different page, for the tenant moving out: a studio, 1 to 2 bed condo or 2 to 3 room HDB is S$280 to S$420, and the single-invoice bundle with up to 15 drill holes, a silicone reseal and spoilt bulbs is S$480 to S$880. Use that page when the flat is being handed back. Use this page when the owner is preparing for the next occupier and the photos are fittings, not a grease film. The minor-repair clause in a tenancy, including the caps people argue about, is explained on the tenancy guide. We do not tell you who must pay. The agreement does. Split invoices, when you want them, are already described on the move-in page: fair wear to the landlord, tenant damage on a separate receipt.

Digital locks left by the last tenant are a bore-hole problem only when they match the digital-lock guide. Reinstating that bore is S$160 to S$350. A bedroom knob hole is not automatically the same row. Say what was on the door. A main door that is fire-rated is not a place to experiment. The lock pages say when a fire door can take a surface seal and when it cannot be cut. Window grilles and film are their own permits. Nothing on this page is a curtain or a blind. If the flat still has the developer’s defects year running, report those items before you repaint them for a tenant.

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.

Separate “may I rent?” from “what is broken?”. We only answer the second, and only with a published band.

1. Read HDB’s eligibility page yourself. Do not ask the handyman chat to approve a tenancy.
2. List fittings that fail: doors, silicone, holes, taps, lights. One photo each.
3. Match a handover package if the list is long. Match a single band if it is one hinge.
4. Keep cleaning on the cleaning page if the complaint is dirt rather than a fitting.
5. Leave fire doors, hacking and common-corridor paint off the list.

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

People also ask whether nail holes are fair wear and tear. The tenancy guide on this site already says drill holes are treated as tenant damage rather than wear in the usual discussion, and that the minor-repair cap is a per-item figure in the agreement, not a cleaning budget. This page does not replace that guide and does not interpret your PDF. A hole that matches the patch sentence is S$150 to S$280. A handful of pin holes may sit inside a handover package from S$298. Tell us which one you are booking.

A part-time clean between tenants is the cleaning catalogue, not a domestic-worker hire. Homey Furnishing is not a maid agency. If you want a weekly clean, use the part-time cleaning page. If you want someone to live in, that is a Ministry of Manpower matter and not a booking here.

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.
• A handover package from S$298 already bundles a reset. Do not add the hole-patch band on top unless the written scope says the holes are extra.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

Packages and single tasks are different products. Name which one the photos are.

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.

• Handover packages
• Move-out cleaning
• Minor-repair clause
• Move-out checklist
• Door hinges