beany0811, does your kitchen cabinet come with anti-slam? I find that their quotation for the kitchen cabinet on a higher side, so am wondering if it does come with anti-slam, if so, i dont mind paying the price :-)

hello moomoo, yep, kitchen cabinets does come with anti-slam - quoted italian brand, but blum was installed, heh.

now waiting for the carpenters to adjust the blum hinges properly.

do check with ur ID tho, and have it specifically stated in ur quotation, that it should come with anti-slam; else by default, it might not.

Edited August 20, 200917 yr by beany0811

hihi,

Care to share how much is the cabinet quoted?

Thanks.

Edited August 21, 200917 yr by Mrs Yeo

our place is currently being done up by ideal design studio too... i agree with moomoo88, that there r no perfect IDs, but then, in all fairness, there r no perfect customers too

being 1st time owners, and naturally, 1st time house proud owners, most of us would expect a lot out of the reno, and the ID - we were no exceptions.

when reno 1st started, we would jump @ every thing that didn't seem to be in accordance to what we wanted.

in all honesty, i guess we did give our ID a pretty rough time, but then, he did give us some anxiety attacks along the way too, kek

as the reno progressed, we realised that things did move, stuff did get completed on time. our ID has delivered what he promised too.

i guess its all a matter of getting used to each other's working style, and having realistic expectations of the deliverables.

for us, a lot hinges on the fact that our ID promised us that @ the end of the day, he would hand over the house to us just the way we want it to, so its a matter of trust, and give and take on both sides.

now that we're into the final stages of our reno, would say that in retrospect, our ID did do a pretty good job, tho' the hubby did have to give him a few pushes @ the beginning.

along the way, changes had to be made to some of the design aspects, and he would send us perspectives of the changes, so we could better understand what had to be done. requests that we have made along the way, like additional lighting points, changes to certain areas, he would also try to talk to his pp and accomodate our changes

our scheduled handover is about a week and a half away... we're waiting eagerly to see the final result

so far, workmanship for the carpentry is good pretty happy so far

Hi beany0811,

I agree with what you have said. The most important thing guess will be the final results of the reno. Trust & frequent communication between us & ID will do great helps too.

Hi all,

My renovation is completed and done by Ideal Design abt 2 weeks ago.

Have to say dealing with my ID Johnson is pleasant for that 6 weeks.

My reno is done in accordance to the schedule. Johnson knows that I am moving on the 9th Aug, and ensures that the 5th week, 7th Aug, he handed to me promptly.

Their workmanship are fantastic, especially carpentry, I have to say.

The designs provided by johnson really suits me ......... as I told him I am not that sort of adventurous type...so I prefer those never go wrong modern designs..

I invite those interested to view my place to liaise with Johnson for arrangements. All are welcomed

Cons...Sure have some hiccups here and there...but Johnson's made it a point to rectify promptly. There is not once Johnson push fault away saying "its like that one". (you know, we hated contractors or IDs telling us that!)

And to Johnson, sometimes when I nasty doesnt mean I wanted to be, I just want to make my presence felt to ensure you dun neglect my site!

Anyway, thanks for everything! You deserves these complements!

Hi all,

My renovation is completed and done by Ideal Design abt 2 weeks ago.

Have to say dealing with my ID Johnson is pleasant for that 6 weeks.

My reno is done in accordance to the schedule. Johnson knows that I am moving on the 9th Aug, and ensures that the 5th week, 7th Aug, he handed to me promptly.

Their workmanship are fantastic, especially carpentry, I have to say.

The designs provided by johnson really suits me ......... as I told him I am not that sort of adventurous type...so I prefer those never go wrong modern designs..

I invite those interested to view my place to liaise with Johnson for arrangements. All are welcomed

Cons...Sure have some hiccups here and there...but Johnson's made it a point to rectify promptly. There is not once Johnson push fault away saying "its like that one". (you know, we hated contractors or IDs telling us that!)

And to Johnson, sometimes when I nasty doesnt mean I wanted to be, I just want to make my presence felt to ensure you dun neglect my site!

Anyway, thanks for everything! You deserves these complements!

Hi Coke,

IS your place at Toa Payoh?

My ID is Johnson too, can to share that I need to take note? mine starting at end of September.

Tiles was selected yesterday.

Thanks in advance

Hihi, just want to update that i have selected ideal design, and work has started since yesterday. It was a pretty difficult choice but after much deliberation, finally decided on ideal -- hopefully wont regret!!! Once it's near completion, I will post some pictures on this forum - i have learnt a great deal from this forum and i hope others can benefit from my experience too! :-)

Hi, has anyone engage Andy? Any comments?

Hi Coke,

IS your place at Toa Payoh?

My ID is Johnson too, can to share that I need to take note? mine starting at end of September.

Tiles was selected yesterday.

Thanks in advance

Hi my place at AMK.

PM me if you need any info

hi greenfish, have u managed to resolve issues with yr ID.

my id is not famous yet i also experienced same issues as u were having. seriously wonder whether can we move on our target date. seems like payg $ yet ended up having to spoon-fed n monitor own reno. one thing for sure, will not recommend frens to use this ID & company.

Edited September 9, 200917 yr by Cookiesmonster

hi greenfish, have u managed to resolve issues with yr ID.

my id is not famous yet i also experienced same issues as u were having. seriously wonder whether can we move on our target date. seems like payg $ yet ended up having to spoon-fed n monitor own reno. one thing for sure, will not recommend frens to use this ID & company.

what is the payment scheme for this company?

hi greenfish, have u managed to resolve issues with yr ID.

my id is not famous yet i also experienced same issues as u were having. seriously wonder whether can we move on our target date. seems like payg $ yet ended up having to spoon-fed n monitor own reno. one thing for sure, will not recommend frens to use this ID & company.

confirm we follow up more that our ID. He only will contact when want us to make payment.

So far still acceptable for the reno but behind the schedule, (should said no schedule from ID).

i also wont recommend any frens to use this ID & company FOR SURE.

Hi beany0811,

I agree with what you have said. The most important thing guess will be the final results of the reno. Trust & frequent communication between us & ID will do great helps too.

yes, the final results r most important. we will be waiting to see the final results of our reno tomorrow... which means all rectification works done nicely and settlements agreed upon amiably.

hopefully HO can happen tomorrow. we will then post a proper review of the entire process

confirm we follow up more that our ID. He only will contact when want us to make payment.

So far still acceptable for the reno but behind the schedule, (should said no schedule from ID).

i also wont recommend any frens to use this ID & company FOR SURE.

hey greenfish, our ID did provide us a schedule... the work wasn't delayed. our ID told us tt he would slot in his pp when he was able to, so we were fine with that. the works to the house were done on time... our HO has been delayed tho, but that is cos we haven't been able to allow them to do the rectification works due to incompatibility in timing; and there r always new things coming up we wanna be ard when its done, so asked them to come and do all @ one shot tomorrow. am gg to tick off each item one by one as it gets done.

hopefully everything can be settled nicely and positively tomorrow... after a seemingly bad spate of publicity, we hope our ID can break the trend n have us post glowing reviews of the entire process!

Edited September 11, 200917 yr by beany0811

greenfish, hope yr reno process is better than mine.

we r going through "NICU" stage

Edited September 11, 200917 yr by Cookiesmonster

hey beany, at least yr delay can be substantiated. ours...:x

goodluck to yr HO.

Edited September 11, 200917 yr by Cookiesmonster