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Hi cereal killer, Dun be sad over the renovation ups n downs. Its inevitable to hav minor conflicts along the way. But wat most important is that I believe he will always try to rectify all the problems before the actual handover day. Let me share wif you our experience. We are also recommended to "him" from this forum. To reduce uncertainty, we even visited the forumer's place to assure that renovation works and quality is able to meet our stringent expectations. Thru enuff, the carpentry wrk is really up to standard. Similarly, we also have a tight budget and his is aware of it. However, after several comparisons, we finally signed up with Him. During the renovation process, he did make suggestions to change certain things or how and where to put our appliances in order to make our place more spacious (space planning). Of cos, fr a designer's point of view, the place will not be perfect if some things are left unchanged. And that's the reason as to why we r engaging an ID and not a contractor. A good ID will provide suggestions as to how to make the place better. On the flip side, some of us may nt like the idea tt an ID will change our original idea as what our dream place will be. So its up to individuals. Along the way, he took the initiative to help us think of better designs to improve our ideas. My shoe cabinet is the result of many changes in the design. We told him tt initial design is a bit common. And he went back to think of improvements. We really appreciate his efforts. We are also not "easy" owners. We keep changing our minds. He is also patient and helping us to absorb the additional cost if he can. We dun treat him as an ID but friend. So we even recommended our friends to him and all of them are happy owners. You mentioned that he's busy sms-ing during your discussion. We actually have the same encounters. Perhaps we r not offended by his actions becos we knew tt he's really busy. He is not serving us only. He is also responsible to other owners and not only us. Wat happens if now my place is facing problems, and he ignore my sms/calls. After sales service to us is also important.So we actually give in to these. Besides, he is aware of our expectations and he'll settle all our concerns. Even until now, we still went back to him to settle some minor touch-up wrk even though we shifted in 3 mths back. I hope by telling u our experience can help to you to cool down. Dun worry. Cheers.

wow. ur 2nd 3D drawing is very nice. i like the living room design.

Hi, I'm helping my frn to compile good IDs contact. Can I also have Kelvin's contact? Please help to PM me. Thanks

Thanks, SoS. I haven received the final bill from ID. But we estimated that it should be ard 43K (excluding re-wiring). Hi millienium_bear, we r nt sure if this is the new trend. But we din put tiles because of tight budget. then after seeking advice from frns, we decided to do w/o it. unless heavy cooking, the walls will still look new. heehee...

Hi, yup. I din put tiles in the kitchen. only do plastering.

Hi kevians, ic. odd shape for shoe rack?? tt's interesting.. hope to c it too! so u hav already started ur renovation? i tink the price for carpentry is fixed by per foot run.. so i'm also nt very sure abt the price of doing odd shape. ... yup. we moved in already on 31/Aug. last few weeks busy cleaning n rectifying the flaws. he's slow but at least he make sure he hand over to us wif all problems being rectified.

really?? din heard fr johnny le. i only saw him bringing one couple up. most of the time, he comes up himself to monitor the wrk. anyway, i lup my place. its cosy n practical. so yr id is also johnny? u've been to our place previously? wat happen to ur shoe cabinet? cracking on new design arg? heehee oh. near us.. we'r neighbours.

thanks. we r residing near Bangkit LRT station. You? Sorry. We have no idea wat's e actual name for such switches. I only heard them saying 45deg switches. as for the cost, we did not pay additional. so we assume it shd be similar to those normal switches. heehee

Tt's wat we feel too. Sofa will only arr by End/Sep. Will update pics later.

Good Follow-Up by ID Although, Johnny is extremely bz, we r glad tt he's able to remember wat we have requested him to take note and follow up. I believe that not every ID is able to expedite a 100% follow-up. But at least we can see that he's able to follow up closely for us. For example, we told him tt the common toilet has a ugly pipe. He tried to help us think of way to cover it. We tried painting it over orange. But its still ugly. Finally, he came up wif another idea to remove the original pvc pipe and replace it wif another "so call better looking stainless steel pipe". it looks much better now. BEFORE AFTER Today is the final installation for all works. Kitchen workstation backsplash, some pending switches, granite top and mirror for vanity at MBR toilet, MBR TV console black glass. Thurs shall be general cleaning. Last touch up for paint will be on Fri. However, he discovered tt the diamension of my toilet granite top is not according to wat was informed to carpentor. Hence, they need to re-do the granite top for my vanity again. hai... i think they r nt able to complete it before the handover. Of cos, we do not blame Johnny since it was granite ppl who did not do according to the initial specifications. But we r juz disappointed. Nevertheless, we'll still proceed to move ahead to shift in by 31.Aug. Some pics:- My open concept kitchen is finally 95% completed. ]We really like the tinted mirror as backsplash. Johnny upgrade black glass to tinted mirror for free. But Johnny checked and notify us that the black glass pull-down cabinet for dish has a crack. Hence, he asked carpentor to replaced. shd be able to replace by friday. Take a closer look at the switches at the backsplash. Its unique.. Sis-in-law room is finally completed. Her wardrobe has a pull-out mirror. We specially request Johnny to include it in.

Main Door Managed to take a pic of the new painted main door. Previously, we dun really like the painted colour of black & grey. So we requested Johnny to help us think of another matching colour.. So he proposed to use Raffles colour. Nice!!! BEFORE AFTER Finally, breakfast counter wif the tinted mirror & grey laminate. wanted to take pics of the kitchen cabinets. but the tinted mirror for backsplash is not installed. Will take again on thurs. EXCITED. Finally, we r shifting in on 31/Aug. Still left wif 2 more days for Johnny to install the outstanding stuff and general cleaning. Anyone knows wat cleaning agents to use for homogenous tiles & solid surface? Need to buy the stuff on Friday. Yest, we went to confirm our sofa. Originally, we wanted to buy Red Apple sofa. But, read a lot of bad reviews about them in this forum. Skeptical in buying fr them. However, we still racqee ard other shops in IMM. Finally, we went in to Furniture Club @ IMM. Served by an asst. mgr, Gwen. She's a nice lady. Good attitude and service. Its obvious tt we told her our miserable budget of only 1.5K (tight budget). She told us its impossible to get a set in her place. However, she's nt the least turn off by us. She even help us to check her old models (still able to produce) and offer a special price @ 1.7K - L-shaped Sofa. She did some recommendations and was really sincere in offering her genuie advice on which fabric colour to choose, type of fabric and how to place the sofa. We really appreciate her effort and finally, we decided to close the deal. She knws tt we had a tight budget, so before we do any negotiation, she's kind enuff to throw in 3 small cushions for us. At the end of the day, she even T-loan us a sofa for 1 mth while waiting for our new sofa. Thumbs up for her!!! Strongly recommend her if anyone is buying a sofa for their place. Thou we r rather worried to sign on impulse before we see the actual set (only managed to c the pic), we still trust tt she'll help to ensure the quality and level of service thru-out.

yeah. judging fr yur 3D drawings, its quite difficult to implement. But yu can always discuss wif yr ID to come up wif tis idea... challenge him! heee.... actually, i like ur kitchen colour too. u confirm doing red?

Hi mwerkz, I saw ur drawings. Me too. Initially, we dun hav it. We asked ID to think of how to run the false ceiling in such a way tt we can hav tis special effect. Actually, I also want it to be in black & lollipop. But my hubby is against of this idea because our TV console is in tinted mirror, white n black. So he chose a greyish brown colour instead. But I think nt too bad lah. stil can accept the colour.

Hi mwerkz, the false ceiling above breakfast counter is painted in stonecave & black colour. Originally, we asked ID to paint cool slate & black. But we dont like the colour so we requested him to change the colour. Hi MS07, total renovation cost shd be ard 42K (just an estimate cos we added new things along the way). Some ID say he absorb some too expensive things, we need to bear. So we r also nt sure of the final bill. As for electrical works, it shd be ard 2.8K and lightings we spent ard 1K. Hi flyingballoons & geryl, thanks. we also luv our place very much.

Thanks for tt. By the way, can give me e contact for the curtains? How's the quality? OK?