pinkpetter

mmm ya the colours are very cheery! Where did you pick your tiles? I like the MBR toilet ones too.

I promised to do this on every page so that other new readers will not be misled. For newcomers, people who intend to renovate and people doing homework early. 1) All renovation has its hiccups. Simply because we are humans. Some people experience more hiccups, some less. Same goes for Uncle's clients. Some of us had more problems than others. If you look carefully and actually note down, you'll notice that it's not consistent. This could be due to a number of reasons... some of which involves Uncle, some not. 2) Do your homework. Not just which ID/contractor is good on the forum... but as you read, you should take note of little tricks and tips that people do when they are having their reno... write them down so that you can also do them when it's your turn. Stuff like labelling tile samples and leaving them in the house, drawing the actual electrical points on the walls of the house, marking crosses on stuff to be hacked.... Small stuff. These will come in useful not just in dealing with Uncle but with ANY ID or any contractor... especially when some of them try to spoonfeed you with rubbish information. smile.gif 3) Get as many quotations as you can. I know it's tiring and it's troublesome and sometimes even humiliating... I've been through all that. But get them. At least 8? 10? 15? I had about 20 I think. I can't really remember and I trashed them. Get enough to convince yourself that you have seen enough to say that you like the person's mannerism, work style, reputation, workmanship for that PRICE.... so that you will regret less later on. I've come across some owners who insist on getting Uncle's contact and want to engage Uncle with just very few quotations in hand. I advised them against this and really beg them to go get more. 4) There are plenty of contractors and IDs in Singapore with different range of services, different approach in dealing with people and different prices to offer. The only reason why you keep seeing Uncle Soon's name around this forum is not because he's the ONLY contractor but simply because it just so happens that a number of forummers are currently having their houses done by him. Please go look through at least 3-4 of the following T-blogs - mrspiglet's, smallboy's, fondue's, familyof4's, ivy's, aubrey's, jesperbg's, ashes02's, Native02's, pinkpetter's, Metalsubzero's, gaku70's, growler's, guy77's, blue_diamond's, apples'...... if I missed out anyone.. SORRY LA... very difficult to remember leh. 5) Everyone has varying standards of carpentry. What you may find acceptable may not seem so to another person. Don't take someone's word for it. Go see it for yourself and decide if you think it's acceptable. By that, I don't mean viewing showrooms. I think showrooms are trash. They put together the best stuff with a big budget, which may not be what you will be given anyway. Go see someone's home. It's even better if you manage to get the owner while you're there so you can have a glimpse at whether the owner is happy with the contractor. smile.gif 6)Try your best not to announce that you need an ID/contractor or need a certain contractor's contact. You'll find your inbox flooded with PMs, some from legitimate IDs some from Fake owners. Read through T-blogs and PM the owners of the blogs for their ID/contractor's contact. It's a lot safer that way.

never mind la. I'm sure everyone has eyes to see who has proper upbringing and who hasn't. Don't be bothered F4. Poor hopeless for being flamed just by saying what she wants. Whether or not it's 100% relevant, doesn't matter... So much for "agreeing to disagree".

Congrats then! That headache's over with!! Hope to see the pictures soon!

Wah I love the pink pink kitchen! super nice! So glad that edmund found that pink tile for you... looks fantastic!

WAh ivy!!! your white white kitchen very nice and the altar looks good!!

haha no la I think Uncle scared of my father. My father is uber patient and can watch from morning to night and measure everything right down to the last mm.... when then can see your house finish? *sob*

Ya I saw the negative comments on the other forums too. was a tad worried but service for me was quite good. As for quality of items.. I do think it's a luck thing. Differs from shipment to shipment. like tiles.

ahahha dun be sad. there'll always be more... lol mm the onus is on ourselves as we made the final decision. agree. hopelessness>> haha you're so cute. You even have a disclaimer! You've learnt well. lol

WAH so exciting! Upload photos quick... nice!

wah ya.. don't buy something and become a slave to it. Unless you have extra cash for domestic help. Wah no wonder my ears itchy just now.... people talking about me... haha I'm tired from work but still here to see photos of your houses leh... the extent of addiction. lalallalala can I visit too? hehehehe

huh Aubrey.. take care of yourself... try other dishes la aiyoh...

mm usually if there's a "passing" in the family, then cannot move within 100 days, cannot visit other people's homes... read page 3 to see?

mmm think it's the same lot as mine... except for the china guy who didn't do my reno but helped in the rectifications. As long as they did a good job! MM ... 1k seems quite good leh. My friend got hers at 1.5k. mmm

alamak I don't get to see!!! hahaha liddat I should ask my dad to give him a free haircut whilst we talk about my recess.... lol *wondering* Haiz... ya lor. The letter all the same one mah. Just need to use mail merge to generate. HAIZZZZZ Lol yes yes I want you to run also. haha

haha ya Uncle's favourite 省省做！！ heheh He very nice la... BUT MUST CHASE OK?! after day 5.

hehe I love the roof also..... but I cannot put. WAH you also went to Helping Hands? I really like them leh. We asked them to help with the disposal of some furniture in the house. They did two trips for us but only charged us one trip's money cos they say they are keeping some items to re-furbish. And THEN they gave my dad a free ride back to our home from the old place! So nice hor.... And my dad said they were very fast in moving and pro.

mmm ya. I ordered quite a bit of furniture from S&C and apparently all came from different factories/suppliers/delivery men... So on the day I was moving in, all the S&C things came also. hahahahahaha Luckily... I had extra people (friends) in to help and manage otherwise we would have gone mad. I think service wise don't really need to worry... my dad measured the TV console and there was a slight 1mm curve and he still got them to change it... *lalalallala*

:dancingqueen: twirling like that?? heheh happy for you also.

heh.. ya separate thread also good... but there are people using him now. I think threads like this aren't useful... what's useful are real T-blog threads by real owners... then can really see the process ba.

Ya don't buy. I keep hearing the *tek tek tek tek* sound until I get angry, go out and turn for them.

I love the wardrobes!! Your kids' room looks very well-matched with the wall colour too! NICE NICE!

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lol exciting stocks... ooo Why are they liddat???! Send wrongly then cannot even provide some basic courtesy of calling the customer. haiz.

SO SWEET! Congratulations!