+ GUIDES
The Singapore handover, explained properly.
In-depth, engineering-led guides to the parts of a Singapore handover that decide whether your Defect Liability Period works for you or expires unused. Free to read, no signup.
The Defect Liability Period in Singapore: what you can claim, and how to use it.
The single most valuable window you get as a new homeowner, and the rules that govern it. How the 12-month DLP works for HDB BTOs and private condos, what counts as a claimable defect, the submission process, and the deadlines that quietly close the door if you miss them.
BTO handover checklist: what to bring, what to check, room by room.
A printable, room-by-room checklist for collection day, with the tools to bring and the checks that catch the most common BTO defects before you sign the acknowledgment.
Hollow tiles in Singapore HDBs and condos: why they fail and how to find them.
One of the most common and most overlooked defects at handover. What causes hollow tiles, why they get worse over time, how to tap-test for them yourself, and when they cross from cosmetic into a claimable defect.
How these guides are written
Each guide is the working knowledge we apply on an inspection, written down: reviewed by the PropDefect team, led by a Senior Member (Elected) of IES, and kept practical rather than promotional. Where a guide states a regulatory fact — a DLP duration, a submission window, a CONQUAS threshold — it reflects the published Singapore rules at the time of writing.
Looking for shorter field notes instead? The journal publishes bi-weekly. For the full room-by-room reference, see the toolkit.
Read the guide. Then let us do the inspection.
The guides tell you what to look for. The inspection is what catches it, with a submission-ready report your developer cannot easily dismiss.
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