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No it is not common, a professional ID would already know what are the costs involved, because once a contract is signed its done, he cannot go back and change the quotes, any ID that does that after contract signing is not worth his salt in my opinion

Its more than that actually because hardwood is tougher and might be resistant to elements unlike parquet over the long term

What type of house is yours? condo or landed?

TS yours is a HDB apartment or a private one?

The thing is no matter what colour grout you use you will still need to spend time and effort to keep your grouts clean

Parquet seems to always turn out this way although it may look rather nice but there is alot of maintenance going into parquet floorings too

But i guess if you have a mold problem then the black silicon would make the problem less obvious in my opinion

Actually molds are really like ghosts, they always seem to return

Oh correct skirting usually should be around living room area, thanks for pointing that out

This type of job quite common and most contractors should be able to handle it

What an ambience it must be, lol

My father in law one lasted 20 yrs already

First time in my life i heard any contractor does this, hmm

I would agree as well, having a base is a better option

I am actually planning to do something similar, hmm, would be nice if someone had a similar experience to share