The architect mentioned that the house he designed can last for 30 to 40 years. Why does a rebuilt house last only up to 40 years when HDB flats is expected to last for 99 years?
"Expected to last" is the tagline here. Typically landed owners do not follow up with maintenance programmes on their newly built home. Whereas HDB is public housing, the HDB sell it for 99 years thus they advertise it as 99 years. But they have different timeline for repairs and alterations which is subject to the actual wear and tear of the buildings. Ie Punggol sea facing units, moisture problems etc vs HDBs in Tampines where you're exposed to only sun and rain. Condo is a different ball game, where there's regulatory requirements to repaint every 7 years (waivers are subject to actual conditions and approval). Landed has no requirements, that's why I guess the architect says expected to last 40 years. By then owners either downgrade or sell the asset.
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The architect mentioned that the house he designed can last for 30 to 40 years. Why does a rebuilt house last only up to 40 years when HDB flats is expected to last for 99 years?
"Expected to last" is the tagline here. Typically landed owners do not follow up with maintenance programmes on their newly built home.
Whereas HDB is public housing, the HDB sell it for 99 years thus they advertise it as 99 years. But they have different timeline for repairs and alterations which is subject to the actual wear and tear of the buildings. Ie Punggol sea facing units, moisture problems etc vs HDBs in Tampines where you're exposed to only sun and rain.
Condo is a different ball game, where there's regulatory requirements to repaint every 7 years (waivers are subject to actual conditions and approval).
Landed has no requirements, that's why I guess the architect says expected to last 40 years. By then owners either downgrade or sell the asset.