{"id":97045,"date":"2026-11-02T03:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97045"},"modified":"2026-11-02T03:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:46:01","slug":"stranger-enters-bto-flat-undergoing-renovation-twice-in-a-week-surprising-homeowners-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97045","title":{"rendered":"Stranger enters BTO flat undergoing renovation twice in a week, surprising homeowners, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A homeowner recently took to social media to share about a stranger who entered their BTO flat twice in a week while it was undergoing renovation.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday (Oct 29), Instagram user Navigatethirty posted CCTV footage of the two incidents that took place at an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n<p>The first video shows a man exploring the unit and appearing to take photos.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowner, who wished to remain anonymous, told Stomp that the first incident happened in late July during installation works for air-conditioning in the flat.<\/p>\n<p>The contractors had left the main door open while they worked in the bedrooms as they needed access to the piping placed outside the unit.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving the flat, the stranger appeared to notice the CCTV camera, the homeowner said.<\/p>\n<p>Five days later, the man returned to the flat with a woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They &#8220;tailgated&#8221; Building Service Centre workers to enter the unit, the homeowner wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the homeowner said he confronted the pair through the CCTV system, asking why the man had returned.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowner told Stomp that the audio recording was unclear, adding that he only heard the man saying saying he had &#8220;only been inside for a few minutes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was also seen heading towards another room.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"578\" width=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/player\/v1\/7702496409077009684?embed_from=webapp_share&amp;music_info=1&amp;description=1&amp;autoplay=1&amp;muted=1\" title=\"Netizens were exasperated with this recent trend of people trespassing into homes under renovation, with one even warning: &quot;Very high chance they're your future neighbours... kaypoh and maybe haven't gotten their HDB key yet... so come and survey.&quot; #sgnews #Singapore #HDB #Renovation #Security\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While there were no valuables in the flat, Navigatethirty wrote: &#8220;The craziest part? It happened just one day after we installed our keypad lock and CCTV! Thankfully, nothing was stolen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the homeowner, the pair have not returned to the flat since the second incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We thought trespassing wouldn&#8217;t happen to us&#8230;until it happened to us twice in a single week,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowners told Stomp that they were willing to overlook the first incident as they understood that people might be curious.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, they were &#8220;considerably more concerned, particularly about the privacy and security&#8221; of their home when the man returned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It made us realise that it would be worthwhile to raise awareness that, regardless of the circumstances or intention, entering another person&#8217;s home without permission is not something that should be encouraged,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that it was important to have &#8220;mutual respect for boundaries&#8221; even while maintaining good relationships with neighbours, they urged fellow homeowners to look into security measures during renovations.<\/p>\n<p>Their video, which has since amassed 203,000 views on Instagram, follows a string of trespassing incidents while flat are undergoing renovations.<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne has reached out to Navigatethirty for more information.<\/p>\n<h2>Uninvited guests<\/h2>\n<p>A property agent shared about a similar incident online in September where several people were seen entering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/neighbours-trespassing-woodlands-hdb-renovation-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodlands HDB flat<\/a> undergoing renovation on two separate occasions.<\/p>\n<p>The agent questioned whether this phenomenon, which was equivalent to trespassing, had become &#8220;a norm&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident, Class 95 radio producer Lee Yoo Jin shared a video she was trying to film at home when a stranger attempted to enter.<\/p>\n<p>She chided the man, telling him that &#8220;it&#8217;s not right&#8221; to enter homes that are still under renovation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you go around opening people&#8217;s homes like that?&#8221; she questioned.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:745588]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:laili.abdeen@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laili.abdeen@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/man-trespass-flat-renovation-twice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A homeowner recently took to social media to share about a stranger who entered their BTO flat twice in a week while it was undergoing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}