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Thanks Mrs E for the encouragement. We need it. And thanks for referring D and I did call up her up but when she heard our budget, could tell she doesn't want to do our job. I hate it when pple give me the look when I tell them our budget. With a low budget, really not much choices out there who will take our job. Alan didn't which makes us feel at else. And so we stick with Alan. I can just hope with our simple design, it will be smooth sailing. *fingers (& toes) crossed* Read that the tilers and carpenters are okie, so hopefully is the same for our case. Read about your lousy electrician. May I know the name. Will try to source outside if Alan only has one contact. Am sure you and Mr E are under tremendous pressure with wedding and reno ongoing. I will probably go nuts as well. Hope all the rectifications have been done and the two newly weds are enjoying the new place.

Thanks Simplehuman for the advice! Seems liked u had a tough time. Hope overall u had a lovely place end of the day

Hopefully ur mission impossible will be mission possible!

We hv a fairly simple design so hopefully I will hv a easier time. Thanks for the heads-up!

Lucky u got good lobang on tiles! Once reno starts, it will juz wheez by~

It has been a week! Alan just called that they will be laying the tiles today. Will go over after work to have a look. Hopefully our choice in tiles will look gd as visualised.

That is a very gd pt! Did not think of that! Thanks for the advice and888!

Ohh.. Thanka dear for the lobang.. But I plan to get as a package hob and hood together so likely to pass..

Haha! U really arent in a hurry to reno n move! Am sure alan will be pleased to know he has idol calibre. Hee

Hi greg, hope u get ur carpentry issue solved soon. Luckily u hv sharp eyes or they will juz cover up with marker... Amazing that they thk us consumers are stupid... Geez N yr new york teak kompactop is lovely!

Oh y need to procrastinate over reno start date? Get a fsm calculate. If not pantang, juz tikum a date.. Haha.. I only remember ming dao n that national basketball player n so i googled... Haaaahaaa... I dun think alan is idol calibre but ge does dress well for a contractor...

I guess its u from Jurong! Alan did mention he be doing 3 projects in Jurong..One already started, mine and anor gg to sign... Haha! T-blog is a gd way to record the journey. Do start if u hv time! . U b doing a overhaul?

Hi dreamcatcher! Lets hope our reno will be more smotth! Where is ur new place at and starting reno soon?Gg to start a t-blog soon? Hee!

Kenji, no wor, ur house is bigger than mine~ i love how u n qiuyi design urs! I wld buy ur flat if u wanna sell! Ur house is love at first sight for me n seb! V cozy and warmth and can feel lots of love and effort put in to create that!

Luckily u see earlier and not when few yrs down the road and u hv to revamp everything! Enjoy ur wedding n reno journey! So exciting!

Thatz the issue with engaging a fsm is that u hv to follow. No pt waste money n dun follow his advice..

Thanks retchlow for the welcome! And thanks for ur advice re Alan.. Think we really choose him in gd faith.. Didn't even view any of his clients' works.. Lol.. Merely view pix on renotalk

Haha.. U not my next door neighbour leh.. How was sia huat sales?

We were on a tight budget and our design fairly simple, decided to engaged a contractor. Our chosen contractor is Alan. We got his contact from Renotalk and his quotation is fairly reasonable and comprehensive. I do need to add that a few weeks before we confirm him, there were some bad reviews about him which caused me ALOT of panic. Hub does not read renotalk and I was the one doing the research and should **** hits the fan, it will be on me. I quickly contacted some members for their contractors and arranged for a meet-up and quote. Given the tight deadline, I check up another 4 more. There were two strong contenders. One was young, talented and good in diy and design but his charges are on the high side and our budget does not cover quite a few items. He suggested we do our renovation in stages to spread the cost and suggested some changes to our design to lower the cost. We were very tempted because we can feel his enthusiasm but in the end we drop him because we do not want to compromise our design. Another used to be famous in Renotalk for the last two years but in his own words, rather slacked this year. His quotation was initially higher but he was probably low on jobs and cut his quotation to make it cheaper than Alan to entice us to sign. But hub does not like the way he talk (based merely on gut feeling) and worried he will probably give us the cheaper subcon to 'cover' the discount. He was clearly disappointed when we drop him and even asked to view our flat after the renovation to 'advice' us on our workmanship (Likely to check out his competitor work). Geez. I would liked to thank the advice of previous clients of Alan who advised me on the bad and good (Retchlow, Makanology, Jaykr & Meeko. Really appreciate all the advice. But budget is tight and given the simplicity of our design, hopefully it will be smooth sailing. We sign up with Alan on 24th August and thanks to the latest member meeko write-up about Alan, we are now more confident. Will write a honest review during renovation and hopefully our faith in him will pay off.

Thanks June for the welcome! But we no liked Zen theme. We did consider keeping the platform but felt that we shouldn't keep something that does not fit the theme just because its sayang to throw away. Contractor told us those beams probably cost the ex-owners $200 EACH and there are 6 beams. But all hack away today..

For those who need movers, my friend just moved hse recently and highly recommend oh mighty movers. http://www.ohmightymovers.com.sg/ My friend did compare the quotations so the quote should be reasonable. I liked the idea they provide racks for the clothes and not need to put the clothes in boxes. Or maybe other companies provide this service as well?

Thanks for sharing sia huat sales! It has been saled by some members thatz y i didn't bother to share again~ pocket is gg to burn a hole this wkend ><

@vanessa! Can pm me too!? And whats the price did u managed to get psf? *mucks*

Having hear so much abt fujioh, i plan to get the popular FX900 but the salesman at Hoe kee said it is a old model and mic but FX 890 is made in Japan and newer model of 2 yrs and btr suction.. Any advice ? The diff btw 2 models is just 50 bucks..

@arshavin, salesperson said bosch is the best.. Didnt even bother explaining other brands.. Mayb will go anor outlet and get the salesperson to explain more re other brands.. R u using eletrolux?