Serangoon's HDB new town construction began in the early 1980s, squarely within the era when parquet remained the standard flooring for new flats.
Serangoon New Town's construction began in the early 1980s, alongside Bukit Batok, Tampines and Woodlands, as part of a wave of HDB development that continued to specify parquet as the default finish for bedrooms and living rooms.
Older pockets of Serangoon, such as Lorong Lew Lian, also date from the 1970s — meaning the wider Serangoon area actually spans two full decades of parquet-era construction.
HDB began construction on Serangoon as a full new town in the early 1980s, following the same neighbourhood and precinct planning approach used in Tampines, with interior flooring specifications that kept parquet as the standard bedroom and living-room finish.
Estates within the wider Serangoon area, like Lorong Lew Lian, were developed even earlier in the 1970s, adding an older layer of original parquet on top of the estate's 1980s core.
With many original owners still in place, a large share of Serangoon's parquet has simply aged for four decades or more without professional refinishing, showing the gaps, dullness and staining typical of floors this age.
Serangoon's original 1970s-80s parquet generally has good timber thickness left, making it a strong candidate for sanding and refinishing. 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 →Many Serangoon flats and nearby condos also have marble surfaces from later renovations that benefit from periodic care. 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 →Serangoon's mature landed and HDB pockets both see steady demand for no-drill insect screens that fit older window frames. 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 Serangoon 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 Serangoon? 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.
