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rlskyline said:
after 3 years of search, finally bought a landed that wife and I love. single digit house number and on top of a hill.
feels very good to buy something u love
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Congrats. You wouldn’t look back. And it’s a legacy that u can leave behind for your kids.
 
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tapping on the experience of all the landed owners here.

if I need to do a total revamp of the landed, change the water piping, upgrade the electricity and rewire the whole house, hack away all the existing flooring and tiles and toilets, extend the car porch and shift manhole out of the house.

would it be better to engage a direct builder to save cost or engage an architect to manage all these but architect charge a 15% fee on the total renovation cost? thank you!
 
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rlskyline said:
tapping on the experience of all the landed owners here.

if I need to do a total revamp of the landed, change the water piping, upgrade the electricity and rewire the whole house, hack away all the existing flooring and tiles and toilets, extend the car porch.

would it be better to engage a direct builder to save cost or engage an architect to manage all these but architect charge a 15% fee on the total renovation cost? thank you!
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Sounds like a lot of work for 2k psf landed.
 
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rlskyline said:
tapping on the experience of all the landed owners here.

if I need to do a total revamp of the landed, change the water piping, upgrade the electricity and rewire the whole house, hack away all the existing flooring and tiles and toilets, extend the car porch.

would it be better to engage a direct builder to save cost or engage an architect to manage all these but architect charge a 15% fee on the total renovation cost? thank you!
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sounds more like a Reno job that does not need an architect. The architect's contractors might be expensive as well.

When I did my 3 storey full Reno 3 years back (hack walls, build walls, change all water pipes etc) using ID and few contractors.

What I did was asked for quotes from around 5-8 IDs and builders... After awhile, you will know what to do.

Then again, my purpose is save cost and I don't mind the hassle.
 
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rlskyline said:
tapping on the experience of all the landed owners here.

if I need to do a total revamp of the landed, change the water piping, upgrade the electricity and rewire the whole house, hack away all the existing flooring and tiles and toilets, extend the car porch and shift manhole out of the house.

would it be better to engage a direct builder to save cost or engage an architect to manage all these but architect charge a 15% fee on the total renovation cost? thank you!
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You don’t need an architect for these works unless your intention is to hire the architect to act as a project manager.

you will likely need to engage a PE for your car porch extension. Make sure the design is signed off by a PE.

I assume you want to shift the last IC in your house and not the manhole. Manhole is connected to public sewer so cannot be shifted. The shifting of the IC may be challenging depending on the height difference between your existing IC and public sewer pipe as well as site conditions. Normally I don’t think anyone will shift it unless doing a rebuild or reconstruction. Cos you need excavator to dig into the ground to expose the public sewer as well before a new connection can be made from your new last IC. If there’s no way for an excavator to get to the location, then u can forget about this.
 
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I'm looking at landed but the missus prefers apartment living, so buying landed will be to rent out. Based on skimming this thread, seems the consensus is that it is not a good idea.

What are experts' views on strata landed, for renting out?
 
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polyglob said:
I'm looking at landed but the missus prefers apartment living, so buying landed will be to rent out. Based on skimming this thread, seems the consensus is that it is not a good idea.

What are experts' views on strata landed, for renting out?
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personally for me, I will only go for landed but landed is not good for renting out
 
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polyglob said:
I'm looking at landed but the missus prefers apartment living, so buying landed will be to rent out. Based on skimming this thread, seems the consensus is that it is not a good idea.

What are experts' views on strata landed, for renting out?
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Rental yields definitely not very high.
Landed property tax is crazy high, basically if you are buying, you are buying to hold for capital gains.

Strata landed maybe cheaper because it follows strata, but the capital gain is likely capped too because most landed buyers prefer a piece of land that belongs to them.

Rental in general is very painful because usually the house condition will wear down over time, most tenants will not take care of the place, you are bound to miss out some spots that security deposit won't be able to cover and likely you have to come out from your own pocket, for landed, even worst because the place is so big.

Most landed rental tenants will also have a list of demands, e.g : polish the floor, ask for ceiling fan, ask this ask that. Renting out landed probably can only cover your outgoing costs, if the structure got problem, e.g loose sand or leaking, you have to spend money to repair too.
 
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rlskyline said:
tapping on the experience of all the landed owners here.

if I need to do a total revamp of the landed, change the water piping, upgrade the electricity and rewire the whole house, hack away all the existing flooring and tiles and toilets, extend the car porch and shift manhole out of the house.

would it be better to engage a direct builder to save cost or engage an architect to manage all these but architect charge a 15% fee on the total renovation cost? thank you!
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Just major A&A. So a good builder is ok.
If you don't touch the major infra, and gut the interior, you can hire an ID to spruce it up and make it nice.
Many builders have some ID / architect team up too to help you. Go get some quotes and see
 
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