Before signing your renovation contract, it is crucial to ensure the sufficiency of your post-sale warranty clauses (a.k.a. defects liability period).
Do note that wear-and-tear issues are generally excluded from warranty.
3 areas your warranty should cover
Materials
Most reputable materials supplier would present a warranty certificate to the buyer. Check with your Interior Designer if they made the purchase on your behalf.
Carpentry
The quality of fabricated carpentry items e.g. kitchen cabinets, tv consoles, built-in wardrobes.
Workmanship
This is usually a grey area that is determined on a case-by-case basis. We advise checking directly with your Interior Designer on what they consider to be workmanship faults.
However, CaseTrust (accreditation arm of the Consumers’ Association of Singapore) advocates for a workmanship warranty period of at least 12-months.
Some examples: uneven tiles, silicon breakage, sagging doors etc.
