Design Fault In Hdb Studios Apartment

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My parents recently got their keys to their Studios Apartment at Choa Chu Kang. When we checked the unit, we found the bedroom was not designed properly.

For an couple to sleep, we need to put a Queen size bed in the room, and there was a built-in cabinet in the bedroom supplied by HDB. But if we put a Queen bed in the room, the space between the end of the bed and the cabinet is so small that there is not enough room to open the cabinet door and drawers fully, and not adequate space for old folks to access the items in the cabinet.

I have contacted HDB to feedback on this in early September. I received call from the consultant's architect, who told me the bedroom was designed based on a bed length of 1.8m. I look around in the market, the standard length of a Queen bed mattress (or even single bed) is 1.91m. With bed frame added, it is around 2m. One week later I talked to someone from HDB, who now told me the design was based on 1.9m bed size.

I was told by HDB and the main contractor:

- Buy a bed frame of 1.9m and put the mattress on top, even though we already have an existing bed.

- Dismantle the cabinet the buy a new cabinet of small depth (which I heard some resident was doing that so that they can put their own bed).

We trust HDB to build a decent apartment for the old folks. Even though that is a smallest size SA, we expect to be able to put a Queen bed with the cabinet and have access to both. The living room can be smaller but the bedroom has to have minimum size to put a Queen bed. That is basic requirement.

To me this is an overlook of HDB and the architect to come out with such a poor design for the bed room. It affects all the units with the same design. I understand that HDB had meetings with the architect and the contractors on this issue 2 weeks ago. But the last time I heard from HDB was more than 2 weeks ago. I have also written to MND, but they just forwarded my email to HDB.

Hope HDB is not trying to avoid the responsibility by keeping quiet about it, and hope that we will forget about the problem eventually.

What is next thing to do? Write to the forum, Stomp?