HDB Supposed to Last for 99years But It is Almost Not Fit for Living after 40yrs

[JurongEast]

Boy injured by concrete that fell from ceiling of 45-year-old flat, HDB to carry out repairs
I asked my uncles and aunties to wear helmets when taking shower can?

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Why else you think they carry out those Hdb SERS upgrades? The entire Tanglin Halt is getting enbloc! And those are the oldest Hdb flats

 

[JurongEast]

"With regular maintenance, spalling concrete in HDB flats, if it occurs, is usually minor and can easily be repaired," said the board.

Talk is cheap. How can I make sure that if my flat receives regular maintenance?
Any check list or checking regime? how often we have to ask HDB to come into our flat to check?

 

[JurongEast]

Flat owners who detect signs of spalling concrete are advised to carry out repairs early to prevent the problem from deteriorating further and affecting a larger area.

Flat owners can become engineer to check for cracks? are flat owners well trained ?
Do we need to attend HDB course in order to check our flat?

 

[laksaboy]

I thought older flats got Home Improvement Programme?

101,000 HDB flats benefited from Home Improvement Programme since 2007

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ed-from-home-improvement-programme-since-2007

 

[Leongsam]

Wearing a helmet saves more lives than wearing a mask.

 

[JurongEast]

Feb 2020 in TPY

 

[JurongEast]

Nov 2019 Cassia Crescent,

 

[JurongEast]

Old shop houses will not have such problem because the flooring is made of hard tropical wood such as Nyatoh and Teak wood

 

[nightsafari]

This was told to my by some old bird. apparently a lot of the older public works (a good eg is HDB) were not built to standards. Reason being that inspectors who signed off on it were "encouraged" to do so by "friendly influence". It is suggested that the contractors who were working on it were not happy enough with how rich they were and wanted to eke out even more money.

Sad to say, but it looks like you can take the Chinese out of China, but you can't take the China out of the Chinese.

 

[Xisiqomelir]

LEEgal liability?

Small boy's own fault izzit?

 

[Narong Wongwan]

This was told to my by some old bird. apparently a lot of the older public works (a good eg is HDB) were not built to standards. Reason being that inspectors who signed off on it were "encouraged" to do so by "friendly influence". It is suggested that the contractors who were working on it were not happy enough with how rich they were and wanted to eke out even more money.

Sad to say, but it looks like you can take the Chinese out of China, but you can't take the China out of the Chinese.

Teh Cheang Wan

 

[JurongEast]

Toyota recalls their cars due to safety reasons. How about HDB?

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Toyota recalls their cars due to safety reasons. How about HDB?

Hotel New World

 

[millim6868]

We don own hdb ,it is not ours, it belong to government ,we r just renting from them for 99 yrs but problem is we pay using our whole life income for it but it is not ours n it cannot last for even 40 to 50 yrs ,wat makes u think it is livable till 99 yrs.And worse halfway through tell u have to move n start paying a over again by the owner next generation n worse the old flst don worth a cent.That why the papigs try to tell the whole sg that it is worthless after s few ten years.But many still glock for EC seems like it is going to worth less.

 

[laksaboy]

We don own hdb ,it is not ours, it belong to government ,we r just renting from them for 99 yrs but problem is we pay using our whole life income for it but it is not ours n it cannot last for even 40 to 50 yrs ,wat makes u think it is livable till 99 yrs.And worse halfway through tell u have to move n start paying a over again by the owner next generation n worse the old flst don worth a cent.That why the papigs try to tell the whole sg that it is worthless after s few ten years.But many still glock for EC seems like it is going to worth less.

If you don't own the land, you own nothing. Don't believe the HDB nonsense about 'home ownership', especially depicted by pictures of smiling families at the construction sites of new HDB flats.

 

[nightsafari]

Teh Cheang Wan

that is a big case one. I also heard that a lot of smaller ones carrying out inspections on site were *ahem* taken care of and were never found out.

 

[rotiprata]

my estate was under lim kim san's watch... almost 60... still no horse run...

 

[Narong Wongwan]

my estate was under lim kim san's watch... almost 60... still no horse run...

The British also built public housing.....now still remain in Tiong Bahru....lagi no horse run

 

[rotiprata]

The British also built public housing.....now still remain in Tiong Bahru....lagi no horse run

that area around TB market is public... but with orchard rd cost of living... mine is circuit rd/merpati....