Hello all.. Sharing my experience abt my SOBF unit here The day the HDB officer opened the door for us to view, defects noted were : 1) kitchen n toilets had the old school mosaic tilings..some even came off and holes here n there.. 2) toilet bowls not in a usable condition ;p 3) living / dining and bedroom has no tiles.. seems that the previous owner used the vinyl type of flooring and HDB has removed it. 4) balcony door cannot close shut.. seems that the track is bent or something. 5) kitchen window 3 panels ..the extreme left and right one cannot push open..can open only like 10 cm each side lol!! no ventilation can die!! 6) the house have no main gate brought it up to the officer there n then. Months passed and finally we got the keys to enter our home. Rectifications made : 1) the tiles for kitchen, toilets, living/dining n bedrooms are replaced with new ones including the balcony floor. Great news huh got new tiles? the bad news is..im laughing when im typing this lol!! they used the same blo*** tiles for the whole hse!! including the toilet lol!! 2) toilet bowls and sink were replaced with new ones 3) balcony door has been replaced but then haha the lock is not working at both ends..oh well better than nothing.. 4) gave us a gate for the main door haha but old school type..hehe 5) as for windows...they told me they cant do anyting to it...so in the end i got it change on my own expense.. but hey.. come to think if it.. the officer was already being so nice to us.. at least he tried to help us.. he saved us $$$$ by changing what he could. cannot imagine if i have to replace that balcony door and to do up kitchen and toilet floorings..that would cost us alot of $$$$.. ah then comes the best part abt $$$$.. aft moving in..it seems that the previous owner has O$P$ problem...lol..oops sidetracked!! ok back to the topic.. the main thing is to talk nicely to the officer and ask him what he could help to replace or something... hopes it works out for you!! all the best and do keep us updated