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Oh...sad to hear that...maybe his price increased since the last time he did reno for me...

You can try Henry from ID Note or Mr Yeak. Of course there are cheaper contractors out there but dunno whether they can be trusted or not. Have heard horror stories about some of them so I think better be safe than sorry.

I have emailed the quotation to you. He also charged me for clearing of debris and acid cleaning. But I think that's rather normal...I have seen contractors/IDs charging for that as well. You can take a look at pictures of his work in my T-Blog (The link is in my signature). As for the bargaining, you can bargain once you are very sure you want to hire him to do the work for you...for me, I bargained after my final quotation and got some stuff done for free (but just a few hundreds la, won't be much).

Yea, hopefully it will not be repeated again...

1. I didn't have any problem with #1 because all my warranty cards were removed from my items before the reno commences. 2. Mine smoked as well but they threw it into the toilet bowl I think. I saw it floating there so I just flushed it away the next day if I saw it. 3. Hmm, never had this experience so far. My kitchen cabinet was one of the last piece of carpentry though and the workers really helped to clean them (mine was all white) before handing the house over to us. They even helped us to sweep the floor after they are done installing all the carpentry work. Hmm, what I can say is...if it doesn't leave any permanent damage, just feedback to the workers and let it go...hopefully they will take care and don't repeat it in the future...

Hi, I have sent you the quotation for your reference The contact is also in there. Yup, I am a very satisfied customer of Ho Bee so that's why I have been recommending him to my friends and forumers here. But I think he has a busy schedule so do contact him fast! Hope you will have a smooth reno journey!

Welcome Don't worry, Patrick will do a good job!

Hmm I think need the surface to be smooth before you can put the wallpaper on...otherwise might not stick? Just my opinion...wait for other experts to come in

Sent!

Patrick can be contacted at 6788 5841 (Office) or through his wife, Mrs Quek at 9773 6584

To get the quote revised, I usually will meet up with Patrick or I will e-mail what are the additional stuff I need. Then he will edit and send me the revised version with his signature via post cos I need that to apply for my reno loan from bank. Turbo oven is functioning well for me so far...but my baking is limited to mostly cookies and casserole dishes...haven't really tried baking cakes so dunno how good the oven will be when it comes to that. But so far, it is good and user-friendly...my cookies turn out well most of the time (well, according to ppl who ate them )

Yea sure I can send to you..but need your email add

Poh Joo stuff not bad, I bought all my toiletries and sinks from them. So far functioning fine. Though their taps have this filter in them, will cause the water flow to be smaller. So you need to ask your plumber to remove the filter before fixing it up in your toilets.

Definitely cheaper. But of course you will need to do more work as compared to what you have to do when you hire an ID...

Hee thanks for the compliments All the best...you can gain a lot of renovation knowledge here This forum helps me a lot during the planning of my renovation hehe

I went to 5 (2 IDs and 3 contractors) before finally deciding to use Patrick. I think looking for house is even more sian...I went to visit more than 50 houses before I found my current hse

Sent...good luck!

Nope he doesn't because he is not an ID...so you need to plan all the layout yourself...

Yea, would need your email add...you can PM me that

Welcome Finally, another fellow Patrick-ers

Hehe no prob, have fun!

Actually it's easier if you create your blog here...this is where you can find all the t-blogs...then the readers can go into the thread and leave feedback/comment too http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showforum=50

Oh yea, forgot to mention about that lolz...we also have to chase the air-cond man to do everything fast for us so that Patrick can continue on with his work. We also got our air cond unit from Gain City (Woodlands branch). Besides that, also make sure you get your tiles, bathroom accessories (toilet bowls, basins etc) ready so that all the renovation works can proceed smoothly and according to the schedule

I think starblume is currently engaging them. Ho Bee renovated my house around 4 months ago, so if you like, you can visit my T-Blog (link is in my signature) and take a look at their workmanship...

Haha yea lor... Lately seldom come in cos my job has been a killer lor...I am even struggling to maintain my work/life balance...a lot of stress at work then come back still have to clean house, do laundry...so tiring... But luckily hubby has been understanding and help out with household chores otherwise I think I will be dead by now... But now school holiday start le so got a bit more time...so come in and kepoh kepoh a bit lor haha