Lastly the day has come to obtain your new BTO keys and your are very excited, but in addition undecided on what to do subsequent. There will likely be many issues to do, like getting a contractor in to do the renovations and even an Inside designer to do a design for you, however there may be one factor that’s an important. The defects guidelines! On this article I’ll undergo the steps on what to do after you have obtained your keys for you new BTO.
What to do first?
1. Carry out “Dong Tu” rituals
2. Subsequent: Verify for any defects.
HDB will problem you a defects guidelines doc so that you can report any defects. The HDB contractors will then rectify based mostly on the HDB defect listing. Observe that you may subsequently submit further HDB defect listing in the event you discover further issues to report. You also needs to create your individual guidelines to make sure that you do not miss out something. After itemizing down the defects, you must fill out the defect suggestions type and submit it to the HDB inside 7 days after you could have collected the keys. Alternatively, you’ll be able to report the defects on-line by way of the eService: e-Upkeep Suggestions. The Suggestions Kind for New HDB flats can be accessible within the welcome bundle given to new flat homeowners.
The HDB contractors ought to take about 1 week to rectify all of the defects, relying on the problem of the defects.
You may obtain the defects guidelines:
Ideas:
You must mark out all of the defects utilizing masking tapes and quantity them. Take photograph of all of the defects and fasten them together with the defect listing for simpler monitoring. Always remember to make a copy for your self too!
3. Submit listing
Now that you’ve completed the examine listing and made copies, you have to to submit the defects with the BSC (Constructing Service Centre) this will likely be a brief workplace arrange by the HDB contractors.
The HDB contractors ought to take about 1 week to rectify all of the defects, relying on the problem of the defects.
What occurs subsequent after you could have reported the defects?
The HDB Department Workplace will prepare to examine the flat with you current and they’ll then liaise with the contractor to hold out the mandatory repairs.
The final step.
Take measurements of all the things that’s point out in your flooring plan.
You will want this measurements in order that
1) You should purchase furnishings of the right measurement.
2) Examine the measurements you are taking with the measurements taken by your ID. The quotations from the ID is predicated on the ground plan, examine the measurements. There could also be a distinction within the value you might be paying.
3) Make certain all the facility level are within the right place. You may additionally need to add energy level that aren’t on the ground plan. Observe that any fixing of sunshine, further mild level, relocation of sunshine level, relocation of energy socket, TV level, web level will likely be added beneath electrical costs in your citation.
Lastly, the HDB appointed contractors that perform the work tends to be the contractor with the ‘lowest bidder’. Now this doesn’t imply that they’re awful contractors, it simply means that there’s a greater likelihood that they’re going to attempt to lower prices. So in order for you ensure that your flat will get the eye it wants, it’s possible you’ll need to venture handle the repairs your self. Verify all the things they do and watch the contractors whereas they work.
Hope this helps and comfortable dwelling transferring!
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