is your reno quote fair?
Upload your quotation. We check every line against real Singapore rates. A S$60,000 decision deserves better than agak-agak.
PDF or photo · no signup · free verdict in ~2 minutes
≈ 14% above typical for a 4-room resale full reno
of Singapore homeowners blow their reno budget, usually by 20–30%.
complaints against reno contractors in 2024, about S$728,000 lost in prepayments.
how much more ID quotes run vs direct contractors, on identical scope.
forty line items. six clauses. one signature. it's a lot. you don't have to catch it all alone.
A renovation quote lands all at once: carpentry runs, allowances, payment stages, fine print. Any one of them can quietly move thousands of dollars. Missing something doesn't make you careless; it makes you human.
We check every line, every clause, so your interests are protected before you sign. S$49.
three steps, zero drama
upload your quote
One PDF, or a photo of every page, up to 15 pages. ID or direct contractor, both work.
get your free verdict
Your total vs the typical range for your flat and scope, plus your biggest flag, in about 2 minutes.
know your next move
The full audit (S$49) ranks what to fix first, what each move is worth, and writes the exact email to send. The Project Pass (S$99) covers every quote for your reno for 12 months.
what the full audit covers
line-by-line benchmarks
Each item on a visual range bar vs Singapore low/median/high rates, with dollar deltas. Carpentry per ft run, electrical per point, tiling per sqft.
missing scope
What's absent that usually appears for your scope, minus what you told us is excluded on purpose. Every unexplained gap is a future variation order.
contract fine print
Payment schedules, provisional sums, material allowances, validity, GST, all flagged in plain English, with what to ask for instead.
your game plan
The three moves worth the most money, ranked by impact. Each comes with "why it matters" and "what to say", plus a polite, ready-to-send negotiation email built from them.
free, audit, or pass: see exactly what each gets you
Every tier starts the same way: upload your quote, get the free verdict. Decide after you've seen it. No card needed to start.
No flags and no negotiation points? The audit is free. Full refund, just email us within 14 days of purchase.
see exactly what you'll get
A full audit of a real, anonymised 4-room resale quote, including the items we did not flag. Fair pricing gets said too.
why trust renorates
Built by a homeowner who watched a friend sign a renovation quote nobody independent had ever read. why this exists.
find firms
matching services and directories
get quotes
IDs and contractors
before you sign
renorates checks the price
build
the firm you chose
Most platforms in this space are paid by the firms they recommend. That is a perfectly legitimate business, and it is how a lot of people find good contractors. It also means nobody in that position is free to tell you a quote is priced high.
We sit at one moment only, the days before you sign. No ties to any contractor or ID firm, and we recommend no one.
you're the customer,
not the product
We don't sell your details to contractors or IDs. No firm pays to be recommended, because we don't recommend firms. For Singapore homeowners, not the trade.
benchmarks
with receipts
Rates compiled from published contractor rate cards and real 2024–2026 Singapore quotes, stated as ranges. See our methodology.
honest
about limits
No benchmark for an item? We say "no benchmark". We never guess.
S$49 against a S$60,000 decision.
That's less than 0.1% of the budget to make sure the other 99.9% is priced and papered right. In our sample audit, a real S$55,000 quote, the game plan surfaced S$11,320 worth negotiating. One accepted point pays for the audit many times over.
good questions
Is RenoRates free?+
The verdict is free; the full audit is S$49 one-time, or S$99 for a Project Pass covering every quote for your reno, revisions and comparisons included, for 12 months. No subscription.
What if my quote is one lump sum?+
Insufficient itemisation is itself the #1 red flag; the audit adapts and includes a demand-a-breakdown template.
Does it work for ID and direct contractor quotes?+
Both; benchmarked against both bands.
HDB and condo?+
Yes: BTO, resale, condo. Landed partially (no-benchmark items marked clearly).
Does it work with photos or non-English quotes?+
Yes. PDFs or clear photos both work, handwritten included if it's legible, and you can attach a photo of every page. Quotes in English or Chinese are read the same way.
What happens to my quote file?+
Used for analysis only and stored privately for the life of your project. Never shared, deleted any time on request. See our Privacy (PDPA) page.
I already renovated, is it too late?+
An audit can't renegotiate a finished renovation, but plenty of people want to know anyway: for closure, for the next property, or to advise a friend. Upload the old quote and see what it scores. more on checking a quote you already paid →
What if my quote turns out to be completely fair?+
Then you paid for peace of mind. And if your full audit surfaces no flags and no negotiation points at all, email us within 14 days of purchase and we refund you in full. In practice almost every quote has something: an unstated GST, a front-loaded payment schedule, a line above market.
Can you guarantee the rates are right?+
Ranges, not verdicts from heaven. It's an informational tool, not a professional valuation. Methodology linked.