HDB HIP how arh?

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How about the noise? After the few days of drilling our flat? Will there be noise drilling at neighbour's flat? Expecially the floors immediately above/ below our own?
Or do they work on these on same days?
 

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No need to ownself buy plastic wrap. Days before HIP commence, they will come and wrap for free.

During HIP, some would sleep elsewhere, some would just sleep at the hdb and use the portable toilet to bathe (just need prepare one small bucket to put the shower bottle and shampoo bottle, and one towel).

After that can ask them help you paint your house. Their prices are cheaper than market rate.
their wrap is not enough. U either buy wrappers to wrap yourself or pay people to help u do. There are such services specially to help and wrap households before HIP.

Even after you wrap or pay other ppl to wrap for you, will still have a bit of dust but it will be worth the trouble. Else you gonna clean like siao after the HIP.
 

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How about the noise? After the few days of drilling our flat? Will there be noise drilling at neighbour's flat? Expecially the floors immediately above/ below our own?
Yes the immediate top and bottom quite noisy during day time so go to their air con rest area and make use of the facilities during office hours.
 

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Thanks for info .
What if I want to install bathroom fixtures? I don't want their normal sink. I need a countertop to hold on to ( my current one has that from entrance until just in front of the toilet bowl) so that I don't fall. Will they do the installation? Or must I get my own installer?
Will they also change water pipe?
Bathroom fixture.
- HIP team will install them upon your direction towards the end. Check with the supervisor on the 1st day.
Sink & Counter-top.
- Communicated with the supervisor about your intention on 1st day so that they will denote it on the paper note attached to your unit.
Water pipe.
- They will replace the pipe within the toilet with what is original. If it is PVC, they will replace with PVC.
 

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Including cabinets, fridge, beds sofa, computer etc?
The room downstairs, is it usually crowded? Cos I need to pee very often. So I'll need to spend most of my day there?
I can't use pampers. Tried when I was in hospital .
You need to clear a area in the kitchen next to toilet for the portable toilet.
Same thing, talk to the supervisor about it on the 1st day.
 

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How about the noise? After the few days of drilling our flat? Will there be noise drilling at neighbour's flat? Expecially the floors immediately above/ below our own?
Or do they work on these on same days?
They will perform the work column by column (same unit number for all floors.)
So, they will perform the 1st day of work on your next door neighbor on the 2nd day.
You will get dust and noise from the adjoining neighbors and your own unit for around 6 days.
 
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their wrap is not enough. U either buy wrappers to wrap yourself or pay people to help u do. There are such services specially to help and wrap households before HIP.

Even after you wrap or pay other ppl to wrap for you, will still have a bit of dust but it will be worth the trouble. Else you gonna clean like siao after the HIP.
Their wrap is enough.

But after that, the layer of dust, need to use vacuum cleaner clean about 2 to 3 times to remove.

Actually can minimal wrapping, then after HIP invite a cleaning company to come clean the house (or you ownself buy vacuum cleaner standby also can). Price should be similar.

My house use the sweep + mop type (xiaomi) brand. It’s actually a good investment. And no worries, the HIP dust won’t damage the vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner still can use very long after that.

Am typing while outside, but the following vacuum is similar or identical to the one I am using at my house, not advertising, just sharing:

“Xiaomi Truclean W20 Wet Dry Vacuum| 3-in-1 vacuum, Mop with water-flow, Easy to clean, Reduce hair” (about $300)

To think about it: cheapest would be to let the HIP contractors wrap, and then use $300 vacuum cleaner to clean the house after that.

The external companies’ wrapping service, HDB got put caution notice at the ground floor lift lobby (of HDB blocks undergoing HIP) to say that they are illegal. I believe your flat also have.
 
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maciam warzone. TS can stay away best to run far far away.
stay confirm regret. no workaround one.
Day time is war zone, but night time is peace and quiet.

Day time just leave the house to the HIP contractors, and go outside walk walk.

At the most, plant one cctv at the entrance to make sure only HIP workers enter (nowadays got those cctv whereby is battery powered and use SIM card for data).
 

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Nothing worthy in my house. I doubt they wanted my many computers. Worse case, you move them into and lock up the storeroom.
Another thing is to inspect the quality of their workmanship so that you can get them to rectify the next day.
 

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When HIP , was it possible to sleep in master room?
How many days noisy from not only own flat, but neighbours' flats.


Go book hotel 2 weeks like me. Take leave if working


Drop by every late afternoon to see the progress n lock your door.

Morning, ask wife to open.
 

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Their wrap is enough.

But after that, the layer of dust, need to use vacuum cleaner clean about 2 to 3 times to remove.

Actually can minimal wrapping, then after HIP invite a cleaning company to come clean the house (or you ownself buy vacuum cleaner standby also can). Price should be similar.

My house use the sweep + mop type (xiaomi) brand. It’s actually a good investment. And no worries, the HIP dust won’t damage the vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner still can use very long after that.

Am typing while outside, but the following vacuum is similar or identical to the one I am using at my house, not advertising, just sharing:

“Xiaomi Truclean W20 Wet Dry Vacuum| 3-in-1 vacuum, Mop with water-flow, Easy to clean, Reduce hair” (about $300)

To think about it: cheapest would be to let the HIP contractors wrap, and then use $300 vacuum cleaner to clean the house after that.

The external companies’ wrapping service, HDB got put caution notice at the ground floor lift lobby (of HDB blocks undergoing HIP) to say that they are illegal. I believe your flat also have.
I have an old normal vacuum cleaner which is still working. Plus a stick one . Dunno working or not.
Have air purifier which i think can let the workers use.
 

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lucky siam the HIP cos it did not happen 1year after 1st notice in 2nd half 2024 and then I got my new unit in 2025 and moved out early this year and still no further update this apr after old unit sold.
 

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Did it like 10 years ago. Dusty and inconvenient af. Lady time HIP they do two toilets at the same time, so totally no toilet to use at all, need to go downstairs use their rabak makeshift toilet. During morning peak hour want to shower need to queue. Jin ma huan.

End up dulan. I go stay at relative's place. Then morning evening just go back check check make sure all ok
 
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