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Hi gurus, I am staying at sengkang 4 room flat. My neighbour is considering selling their 4 room flat next door. Am I allowed to buy it and hack through(we are a family of 4 but need bigger space)? or is there any such units for sale at Sengkang now?
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In general, this is called "Conversion Scheme" under HDB; i.e. buying adjoining flat. Normally it is only happened in 3-room + 3-room or 3-room+3.5-room.

The bigger adjoining flats are found in Woodlands only, converted by HDB in the 90's.

The rest of such adjoining flats are rare but still available in other estates.

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Hi Marc,

This is not possible, as nowadays, HDB does not allow and approve of hacking and adjoining 2 units together. Moreover, each family nucleus can only own 1 HDB flat. By purchasing your neighbour's unit, you will need to sell off your current unit within 6 months upon completion of the flat purchase.

If you need a bigger space for your family, you might wish to upgrade to a 5RM or a EA/EM flat.

I do have some options that I can offer to you. Please get in touch with me for further discussion.

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Hi Marc,

You can try enquiring with the hdb branch but chances maybe slim as newer flats usually do not allow such configurations. You may want to consider EA flats in sengkang area.

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Good morning,

Under HDB Conversation scheme, Jumbo unit is only applicable to adjacent 3 room flat. Since your unit is a 4 room flat and your neighbor's unit is also a 4 room flat, Conversation scheme is not applicable.

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