Before changing your condo front door or digital lock

SCDF advises checking for a serial label near the hinges or frame and asking your MCST if unsure whether the door is fire-rated. An absent label or a neighbour's ordinary door does not prove that the same choice is acceptable for your unit. Ask management to confirm the required specification before ordering.

How do I get rid of a mattress or sofa in a condo?

Ask your management office first, since many estates have a bulky-item arrangement with their waste collector. Otherwise NEA's route for private estates is the estate's public waste collector, for a fee, or any licensed collector.

Where do I throw away old electronics, batteries and light bulbs?

Not in the rubbish chute. Singapore has a national e-waste scheme: bins at malls and community centres take small items, and large appliances are collected from your doorstep free of charge.

What belongs in your condo recycling bin?

Mixed recycling commonly accepts paper, plastic, glass and metal together, but your estate may use separate bins or a designated recycling chute. Read its labels and ask management when the arrangement is unclear. Do not put ordinary recyclables into a chute simply because it is nearby.

Renovation, moving & disposal

Approvals and hours for works, moving in or out, and getting rid of things. 4 practical answers so far, and the questions only your management office can answer.

Renovation approvals and rules

Before changing your condo front door or digital lockSCDF advises checking for a serial label near the hinges or frame and asking your MCST if unsure whether the door is fire-rated. An absent label or a neighbour's ordinary door does not prove that the same choice is acceptable for your unit. Ask management to confirm the required specification before ordering.

Ask your management office

Moving in or out

Ask your management office

Disposal and recycling

How do I get rid of a mattress or sofa in a condo?Ask your management office first, since many estates have a bulky-item arrangement with their waste collector. Otherwise NEA's route for private estates is the estate's public waste collector, for a fee, or any licensed collector.
Where do I throw away old electronics, batteries and light bulbs?Not in the rubbish chute. Singapore has a national e-waste scheme: bins at malls and community centres take small items, and large appliances are collected from your doorstep free of charge.
What belongs in your condo recycling bin?Mixed recycling commonly accepts paper, plastic, glass and metal together, but your estate may use separate bins or a designated recycling chute. Read its labels and ask management when the arrangement is unclear. Do not put ordinary recyclables into a chute simply because it is nearby.

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