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I guess my patience level has been taken advantage of. Arranged to meet plumber to solve my choked toilet basin last Friday. ID told me plumber to come at 10.30 a.m today I went at 10 am in case plumber came early, then can finish early so that I can go off to work. But I wasn't hoping that they will come early la. I called up ID at 9am just to double confirm with him, in case his plumber forget/caught in the jam, whatever reason. I also told him I have to leave latest by 12 noon. (already extend time from my boss, cos official time to report today ia 1130am) ID said he will call plumber up. given normal timing, 10.30 am to 12 can clear duno how many basins...right? I was so wrong! The waiting game started when it is 1045am, no one came. I called ID, he didn't pick up. Nvermind, I wait. while waiting, I take my time to take my defects photo. and even got the time to make the defects into a PowerPoint. This was originally to send to the main ID, asst ID to tell them clearly where and what my defects were. I don't want to risk anymore miscommunication, too much time wasted. So, if my patience is being tested somemore, maybe it will be shared for your case study. The plumber finally reached at 11.55 am. And I need to leave at 12 noon. What to do. Take leave again. To some people, you might have exploded on the spot. I know it is not the plumber's fault, he told me he just got to know about the job. Nice one, ID. I am optimistic. (good or bad?) At least someone came down? Zzzz.... Plumber told me there were some rocks/stones in the MBR basin pipe, got to find another person to solve this problem. (at least he is telling me the truth) wonder what my workers do to the basin. be calm...

sorry, noob here. if I didnt put a dehumidifier, what will happened? I have a wiw near the toilet, i read from somewhere that I need to buy these.

yes, i wonder y ... i dun dare to cut... duno if i will use it in the future? anyway, no need to thank me for organising. I hope we can share info about future purchases/reno stuff and all learn something along the way. Must let ur ID know that you have a huge network of neighbours and most of us are also renovating. Words of mouth spread fast. Like the one man show uncle in baby maro's house, we smile when we see his workmanship;) sorry, no makan and drinks provided that day, made u all walk and see so many houses, many neighbours were friendly and kind to show us their houses. we have to split 2 lifts..lol...

i also want to hide this thing. let me know how much ur ID charge for it. I saw liana's one but not very clear as it was blocked by some doors previously.

yes liana, i have ur number. meepok, i should be buying the normal one. Budget. the line looked obvious under lighting. strange, we didnt notice that when we visit ur plc.

liana, i can understand totally how u feel. for the lights shop, u r not in the wrong. U have the right to ask them to come. May I know did u pay the lights in full before they deliver? did ur buy the lights on ur own? for me, i bought my lights with my ID, though everything is somewhat more expensive than other shops, but ID assured me that lights will be up and his electrician will receive the delivery on my behalf, so for me no such problem. I have heard of people buying spoilt lights, shop say replacement is free, so they deliver down but they charge for transportation which is $30, imagine if only 1 downlight is not working, then u pay $30, isnt this more ex than the light? cool down liana, i think most of us will be around on sats.. hah. if u are waiting for delivery, plan to do other things as well, maybe house hopping, or something else. u know, at 1st, on sat my carpenter told me he will reach my house at 1030a.m I reached at 1015am, waited till 1045am, also see no one. I called him up, he said he is buying some stuff, his workers should be on the way. they reached at 12.30 eventually. I thought they will come at 1030,so I think by 1pm they should finish their work, so I can house hop. But sometimes they just cant helpto be late. I ever waited for my ID for 4 hours before..zzz so I took that 2 hours to shop around TPY loh or makan, go library read books, then u wont feel so angry.

hihi... I will come again to see ur house. urs is a different concept altogether, it was bold =) and ur super longggg warbrobe... gosh... y didn't I think of that.. hahaha.... ur mbr looked real cosy after the hacking. =) by the way, does anyone here have lobang for bomb shelter racks? I havent do. want to check the market rate with some of u who have done it. Is the metal one good or plastic ones better?

usually they get their commission from the shop, while the shop sell u more expensive than walk-in cust. eg, retail price for walk in= $ 100 come with ID= $ 130 $30 is their commission. invoice will have ID's name written somewhere.

perhaps =) since they have agreed to change, and it is changed already. I didn't ask much. we can't tell 5 yrs from now, whether hollow tiles will pop. it is better to be safe than sorry. Warranty for workmanship is at most 3 yrs, some even shorter. punggol have many of hollow tiles pop up cases, (those were built 5 yrs ago) and it is really inconvenient. as one tile pop, will affect the whole row. those who have children at home, also need to be careful. Good day.

the input of chemical was suggested before, but we didn't take it. we don't really know how much the chemical can do. do u have any idea? we go for the tougher, safer solution, hack. it takes 1 day to hack and relay. as i was talking on the phone with babymaro just now, i have no idea why tilers want to make hollow tiles. they are just making themselves busier with the little amt of cement they saved. tilers can do a gob job 1.. my bedroom room no hollow tiles @ all. same team doing. strange tiler. depends on mood mah?

hahaha... it is ok... ur height is really good for checking defects at higher grounds =) I will talk to them soon.

4th neighbour with straight door. I think i shall just use boonkitty's door to show my capenter that straight doors are normal. =) have u got ur 3d drawing?

hahaha... I like the way jacky wrote in pink. =) mine should be unknown ABS trimming. I cant tell the diff between this trimming and verneer finish, may i know whose house did the verneer? the houses which i visited today all use the same as mine except for liana's house, her have lines on the place where we open the cabinet. red colour kitchen, whoever can recall, pls help to answer this part. my kitchen cabinet is grey glossy laminate with soldid plywood, does that mean that the joint line is bigger as in wood under it can be seen? mine wiw should be -- plywood construction, white pvc carcass. Normal $$$ normal $$$ but I cannot accept not normal workmanship. haha =)

thanks mrs png for the open house as well... =) my legs ached after all the walking. :B oic. ask u a critical qn, since u r also doing false wall to hide bomb shelter. is ur false door straight when opened?

my main ID is now in reservist, i didn't really want to disturb him. I will speak to the asst ID 1st, see what he says. after walking to so many neighbours' house, 1) i must say that my ABS trimming (kitchen) is not well done. 2) wiw has a as big as 50ct patch in the internal side. workmanship also soso. but gadgetman said his also something like that. but others that i visited is far from that. all in all, i think it is the carpenter's team workmanship cannot pass. though it is nice of them to come and work today. thay must be shocked that there are so many neighbours to see their workmanship. Asst ID has a slight disagreement with my uncle a few times, said that he is to fussy, I guess not. My uncle has to even tell the carpenter what to do. 3) for cut leg tiles, I can only tell the tiler 1-2 weeks from now. My uncle said can only test the new replaced tiles after this time period, any time earlier not accurate. maybe I should just print this out and show my main ID. save me the trouble to tell all over again. = / Thanks meepok

can you share how much is the wardrobe and how many feet? I am looking for one wardrobe for the common room.

nice painting. how much does it cost?

haha. nice stuff:- 1) PD doors are nice, practical. HDB toilet doors like want to chop our leg or hit the shower screen. 2) Blum system is cool. 3) The large (12 feeeeeeeet) wardrobe is beautiful. now then I know that the internal wardrobe can be black. I must be such a noob to think that internal can only be brown and white. hi, thanks for asking, but will prefer to keep ID identity as I still trust that he is doing his best to rectify. Neighbours who came today also didn't know. =) Will update this thread until I moved in. Good things about ID (Don't say I only say defects, I also praise for good works k) Those who are doing home shelter feature wall, the design must work well with the main door hinge. (this part, my ID did well by measuring it in such a way that they won't knock against each other) The aircon box up was nicely done. space planning was moderately fine. -workmanship is something that I scratch head- ---------------------------------------------------------- so neighbours, do u think I am fussy after today's visit? and ya, did I miss out any defect, feel free to tell me, discuss here also can, so that all of us can learn. -------------------------------------------------------------

hi Mrs Png, thanks for showing us your house today. =)

Updates for today Thank you neighbours for coming today. Hope it was a good experience for all. I believe our legs were aching. =) but worth it. learnt a few things today: 1) hollow tiles when hacked and replaced, will experience unevenness, a cut leg feeling. (I will ask my tiler to do something about it.) 2) My slightly slanted Home shelter feature wall door. (Sure have to change, I see 1 complete door with mirror not slanted, 3 other neighbours' door also not slanted. so carpenter better don't 'smoke' me in believing that door is standard. you should see how the carpenter try to convince me he said he cant guarantee a perfectly straight door even if change to new one, he even said if i can look for a contractor to can make a perfect door, he pay for me. 3 neighbours heard that. is carpenter trying to tell me he has no skill? if i need to find the contact to get my door made, what is an ID for? Anyway, carpenter agreed to change the door, so let it rest.) My mirror door doesn't flush. carpenter told me cos I need that bulge area to do tic tac. Also not true. I have seen perfectly flushed(Straight ones) 3) Kitchen workmanship is rather rough. My laminate joint lines is just too big until I can see the brown wood. And it is not uniform. ABS trimming isn't well done. I should just ask my main ID to take a close look. forgot to tell u that I have 2 ID. (The main ID is the one I signed the reno, the 2nd ID is his asst. his asst was the one who was in charge of the carpentary part, I was rather shocked that he didn't see that the workmanship isn't really tip top) 4) Laminated flooring. I realised my ID used a different type of skirting, not the straight kind but triangle kind. As for the floaty feeling,I heard 2 sayings. HDB floor not even, weight of owner will balance the uneveness 5) Paint Common. Minor touch up needed.

mr gadgetman, feel free to come and kpo =) PM u my contact and unit number already. c u. can i see urs after the house hopping? Urs looked so swee in the sig. envy envy =) Pls come and see and advise on my reno. can see that u r the lao da ge here. haha.. hi gal gal, may i know how much is your reno cost? 4 rm or 5 rm? Thanks.

may i know what is the bad experience? Perhaps you can elaborate more, so that we can see how high the chances are to get back ur deposit. how much is the deposit? it seems like an early stage to me, is there some miscom?

hey mrs png, i want to see ur kitchen leh.. can I PM you my number?

I think only ID will try to disguise as house owner to gain sales, seldom the other way round. why would a house owner disguise as ID? lol. Cheers.

dear neighbours, Pls take note that this sat open house timing has been changed to 1pm. see you =)