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ID vs Contractor. Our experience with direct contractor

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I hope this information will be useful to all homeowners who wish to save cost on home renovation works. Just as any other couples, we approached a few interior designers to build our dream home. To be frank, we were quite disappointed with their proposed ideas and design.  Im proud to say we were the designers for our own home but of course with the help and advice from our contractor. Since we had to keep within our budget (arrival of our baby around the same time), we decided to do the renovation with a contractor after hearing from friends that it is possible to have a wow home makeover and save significant savings too. Information on renovation ideas are also readily available online. We were very much involved during the whole process. We invested our time on phone calls and checks to ensure evrything goes as plan such as the correct colours, design and layout as discussed with our contractors. Here are some of our house's photos in progress and the outcome. Im unable to upload all the completed photos due to size. All the best in planning your dream home!

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On 4/20/2019 at 11:06 AM, Chiu Sing Yan said:

Would you pm me your contractor's contact info? Thanks!

 

Hi there PM sent

 

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Hi.... Do you mind sharing the contact of your contractor?

jiyes@hotmail.com

Thanks! 

Personally, I have also asked for a number of quotes from IDs. I felt that out of the 9 I met, only one had some initiative to provide some design advice. The rest all just quoted me numbers that were 30% above my indicated budget. No value added input. What's the point of hiring an ID then? Contractors these days also seem to do project mgmt for you. 

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On 4/7/2019 at 2:42 PM, Hayder Wildan said:

I hope this information will be useful to all homeowners who wish to save cost on home renovation works. Just as any other couples, we approached a few interior designers to build our dream home. To be frank, we were quite disappointed with their proposed ideas and design.  Im proud to say we were the designers for our own home but of course with the help and advice from our contractor. Since we had to keep within our budget (arrival of our baby around the same time), we decided to do the renovation with a contractor after hearing from friends that it is possible to have a wow home makeover and save significant savings too. Information on renovation ideas are also readily available online. We were very much involved during the whole process. We invested our time on phone calls and checks to ensure evrything goes as plan such as the correct colours, design and layout as discussed with our contractors. Here are some of our house's photos in progress and the outcome. Im unable to upload all the completed photos due to size. All the best in planning your dream home!

20180320_125826.jpg

20180322_183156.jpg

20180320_125836.jpg

20180323_181919.jpg

IMG-20180320-WA0014.jpeg

20180424_130041.jpg

20190323_142833.jpg

20190323_140411.jpg

20190323_142323.jpg

20190323_141258.jpg

20190323_142749.jpg

20190323_141340.jpg

20180320_122843(0).jpg

20180320_122848.jpg

20190322_211255.jpg

20190323_142213.jpg

20190407_184024.jpg

20190407_184606.jpg

20190407_184219.jpg

20190407_183835.jpg

20190407_184429.jpg

Hi, Please share me your contractor details? Thanks in Advance

 

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