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Dear Forumers, See if anyone of you had use these before and can provide any advise as i am planning to install these for my new 4RM BTO and wish to get quote from here as well. 1. Aircon - Mitsubishi Heavy Industry System 4(3+1) inverter. (i had an open kitchen so i might need to a bigger BTU in the living room) 2. Storage Heater - Ariston 30L 3. Ceiling Fan - KDK (With light) 4. Hod and hood - Rinnai (gas hod) Appreciate if anyone who are using it can advise? Thanks, Shayne

Hi all, Just to update these few months of experience searching for IDs/Contractors. After looking at so many IDs, still not able to meet my 35K budget, so i search for contractors instead since i do not actually needs an ID as i already had ideas of the design for my house and i dont wish to pay so much more for the 3D design. For your info, the lowest IDs quote i have is about 42K and highest is 58K, guess that ID is just trying to rip me off. But when i just approached 3(Aristo woodcraft, Ming Sing Construction and Ehrlich Builders) contractors, they all quoted me between 32K to 35K only for the same requirement as per IDs. In the end, i had chosen Ming Sing construction as my contractors for the following reason : Price is really reasonable, some stuff like floor protection, installation of normal hob and hoob, sink etc is FOC, and it is established in 1982, 34 years in contractor line. so should have some kind of standard. And they are like the traditional kind of doing business. down to earth. Best of all, no GST. But please do not expect everything to be very competitive, some items(like window grills) are abit on the high side which i will engage other contractor to do it. But the con is that what they will not provide you any design ideas, you will come up with your own design ideas and he will just help you to execute it.

Yes, i tried buying a washing machine before. Price is super competitive and its really Cash on Delivery. However, when you first walk in to the shop, dont expect anyone to serve you. And also they do not entertain you if you have lots of question. So this simply is just a buy sell shop. Some models they do not carry. Pros : Price is competitive. Cons : No customer service and limited model selection.

Hi JLinBigABC1 , Can PM me your contractor details? Thanks in advance.

Thanks VtrustReno, So far out of so many IDs, only the ID from Design 4 Space is really good. Constant follow up, very attentive, and his quote is reasonable and he already done lots of mark up for me, like furniture layout, flooring and false ceiling etc. And the best thing, he is not a pushy type. Ask me slowly compare..haha.. and feeling from him is pretty good. Propose to me a lot of useful ideas and trying his best to meet my budget with everything in.

Hi all, i am pretty new to this forum and i sign up due to getting my BTO flat in AMK coming in a few months time. So, i had went to these IDs and provided some feedbacks but not sure the IDs are good or not. My budget is around 30-35k for those stuff that i would like to do. See if any one have ever come across any of the IDs firm, hope you can help to feedback. 1. Sky Creation - First impression: Seems like a big ID firm, Many customer when we meet up our ID, under case trust and RCMA - Our ID: Seems pretty young and new to the line but he won design award before(based on what he say). We had already meet up 2 times and what we discuss he always draw/write on our floor plan. but recently just receive his quote and is either many items missing or additional items is unwanted. Furthermore, the 2 times when we meet up he keep pushing me to sign up the package when i never even receive an official quotation!!! Abit piss off with this approach. For me, at least i need to see the price that i am going to pay for before i make decision. And he seems abit forgetful too. Going to meet the ID again for the 3rd time this Sunday. - Quoted : around 38K (GST included) 2. Design 4 Space - First impression : A small ID firm, not much people when we went there, no case trust, only RCMA. - Our ID: Email him at first to get a quote base on my mark up floor plan and not long he call to follow up to clarify my requirement. First initial quotation come very fast. This ID seems ok when meet up first time but i am pretty surprise that he done quite alot of work when we meet up - different plans for my flooring, layout, false ceiling and L-box etc. And he gave me a number of good suggestions for space planning. And he will listen attentively to you when you tell him what you want. So far,my impression towards him is good. Even after first meet up, he call to follow up with me on the changes that we made.but the cons is that they totally do not have any free upgrades unlike more of the IDs. Now we are waiting for his second quotation and meeting up for the 2nd time on coming Sunday as well. - Quoted : est around 33k (based on first initiate quote + Adder, GST Included) 3. Starry Homestead - First impression : We are walk in customer and seems like nobody willing to serve us. Found a staff and ask if anyone available and randomly assign us to 1 guy. - Our ID : First impression he look fierce. But as we go along, we are quite impress as he is the only ID who did a rough impression sketch for us and he got lots of wild and bold ideas which is pretty nice. Out of all the ID we seen, he is one that worthy of being interior designer. lol.. we even go to the extend of talking about fengshui and ba zi.... keep telling us when we add something or select a particular material must have a purpose so at least this is how you spend your money wisely on reno. having said that, quotation never come.. haha... expected as i seen some of their online reviews. maybe this id just (Xiao Kian)entertain for fun. Dont think we will continue with starry. - Quoted: No quote. 4. Imagine Creative Design - First impression : Wa, the showroom design look pose!! Case trusted... - Our ID : Seems abit beng to me... feel we dont really can click. and when we discuss on our requirement and all these, he ask me to get it from outside as it is much cheaper. maybe out of 10 items, 5 i will need to get it from outside. i am just thinking what for i need to get an ID if i am to buy by myself. haix.. as it goes on, he keep emphasizing "don't worry, i will give you a good price and ensure good quality. at the end of the day i also depend on word of mouth to market my service ma." The more he say the more i worry on the price. Haha, as per what we predicted, he give us very good price. !!! highest of all the 5 IDs who provided quotation. And somemore quotation totally no dimension mentioned. E.g Design and fabricate Full ht casement wardrobe in master bedroom $3,150... Haix... quite disappointed. First time meet up and first quotation like that, decided to drop this ID too. - Quoted : Around 41k (GST included) 5. Diamon Tif - First Impression: Not yet visited, coming Sunday will be the first meet up. - Our ID: So far based on email, seems pretty fast respond and well follow up. received the first initial quotation base on similar design submitted to all the IDs and the quotation price seems quite decent. And there are alot of free upgrade in the premium package that i wanted in our house. Will update again after first meet up. - Quoted : Around 33~34K (GST included) 6. Ken Home Design - First Impression: Not yet visted, no intention - Reason : Cannot find good reviews about them, many negative reviews. - Quoted : Around 39K (GST included, many unwanted items) And below are the other few IDs which we are thinking to try and need recommendations: - Orangecube - Darwin Interior The above quotes are based on the same items (apple to apple) . Hope you guys can share some of your experience if you come across any of the above IDs or Good IDs that you have come across.