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Selection of Interior Designs (ID) and Contractors We were deciding between to engage an ID or to get a contractor for our renovation. The pros of engaging an ID is that ID will have a better design perception and project management skill, whereas contractor, of cuz, will be cheaper in terms of price. We shortlisted a few IDs and contractors from renotalk and and contacted them to get a quotation: PO** H**E - We arranged our first appointment and met up with ID M**k. The impression he gave us was that he is a very experienced and organized guy. He called us up shortly after he has drafted his first quotation to arrange for the second appointment and presented to us his mood board on this laptop and his hand sketched designs. Impressed with his free style drawing (very professional). However, his quotation is also very impressive . Close to 50k ! Way beyond our budget. FU** C*****T- We really like many of their home designs in their portfolio on their website which are line with the concept we wanted for our house. Met up with ID Y***y but she seems to be very busy. Had to chase her for quotation and the next appointment. She never get back to us for the second quotation. Disappointed TH*M S******** - Met up with ID G***en who is rather responsive. However, we feel that he is lacking in ideas since most of the time we are the one giving him our ideas and designs. Well if we are the one giving the ideas, we could simply engage a contractor instead of ID ... Contractor Boon - First impression that he gave us was that he is quite creative which is unexpected from a contractor. His quotation came very soon and we were quite happy with the quotation since it's cheap (compared to all the ID quotations ). He proposed to bring us to his show flats. After viewing his show flats,workmanship-wise we think that it's pretty decent but his designs does not seem to match our theme and we weren't sure if he could pull off the theme that we wanted. Contractor J&E - Saw their portfolio from fellow renotalk t-bloggers which looks promising . They came to our new house and started measuring the moment they stepped in. We roughly told them the design we wanted and they immediately advised us on what is feasible and what is not :thumbs up: Budget-wise, contractor J&E is higher than contractor Boon but still cheaper than all the IDs. Despite their busy schedule, contractor E made time to meet up with us and revised our quotation a few (if not many ) times because we kept changing our designs . Finally decided to engage them

Hi all! We are nearing the end of our house renovation and we have finally decided to share our experience so far Our new house is a 5-room BTO in Waterway Brooks, and here's our floor plan for a start: Both of us prefer a simple and clean house, along the line of minimalistic and nordic feel kinda. We surfed extensively on (it's really quite a useful app!), renotalk (of cuz ;p) and various interior design company websites initially to gather our ideas on how we want our house to be. Being super fickle-minded, it took us quite awhile to come to a decision on the interior design we are both comfortable with. Here's our mood board: Living Room Kitchen Random ideas That's all for now!

Hi! where did u buy your vento fan from?

Hi all, We have received feedback that the wind power of the aeratron fan is not super strong but only decent. We are not sure if it's the supplier's fan problem or is it the nature of aeratron fan, so pls only buy at your own risk.

Hi, Could we have the contact of your stucco contractor? How much roughly did you spend on your stucco? Thanks.

Your house is so lovely! Would u mind sharing with me Mr Yeak's contact? Thanks!

Hi currahee, I could not PM you. Could you clear your inbox?

Hi doubleEM and currahee, We have not install the fan since we have yet to start our renovation. We will let you know when we have install it. Hi currahee, I will PM you the price.

Hello all! My hub and I just went to Malaysia to buy fans and we would like to share our experience. We have been reading through renotalk and we found that the most highly raved shop to buy fans in Malaysia is Tampoi lighting and Starworld. Given the positive experience and reviews by other Singaporeans, we decided to go there to check out the Aeratron AE3, in hope of getting a good price. However, much to our disappointment, the prices there were pretty steep! We were intending to get two of the Aeratron 50" fans (one for my friend) but the salesperson said that the price could not be reduced further. One Aeratron fan was going for around RM 1600. Since we did not expect that the fans would be so expensive, we did not have enough ringgit on hand to buy the fans we wanted. Fortunately, one Malaysian colleague of ours told us that we could check out another shop called HT lighting, where the price there might be cheaper. Refusing to pay the huge amount for the fans, we decided to take a cab down to HT lighting. We were greeted by a friendly salesperson when we arrived. The shop is not as big as Tampoi and only a selected number of fans r on display. We did not see the Aeratron fan on display and were so worried that the shop may not carry this fan. Luckily for us, they have the fan! And even luckier for us, the price was way CHEAPER than Tampoi! By a few hundred ringgit!! Man were we glad that we did not buy the fans from Tampoi and made the decision to come down! They did not have the stock available in the shop, but at another outlet so the sale lady kindly drove us the place to collect our fans. After collecting our fans, the lady offered to give us a lift to city square! So nice of her! We highly recommend this shop, given their good service and cheap prices! Note: We heard from the sale person that prices for imported good will be re-adjusted from September onwards, so do get the fans and lights early before the price hike! They have the vento fino fans too. There is another shop called Best light nearby which also sells fans and lights at a cheap price, but they don't carry Aeratron.