Turnover for serviced apartments and lawful stays
A published room reset is S$220 to S$380 for the co-living and serviced-apartment scope: paint touch-up, wardrobe hardware, a lock check, a trap and silicone. URA says stays under three consecutive months in private homes are illegal. We do not take a booking for that use.
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Photo: Wilfredor, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. An apartment living room in Rio de Janeiro. It is not a Singapore serviced apartment and not proof a stay is allowed.
How it works
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Send the room photos and say serviced apartment, co-living, or a tenancy of at least three months.
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If the booking is a stay under three months in a private home, we decline it.
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A matching room uses the published reset, S$220 to S$380, or we say quote on inspection.
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The invoice is itemised. We do not decide the deposit and we do not manage the listing.
What this job is
Operators ask what a turnover costs between guests. The published answer is the co-living page, and it applies to a room that is allowed to be let on that basis. A single room reset inside the scope that page describes is S$220 to S$380: paint touch-up, wardrobe hardware, a bedroom lock battery and latch check, a trap clearing and fresh silicone. A quarterly common-area visit for a 4-bedroom to 6-bedroom unit is S$450 to S$850. A retainer for 20 to 100 rooms is S$1,500 to S$4,800 a month, with room-coded invoices. Those are the numbers. They are not a cleaning-fee percentage and they are not a host payout.
URA’s short-term accommodation page, updated 15 June 2026, says residential properties, including condominiums, walk-up apartments, flats, bungalows, semi-detached houses and terraces, are for long-term residence. A stay of less than three consecutive months is short-term accommodation and is illegal. The page names online home-sharing of the hotel, hostel, motel, bed-and-breakfast and homestay kind. It says an individual found guilty faces a fine of up to S$5,000 under the Planning Act, and that recalcitrant cases and cases across multiple properties are taken to court. Owners are told to check that tenants are not subletting for those short stays.
The same URA page tells visitors who need less than three months that hotels have no minimum stay and serviced apartments have a minimum of seven days. A serviced-apartment operator working inside that rule is a different customer from an owner listing a condo by the night. We take the first. We decline the second. Asking us to “just change the lock between weekend guests” in a private home is the booking we will not do.
Curtains, blinds and roller shades are not part of this booking.
How the work is done
A lawful reset is a short list, photographed. Scuffs in paint, a hinge, a lock that has had its battery die, a slow trap, silicone that has opened. The lock row on a fire-rated HDB door, if the unit is an HDB flat and the stay is a proper tenancy, is the digital-lock fit at S$188 to S$320 when you supply the lock, or S$280 to S$450 supplied, and only if the fire detail allows the hole. Filling a tenant’s old bore is S$160 to S$350. A weekend guest in a condo is not the moment to bore a fire door.
We do not build a new room to take another guest. URA’s renting-property note asks private owners to keep the approved internal layout, and the minimum stay there is also three consecutive months. A partition that creates a room is the partition guide, not a turnover. SCDF exit width and fire separation are the reason a gypsum wall across a living room is not a Saturday favour.
The invoice names the room. The co-living page says the retainer’s tax invoice separates tenant damage from fair wear. That separation is the operator’s paperwork for a deposit conversation. It is not a court finding, and it is not available as a legal opinion on a one-off illegal stay. A home end-of-tenancy clean is a different product, from S$180 on that cleaning guide for an HDB clean. Do not add the clean and the reset and assume both are inside S$220.
Good turnover leaves the next lawful occupant with a latch that works, silicone that is intact, and paint only where the surface was scuffed. Sloppy turnover is a whole-unit colour change billed as a touch-up, a new wall, a lock bored into a fire door without the fire detail, or a visit whose purpose is to hide a short stay from the MCST. We will not do the last of those.
| What you should see at the end | What a sloppy visit leaves | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Touch-up paint on the scuff only | A full recolour billed as a reset | A new colour is the painting page |
| Lock checked, battery replaced if that is the fault | A new hole in a fire door for a weekend | The fire detail decides the hole |
| Trap cleared and silicone renewed where it has failed | Chemical poured into a stack shared with neighbours | A shared stack is not a bottle of chemical |
| Room code on the invoice | A lump sum with no room | The operator cannot match a deposit line |
How to scope it
Say what the building is allowed to be. Serviced apartment, co-living with stays that meet the rule, or an ordinary tenancy. If you cannot say that, do not send the photos as a turnover. Send them as a repair only if the repair is not in aid of an illegal stay. A quarterly aircon receipt, when a lawful tenancy requires one, is the aircon page: S$120 to S$180 for 3 to 5 fan-coil units, with a company-stamped receipt. Who pays the aircon is the tenancy clause, not this page.
| What you see | What to photograph | Stop |
|---|---|---|
| Serviced apartment, seven-day minimum as URA describes for visitors | Room photos and the checkout time | Reset S$220 to S$380 if the scope matches |
| Condo or HDB listed by the night | We do not need the photos | Booking declined |
| Ordinary tenancy ending | Handover list | Reset if it matches, or the end-of-tenancy clean if the job is cleaning |
| 20 to 100 rooms | The portfolio, not one door | Retainer S$1,500 to S$4,800 a month for that product |
Which job you actually have
The legal category comes before the dollar.
| Situation | Use this | Leave this alone |
|---|---|---|
| Lawful room reset matching the co-living sentence | S$220 to S$380 | Not a host cleaning fee |
| Quarterly common areas, 4 to 6 bedrooms | S$450 to S$850 | Not four call-outs |
| 20 to 100 rooms | S$1,500 to S$4,800 a month | Not a promise of arrival time |
| Stay under three months in a private home | No booking | URA’s page calls that illegal |
| End-of-tenancy clean of a home | Cleaning page, from S$180 on that guide | Not hidden inside the reset |
| New partition for another guest | Declined as a handyman hour | Layout and fire rules |
Questions a business should ask
Questions a business should ask
An operator should ask these. An owner planning a short stay in a condo should stop at the first.
- Is this a serviced apartment, a co-living room that meets the stay rule, or a private home?
- If it is a private home, is every stay at least three consecutive months?
- Which printed row is the reset, and what does it include?
- Is painting a full recolour or a scuff?
- Will anyone bore a fire door?
- Is the clean a separate page?
- Who is the invoice addressed to, and is the room code on the line?
- Are you asking us to arrive within a stated number of minutes? We do not publish that.
Serviced apartment, condo, or HDB
URA’s residential list includes condos and flats. The seven-day note is about serviced apartments, not about a condo used as one.
| Place | Stay rule we follow | Work we will price | Work we decline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serviced apartment | URA’s seven-day minimum for visitors under three months | The reset rows | A new room cut into the plan |
| Condo or landed home | Three consecutive months | Repairs for a lawful tenancy | Turnover for a shorter stay |
| HDB flat | URA’s page includes flats in the residential list. HDB has its own rental approval | Exempt repairs for a proper tenancy | A nightly listing |
| Co-living portfolio | Stays that the operator can show are lawful | Retainer S$1,500 to S$4,800 | A retainer whose purpose is short stays in private homes |
Rules that apply
Read URA’s short-term accommodation page and the renting-property page before you ask for a turnover. The fine described there, up to S$5,000 for an individual found guilty, with heavier court fines for recalcitrant and multi-property cases, is URA’s statement. We do not give legal advice and we do not help a stay that page forbids. Homey Furnishing is not a property agency and does not advertise homes.
SCDF and the fire door still apply if a lawful tenancy needs a lock. The digital-lock guide is the fire-door sentence. A new gypsum room is not maintenance. BCA’s insignificant-works list is not a permission to subdivide a flat.
Official pages
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, and an HDB renovation permit. Homey Furnishing is not a property agency, not a CEA practice, and not a MOM-licensed employment agency.
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 and no published night premium except the mall overnight row.
| Charge | What it covers | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Per hour | Permit-exempt handyman time after a priced task, if the scope says so | S$45/hr |
| Minimum, one task | One permit-exempt task on one visit | S$55 |
| Mall overnight | Permit-to-work admin and one hardware fix when the mall requires the night slot | S$380 to S$650 |
| A matching catalogue row | The photo matches a row already printed | That row |
| A term contract, a sign, a plain office closer, a mineral ceiling tile | No catalogue row for that product | quote on inspection |
The reset is S$220 to S$380 when the photos match that scope. It is not S$55 plus an invented Airbnb fee. A retainer is the monthly row, not a discount on illegal stays.
Ways to keep the bill smaller
Ways to keep the bill smaller
- Do not buy a nightly turnover service for a condo. The lawful path is a tenancy of at least three months, or a real serviced apartment.
- Photograph damage and ordinary wear separately if you need the room-coded invoice.
- Book the aircon receipt on the aircon page when the clause requires one. It is not inside S$220.
- Keep the approved layout. A new room is the expensive mistake, and it may be unlawful.
WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.
Price, or quote on inspection
These rows are for stays that are allowed. They are not a tariff for a private home let by the night.
Anything not in that table is quote on inspection.
| Scope already published | 2026 band in the repo | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Single-room reset | S$220 to S$380 | Co-living page |
| Quarterly common areas, 4 to 6 bedrooms | S$450 to S$850 | Co-living page |
| Retainer, 20 to 100 rooms | S$1,500 to S$4,800 a month | Co-living page |
| Digital lock fit, fire detail allowing, you supply it | S$188 to S$320 | Digital lock guide |
| Bore reinstatement | S$160 to S$350 | Digital lock guide |
| Aircon service, 3 to 5 units, stamped receipt | S$120 to S$180 | Aircon page |
| Short stay in a private home | No booking | URA short-term accommodation page |
WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630. The reply uses a band already printed on HomeySG, or it says quote on inspection.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Airbnb still illegal in Singapore?
URA’s short-term accommodation page says stays under three consecutive months in private residential properties are illegal. That includes condominiums and flats. Hotels have no minimum stay. Serviced apartments, for visitors staying under three months, have a minimum of seven days. We do not take a booking for an illegal stay.
Are short-term rentals allowed in Singapore?
Not in private homes, on URA’s definition of less than three consecutive months. Serviced apartments and hotels are the visitor options URA names. Read the URA page. We are not the licensing authority.
Can HDB be Airbnb?
URA’s residential list includes flats. A nightly or weekly stay is the use that page calls illegal. HDB’s own approval to rent a flat is a separate HDB matter. We do not process either approval.
How much do people charge for Airbnb turnovers?
We do not publish an Airbnb host fee. For a lawful co-living or serviced-apartment room, the reset that matches the printed scope is S$220 to S$380. A private home let for less than three months is not a job we take.
Do tenants pay for aircon servicing?
The tenancy clause decides. A quarterly service of 3 to 5 fan-coil units is S$120 to S$180, with a company-stamped receipt, on the aircon page. We do not rule who must pay it.
What is considered fair wear and tear?
The tenancy guide on this site discusses the clause. Our room-coded invoice can separate damage and wear for the co-living retainer. That is a description of the work, not a legal ruling.