Plan to sell your HDB house and caught in surprise by HDB officer inspection which is request you to reinstate back your house?
If you are ever renovate your house and hacking or relocate your layout, you may need to be aware of this :
- hacking the toilet/ bathroom to enlarge with bigger layout.
- extension of bathroom to accommodate the bathtub.
- unauthorise hacking floor opening for new sanitary work at toilet
- embedded waste pipe on the floor at kitchen due to re-arrange the layout
- construction of spa pool with brick and tiling
- Construct fixture and cover up household shelter/ boom shelter
- Change of your main door and it is not fire rated
- Remove bedroom door and relocate the door direction
- encroachment of kitchen sink/ basin into dining area
- Topping up excessive slab/ tiling work
- Remove and hack away concrete stiffener
- Enclosure of gas pipe without compliance
- Unauthorise renovation and enclosure of common area
- Unauthorise extension of balcony or installation of window at parapet wall/ service yard without approval
- installation of unapproved window solar film
- encroachment due to metal grilles installation
- replacement of full height window or bay window without approval and not follow the original type.
- etc.
To check whether your HDB house is compliance to the HDB guide line, you may find out more from HDB Renovation Guidelines.

Don’t be surprised, you may receive fine or instruction by HDB officer due to above illegal or unautorised work.
Engage an experience contractor before carry out renovation/ improvement work/ alteration work. If the renovation has been carried out and not compliance, you should engage an experience property agent or contractor to vet through unit and reinstate before sale your unit.
Our sales team can assist any reinstatement work for your HDB unit and advise on the non-obligation quote.
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