Insights What we would tell you at the first meeting
Numbers before adjectives.
Guides written for Singapore landed homeowners who want to understand the rebuild before they sign for it. Costs, approvals, neighbours and procurement, with sources, and with the parts other builders prefer not to mention.
01Cost · 9 min
Landed house rebuild cost in Singapore, 2026
Terrace versus semi-detached per square foot, what the headline number leaves out, the nine lines every quotation must show, and what a cheap tender costs you later.
02Neighbours · 8 min
Party walls: what to settle before demolition
Singapore has no Party Wall Act. The survey, the props, the piles, the Professional Engineer and the letter that keep a terrace or semi-detached rebuild out of a dispute.
03Procurement · 8 min
Design & Build versus architect-and-tender
Who carries which risk, what each route costs in fees and months, and the honest cases where we would tell you not to appoint us.
04Compliance · 7 min
A&A works and PE endorsement for landed homes
Which alterations need BCA approval, who the Qualified Person is, what the endorsement costs, and why the engineer must be independent of the builder.
Sources Where our numbers come from
We cite the authority, not the brochure.
- Urban Redevelopment Authority: private residential stock, Envelope Control Guidelines for landed housing, Development Control handbooks
- Building and Construction Authority: Builders Licensing Scheme, structural permit requirements, Tender Price and material indices
- Consumers Association of Singapore: 2024 complaint statistics and prepayment-loss release, February 2025
- Professional Engineers Board and independent PE practices such as CVC Engineers on endorsement, A&A submission and foundation design
- YCM's own tenders, programmes and the written references of GK Architects, design@LOFT and Green Home Designs