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Renovating in Singapore is exciting until the lights land in the wrong place and the power trips the first night you cook. If that is where you are, you are not being fussy. The wiring is simply too small for the way the home is about to be used.
First Service Renovation looks after electrical rewiring and lighting for homeowners who want this part done properly, not squeezed in on the last afternoon. We work with HDB families, condo owners and landed households, from a resale flat in Whampoa to a BTO further out.
The office is at 279 Balestier Road, #02-25 Balestier Point, a short walk from Shaw Plaza and Zhongshan Mall. That base is handy for Novena, Toa Payoh and Kallang, and the same crew still reaches Tampines, Jurong and Woodlands. You get a written scope, licensed electrical work, and a price you can compare line by line.
You should not have to chase three contractors to move one switch. We line the electrical work up with the ceiling, the carpentry and, where a tile has to come up, the floor. When the floor finish needs to be made good, that job sits with our flooring supply and installation team, so the patch is not left for you to solve after handover.
What the work actually is :
Electrical rewiring and lighting is the job of renewing or extending the fixed wiring in a home, then building a lighting layout that fits the rooms. It is not changing a bulb. It is cables, circuits, the distribution board, switches, sockets, and the light points that will sit over your dining table for the next decade.
A partial rewiring covers one zone, often the kitchen or a new false ceiling. A full pass replaces ageing circuits through the flat and resets the board so each heavy appliance has room to run. People who search for electrical rewiring Singapore are usually in one of those two moments: a renovation that is about to start, or a home that has started tripping.
Homes here work hard. Air-con in several rooms, an instant heater, a dryer, an induction hob and a study full of screens all pull from boards that were often sized years ago. In older blocks around Toa Payoh, Balestier and Queenstown, HDB rewiring is what stops the warm socket, the flicker, and the breaker that opens when two appliances start together.
Humidity sits on the island all year, and afternoon rain finds tired outdoor points. Cloth-insulated cable in very old stock is a known risk. Even 1990s electrical wiring can be undersized for how a family lives now. Condos add concealed runs, management rules, and a ceiling you would rather open once.
For renovation electrical works Singapore, the right moment is while the hacking, the ceiling and the carpentry are still open. Pull the cables before the false ceiling and the wardrobes close. Doing it afterwards means dust, a second bill, and a design you have already paid to finish.
Fixed wiring in Singapore is regulated by the Energy Market Authority. A Licensed Electrical Worker has to carry out or certify new circuits, a DB box upgrade, and distribution board replacement. The installation should follow SS 638, the code that replaced the old CP5 standard.
HDB work that changes wiring or electrical loading, or that needs hacking, has to go through the proper permit path. A new higher-load point, or a 20-amp aircon isolator, is not a casual add-on. Condos need the MCST told before noisy work or ceiling opening. SP Group will only move a supply from single-phase to three-phase when a licensed person submits it.
The paperwork is dull. It is also what keeps a fire claim, an insurance question and a future resale from turning into a problem you did not budget for. If you have been looking for a licensed electrician Singapore trusts for renovation work, start with that licence, not with the lowest cash quote.
Every home is quoted from your floor plan, not from a generic bundle. These are the pieces we sit down and plan. Tell us which rooms are being opened. We will tell you which points are worth adding, and which ones you can skip.
Full house rewiring, or a partial rewire limited to the rooms you are opening.
Old wiring replacement where insulation is brittle, discoloured or simply too small.
New circuits for the kitchen, laundry and bedrooms, so one kettle does not knock out the lights.
Power point installation for 13A sockets, including USB sockets beside beds and study desks.
A dedicated water heater point, plus oven and induction circuits where the kitchen needs them.
An aircon isolator for each indoor unit, sized and labelled properly.
Ceiling-fan points and wall regulators.
Distribution board replacement, or a DB box upgrade with working residual-current protection.
A circuit breaker swap where the device itself is burnt, loose or no longer the right rating.
Earth-bonding checks, especially in bathrooms.
Single-phase to three-phase applications, only when the load truly needs the upgrade.
Lighting installation planned room by room, not copied from a layout that no longer fits.
An LED downlight layout for the living room, dining area, kitchen and hallway.
Cove lighting and a feature-wall wash that sits cleanly inside a new ceiling.
Pendant and island points dropped to the right height, not “somewhere near the table”.
Dimmers that match the LED driver, so the lights do not buzz or flash.
Smart lighting switches and simple scenes, if you want a phone or a voice assistant involved.
False ceiling lighting coordinated with the ceiling team, so nobody guesses the cut-outs.
Yard, balcony and gate lights on fittings rated for wet weather.
Landed house rewiring support where the board, the gate and the outdoor lights have to be planned together.
Marking out with you, before any hacking, with painter’s tape you can still move.
An itemised quote. $0 hidden costs is the working rule, and variations are written down first.
Help with the HDB permit path, and with condo submissions, when the job needs them.
Testing and certification by a Licensed Electrical Worker on regulated work.
Circuits labelled in the board, so the next trip is easy to find.
Floors and furniture protected, and debris cleared before we leave the unit.
A 30-day workmanship warranty, and a 60-minute target on WhatsApp replies.
Bring your own pendants if you have already chosen them. We install owner-supplied fittings. If this electrical scope is part of a bigger renovation, it belongs inside full house renovation, timed with false ceiling and painting and with custom carpentry. A socket hidden behind a new wardrobe is a socket you paid for and cannot use.
One-off faults and small repairs are a different job. Those sit on our electrical services page, for a trip or a single socket. Use this page when you need the electrical services Singapore renovations depend on: new wiring and a lighting plan, not a one-off repair.
We are a local renovation company based at Balestier Point, Singapore 329727. We are not a call centre that passes your address to whoever is free. Electrical rewiring and lighting is carried out by licensed electricians and planned by the same people who book your ceiling, your carpentry and your paint. The work covers HDB flats, condominiums and landed homes, island-wide.
A renovation electrician has to think past the board. The light positions have to survive the cabinet drawing. The cable routes have to survive the floor. That is the difference between a wiring visit and a renovation that still looks right on move-in day.
First Service Renovation grew out of a pattern we kept seeing on sites along Balestier Road, and in Whampoa and Novena. The design was good. The electrician arrived last. Downlights ended up under a future cabinet. Vinyl went down, and a forgotten cable had to come through it the following week.
Six years of renovation work taught us to reverse that order. Power and light go on the plan first. The ceiling and the floor follow. You keep one WhatsApp thread instead of three. That is still how a job is run from this office today. There is no grander origin story, and there does not need to be.
Six years of renovation work on Singapore homes, HDB, condo and landed.
Licensed electricians on regulated wiring, in line with EMA rules. Ask to see the licence. We will not invent a number on a webpage.
Insured work, with the scope agreed before tools come out.
Proper test checks for polarity, earth continuity and trip current. Not a guess and a nod.
LED and smart-switch options specified before anything is bought, so you are not sold a fitting that will not dim.
A 30-day workmanship warranty, matching what we already publish. If a point we installed fails in that window, we come back.
$0 hidden costs. If the site reveals something the photos did not show, you hear about it before we continue.
24/7 cover for an urgent power trip, and a 60-minute target when you message us.
A free, itemised quote you can hold next to any other quote and actually compare.
“They marked every light with us before the ceiling closed. Our 4-room in Toa Payoh finally has a socket where the desk actually sits. There was no extra bill at the end.” — Homeowner, Toa Payoh
“Management at our Novena condo asked for the electrician’s papers. The team had them ready, and the cove lights were finished before the painter started.” — Resident, Novena
“The old board in our Whampoa flat tripped whenever the heater and the air-con overlapped. After the upgrade, that stopped, and the living room finally looks finished.” — Owner, Whampoa
We proudly serve customers in Balestier, Whampoa, Novena, Toa Payoh, Kallang and the surrounding central neighbourhoods, and we take jobs island-wide across Singapore. If your block is near Shaw Plaza, Zhongshan Mall, Toa Payoh Town Centre or Novena Square, you are close to our office at Balestier Point. The same marking, the same quote and the same licensed process apply if you are renovating in Tampines, Jurong or Woodlands.
Tell us the estate when you message. Condo lobbies and HDB service lifts have their own rules, and we would rather plan the delivery of a distribution board than discover the loading bay is closed.
Balestier, Balestier Point, Shaw Plaza, Zhongshan Mall and the Moulmein edge
Whampoa, the market streets and St Michael’s
Novena, Novena Square, Thomson and Newton
Toa Payoh and Potong Pasir
Bendemeer, Boon Keng, Kallang and the Kallang riverside blocks
Farrer Park, Little India and Jalan Besar
Geylang and MacPherson
Bishan, Ang Mo Kio, Serangoon, Kovan and Hougang
Sengkang, Punggol, Buangkok and the newer BTO towns where BTO electrical works are mostly extra points, not a full rewire
Yishun, Khatib, Sembawang, Admiralty and Woodlands
Bedok, Simei, Tampines, Pasir Ris, Marine Parade and Katong
Queenstown, Bukit Merah, Buona Vista, Dover and Clementi
Jurong East, Jurong West, Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang
Not sure your condo allows Saturday drilling? Send the house rules with the address. We would rather move the date than have a crew turned around in the lobby. Landed houses in the east and along the central fringe are welcome too. The board is bigger and the outdoor lights matter more, but the conversation starts the same way: a floor plan, a few photos, and an honest scope.
Straight answers, the way people actually ask them. If your question is not here, send a photo of the distribution board. That one picture usually tells us more than a long message.
How much does electrical rewiring and lighting cost in Singapore?
Ans : Most homes in Singapore are priced by the point, not by a flat mystery fee. A 3-room HDB rewire often sits around S$1,800 to S$3,200, and a 4-room home is commonly S$2,400 to S$4,000, before premium fittings. First Service Renovation confirms the figure only after a site check, so you are not guessing from a brochure.
What changes the home rewiring cost?
Ans : The home rewiring cost moves with the number of points, how much cable is concealed, and whether the distribution board is replaced. A condo with a strict hacking rule can cost more than an open resale flat. Fittings you already own are labour only. Every line is written down before work starts, so a dimmer is never a surprise.
How long do renovation electrical works in Singapore take?
Ans : For a typical HDB flat, lighting points, new sockets and a distribution board upgrade take about three to five working days, spread around carpentry and ceiling works. Condo jobs near Balestier or Novena can take longer if the MCST sets work hours. We lock the sequence before hacking starts, so paint day is not pushed back.
Do I need a licensed electrician for rewiring in Singapore?
Ans : Yes. Fixed wiring, new power points, lighting circuits and distribution board changes must be done by an Energy Market Authority Licensed Electrical Worker. HDB expects that licence on renovation permits. An unlicensed handyman can affect an insurance claim and force the work to be redone. Ask for the LEW details before you confirm the date.
When should an older HDB flat be rewired?
Ans : If your flat in Toa Payoh, Whampoa or an older Balestier block trips often, or still runs a small DB box, rewiring belongs in the renovation. Modern air-con, heaters and induction hobs draw more than older circuits were built for. Do it before the false ceiling goes up and you avoid a second round of hacking.
Can you handle condo rewiring near Novena and Thomson?
Ans : Yes. We carry out condo rewiring and lighting across Novena, Balestier, Thomson and nearby estates, including units that need MCST approval before noisy or ceiling work. Concealed wiring is planned with the ceiling contractor so access panels stay neat. Send the floor plan and house rules, and we map the scope before anyone opens a wall.
What is included in electrical rewiring and lighting?
Ans : A clear package covers cable replacement or new circuits, lighting points, switches, 13A sockets, and dedicated points for air-con and water heaters, plus a distribution board check or upgrade. Testing is done before handover. Feature lights, smart switches and decorative fittings are itemised, so the look you want does not turn into a surprise add-on.
Will rewiring mean hacking my floor or walls?
Ans :Often, yes, if you want cables hidden. In HDB flats we prefer the ceiling void and trunking so floor hacking stays limited. Where the floor must open, we patch and can pass the area to our flooring team for vinyl, tile or parquet. Surface trunking is there when you want less dust and a faster job.
Do new BTO flats still need electrical works?
Ans : New BTO homes come with a basic lighting and socket layout, but most owners still add points once furniture is planned. Study desks, TV walls, kitchen appliances and bedroom fans are the usual gaps. We plan these extras before carpentry, so you are not living with extension cords in Punggol, Tengah or Tampines.
Singapore’s humidity and afternoon storms stress older joints, outdoor points and ageing residual-current devices. A power trip that returns after a reset is a warning, not a quirk. Water heaters, ovens and damp air-con isolators are common causes in HDB kitchens and bathrooms. A licensed check isolates the circuit before a small fault burns wiring behind a cabinet.
Last month we helped a customer in a 4-room resale flat, a short walk from Shaw Plaza in Balestier. The 1990s board tripped whenever the water heater and the living-room air-con started together. The living room still had one tired central light. The new open kitchen had nowhere proper for an induction hob.
We traced the load, fitted a larger distribution board, and gave the heater and the air-con their own circuits. The lighting plan used downlights over the dining table, a soft cove on the feature wall, and a pendant point centred on the island. Two tiles had to come up near the yard.
Our flooring supply and installation team put the finish back so the patch did not show. The trips stopped. The ceiling did not have to be opened twice, and the rooms finally matched the renovation the family had already paid for.
That is the usual shape of a good result in an older central flat. Not a showroom. Just power that stays on, and lights that sit where people actually stand.
If the lights are in the wrong place, the board is tired, or the renovation starts soon, sort the wiring before the ceiling closes. Book professional electrical rewiring and lighting in Singapore today. Call us or request an instant quote.
GET A FREE, ITEMISED QUOTE 279 Balestier Road, #02-25 Balestier Point, Singapore 329727 Call or WhatsApp +65 8060 2976 Email firstserviceresg@gmail.com Send your estate, your flat type, and a photo of the DB box. You will get the next sensible step, not a script. |
Prefer to read the service in the menu first? The live page this copy replaces is Electrical rewiring & lighting. If the kitchen is the reason for the new circuits, start from kitchen renovation. If the heater and the bathroom are the worry, read bathroom renovation alongside this page.
