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Spot this, any comment...

Awaiting my 3D drawing from the carpentry contractor, he told me the delay is due to his designer on long leave. Wondering he can produce it by end of this week, just want to make sure everything is on schedule.

Go up to spot check this afternoon, tillers are busy with their work when I visit. Almost complete all tiling area, probably able to finish all with skirting by this week. So far their tiling work is pretty well done to my standard.

Really fast and furious the contractor - tile, sand and cement all were delivered on the 3rd day after our confirmation on the tile selection and 1st payment paid. Officially kick start of my renovation with tiling work first.

Someone PM me asking which ID was selected. Cut story short, we eventually shortlisted C. We think it would be better to engage a contractor instead of ID firm as we believe the overall cost can be reduced if deal with contractor directly. Apart from the pricing, feel that they are trust worthy guys. Heard so many of horror stories encountered with the renovation contractors, we also scared. Hope they can perform a great job in my empty flat - from tile to ceiling, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, etc

Besides above few IDs, we have discussion with others also for better pricing comparison as well as the design suggestion they have contributed. After evaluating the potential ID/ contractors highlighted above, we finally choose one of them for our renovation.

Here are some of the ID/ contractors that we had met, A : An ID sitting down at the void deck. Met this uncle few months ago before key releasing by HDB when I dropped by my new home, he was there to do sales. Coincidentally, met him again one week before collecting the key, he showed his project at the block nearby, design and workmanship not bad. A friendly and experienced uncle on renovation, salute to him as he told me he was there everyday. He visited my unit immediately at the day I collect the key and give me his quote on the next day. B : A young ID. Get his quotation thru email, the cheapest among all we have received. Price quoted really attractive with promotion offered, so decided to meet with him. Items/ work breakdown are spelled out clearly in his quotation. Not bad his attitude and everything seems OK for me with no hidden things I assume. He is responsive and replied promptly to the items I asked to revise. C : A contractor instead of ID firm. No showroom, but have a carpentry workshop just beside office. At first talked to the tile guy and was recommended to his partner who is handling the carpentry work. Quotation offered is slightly cheaper compare to ID firm, quite close to the ID B mentioned above. Can see that both of the tile guy and carpentry boss are hands on guys and knowledgeable. D : Saw their contact from leaflet with very good price advertised. What I can say is the ID approach to us has very good sales skill and aggressive to close the deal even though just only our first meet up. On top of the promotion package, a lot of free items will be give away. Seems like a good deal.

OIC... But I from west.

Hi, YRW stand for?

The past few weeks, we’ve met up with quite a number of ID/ contractor and now already have few reasonable quotations on hand. For us we are trying to keep the cost within our budget, so it is definitely not a fancy renovation, but at the price we can afford. And for the ID we are going to engage, we hope with him we would have total peace of mind throughout the whole renovation process of our flat, hassle free & minimize hiccup.

Minor defect found on the main door

A standard flat without floor tile

Found this in my estate - Alarm units are installed at Studio Apartment for elders, in case they are in need of help.