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Hi Forumers & the Community of Renotalk, It's been quite sometime since I've last done my posting here since completing the renovation of our home. Its been a year and everything still seems very intact and new. Guess probably my wife and I had maintained our home well enough. And psk, your comments really made my day. I've got a good laughing-out-loud after reading your groundless comments. And I think that it's an insult to the community and the founder of Renotalk forum. All have to agree that the underlying objective in setting up this forum is to allow common-consumers like us to share our views and comments towards any of the ID firms that we had came across. Take it or leave it with the comments posted by many of us, as these are strongly for your reference purposes. Oh ya, by the way, to be frank and not boasting by any means, I'm the Assistant General Manager of a catering company. Should you need any catering services for any occasion, you may drop an e-mail to my personal mailbox @ derrick_neo86@hotmail.com. I would then re-direct your email to my surbordinates for further action. I look forward to be of service to you in the near future. Please do not PM me as I hardly log-in to this forum since we were done with the renovation for more than a year ago. Thanks and take good care folks!!

Btw, it is common that the ID took the measurement, and the carpenter took the measurement again. This was what happened to us during our reno process also. As the saying goes, seeing is believing. Let's see what's gonna happened in the next couple of days and hopefully everything will turn out well for you.

By engaging debt collector won't help your case. At most they could only help to sent a couple of "Dunning Letters" to them, simply put it, they have no legal rights / power to bring the baddies to court. Unless you are talking about engaging a legal service from a law firm, who can then send a letter of demand which cost abt 100 bucks before GST. Afterwhich, if still no response from Ponzai Concept, Writ of Summon can be issued to them which cost abt $1.5k. With this issued to them is as good as taking them to the court as a civil lawsuit if they refuse to respond again. This was my experience gained while I'm working for a company as a legal debt collector and I hope my 2 cents worth can be of any help to you. In any case, take this as a costly lesson learnt. Next time, before you commence on your reno, do a thorough research on all the ID firms that you have short-listed. I believed you can find tons of topics / posts about the ID Firms. Assess their creditibility and trustworthiness through word-of-mouth from fellow forumers. Good luck ...

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Yap? Nope, mine was done by Susan ... Compare the quotes around and you will know which is best for you ... =)

Hello Farizar, Would you mind to PM me your e-mail address?

Hello leong81, 1 word ... Excellent ... from laying of laminated wood flooring, laying of toilet wall and floor tiles, to carpentry ...

Hello archenemy, Its been long time since i last log-in ... We had just finished with the reno and have been busy with moving in in the last couple of weeks ... Glad to know that you had a good reno experience with them ... Me too, had a good pre-reno, during-reno, and post-reno experience with Urban Design ... Painting wasn't really well-done initially ... For this, we really gotta understand that painter is a 3rd-party, that sometimes its really beyond ID's control ... Most importantly, its the corrective action that an ID should take if any hiccups ... Susan did just exactly that, and had helped to arrange the painter to touch-up, and to my surprise, she even stayed on to supervise the painter to ensure that he do a good job for us ... Really, both thumbs up for the commitment and responsibility shown, and this is 1 of the post-reno service that they had provided for us ... If we comb through the whole loads of postings in this forum, I'm sure you will be able to find many of them who had some bad reno experience ... So, me 2, I would strongly recommend them to our dear frens and relatives ...

Sympathize with your unpleasant renovation encounter. You can try calling Radac also, though I'm not very sure how much they can help. Well, not all contractors / IDs are like this, it really depends on your luck and judgement on that person / firm. All the best to you and I hope you're able to get these resolved anytime soon. =)

You will need to set about 5K to revamp your both toilets only. This of cox includes the bowls, sinks, accessories. The charges for carpentary work depends on your ID seriously, as the prices between the firms varies maybe about $10 to $20 per foor run. Well, you could still do up your home between 10K to 17K if your reno is really that simple and nothing spectacular.

From the way I see it, you have 2 concerns: 1) Quality of the worksmanship 2) The delays in getting the work done Do they provide after-sales service like warranty on the worksmanship? If so, so long as they fulfill the warranty, then you won't have a case against them, and vice versa. As for the delays, are there any time frame stated clearly on the contract, for example to finish the renovation within 2 months? In any case, I doubt so as i don't think this is a common practice, so its difficult to file against them. And, when they collecting the 3 instalments, are there any terms stating in the contract, for example: a) 10% downpayment of the total contract sum amount upon signing of the agreement b) 40% downpayment of the total contract sum amount upon commencement of work c) 40% downpaayment of the total contract sum amount upon completion of tiling works d) 10% balance payment upon general washing If they had collected 90% of your payment without fulfilling the job stated in the contract, then this is call delay.

Who is the ID that you engage? We engaged Susan of Urban Design. A very responsible lady, and always very accomodating to our request. Price is really reasonable right? No worries about the worksmanship, we had just popped by our home last Sunday and both of our toilets had already done up. We really have to give both thumbs up on the quality of the work. Laying of tiles was perfect, and we are really impressed of the way she handled her projects with no delays on the works at all. Most importantly, zero level of worries on the renovation process, just simply hand over your key to them and they will do up the rest of the things. My 2 cents worth and I hope this will help you in your selection of ID.

I was once being told by 1 of the ID from 3D that they are not the cheapest, but the most competitive. The ID of 3D that we met didn't really give us a very good impression, as his pants was quite dirty which gave us an impression that he wasn't a very well-organised guy. In the end, I signed with Urban Design. Our home is still under reno and its 50% done now. What is so good with Urban Design is that, you don't have to worry about the reno work, just hand over the key to them, and they will do the rest for you, a truely great ID firm that offers the least worry to homeowners. Most importantly, not pushy type, and they will put in their utmost effort to work within your budgets.

Hope you've not make all the payments to them, as in fully settled the reno bill. Hold up all the payments until the quality and stuffs are satisfactorily provided. Let's see whose gonna call who Daddy at the end of the day.

I can only say that you are really unfortunate. YOur friend dare to recommend this kind of contractor to you ar? F your friend la. I'm just hoping that you made the required 1st downpayment, normally is 40% of the total contract value. Hold their payment. Since he give you this kind attitude, tell him that you will only pay the balance until when everything is done swee swee. If he decided not to continue the reno work, all the better. Go look for better contractor ...

Wah ... Looks very bad ... I would be worried if I was you ... Not sure how I could help, but do an online research to check if there's anything that can scare the birds away, eg: scarecrow is used to scare the crows away right? heez ... At the same time, try look for your town council and see if they are able to do anything to help ... threaten them by saying if you guys not doing anything about it, you know what will happen to the next GE ... muahahahaha !!

Hello, Looks like you will be having quite a lot of carpentary work. I've engaged Urban Design located at Joo Chiat, and I find that the quote is reasonable, especially for their capentary works. 1) Kitchen Cabinet - $110 per foot run 2) Full Height Wardrobe - $230 per foot run 3) TV Feature Wall come with Suspended Console - $230 per foot run 4) Full Height Display Cabinet - $280 Just giving you a feel of how the market rates' like. People out there, please help by sharing your quotes too.

Hello, just curious, why not getting a reno loan? I thought that reno loan offers 1 of the cheapest interest rate, other than housing loan? True that the workers mostly from Malaysia, but wont you find it a hussle, having to go over to JB and choose the materials, tiles design, viewing of 3D drawings (if any), etc? And what about the warranty, if they offer? Unless you're living in Woodlands, where it's quite near to JB (swim there also can haha). Just my 2 cents worth. =)

Looks like you will be having many carpentary works. Given your description, I think SGD 20k is viable. Here's why I think so, but subject to whether you're having more things that need to be done, eg: revamping your 2 toilets? Doing some L-block false ceiling in your living room? For built-in wardrobe, I've got $230 per foot run. So it really has to depend on your requirement, as in how big do you want for your wardrobe. For revamping of your kitchen, I would assume that you're going to replace the wall and floor tiles. For this, I'm not too sure. But for Solida Surface Table-Top, I've got $70 per foot run, and kitchen cabinet is $110 per foot run. Aren't doing anything to your living room? If so, I've got TV feature wall come with suspended console for $230 per foot run. I'm about to start my renovation soon, waiting for the disbursement of cheque to pay the 1st downpayment to my ID, most prob will start work next week. So far, it's been a good experience with this ID, who is located at Joo Chiat. If you find that this quote is reasonable, I can PM you the contact. Good luck to your renovation.

Cao Ang Mo ... Act High Class si bo? Stay at landed or private property la ... Tell your Cao Ang Mo neighbor this, stay in Singapore, you follow Singapore law ... Bro, you are being too nice to his unreasonable complaints, still go to the extent of writing an apology letter? If I was you, I will tell him to wait long long also don't have hor ... Sue me if you want ... Tu lan 1 lei ...

Frankgal, Unless you believe that there is free lunch in this world, then you will be taken into their so called "Package". I've seen quite a few starting a post asking fellow forumers about the level of damage of the packages, and I had replied to them, "Beware of the Hidden Costs". Now, this is what I mean.

Yes, of course you can change, but most likely you will have to forfeit the deposit that you had paid for, depending on the T&C on the quotation that you've signed. Once you've engaged a new ID, and is about to start the reno work, your new ID will have to apply for the permit again. Its FOC anyway ... Hope it helps. =)

Hello Rickoveron, Sure ... I once engaged her for her service to clean whole of my house ... I was being charged at 100 bucks becox she has to bring along another friend of hers to do the cleaning, since our requirement is to clean the whole house within a day ... The contact is with my wife, and I will PM you once I got it ...

Quite ex lei ... I can get an auntie at 50 bucks for 8 hrs ...