Should I choose the HDB floor tiles (OCS) if I want vinyl flooring?

Yes. Hana SPC vinyl is a floating floor that lays straight over a sound, level tiled floor with no hacking. HDB's optional tiles give you exactly that ready base, so keeping them usually makes laying vinyl cheaper and faster than starting from bare screed.

Can you lay vinyl flooring over BTO floor tiles?

Yes. As long as the tiled floor is sound, level and dry, Hana SPC clicks together and floats over it with no hacking and no glue, in most BTO flats.

What is HDB's Optional Component Scheme for flooring?

The OCS lets BTO buyers choose whether their new flat is handed over with floor finishes, tiles in the living, dining and bedrooms, or as bare cement screed. You decide when you select or collect your flat.

Is vinyl flooring a good choice for a new BTO?

For most BTO homes, yes. SPC vinyl is 100% waterproof, click-installs without glue over the existing tiles, comes in wood and stone looks, and can be lifted if you sell, all with no hacking.

When should the vinyl be laid during BTO renovation?

After the dusty, wet trades, painting, carpentry and any tiling, are finished. The floor clicks together in a day or two over your existing tiles, with no glue to air out and no screeding to wait for.

Guide · HDB

Choosing vinyl flooring for a new HDB BTO flat

A new BTO is a blank slate, and the flooring decision starts earlier than most people expect: at the moment you pick your unit. If you are planning to lay Hana vinyl, one small choice at selection makes the whole job cleaner and cheaper later.

Updated 11 Sep 2026

A bright, newly furnished HDB living room laid with light oak Hana vinyl flooring

No hackingStraight over your OCS tiles
No screedThe tiles are your level base
100% waterproofThrough the SPC core
Wood or stoneOak, walnut or micro-cement

The flooring choice starts at unit selection

When you pick and collect a BTO flat, HDB's Optional Component Scheme (OCS) asks whether you want the living, dining and bedrooms handed over finished with floor tiles, or left as bare cement screed. It feels like a throwaway question, but for anyone planning to cover the floor anyway it is the one worth thinking about.

The instinct is to opt out and save, on the logic that you are laying your own floor on top regardless. For a Hana vinyl floor, that instinct is usually the wrong one.

If you want vinyl, keep the tiles

Hana SPC vinyl is a floating floor. It clicks together and lays straight over a sound, level existing floor with no hacking and no glue. HDB's optional tiles give you exactly that: a flat, finished, ready base to lay onto.

Opt out, and the flat is handed over as bare cement screed, which is often uneven and usually needs self-levelling before any floating floor can go down. That is an added cost and an added wait. So the counter-intuitive answer is to keep the OCS tiles: it is the cheaper, faster route to a finished vinyl floor, not the more expensive one.

Wood or stone for a new flat

Once the base is sorted, the rest is a matter of look. Hana comes in warm oak and walnut wood tones for a timber feel, and seamless micro-cement stone tones for a pared-back, minimalist finish. All of it is the same rigid, waterproof SPC underneath, so you can mix looks room to room without mixing performance.

See the full range, in real rooms, on our range page, or read why SPC beats real timber in the humidity if you are weighing vinyl against wood.

When to lay it during your renovation

Lay the floor after the dusty, wet trades are done, painting, carpentry and any tiling work, so the finished surface is not walked over or damaged. Because Hana clicks together over your existing tiles, a whole flat usually goes down in a day or two, with no glue to air out and no screed to wait on.

Planning the kitchen too? See our guide to the best flooring for an HDB kitchen.

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