From 1960s public housing to pre-war shophouses and today's condos, the Central Area has one of the widest mixes of flooring eras found anywhere in Singapore.
The Central Area isn't a single estate — it's Chinatown, Tanjong Pagar, Rochor, Farrer Park, Kampong Glam, and the districts around them, layered with more than a century of different building types. That layering is exactly why flooring here is so inconsistent: a single street can have a 1960s HDB block, a pre-war shophouse, and a brand-new condo standing side by side, each with completely different original flooring.
For homeowners renovating or maintaining a Central Area property, understanding which era your building belongs to is usually the first step to knowing what's under your feet.
Some of Singapore's very first post-independence public housing went up in and around the Central Area — areas like Rochor, Farrer Park, Selegie and Tanjong Pagar saw early HDB and pre-HDB blocks built from the 1960s onward, right as parquet was becoming a standard flooring choice for local housing.
Alongside that public housing, the Central Area retained large numbers of pre-war shophouses and walk-up apartments, many of which had their own original timber flooring installed decades before HDB parquet became widespread — giving the area an unusually wide date range of original wood floors.
As the area redeveloped over the decades, this mix only grew: newer condos went up with marble lobbies and engineered timber, while older blocks and shophouses nearby kept their original parquet or timber boards, often never refinished.
Whether it's an original 1960s parquet floor in an older Central Area flat or timber boards in a pre-war shophouse conversion, both usually respond well to careful restoration rather than replacement. We handle parquet floor repair for gaps, warping and water-stained boards, parquet polishing to bring back the shine on dulled floors, and full parquet restoration for homes where decades of wear call for a whole-floor refinish.
View Parquet Services →Central Area homes — especially condo units and shophouse conversions — frequently have marble in the entryway, bathroom or living area. Our group offers full marble polishing services — grinding, honing, crystallization, stain removal, and chip or crack repair — for surfaces that have dulled, yellowed or etched over time.
View Marble Services →Central Area homes range from older flats with original steel windows to modern condo units with sliding glass — MSeal fits both without drilling. Our MSeal magnetic insect screens fit over almost all window and door types without drilling, blocking mosquitoes (including dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes), flies and other insects while keeping airflow through the home.
View Insect Screen Services →Homes often need more than one type of repair at once. Coordinating them with a single provider saves time and avoids repeat visits.
No juggling three separate vendors who don't know your home.
Renovation-time visits planned together instead of independently.
A leak affecting both parquet and nearby marble skirting is one visit, not two.
Refinish rather than replace, no-drill rather than permanent, wherever possible.
Repair, polishing, and restoration for timber floors across the Central Area and beyond.
View Parquet Services →Grinding, honing, crystallization, stain removal, and repair for marble floors and surfaces.
View Marble Services →No-drill, removable insect screens for windows, doors, and balconies (MSeal).
View Insect Screens →Living in the Central Area? Send us a photo of your floor and we'll tell you what it needs.
WhatsApp a Photo NowParquet, marble, or insect screens — WhatsApp us a few photos and we'll tell you what's needed before you commit to anything.
