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To All, Please kindly note that Benedict has left Earnest Interiors. Thank You.

Hi, Sorry that been long time never check out this forum. For Ben contact, you can call to their office to get or PM me. (I have not been visiting this blog quite long time until recently someone pm me for Ben contact.) Anyway, I decide to engage Benedict again to continue to enhance my house. hurhurhur... wish me luck. (^_^)y

Look for other ID so you can compare the design and the price lor. You placing Yellow Gold on your tile and painting the wall with gold too?

I feel like.... he is sharpening his knife and ready for you~!! Hrm... Have you ever try to approach other ID from other firms before? have you ever asked how long this person been working in this industry? How is his finished project look like? Most importantly, DO YOU LIKE HIS DESIGN? Last time when I told my designer that by budget is 30k. But end up his initial quotation is 21k only. What he said is because my design is nothing much. That's why so low.

just to check, do you all have the food catering on both parent sides or only on the bride side on the actual day? Please share with me.

Change a new FS master..... if you really don't like what the previous one planned for you....

I got mine from Yee Sin. http://www.yee-sin.com/ They quoted me 280 with customised length and width... Initially I looking for gawa, but was quoted for abt 800++ if I wan to customised length and width. Yee Sin not bad. They know my storeroom dimension immediately after I told them my street name and block number. (because they had done many Storeroom set up for my area which I don't even know. )

CHANGE TO ANOTHER CONTRACTOR~!! (^___^) Better find someone you trust or more comfortable with. Dun regret in the future~!! (Just do more homework, sure there is someone out there can do a better job.) I am sure you do not want to spot check your house everyday~~~ =P

Thanks~! We still enjoy staying in our new house. =D Oh.. I don't do feature wall because I want a simple and cozy house. We also go for resort theme.. (LOL.. I remembered I keep telling Ben I want Dark and White Chocolate Theme for my house on the first day we met up with him.) House design is for personal preference. In addition.. I dun really like the feeling of my TV hanging in the mid air. Our House is a place which we need to face daily, of coz must do it the way we love to stay in. hurhurhur... Quotation.. Hm...Hm... I "upgrade" alot of things.. imagine from a initial quote of 21k to 26k. =P (We gave Ben a budget of 40k initially...) Not so nice to post those details out. But I believed every cent I paid is worth it. (They also need to earn for a living mah.. keke...) You can arrange a house visit with Benedict if you like to.

My house is completed by Benedict. I have created my reno-blog. For those who are interested, can go to this link: http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18742 Congratz for those who had chosen Benedict. Hope everyone has the same pleasant renovation experience as mine. =)

What is your designer name?

Temporary using geocities to host my images. Restriction on 4MB per hour transmission rate. Office block alot of websites and I don't have internet access at home yet. Still trying to fix my new house internet point. If you cannot see the image, means it has exceed the hourly transmission rate.

@Ivy, I had pm you benedict number. (and I know you received my mail already. =p) @applefreak, I can't wait to post up my pictures here. Oppss... =X Benedict was telling us to hang some paintings onto the wall. Now quite headache about it. Price for each painting is not cheap also. Need to look for those which suit the resort theme. =.="'

Hm.. If I am not wrong, Sink dun really come with hole. The hole should be open by the plumber of your house. (I not really sure because it is all monitored by my ID) Because my sink is actually open the hole on top of my solid surface instead, not on my sink. It depends on how and where you want your tap to be located. Enjoy your renovation process. =)

Oh... I just keep looking at Benedict and telling him I got difficulties looking for those items as I don't have any experience at all. btw, Benedict did not accompany to see furniture. He told me because he is a designer, not good for him to bring me to buy furniture. But lights, sink and hob still no problem. He needs to know my sink measurement also. Benedict is a very nice person. For those who met him before should know. =) What is E&Y? My final quotation is 5k difference as compare to my initial quotation. I went for alot of higher price items like... CORIAN surface. hurhur... lucky my hubby never scold me for that. =p I need to wait till go home before I can upload my pic.. Can't do it during office hours... T___T

Finally our house renovation has completed. Credit to Benedict from Earnest Interior. Let's me share on our renovation process... Looking for Designer for our new home Our home is located near Buangkok MRT and the HDB has sent us a letter to collect our house key after long wait for 3 years. Before the date to collect the house keys, I was busy doing research who should I look for to do our house renovation. I accidentally came across the designers from Earnest Interior thru Renotalk.com. Initially I planned to look for Zann, but I changed my mind to Benedict instead. Mainly because there is a forumer stated he is a very responsible guy and less follow-up is required during the renovation process, plus his design is mostly very practical. Engaged Benedict as our Interior Designer I made the arrangement with Benedict to meet up at his office area (also asking my hubby to remember to go there see see look look. heehee... ) The first impression of Benedict is very good. My hubby liked the sincere way of Benedict, telling us YES or NO straight. Those cannot be done or advise better not to do, he will tell us on spot. Initially I had my own design in mind which my relatives asked me not to do this or that, and I insisted my way of doing (even Benedict is trying to propose some of his design to us). However, on the 2nd meet up at Benedict's previous customer place, my concept totally changed. His design really looks great in real life and my hubby also got impressed. Our house design totally changed after the visit. Benedict also came out with a very detail schedule on what should be done before which date. His quotation also very detail and clear. There are several options for us to choose. Of course, if we select that option, the price will need to go up. Making payment to Benedict Benedict always prefer cheque over cash while we were making our payment. If we are making payment via cash, we will need to travel down to his office. Otherwise, the cheque payment can be done in any place. The normal break down of the payment is 10%, 40%, 40%, 10%. However, I found the stage of paying 40%, 40% is quite redundant. Therefore, I decided to pay by 10%, 80%, 10%. This is a form of trust to the designer and his reputation. Renovation process The renovation process is considered very smooth and most of the things go as what we are expected. Of cos there are some minor hiccups, things can be resolved by simple touch up or just accept those designs. (Well, sometimes we do feel those minor faults turn out better than the actual things we wanted, so we just leave them as it is.) Benedict was very efficient in coordinating everything, includes helping us to schedule those people to come back touch up here and there. Furthermore, his contractors are very friendly when we met them. Need to give them a thumb-up on the workmanship. (Me and my hubby hardly check up with the renovation process... We are kind of lazy.. =p) The Extra Mile Service Understanding our difficulties on choosing the accessories for our house, Benedict has offered to spend a day to help us to choose the lightings and kitchen accessories. Initially we went to Geylang to buy the sink and hob. He wanted to bring us to his recommended light shop, but there is a particular crystal dining light which my friend bought from Balastier before and I wanted to get the same light also. Even without the actual address on where the light shop is, he is willing to follow us to take a look at the light. After seeing the light shop, he told us something secretly (No nice to reveal here). It made me changed my mind to go to his recommended light shop to take a look before I made my final purchase. Therefore, we went all the way back to Geylang to take a look at the shop. And YES, I can find the same dining light there and the guy (Derek), who served us, is a young and fun guy. Alot of customised of my lights can be done to meet my preference. I got a great offer on my dining lights which saved me more than 100 as compare to the one offered at Balastier. At the end of the day, Benedict did tell us actually he got small commission from those shops he recommended us. To me and my hubby, both of us felt that he deserved those commission as he helped us to save alot $$ and getting lots of discount from those shops. Mostly importantly, we are very comfortable with those shops he brought us to. There is also another day where Benedict offered to visit the curtain shop with us. He was there giving us his advise on what color to choose and what rod to get, he even bring extra copy of our house floorplan for the curtain shop. That's so thoughtful of him. (I also did bring along my floorplan that day.) In the end, he helped us to choose the curtain for the living room while my hubby chose the design for rest of the rooms. Benedict also told the sales person that we needed brass hook, not the silver ones. We don't even know there are 2 different colors. Lucky Benedict was there. The actual delivery, they brought the SILVER ONE~!! This time I smart, called back to the shop and asked them where is my brass hook?!? Heehee.. well, they came back the next day and helped us to install our brass hook. End of our renovation journey Our renovation experience is considered pleasant and enjoyable. Even my mum has secretly asked my hubby, "Did both of you quarrel over the renovation?". Heehee.. the answer is NO lor. OVerall, we are very happy of what we get. We told Benedict that he is welcome to bring his customer to come my house to take a look in future. Thanks to Renotalk and Forumers for sharing information with the others. (._.)v

Oh dear... Hmm.. Makes me feel My ID quite honest. When he found out we are paying him cash, he will want us to meet up at his company so he can pass the cash to the accountant and print us the invoice. He always prefer us to pay him in cheque (or buy cashier's order from bank). Good luck on your reno and may the bad guy go into jail soon. BTW, the police is unable to track that guy thru the sister?? hmmm....

Alternative way, instead of hacking off the wall, maybe you can put wall paper over it. Or customise the wallpaper like having you and ur wife wedding pictures and put it up. (I not sure whether it can be done that way or not. =P )

Hi Pink, If you want some of the boxes (I am the one getting from Mandy~ =P), I can try to reserve for you. But you need to come down to sengkang [after next sat] to collect. I not sure how BIG is big and how Medium is medium for the boxes. But I shall be going to IMM at jurong after collecting the boxes. =)

Hi, If you are interested in Acupuncture Slimming. (^^)v http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18312 Since is their promotion period, so just see any bride-to-be is interested.

Hi. My friend got lobang on acupuncture slimming. Can give a good price plus now is their promotion period. Allow up to 24 months installment payment via credit cards. Free consultantion on ur first visit. If you are interested, just let me know or drop me a pm.

I posted something similar at other post... so I copied and pasted over. Just to share that I bought my lights from LIGHTS ADVANCE TEAM at No 773 Geylang Road Tel: 6747 7232 The person who served me is Derek. His service is very good. Me and my hubby enjoyed the shopping trip. Not very pushy at sales type.

Dear Mr Chong, Can you help me to select some dates/time (in dec) for moving in? (Prefer weekend if possible) DOB+time Male: 20 Feb 1973 9.11 AM Female: 3 April 1982 11:42 AM compass readings Thank you so much for the help.

I got his number from his office. U can visit their website and call their office. (Too lazy to dig up his mobile now. If you wan site visit of my house. even though not yet complete, just inform Benedict i think.)

If your ceiling is low, maybe you can consider KDK low ceiling fan. I just installed that recently. =) Bought from Everjoint at 165.