SINGAPORE — After receiving the keys to their brand new Build-to-Order (BTO) flat last year, Jake Cheng and his wife Sandra Low eagerly began planning the renovation of their dream home.
SINGAPORE — After receiving the keys to their brand new Build-to-Order flat last year, Jake Cheng and his wife Sandra Low eagerly began planning the renovation of their dream home.Discarded sinks seen at a dump site at a public housing block of newly built flats in Punggol on July 4, 2024.
Among the issues talked about in the chat group, seen by TODAY, were uncontrollable water gushing from the toilet bowl when flushed and water continuously flowing from the wash basin. All BTO flats, which come under the Housing and Development Board , have toilet bowls, also known as a water closet suite, in the bathroom.
Homemaker Lynnette Lee, 34, who moved into her BTO flat in Sengkang in August 2022, said that she did not appreciate the eco-toilet design. Mr David Lee, operations director of RenoFix SG, observed that fewer clients would ask to replace the toilet bowl in BTO flats before the eco-toilet design was introduced — unless they wanted a bigger or fancier one.
“Almost eight or nine in 10 of my customers would do away with the eco-toilet. Most will at least replace the one in the master bedroom's bathroom.” “We also recommend homeowners to share in their neighbours' chat groups or try to resell them online with Carousell. “If this is the trend going forward, and we’re expecting more residents throwing away the fittings and fixtures that come with the flat, there will be a lot of wastage.”
“For example, if 30 per cent of residents throw them away, it's a huge cost to HDB. It doesn't make sense for new, expensive items to be thrown away in a landfill.”
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