A few days ago, a reader pointed out an interesting conundrum: the renovations on various websites, for big families, tend to be for other countries. And for Singapore sites, the nicest reno features all tend to show a big condo or landed home. This week, we’re going to rectify that by pointing out practical renovations you could reasonably pull off in an HDB flat for a family (with a licensed designer/contractor of course):

1. If you have multiple children running around, consider fewer swing doors

Folding doors or sliding doors admittedly change the vibe of your home a bit; they may not have the same kind of weighty elegance. But you get two big bonuses from replacing them with folding/sliding counterparts: the first is that you maximise available space. Don’t believe us? Swing the door of the children’s bedroom open and close, and see how much space it really takes up....