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Normally, Upon confirmation u need to pay - 10% of the agreed price Upon commencement of renovation works - 40% Upon delivery of materials on site/carpentry works - 40% Upon completion - 10% (make sure defects is all done then pay up)

Renovate whole place is a vast term. Depend on what u required to renovate? Eg.Hack a wall. Setup up partition. Carpentry work. It's all costly stuff can easily reach $40K.

How come I'm still unable to see the picture.

at least you get to hold on to the 10% until defect is done

1. List down to-do list and get a few interior designer to quote. 2. Look through their quote and rough design and improve it. 3. 1st round of eliminate 4. See the actual house and get the final quotation 5. 2nd round of eliminate 6. FINAL CHOICE - can discount anot or any freebies to thrown in. 7. Sign Contract a) When do we eliminate the rest of the ID? Anytime, as long as u dun like the ID, he would be eliminated. b)When do we get the 3-D design? As soon as they done drawing it. Roughly 2 week should be enough lah. Note: Dun pay them money for the 3D design 1st, if they say company policy. U jolly well walk out without 2nd thought. c)When can we see their sample flat to have a a feel of the worksmanship? If they have it in hand, they would invite u after the 1st round of eliminating. d)When do we sign the contract? Definitely after u make your decision at last. Note: Some firm tells u to pay deposit 1st to chop a good price and if u later dun want to choose us we will refund you. Dun believe them "chop their head" instead coz u won't be getting your deposit back. In the end when u forfeit then they will threaten to sue u saying that u got sign contract with them. It's a TRAP used at their booth in singapore expo.

Of course, there are good contractor out there too. I understand that you are having budget constraint but Follow what your heart tells you.

nope, i tell you the steps to upload photo here. But u need to register an account with photobucket.com 1st after that on the top left hand corner you would find "album & upload" right below the word Photobucket. For upload photo from your computer to renotalk. You need to upload to photobucket 1st. Click on CHOOSE FILES and click on the photo u wanna upload then click open then u will see this screen. Ater uploading choose a description name and return back to album. Then click on the box beside "IMG CODE" and right click and then copy the whole string of code from and then paste it in the thread that u wanna put your photo.

could you upload the picture of the rooms. then we could give u some comment on the colours

If u are OK with the review and have to supervise their work regularly, I have no comment liao. All the best.

Hi guys, I think before you all jump into any contracts, do a search on the company reputation 1st. This is what i saw in SBF, click on the link below SBF review on gek Jin

From my opinion the sequence is 1. Toilet - Change of WC, new vanity fitting 2. Change Aircon 3. Kitchen Cabinet 4. Floor Polishing 5. Carpentry Work for Living room, MBR 6. Painting

You've got a 5th choice, thats overlay laminate flooring. Confirm cheapest of all. Some more not that difficult to maintain. You've seen alot of ppl posting their id/contractor quotation. As the experience home owner here could give u comment on which item to ex. Which item is missing? Which item you could save on? Is your ID/contractor over-quote u? etc.

Hi Mimi, Sometimes i don't like to see the quotation given by the contractors. It's so messy dunno whether purposely one or it's their style of work. They dun do the breakdown of item into each classification, for new comers confirm blur one. Take for example. The quotation that i post and the one that ah huat given u, which one is more easily understood in a glance. If i breakdown ah huat quotation, u would understand what i meant by messy. Hacking & Dismantling Dismantle & clear kitchen cabinet. $400.00 Dismantle living & master bedroom laminate floor. $800.00 Hack & plaster back hollow part in master bedroom toilet & kitchen wall. $400.00 Masory (tiling) Over lay kitchen wall tiles. $1,944.00 Over lay kitchen floor tiles. $1,100.00 Master bedroom toilet wall tiles. $1,300.00 Do you already got the base for kitchen cabinet etc... Kitchen wall tiles along master bedroom & bath room 1 & 2. $1,512.00 Is he talking abt hacking or overlaying Master bedroom toilet floor tiles. $400.00 Living hall & master bedroom toilet floor tiles. $3,028.00 You See that 2 item in red why is your master bedroom toilet floor tiles being charged twice. Could u explain? Electrical Work Re-install kitchen & one toilet wiring. $500.00 So he just re-install(using back the old wire) only not rewiring(change a new one) already cost $500 Living hall add one lighting point. $50.00 Two lighting point. $100.00 Is he supplying and installing those lighting point or just adding new lighting point. I'm quite surprise that he don't need to dismantle the existing lighting then put new one in. Supply & install eight lighting point. $400.00 Plumbling Install one wash basin. $60.00 Install one toilet bowl. $120.00 Install sink. $120.00 How about supply labour to install toilet accessories, instant heater? How about the Taps, shower mixer, washing machine tap? Stainless steel pipe in master bedroom toilet. $300.00 Does he mean relocating of your piping or reinstalling your piping. I'm surprised that he dun need to dismantle the existing water piping and gas piping in your kitchen before overlaying your new tiles. Capentry Platform in living hall. 120 X 360 cm. $750.00 Kitchen cabinet 17 ft. $3,400 He's charging u $200 per foot, Are you sure u Ok with it? Solid surface. $1,530 Solid surface plus change all hanger & alter kitchen cabinet for hood. $2,500 Why is your solid surface being charged twice? I thought he already dismantle the kitchen cabinet why is there an alter kitchen cabinet for hood. Construct five pillar plus four feet bench in living hall. $1,250.00 Cabinet for seal master bedroom toilet pipe. $910.00 Shower screen. $600.00 Install L box in master bedroom. $650.00 Door? I'm surprised that he dun need to dismantle your toilet door before doing the overlaying of tiles. some more overlaying tiles takes up space and your existing toilet door might not be able to reuse again. Plastering & Painting Plastering both toilet ceiling & kitchen only). $500.00 Plastering kitchen, master bedroom & two toilet ceiling only. $500.00 Paint kitchen, master bedroom & two toilet ceiling only. $400.00 Does he provide painting of sealant for your toilet and kitchen ceiling? Misc Debris chute suspended kitchen cabinet. $450.00 Ventilation fan. $300.00 Mirror above wash basin. $150.00 Sun shade plaster roll to lay over master bedroom wardrobe mirror. $300.00 Debris fee? Haulage fee? Permit fee?(if any), corrulgated paper? acid wash? TOTAL $21,394.00

You better put you picture in the t-blog. To share the picture here. u need an account in photobuck or imageshack.. See the link below on the steps http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1142

I only knows that FSM like to ask their client to put money plant at their corridor. They say to improve wealth luck. GrandPapa, do u wanna tell us that when we water the plants in the morning, they are producing oxygen. When we intake more oxygen we become happier and having clearer mind. So we feel more refresh.

The pros and cons for overlaying tiles depend on the "current tiles condition". During my renovation we did gave overlaying a thought but gave the idea up after some consideration. 1) Condition of existing tiles - Bad and more than 20years. 2) Waterproofing - might be worn off after so many years. Comparing overlaying and hacking with tiling, overlaying is definitely much cheaper. How much cheaper depend on the contractor that quote u? Average can save 2-3K bah. For that price it is already a good bargain liao. some more the contractor already throw in all the WC, basin, kitchen sink, hood and hob, toilet accessories.

wah liao, speechless leh...

Over the weekend i discover something interesting about my magiclean mop. All the while i've been using it and attach the paper wipe onto it, as i'm doing the floor cleaning chores. I start thinking about how i used to mop the floor when i was still a kid. I prepare a pail of water and a cloth then start wiping the whole house floor.(for my age that time a mop is too heavy for me) Although it's tiring but the floor is really very clean after that, then came this evolution (magiclean mop). I plant my idea onto my magiclean mop. So i grab one the cloth, wet it and try out the folowing. Indeed it's works well. After wiping a room, i remove it for a wash. Very clean indeed. After change to a clean cloth, it could also be used to clean the cobweb/lizard **** that is near the ceiling.(Cleaning whole house ceiling in less than 10 min) If needed you could also use it clean you kitchen tiles/top kitchen cabinet.

Over the weekend i discover something interesting about my magiclean mop. All the while i've been using it and attach the paper wipe onto it, as i'm doing the floor cleaning chores. I start thinking about how i used to mop the floor when i was still a kid. I prepare a pail of water and a cloth then start wiping the whole house floor.(for my age that time a mop is too heavy for me) Although it's tiring but the floor is really very clean after that, then came this evolution (magiclean mop). I plant my idea onto my magiclean mop. So i grab one the cloth, wet it and try out the folowing. Indeed it's works well. After wiping a room, i remove it for a wash. Very clean indeed. After change to a clean cloth, it could also be used to clean the cobweb/lizard **** that is near the ceiling.(Cleaning whole house ceiling in less than 10 min) If needed you could also use it clean you kitchen tiles/top kitchen cabinet. CHEERS, Happy trying..

Ya pinkpetter right, There are some firm that won't even get back to you at all. That time my ID quote me quite fast also, within a week.

Back when we are looking for flat we came across unit which is still quite ok but the neighbour is having this temple cum home unit. In the end we gave up this unit. We don't want ppl looking into our flat every 1st and 15th of the month.

Pinkpetter what do u mean by hacked your kitchen floor and cemented over kitchen tiles. Do you mean u hack the flooring but overlay the wall tiles?

My neighbour is also indian family. But they pray once a week. I burn my incense paper in a pail outside my house (my smoke is far powerful then theirs till they close their door) But i only burn the incense paper once in a while lah.

Depending whether u need to hack your kitchen wall and floor tiles. The ft of your kitchen cabinet. Tiles you use. The price would varies $2K to $3K. According to the quotation of my house. Let's make an assumption here that you are gonna hack your wall and floor tiles. Thats for resale flat leh. Hacking 1) Hacking kitchen wall and floor tiles, toilet wall and floor tiles -lump sum 2) Supply labour & materials to dismantle ext`g toilet door - $2000 3) Supply labour & material to construct fridge, washing machine and kitchen cabinet base -$450 4) Supply labour & materials to screed 2 toilet flooring after hacking - $240 5) Haulage fee - $300 6) Debris fee - $300 7) Permit fee - FOC 8) Supply labour & materials to patch up affected area after hacking - $300 Tiling 9) Supply labour & materials to lay homogenous/ceramic wall tiles @ master room toilet -$1200 10) Supply labour & materials to lay homogenous/ceramic wall tiles @ common toilet -$1300 11) Supply labour & materials to lay homogenous/ceramic @ kitchen wall tiles -$2600 Masory 12) Supply labour & materials to lay floor tiles @ master room toilet floor -$500 13) Supply labour & materials to lay floor tiles @ common toilet floor -$600 14) Supply labour & materials to lay floor tiles @ kitchen floor - $1900 Piping 15) Relocate the gas piping (Done by pub) - FOC 16) Relocate the water piping (Stainless steel) - $980 17) Relocate the outlet water PVC pipes - $150 Capentry 18) Supply labour & material to install 20ft kitchen cabinet top & bottom in laminate finish - $2200 19) Supply labour & material to install solid top @ kitchen cabinet area - $1300 Misc 20) Supply labour & material to install toilet accessories (towel ring, soap holder & etc….) @ both toilet - FOC 21) Supply labour & material to install toilet bowl @ MBR toilet - $150 22) Supply labour & material to install toilet bowl @ common toilet -$150 23) Supply labour & material to lay corrugated paper - FOC 24) Supply labour & material to provide whole hse acid wash - FOC 25) Supply labour & material to install existing bi-fold door - ?? 26) Electrical wiring for Kitchen and 2 toilet - ?? 27) Supply labour & materials to install stainless steel rubbish chute - $190 Total: $16810 approx. PM me for my ID contact.