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Hi May and Suyun, Thanks for the reply. As promised, please see the following for the IDs we shortlisted and why we did or didn't. 1. Ideal House - Shortlisted. a)Good Forum reviews. b)Competitive pricing. c)Provided some ID like ideas. 2. Weiken - Shortlisted. a)Competitive pricing. b)Provided the most ID like ideas. c)Technical and good Hand Drawn 3Ds to illustrate. d)Economical ideas that transformed an ordinary space to something looking alot more expensive. 3. Darwin - passed. a) Not really good with any idea. 4. A.d.d. Space - passed. a) Expensive b) not much idea. 5. Defong- shortlisted. a) Competitive Pricing. b) Practical approaches. c) Fast in quotes and revised quotes. 6. Unimax- passed a) 0 ideas. b) Pushy. c) Expensive. 7. Inside Living - Shortlisted a)Recommended by friend. b) Creative. c) Accomodating. d)Experienced. 8. Chng Poh Guan 9. Tay Heng Long 10. Randy Construction-Passed for above 8,9 and 10. a) Expensive. 11. Home Success-Passed a)Pushy b)Expensive. 12. The Ruler Group-Passed a)Expensive. 13. Au Asia a)Expensive. 14. Clas.sic idea a) Expensive. 15. One Design Werkz-Shortlisted. a) Not Cheap but materials shown were all really quality. b) Workmaship was high. c) ID ideas were there and thereabouts. In summation, we shortlisted i)Ideal House ii)Weiken iii)Defong iv)Inside Living v)One Design Werkz. We did not strike off some IDs which were more expensive as we can give up some items to do as primarily we believe sometimes quality > quantity. I would not be posting any pictures of the house or floor plan as yet due to the fact that we have not select an ID. ( Some IDs do hang out in this website.) P.S. there were 3 other IDs that I did not mentioned as they were way above and beyond the budget I gave them. a) Retz and Relaz b) Cissern C) Chew Interior I can understand RandR as they give lifetime the other 2 not so sure why so god **** ex.

Hi Stinz and Potatoes, yes we do have a budget and it was truly tiring in the begining however as we move on from one ID to the next the following unraveled, 1) Industry quotation item for item vary way too much. i.e. per foot run of kitchen cabinet varies from S$90 to S$170, Tiling per square foot (S$3.00 tiles) vary from S$6.50 to S9.50 I can understand some mark up certain items more and charge certain items less BUT there were some who seem to charge every freaking thing at rediculous prices. I gave each and every ID/contractor the same floor plan and design to follow. The quotations i revieved after equating all the quotation ranged from S31k to $120k. ( I shall not name names) In summation of point 1. This industry is full of crap. Many IDs are so full of the stuff that they honestly can't smell how bad they sound when they tell us "S$120k its around there la..." 2) Preview of current project and showflats reveal workmanship that vary way too much. 3) Really expensive workmanship does not equate to Really Good Workmaship. i.e. S47k quotation with plenty of advert had sooo many rediculous flaws in the workmanship and all these in the showroom. Visits to current projects done by the IDs showed cracked laminates, uneven tiling etc. I understand certain workmanship flaws are inevitable however when I point out the flaws (e.g. cracked laminate, you should not reply "Later surface top will cover the cracks." Hello! Cracks will propagate. 4) ID does not necesarily stand for interior designer. i.e. Me:"If you do this the side of the fridge would be visible.(we have an open concept kitchen)" ID: "Then you buy a nicer frige loh"" Me:"This area is very open if we were to place the dining table here" ID:"Then you build a feature wall to cover up." In summation spend more it will look nicer. These numbskulls will never suggest a different area to place the dining table so that it would look nicer. 5) Contractor does not mean cheaper. Some quotes came up to 10k more than ID's. In any case, I would post the shorter list of IDs and reasons as to why we are leaning towards them. Thanks so much all.

Hi everyone, as we would be getting our keys shortly (in one weeks time), we would need to renovate the place. After about 2 months of searching, we have gotten about 20 plus quotes not inclusive of revised quotes. Below is the number of IDs/Contractors that we talked to. As we are on a budget, we would like to have some feedbacks on them to factor in the pros and cons such that we do not waste our money on them. 1. Ideal House 2. Weiken 3. Darwin 4. *** 5. Defong 6. Unimax 7. Inside Living 8. Chng Poh Guan 9. Tay Heng Long 10. Randy Construction 11. Home Success 12. The Ruler Group 13. Au Asia 14. - 15. One Design Werkz Please help us take a look and comment on the abovementioned IDs and contractors such that we may make a better informed decision. Cheers everyone.