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kewin

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  1. Just make sure that you do not advanced cash payment and ensured that he/she who is your contractor had the HDB license. Ask he/she to show you the HDB license ID before enaging this kind of deal. I, myself was once a victim too believing into the story and I end up in this situation. Well, having HDB license contractor may or may not had good workmanship quality but it at least assure you that when DISPUTE arrived you have something to safeguard on. A terrible mistake that I had made by believing that a contractor who claimed that he can do permit using his friend's company. Later did I found out that the Company is just an empty shell. I am still tracing this issue and every evidence I am still keeping till today incase this unreliable want to dispute again.
  2. Firstly, it is important to make sure they at least had HDB License (Having HDB Licnse. Secondly, all payment must be over to the company ID, not through the Contractor pocket. Most renovation Contractors usually run out of cash flow, and they will normally tried to get bits and pieces of job and cover those costs here and there. A reason for a HDB license or BCA Licence is just to cover yourself in-case of any disputes arises, you can look for the respective authority to persuade into the matter. Do take note, your payment with Contractors must always get a receipt or confirmation either by writing or SMS to you when you started making progressive payment.
  3. This skeptical contractor sometimes might end up telling you all sort of good things and tried to persuade you with their good quotes. Firstly, it is important to make sure they are at least HDB License. Secondly, all payment must be over to the company ID, not through the Contractor pocket. Most renovation Contractors usually run out of cash flow, and they will normally tried to get bits and pieces of job and cover those costs here and there. A reason for a HDB license or BCA Licence is just to cover yourself in-case of any disputes arises, you can look for the respective authority to persuade into the matter. Do take note, your payment with Contractors must always get a receipt or confirmation either by writing or SMS to you when you started making progressive payment.
  4. Just a word of advice, cheap price does not mean good. You might end up alot of troubles. Tried to make sure that the contractor got HDB Licence. It is just an assurance to cover you if any dispute arise.
  5. Make sure the contractor had BCA or HDB license (RADAC) while doing such work. It is just a measure to protect the consumer if any dispute may arise both parties when work is started.
  6. Just be wise into looking for a contractor. Make sure they had HDB license. Well, contractor does have HDB license and for some reason they say dun know, dun trust them.
  7. Popping up of tiles also depend, are you doing Overlaying. Most case, if you are doing overlay, popping of tiles can happened. For my case, I hacked away the floor tiles and cement screed, than laid Laminated Flooring which will no tiles can pop-up.
  8. Call up Town Council and asked, just a simple telephone could resolved your issue. Alert and prompt your contractor that you had called up Town Council and check the information..
  9. What I did is, paint to wall colour for the box plate. Not so obvious.
  10. I am also using Supreme AC5 not bad. But my floor got scratches.. heartpain. All laminated company the same, lifetime warranty is only on the labour (i think) but they charge material only.
  11. use davidjones grout sealer. One packet $9 plus, or else you get white cement.. not those putty type.. is cement type. Remember to buy 1 sponge.. those wash car one.. how I do patch my house grouting line.. I apply DavidJones Grout Sealer into my floor than I wet the sponge and brush over it. Later, I mop the floor.
  12. Yah.. my Kitchen cabinet badly done. I was shock to know that there is another victim using the same contractor as me.
  13. I AM NOT THE FIRST VICTIMS. There is another forum member who is also in the same situation using the same Contractor. I hope this forum member could post your experience and what happened. We are both using the same contractors.
  14. The company I think does not even know my house is renovated as they had never received any payment. All my payment to him is directly to my Mr. XXX Contractor. In the first place, when I asked him why I cannot write a cheque to his company, he boldly say that it is very troublesome as he need to ask someone from the Company to withdraw out the money so and so. He prefer direct dealing. Remember, when the Contractor ask for payment, make sure you write a cheque to his company to let them know his dealing or else if there is any disputes, the company does not even know you existed.
  15. Hey DoubleJ, Your encounter was almost similar to mine. My kitchen cabinet was badly done. My flooring white colour grout line either stained with black or some lines came off. My tiles are unacceptable as the bathroom tiles got black stain. When I started to clean the house than I notice all this crap. My house electrical wiring is crap, all the Box got holes and I had to used silicone or white powder to cover it. He will tried to be funny and now will PM you to self-explain he is correct. He change mobile number already, his facebook and he quickly changed all the information. He change his Company Name he work as, best part he even removed his photographs, but luckily my friend had saved a copy inside my USB drive with his Info Profile. He seemed to be in facebook everyday playing Mafia War. I asked my friend to added him as friend to play Mafia (inside his so-call MPR group) and he is helping me to monitor his profile. (My friend also very high level in that group.. (200-300 ++ level)). I am not leaking out too much information. Manage to track down somemore, not sure whether did he owed a cooking store in Geyland Lorong. If he never do anything bad, why he had: 1) Change Mobile Number 2) Change Facebook profile and removed the company he worked with (which is the one he signed contract with me) even removed his photographs (I had a copy of all the photos, I think I saw some he took photos with some girls). 3) Never login into renotalk since 16 May but I suspected he using another account. He will be here sure to see my posts, as his MSN got notify of my movement. Because he added me as friends to get notify mah. I really cannot take it.. I am about to blow all this up to Straits Times Forum.. big big one.. let the whole Singapore knows. My kitchen cabinet is badly done, especially the joints of the cabinet is not crap. I will post some pictures tomorrow. Each time I started cooking, I start to see the fault. I am also stressed up because HDB refused to give me my CPF Top Up Grant as they say I had missed the dated-line. Sadly I do not have original documents as my wife and child cannot come in the first place to submit the documents. I am also alone doing the house renovation and over-see this. I did not even know that my child can qualify as she become a Singapore Citizen in China. I though my child needs to be 21 years old as my wife still not PR yet. I am already stress-up with this, and yesterday letterbox issue I called up HDB officer to informed my estate officer. I am waiting for appeal.. this
  16. Make sure your contractor had proper HDB licence to do all this hacking works and removal and installation of Windows Grill.
  17. My letterbox today had been damaged. It is very empty, no letter or even those advertisement flyers inside. Someone use screwdriver and force open. The side all have screwdriver marking, and dents marks. I taken photographs, might have to take actions.
  18. Make sure your contractor got HDB Licence.
  19. hey. have you pay him the last payment.. if no, you still got the right to demand. Is there any leftover pieces of the floor tiles. Get him to rectify else you can always tell him you are going to deducted.
  20. swap room no toilet.. haa haa. i think he want privacy and toilet break
  21. I am in dilemma, his workers keep calling me now and say he seem to change mobile number and refused to answer his call. I showed them the Contract Agreement and they say the Company does not even belong to him. He is again borrowing his friend's company to sign my agreement. I put up Police Notice to let them see and not to harassed me. I know he will be online to this forum to see this. If you see this, kindly ask your workers not to call me. They call me to ask whether I completed the house and they never received the payment and if you change number, please notify them?
  22. They are few packets of cement that is still left behind. Just because no ... is given Even if I give, I think no workers is going to clear it up and no touch-up to be done. Very irresponsible... He see me 'Ho Jia', in the beginning... The workmanship of the kitchen cabinet is acceptable only. Will post some pictures soon
  23. Make sure you look for contractor with HDB Licence or else if you have problem in disputes it is very difficult to resolved as contractor always had cash flow problem and they will always ask for advance payment. Make sure you make progressive payment and do not buy in their auntie/uncle stories.
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