Most pages still put the MacPherson Weave completion date in March 2026. That is not when it finished, nor the date that matters now. HDB counts this Geylang project among its 2025 completions, roughly three months before the date it first gave. The date that matters is the first anniversary of your own key collection, when HDB's defects cover ends.
Facts, HDB rules and package prices checked on 21 September 2026 against HDB's sales brochure, HDB's renovation pages and our own product pages.
If you collected keys in 2025 or early 2026, two HDB limits are still running: the one-year defects cover counted from your own key collection, and three years before bathroom finishes may come off. The five-year MOP runs behind both. None of them cares what a tracker says. Our HDB BTO completion date tracker covers the projects still waiting for theirs.
Key Takeaways
- MacPherson Weave was finished in 2025, around three months earlier than HDB first estimated, according to HDB's January 2026 release.
- 1,382 flats in seven blocks next to MacPherson MRT, in three sizes from 2-room Flexi up to 4-room.
- Living, dining and bedroom floors were optional under the Optional Component Scheme. Whether yours has them decides between a 4-room move-in package at S$7,390 and a 4-room bare-unit package from S$14,990.
- HDB's defects liability period runs one year from your own key collection. If you collected keys in late 2025, your cover ends in late 2026; after that, fixing what HDB installed is yours to arrange.
- Bathroom wall and floor finishes in newly built flats cannot be removed for three years, so an overlay keeps HDB's tiles in place.
MacPherson Weave Completion Date: What HDB Actually Said
The estimate everyone repeats came from the launch. When HDB put MacPherson Weave on sale in May 2021, the launch coverage gave an estimated completion in the first quarter of 2026.
The outcome is in HDB's own words. Its January 2026 release sets out the year's completions first:
"In 2025, HDB completed about 19,600 flats across 28 housing projects, with a median wait time of about four years. [...] In addition, several projects such as MacPherson Weave and Costa Grove were completed about three months ahead of their original Probable Completion Dates (PCDs)."
HDB does not publish the exact completion day or a key collection schedule for this project on any page we could open. We are not going to invent one. Your own key collection date is the one that counts, and you already know it.
Which means the question has changed from when to what first.
Why Other Pages Still Say March 2026
Search for the date and you meet three stale answers, each true once. Estimates age faster than pages.
First, Google's AI summary. When we checked on 21 September 2026, it still answered "around March 2026", taken from a tracker and a 2024 review.
Second, a percentage. One project tracker still shows MacPherson Weave as 85% complete, months after HDB's January 2026 release listed it as finished. That number isn't what it looks like.
We ran the arithmetic. Measured from the 25 May 2021 launch to that tracker's worst-case date of 1 September 2027, the figure matches the share of calendar time elapsed, to within 0.1 points. It measures the calendar, not the building.
Third, a delay. A review published in October 2024 said the key collection date had been pushed back because of construction delays. HDB's release says the reverse.
Otherwise you plan around a date that no longer exists.
1,382 Flats in Seven Blocks Next to MacPherson MRT
The HDB sales brochure places MacPherson Weave next to MacPherson MRT station, on the plot framed by Paya Lebar Road, Circuit Road and Circuit Link. There are seven residential blocks of 15 to 19 storeys, with 1,382 flats split between 4-room, 3-room and 2-room Flexi. The MacPherson Weave BTO was sold as a Standard BTO in May 2021.
If you came here looking for the newer Geylang launch near Mattar, that is a different project. Our Geylang BTO November 2026 page covers it.
What Did HDB Hand Over at Key Collection?
This is where most quotations go wrong, because the standard handover and the optional one look nothing alike. The brochure lists both. Here is what a 3-room or 4-room flat at MacPherson Weave carries.
| Area | 3-room | 4-room | Standard or optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathroom floors and walls | Tiled | Tiled | Standard |
| Kitchen | Kitchen/utility floor and walls tiled | Kitchen floor and walls tiled, service yard floor tiled | Standard |
| Household shelter floor | Tiled | Tiled | Standard |
| Living, dining and dry kitchen floor | Polished porcelain tiles | Polished porcelain tiles | Optional |
| Bedroom floors | Vinyl strip flooring | Vinyl strip flooring | Optional |
| Bedroom and bathroom doors | Laminated UPVC | Laminated UPVC | Optional |
| Wash basin, tap mixer, shower set | Included if opted in | Included if opted in | Optional |
Every flat also comes with quality locksets, a water closet suite, a clothes drying rack, gas services, concealed water pipes, and concealed wiring to lighting and power points, including the water heater and air-conditioning points.
Read the right-hand column before you read any quote.
Did You Opt In to the Optional Component Scheme?
HDB describes the Optional Component Scheme as opt-in. If you took it, the cost of those components was added to the price of your flat. So the answer is already in your purchase documents, not in the flat next door.
Be careful with the virtual tour. HDB's MyNiceHome tour for MacPherson Weave says it shows completed units with full OCS items. If you did not opt in, your living room will not look like the tour. Its floor will not carry HDB's finish.
Our page on Farrer Park Arena, where floors were optional too, walks through the same split.
That one line on your paperwork decides which of our packages fits.
Three HDB Limits That Run From Handover
These three rules come from HDB, not from us. Each one changes the order of your works.
| Limit | How long | What it controls |
|---|---|---|
| Defects liability period | 1 year from your own key collection | HDB rectifies items it provided; once it ends, repairs are yours to arrange |
| Bathroom finishes | 3 years for newly built flats | No removal of bathroom wall and floor finishes |
| Minimum Occupation Period | 5 years from key collection | You cannot rent out the whole flat |
The MOP matters to renovation in one plain way. You will live in these finishes for at least five years, so specify for daily use, not for a buyer.
Your Defects Cover Ends a Year After Your Keys
HDB's defects page sets this year's clock. Every newly completed flat is covered for one year from the day its keys were collected. During that year, HDB follows up on items that need rectification, and says a repair usually takes less than two weeks.
Which year is yours depends on your own key collection, not on the project. If you collected keys in late 2025, your cover ends in late 2026. If you collected in early 2026, it ends in early 2027. We can't see your date and won't guess it, so check your own records.
Inside that year, you can file for rectification online, or in person at your precinct's Building Service Centre. The centre then arranges a joint inspection to verify what you reported and sends a contractor to fix it.
After that year, the answer changes. HDB's page says owners can engage a repair contractor once the one-year period is over, and its MacPherson Weave booklet puts it plainly: a component HDB provided, in a flat whose defects period has expired, is for the flat owner to resolve. Under the Agreement for Lease, keeping fittings and fixtures in good condition is the homeowner's job.
Already renovated? You can still report within your defects year. Expect a question, though.
HDB's defects page asks for reports in the first month and before works begin, so that it does not have to investigate whether a defect came from construction or from the renovation. Anything your contractor installed is not HDB's at all.
A Reddit post put that problem in one line: "Our carpentry has some chipped edges and scratches." That one is yours to take up with whoever built it.
For anyone collecting keys only now, HDB's first-month rule still stands: report within the first month, before any works begin.
That's why the defects list comes before the next quotation, never after it.
Leave the Bathroom Finishes Where They Are
HDB's building works guidelines say newly built flats carry a three-year restriction on removing the floor and wall finishes of bathrooms and toilets. MacPherson Weave's bathrooms arrived tiled, floor and wall.
But the rule is about removal. An overlay lays new tiles over HDB's rather than stripping them.
Our 2 Toilets BTO Package (Overlay) is S$10,290 for both bathrooms. It overlays the floor and wall tiles of the common and master toilets, up to 250 sqft each, with tiles at S$3.00 per square foot or lower. It does not include a shower kerb or drop kerb.
What Does Renovation Cost at MacPherson Weave?
We price a MacPherson Weave renovation only from our own store. Every figure below is a starting price from the linked product page, read on 21 September 2026.
| Package | Fits a MacPherson Weave owner who | From |
|---|---|---|
| 3rm Move-In BTO | has the OCS floors in a 3-room | S$7,290 |
| 4rm Move-In BTO | has the OCS floors in a 4-room | S$7,390 |
| 3rm Bare Unit (Vinyl) | opted out in a 3-room | S$12,990 |
| 4rm Bare Unit (Vinyl) | opted out in a 4-room | S$14,990 |
| 4rm Bare Unit (Tiles) | opted out in a 4-room and wants tiles | S$16,990 |
| 2 Toilets BTO (Overlay) | wants both bathrooms redone within the three years | S$10,290 |
| Kitchen Cabinet BTO | needs cabinets only | S$5,490 |
If you own a 3-room
With the OCS floors in, the 3-room move-in tier covers a 10ft run of top and bottom kitchen cabinets, a quartz countertop and whole-house painting in up to three colours. Without them, the 3-room bare-unit vinyl tier adds floor screed and 5mm vinyl across the living, dining and bedrooms, up to 500 sqft. The gap between the two is S$5,700, and most of it is the screed and the vinyl.
If you own a 4-room
The 4-room move-in tier is S$7,390. The bare-unit tiers are S$14,990 in vinyl and S$16,990 in tiles, each covering the living, dining and bedrooms up to 700 sqft.
HDB's optional finish was polished porcelain tiles in the living and dining area but vinyl strip in the bedrooms. Our tiles tier tiles both. So it matches HDB's living and dining finish only, at S$2,000 more than vinyl. Choose it if you want tiles throughout; choose vinyl if you want the bedrooms the way HDB specified them.
Our view is simple. Don't take a bare-unit quotation if your OCS floors are in. It prices floors you already paid HDB for.
If you own a 2-room Flexi
We have no fixed package for a 2-room Flexi, so we will not print a price here. Ask us for a quotation built on your own unit.
There Is No Kitchen Cabinet in the Handover
Look at the fittings list again. For 3-room and 4-room flats it names locksets, a water closet suite and a drying rack. It does not name kitchen cabinets. Your kitchen arrives tiled, but empty.
That is why every move-in package starts in the kitchen. The 4-room tier includes the cabinet base, a 10ft run of top and bottom cabinets, a quartz countertop, a sink and tap, a Rinnai hood and two-burner hob, and a 15-litre storage heater. If you only need the cabinets, the Kitchen Cabinet BTO Package is S$5,490.
The brochure lists gas services in the flat, but our package states no gas connection. Plan the gas connection as its own item.
The brochure also sketches three partition ideas: utility from kitchen, dry kitchen from wet kitchen, and kitchen from living and dining. If you want one of those walls, decide before the cabinets are measured, because it'll move where the cabinet run ends.
Which Works Need a Permit, and for How Long?
Start with who. HDB's renovation rules require you to engage only contractors from the Directory of Renovation Contractors. An owner convicted of skipping that rule faces up to $5,000 in fines, among other penalties.
Then what. Laying vinyl needs no permit. Replacing floor finishes with tiles does, and HDB caps the total thickness of floor finish and screed at 50mm. Our bare-unit screed is specified up to 50mm.
Then how long. HDB says approved renovations in newly completed blocks must be finished within three months from the permit date, and within one month in existing blocks. Ask which window your permit carries before you book carpentry lead times.
Our HDB renovation permit guide lists which works need one. Your contractor submits it, not you.
The Household Shelter and the Sanitary Stacks Stay Put
The brochure is blunt. The shelter's walls, ceiling, floor and door "shall not be hacked, drilled, altered or removed". Storage inside has to work around that, and our household shelter guide shows how.
The sanitary stacks are exposed, at the service yard or the air-con ledge. Plan carpentry around them rather than over them. HDB also fits a Home Fire Alarm Device in every unit as an SCDF requirement, so keep it clear of any false ceiling or cabinet.
Working Hours in a Block of New Neighbours
HDB's renovation rules split the week in two.
| Type of work | Allowed | Not allowed |
|---|---|---|
| General renovation | 9am to 6pm, weekdays and Saturdays | Sundays and public holidays |
| Restricted works: removing finishes, cutting tiles, heavy drilling | 9am to 5pm, weekdays only | Weekends and public holidays, plus the day before Christmas, Deepavali, Hari Raya Puasa, Chinese New Year and New Year's Day |
HDB's booklet for MacPherson Weave adds a courtesy that is really a rule. Contractors should serve advance notice to neighbours two units all round, five days ahead. Our HDB drilling hours guide has the full table.
Should You Renovate Now or Live In First?
It depends on what HDB handed you and when, not on how you feel about dust. Five calls we would make.
- OCS floors in, bathrooms working: move in and do the kitchen first. A move-in package fits a lived-in flat.
- Opted out: lay the floors before the furniture arrives, rather than moving everything twice.
- Bathrooms bother you: overlay them or leave them. Don't plan on removal for three years.
- First anniversary of your keys coming up: list and report HDB-provided defects now, while the one-year defects cover still runs. After it ends, the repair is yours.
- Already renovated: the bathrooms can still take an overlay, and the kitchen can be done on its own with cabinets only.
The Order of Works for a Flat You Already Own
- Note your key collection date. It anchors the defects period and the MOP.
- Work out how much of your one-year defects cover is left, then report HDB-provided items online or at the Building Service Centre before it ends. If you have only just collected keys, do it within the first month and before works begin. Our BTO key collection checklist covers what to inspect.
- Check your purchase documents for the Optional Component Scheme, then choose the move-in or bare-unit tier.
- Decide on any kitchen partition before the cabinets are measured.
- Engage a contractor from HDB's Directory of Renovation Contractors and let them apply for the permit. Ask which completion window it carries.
- Have the contractor serve notice to neighbours two units all round, five days ahead.
- Schedule restricted works on weekdays, 9am to 5pm. Floors go down before cabinets.
- Overlay the bathrooms, if you are doing them, and plan the gas connection separately.
- Paint last. Our HDB renovation sequence sets out the stages in order.
Waiting on a Different Project?
This page is about a finished project. If yours is still being built, start from its own page.
- Tengah Parc Meadow completion date
- Plantation Verge completion date
- Queen's Arc completion date
- Redhill Peaks and Berlayar Residences completion date and renovation guide
- Kim Keat Heights completion date
Working With Us on a MacPherson Weave Flat
If your OCS floors are in, start from the 4rm Move-In BTO Package at S$7,390, or the 3-room version at S$7,290. If they are not, the bare-unit tiers start at S$14,990 for a 4-room in vinyl. Tell us your OCS status and your key collection date, and we will quote the right tier the first time.
Already renovated, or living with the handover as it was? The bathrooms can still take our 2 Toilets BTO overlay package at S$10,290 inside the three-year window, and the kitchen can be done on its own with the Kitchen Cabinet BTO Package at S$5,490.
RCS is listed in HDB's Directory of Renovation Contractors under HDB Licence HB-11-5877Z and is BizSafe Level 3 certified. We have worked on Singapore flats since 2017. More about the team is on our About page.
Not Sure Which Tier Fits?
If you are still weighing floors, bathrooms and timing, Ai-Deal can help you think it through before you take quotes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the MacPherson Weave completion date?
MacPherson Weave has already been completed. HDB's January 2026 release counts it among 2025's completions, roughly three months earlier than first estimated. The March 2026 figure you still see traces back to the launch estimate of the first quarter of 2026. HDB does not publish the exact completion day for the project.
Has key collection started at MacPherson Weave?
The project is complete, so owners have been collecting keys. There's no published MacPherson Weave key collection schedule on any HDB page we could open, so check your own handover records. Your key collection date starts the one-year defects period and the five-year MOP.
Why does a tracker still show MacPherson Weave at 85%?
Because the figure tracks the calendar, not construction. Measured from the 25 May 2021 launch to the tracker's worst-case date of 1 September 2027, it matches the share of calendar time elapsed, to within 0.1 points. The project itself was completed in 2025, according to HDB's January 2026 release.
Can I start renovation before reporting defects?
If you have only just collected keys, HDB asks for defects to be reported within the first month and before works begin. If your renovation cannot wait, HDB says it can rectify defects during the renovation, where that does not hinder it, or afterwards.
I've already renovated. Can I still report defects to HDB?
Yes, while your one-year defects liability period is still running from your own key collection. Report online or at the Building Service Centre. Expect HDB to check whether a defect came from construction or from your renovation, and take anything your contractor installed up with your contractor. Once your year is over, HDB says to engage a repair contractor yourself.
Can I change the bathroom tiles at MacPherson Weave?
Not by removing them, for now. HDB sets a three-year restriction on removing bathroom and toilet wall and floor finishes in newly built flats. An overlay lays new tiles over the existing ones instead. Our 2 Toilets BTO overlay package covers both bathrooms from S$10,290.
Do I need a permit for vinyl flooring?
No. HDB lists laying vinyl finishes as work that needs no permit. Replacing floor finishes with tiles does need one, and the total thickness of floor finish and screed must not exceed 50mm. Either way, the work must be done by a contractor from HDB's Directory of Renovation Contractors.
How do I check a BTO completion date?
If you're asking how to check BTO completion date for a project still under construction, start from the estimate HDB published at launch and read trackers with care, since some percentages measure elapsed time. For MacPherson Weave the question has passed: HDB lists it as completed in 2025.
Sources
- HDB, MacPherson Weave sales brochure, May 2021.
- HDB, HDB to Launch 19,600 BTO Flats in 2026, January 2026.
- HDB, MacPherson Weave residents' booklet and MyNiceHome virtual tour.
- HDB: defects in new flats, building works, renovation rules.
- Launch coverage in The Business Times, 25 May 2021, and the BTO HQ project page, checked 21 September 2026.
- RCS product pages linked above, checked 21 September 2026.
Disclaimer: published for general information, not professional advice. Renovation scope, permits and costs vary by unit and by HDB approval, and package prices may change after publication. HDB has not published an exact MacPherson Weave completion date or key collection schedule, so rely on your own handover records and confirm your flat's fittings before budgeting. Last reviewed: 21 September 2026.
