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true, will checkout with Aeratron with regards to the warranty and see how things goes. Enjoy your reno journey

Curtains installed. Don't really need a night curtain for living and saving some cost too, a Coco color to match my coming furniture. As for the bedroom, I need a 100% blackout, Gold colour was chosen to match my HERF .

Final Reno touch-ups! As usual, ID's workers came early in the morning and swiftly settled everything nice nice. So paisei to request them to do things not mentioned in the quotation, somemore it is post-handover. Curtains up! Induction Hob also working perfectly. Living area - Day curtain from Ikea Fixed the messy cables too! I am very happy with how it looks now. $5 solution from IKEA! I love Ikea! Kept coffee table aside as my baby also fell down playing with it... Found a place for the wooden wall clock, next to the BS is a solid wood magnetic keychain cum letters holder from taobao. Simple but I love the functionality!

Hi Lemon, this can be easily solved. You can even do it yourself with $2 material cost, or ask your contractor to do it. 2 min job. Get 2 pcs of pvc elbows for this pvc pipe. Cut your existing aircon pvc drain pipe by 2cm. Place an elbow to turn it to the left. (From the perspective looking at it) Then another elbow to turn it towards the floor trap. You don't even need to glue it tight. Make it easy to wash away internal slime within the tail end of this pipe if needed.

Nice! Congrats!

Arthur Lim is my ID from DeFong, he also quote me reasonable pricing for my home reno and is v.helpful and accommodating =D

psychic ?

Progressing well.... thumbs up to the Carpentry men.

nice view u got there!

Hi all, sorry we have been really busy lately. Their contacts are as follows: James Tng: 9875 9809 Mr K: 9022 2321

Unlucky? What happens? U engaged him as well? Engaging him has its pros and cons. One has to take it with a pinch of salt. I learn that we cant have too much of an expectation of him in terms of quality and responsiveness of his client-management /project management service/skills. Patience is key, communication as well. If necessary, do remind him nicely and regularly, be specific of what needs to be done. He is a very busy guy handling projects so he cant always attend to our issues on the spot or promptly but he will get back to u. But do remind him again and I am sure he will follow up. He does get things fixed though not immediately due to his work circumstances. Actually he is running a one-man show and his time is stretched thinly. Bear in mind he is not a project manager or an ID who will update u on the reno process daily. If u have such thoughts, forget him and move on to a ID who acts as a site supervisor. Before I sign him up, i have the expectation of being updated regularly by my contractor. ****, no, i was so very wrong. This is the real world. We cant just sit in the office and be updated by him every half a day of the reno process. That is what u guys hv to realise before engaging a contractor. If anyone wanna use him, my advice is to have a very realistic expectation and be prepared to be very proactive in yr renovation. That means being able to know what you want and have them ready on paper, sketches and photos, and show him. Buy your things in tandem to his renovation stage so no one waits for anyone. Buy your lights and shelves and hoods and hobs. Draw a layout plan. Dont expect very detailed specs of yr cabinet or cupboard until u meet up with his carpenter at a later stage. Nothing is in blueprint, prepared for u. Anything that not done to yr specs, take a pic and send to him. He will get his man down. Dont expect him to meet you regularly on-site if you have minor problems. We all have anxiety. Learn to take it in strides, note down the issues, inform him and have him delivered, though not immediately unless it is very urgent. Dont expect immediate reply to yr SMS. Dont call unless super urgent. Give him time to digest. Check your quotations, sometimes his template will charge u the price of two items instead of one. Not deliberate but u know, he doesnt seem to enjoy tedious paperwork. Possibly a crossover from the last quote from another client. Go down to yr new place as regularly as you can, especially when the workers have started work. Wear the supervisor's hat...haha u know what I mean. Communicate yr needs to the workers. Alan's painter, electrician, tilers, carpenter, floor installer etc are quite pro and easy to talk to. They are patient, not rushed and quite prideful in their job. On site, u are able to monitor and have some control over how things u wanna them to be. I work with his electricians to carefully locate all the electrical and light points in my house, telling them how and where I want them to be and I want the lights to be switched on in sequence and in groups that make sense. They fulfill that. All in all, mine is a very hands-on approach, it tires me but hey, i am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Good luck and good job to myself and his team.

cannot believe this is in singapore! this is a private apt or hdb?

it is still a sellers market and the seller knows it...... ...lets see what happens in a couple of years

Yeah agree that the quote seem very reasonable.

Can I have Mr K's contact as well pls? thks