Planning to renovate your resale flat? Whether you want to update selected rooms or rethink the whole home, we can help you plan the layout, decide what to retain and define the work involved.
From there, we prepare an itemised quotation for the agreed scope and coordinate the renovation through to handover.
Start during the viewing, before you buy the flat. Walk through each room and look at three layers: the furniture and fittings, the surfaces around them, and what sits beneath those surfaces. This helps you work out what can stay and what needs a closer look before planning the renovation.
Begin with the things you use every day: sofas, tables, chairs, freestanding storage, wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, drawers, shelves, shoe cabinets, platform beds and TV consoles. Include curtains, blinds and their tracks.
Open the doors and drawers. Look inside cabinets and along their bases for visible damage or damp patches. Does the storage suit what you own? Will your bed, dining table and appliances fit? Something can be in good condition and still be wrong for your needs.
Loose furniture is usually straightforward to change. Built-in carpentry needs more thought: removing a wardrobe or kitchen cabinet may expose unfinished walls or flooring, so ask what will need making good around it.
Next, look at the surfaces you will live with: painted walls and ceilings, living-room and bedroom floors, kitchen finishes, and bathroom floor and wall tiles. The material might be vinyl, timber, granite, another stone or ceramic tile.
Look for cracks, stains, peeling paint, damaged edges, gaps and uneven areas. Note where they occur rather than assuming every mark means replacement. Separate a finish you dislike from a surface that needs repair.
Include doors, door frames, windows and window frames in this layer. Do they open and close properly? Are there visible signs of swelling, deterioration, damage or water staining around them? Note anything that needs assessment before deciding to retain, repair or replace it.
This layer includes waterproofing, electrical wiring and circuits, water-supply and waste pipes, and the backing or screed beneath finishes. A freshly painted room or an attractive tiled floor does not tell you the condition of everything underneath.
Waterproofing and plumbing: ask about previous leaks, repairs and bathroom renovations. Look for visible damp patches and staining, and ask which pipes were replaced and when. A viewing alone cannot confirm the condition of concealed pipes or waterproofing.
Electrical: ask when the wiring and distribution board were last assessed or replaced, and whether records are available. Plan an assessment against the appliances and electrical needs you expect to have. The flat's age is a reason to investigate its history, not proof that all wiring must be replaced.
Hollow-sounding wall and floor tiles: include tile bonding and the layers beneath the tiles in the condition assessment. Flag hollow-sounding areas for a competent assessor, especially alongside cracks, movement or lifting. A hollow sound alone does not establish that the bond has failed; BCA's ceramic tiling guide describes several possible causes. For walls, distinguish tiled finishes from the wall construction itself before drawing conclusions from the sound.
Ask for available records of past work and have unresolved concerns assessed before settling the scope. Concealed conditions may remain uncertain until further investigation.
For each layer, make three notes: keep, change and check before deciding. A flat with usable finishes and sound systems may mainly need furniture and carpentry changes. Another may need attention beneath the finishes first. Let the condition and your needs guide the scope, rather than the age or appearance of the flat alone.
Read the guide to deciding what to remove, retain or replace.
An open kitchen, a larger bedroom and more storage each solve a different problem. Bring the everyday constraint to the discussion: a blocked walkway, nowhere for a dining table, or a wardrobe that leaves too little room beside the bed.
A furniture or carpentry solution may meet the need without wall removal. Where hacking is proposed, permission must be established before work starts. HDB requires prior written approval for partial or complete wall demolition.
Check the HDB wall-hacking guide or explore layout options before hacking.
We review your floor plan, existing conditions and the parts of the flat you may want to retain.
We explore how circulation, room boundaries, furniture and storage could better support you and the people you live with.
We separate essential works from optional improvements and prepare an itemised quotation for the agreed direction.
Learn how to compare the scope and terms inside a resale HDB renovation quotation.
Compare overlaying with hacking and replacing an existing HDB floor.
Once the scope, approvals and project schedule are agreed, our team coordinates the work through construction and handover.
For a resale renovation with a confirmed layout, specifications and work scope ready for construction. This sits within our renovation contractor services.
For a home where the direction is partly formed but the layout, materials or construction details still need refinement. Compare the levels on our services page.
For a more complete transformation requiring space planning, design development, drawings, material selection and coordinated execution. See our interior design service.
Tell us your property type, the work you are considering and your preferred timing. If you have a floor plan, bring it to the conversation.
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