Hey,

Hoping someone can help give me some advice. We're about to start the reno process on our new HDB flat, and have decided to overlay the tiles for both bathroom floors in our unit....only the cost of doing this will be over 2k, which (when calculated on per sq ft basis) works out to be almost twice the cost of overlaying wall tiles (which we also doing).

I argued with the ID over this already, he says the prices he quoted me are the flat rate which the contractor quoted him, and that there's very little markup. He also says that this is the market practice in Singapore......is that true??? Seems strange that bathroom wall tiling would be calculated on per sq ft basis, but bathroom floor tiling would be flat rate, presumably no matter the size of the bathroom (?)

Would love any advice, or if someone can point me to a contractor who can do it at short notice for a price which is much more reasonable...

Thanks guys and gals

Hey,

Hoping someone can help give me some advice. We're about to start the reno process on our new HDB flat, and have decided to overlay the tiles for both bathroom floors in our unit....only the cost of doing this will be over 2k, which (when calculated on per sq ft basis) works out to be almost twice the cost of overlaying wall tiles (which we also doing).

I argued with the ID over this already, he says the prices he quoted me are the flat rate which the contractor quoted him, and that there's very little markup. He also says that this is the market practice in Singapore......is that true??? Seems strange that bathroom wall tiling would be calculated on per sq ft basis, but bathroom floor tiling would be flat rate, presumably no matter the size of the bathroom (?)

Would love any advice, or if someone can point me to a contractor who can do it at short notice for a price which is much more reasonable...

Thanks guys and gals

There are different way the sub-con will do a calculation, it is better for the individual company to hold their standard pricing base on their own policy, Singapore goverment

recommend fair deal, so that consumer are able to choose their own choice of renovator.

Hey,

Hoping someone can help give me some advice. We're about to start the reno process on our new HDB flat, and have decided to overlay the tiles for both bathroom floors in our unit....only the cost of doing this will be over 2k, which (when calculated on per sq ft basis) works out to be almost twice the cost of overlaying wall tiles (which we also doing).

I argued with the ID over this already, he says the prices he quoted me are the flat rate which the contractor quoted him, and that there's very little markup. He also says that this is the market practice in Singapore......is that true??? Seems strange that bathroom wall tiling would be calculated on per sq ft basis, but bathroom floor tiling would be flat rate, presumably no matter the size of the bathroom (?)

Would love any advice, or if someone can point me to a contractor who can do it at short notice for a price which is much more reasonable...

Thanks guys and gals

Hmmm overlaying floor tiles more expensive than overlaying wall tiles? For bathrooms? hmmm... shouldn't it be the opposite...

,

Mike

Thats what u get when you find the ID n he gets --> Contractor goes find a --> Sub-contractor goes source --> Freelancer (tiler) & the final price gets marked up alot since going through so many hands...

Hi TS,

Standard procedure. Tiling works in Kitchen and bathroom will NOT goes by PSF.

Its a lum sum amount. If you have doubt. Please get few quote. and you shall see the price range.