Hi,

Anyone here have experience in hacking the balcony?

I am asking my contractor to hack away not only the balcony sliding door but also the wall divide balcony and dining area, the ID was telling me to get the offier (dun know HDB or what safety officer) to come onsite for monitoring will cost S$500 and additional S$200 if the officer stay more than half a day.

Is there such charges?

I think you have to send your application to the HDB officer first before you can commence the hacking works. Normally the IDs will do it for you. The officer needs to confirm that the wall will not affect structure so that you can hack it.

in my case i dont recall paying anything extra.

eh think for yuppy's case got to get PE i.e. professional engineer (hope i didn't get the name wrong)

the PE will certify that the hacking of the wall does not compromise the integrity of the building etc etc

after getting the PE to certify it's safe to hack, then submit application to hack to HDB

quite leceh but if you want to hack certain walls it's like that loh

Yuppy the $500 should be the PE cost and also the time required for the PE to be present with the HDB officer when they are hacking the wall. If hacking of the wall does not require PE endorsement you do not need to pay for anything.

You would only know if PE is required when you submit the permit for hacking. The HDB officer will let you know if PE is required or not.