Hi..

Got my flat recently and doing some renos. My ID told me that I need to engage PE / QP ( I don't know which is which!!!! ) to endorse and inspect the hacking of one of my internal wall that separate the kitchen & the svs balcony.

Is this true? And my ID also mentioned that there's a fee for this service. Any idea on how much to pay for such service ?

Can I ask my ID to do everything for me & I just pay accordingly? Will the cost be the same?

Pls help, anyone!!! Thanks!

Hi..

Got my flat recently and doing some renos. My ID told me that I need to engage PE / QP ( I don't know which is which!!!! ) to endorse and inspect the hacking of one of my internal wall that separate the kitchen & the svs balcony.

Is this true? And my ID also mentioned that there's a fee for this service. Any idea on how much to pay for such service ?

Can I ask my ID to do everything for me & I just pay accordingly? Will the cost be the same?

Pls help, anyone!!! Thanks!

This seems to be true. All the IDs and contractors I had spoken to said that it is needed. For condos, it seems that no MCs will take the risk to approve any renos that involve hacking unless a PE/QP is engaged and gives the approval. For HDB, guess it's also required. But end of the day, a lot of it is really unnecessary cos lay people can also see from the floor plan where the support beams are which cannot be hacked.

cost is $500 to $550.