HDB-registered renovation contractors

Every firm here is on HDB’s Directory of Renovation Contractors, the register HDB keeps of companies allowed to renovate its flats. If your home is an HDB flat, the contractor doing the work must be on this list, and it is the listed contractor who applies for any permit the work needs, such as for hacking a wall or replacing the floor. That makes it the first list to check, before price or portfolio.

Each card leads with the firm’s HDB licence number, which begins HB. Ask any contractor for theirs and check that it matches the registered name on the quotation; be wary of a quotation issued by one company under another company’s licence. CaseTrust accreditation and HDB’s window licence are shown where a firm holds them. Neither is required, but both add protection, such as CaseTrust’s rules on deposits.

A listing is not a recommendation. HDB admits firms that meet its criteria and agree to its rules on permitted works, working hours and debris disposal; it does not grade their workmanship or their prices. Town and flat-type filters use what firms have declared after claiming their listing, never the postcode of their office. Compare at least two itemised quotations before you sign.