Furniture

In short: HDB’s renovation guidelines do not list installing a digital lock as work requiring a permit. The rule that matters is SCDF’s, and it only applies if your main door is fire-rated — in which case, since 1 March 2024, the lock itself must be certified. Your household shelter door is the one door…

In short: HDB does not publish standard lift dimensions, and any article telling you “the typical HDB lift is X by Y” is making it up. Lifts vary by block and by era. The only reliable number is the one you measure yourself, and the five minutes it takes will save you a cancelled delivery….

In short: Start looking about six months before key collection, but do not place orders until after your defects check and after renovation dates are confirmed. Furniture is the last thing to arrive and the first thing people order too early. The one hard deadline nobody mentions: you must take possession of the flat within…