Jul Ng-Liew

HI Folks I have a single storey intermediate terrace. The front gate and front boundary wall needs to be replaced. The current one has squarish pillars with steel fencing. Planning to change to something that offers more privacy, such as wood panels. Does anyone know the estimated cost? Thank you!

HI Folks I have a single storey intermediate terrace. The front gate and front boundary wall needs to be replaced. The current one has pillars with steel fencing. Planning to change to something that offers more privacy, such as wood panels. Does anyone know the estimated cost? Thank you!

HI Folks I have a single storey intermediate terrace. The front gate and front boundary wall needs to be replaced. The current one has pillars with steel fencing. Planning to change to something that offers more privacy, such as wood panels. Does anyone know the estimated cost? Thank you!

Hi Quarkz, we are also thinking of doing a complete overhaul to our place. Incidentally we have the same floor plan too (Blk 16) and we want to keep to around $20k. Please pm me your quote and if you will recommend DnT . Thank you so much !

Thank you XC90 & Lauer for the replies. Am more slanted towards the single storey house after having viewed so many properties. Appreciate your time in replying.

Hello all, With our limited budget, should we go for a move in condition single storey house sitting on 2200 sf land or a double storey house sitting on 1600sf land that requires major renovation (ie to add another $300k)? And both are about the same price, and in same district. I noticed that most single storey houses are being torn down and being reconstructed into giant houses. My concern is that the single storey house will be dwarfed by neighbors' three storey houses in the near future. The fact is that we do not even need a three or double storey house as a single storey house fits us just fine. We are a pair of DINKs(dual income no kids) in our late 40s.. Our main reason for buying a landed house is becos we see more capital appreciated in switching from an apt to landed. The money will come in handy in future if we intend to sell it off and downgrade later. Your opinions appreciated.

Hi, I wonder if you can pm me your contractor's contact? Like u, I was toying between getting an ID or contractor. But after some search, I realize that ID uses a lot of unnecessary feature. Thanks!

Thanks ! Ya.. I sotong already. Hoping can be done within $100k. I don't have floor plan cos in negotiation stage to buy this old inter terrace (more than 40 yrs old).

Hi Curry FH Thanks for your posts. Would appreciate if you can PM me your quotes and the contractor(s) you are using or have spoken to? I have the same idea as you- I am intending to purchase a 40-year old inter-terrace (2 storey, land 2000 sf). I like the whole layout of the house and will not be hacking any walls. In fact, I might even want to keep the old mosaic in the rooms and flooring in the living room to maintain the retro-look. I have taken your list and amended it to suit my needs. Here goes: Living/dining Ceramic flooring for living/dining Change main wooden door Change old sliding door to 1 panel glass door (full glass with 4 panel foldable) Kitchen Dry Kitchen cabinets and hardtop (about 4m long) Wet Kicthen cabinets (3m long) Hack floor/wall tiles Install ceramic/homogenous floor and wall tiles Granny/Maid Re-contruct Wall Partition for a Granny room Re-contruct Wall Partition for a maid room Re-contruct Wall Partition for a toilet Change floor tiles Bedrooms Overlay laminate flooring over parquet (1500 sqft) Change toilet x 3 2 (redo walls and floors) Walk-in wardrobes for Granny and Master bedroom New tiles for balcony Toilet New Toilet (floor to wall) x 3 Relocation of 1 toilet bowl New Stairs Railing (Full Glass) Car auto gate (optional) Piping with hot water heaters Repainting interior and exterior of house Relocation of New Airconditioning and new aircon piping (this house does not have any AC) Features wall for Dinning & Living Painting (Interior and Exterior) New Electrical wiring and power points New Windows Panels x 6 And also, new roof and new ceiling. Do you think I can do all the above for less than SG$100? Thanks in advance

The bankers these days are very tardy in their reply. My Citi R/ship manager told me that a construction loan's i/r is abt 5% p.a. ; max 2 years. That sounded ridiculous. When I called HSBC and UOB a month back and spoke to operators, no one called me back. I surmised that it was either that 1) the banks are too understaff 2) construction loan is not popular. I haven't purchased the house yet but have zoomed down to a few terraces in original condition that would require major A&A ( estimated $150psf onward). $600k worht of work is what most agents and renovators quote. Don't people take a form of loan to pay for the A & A or I am guessing that most pay off using hard cash? Appreciate if I can get some advise soon.

Hello all: My first post. Been viewing this forum as a bystander for a while tho. I can't seem to find information on taking a construction loan online and on Renotalk. My plan is to do an A&A and the estimated cost could come up to $600k. Would appreciate if anyone can advise on the this- What bank offers the most competitive rates? Can I take a 30 yr contruction loan for this given that I am also taking a 30 yr housing loan? Thanks in advance!