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haha, it just remind me of someone, or should i say some agency.

haha. i'm having fun now because it's completed haha. but now stress over the other piece...

I like this quote. How true. I believe, people here just share their personal views on things which are nothing wrong but maybe holding too strong on their personal views. Since all the points are brought across, we all know what we want, be it to continue using him or not, that's up to the individual. Let's all move on and have fun renovating! (i know it's nv fun but still try to be bah )

the eye-peep hole very easy one. ours was done on the very last day

I think i have his contact somewhere. If you still can't find, let me know and i can pass to you tomorrow. knocking off now. Ciao

I definitely agree with you. In fact, these are the things that were in my mind when i started my renovation. I also dun understand how come someone can dun get their license and stuff. Then again, i'm restricted by my budget. And according to my friend, working on renovation doesn't need a license. The license is only necessary for company working on the tiles and windows. If i'm not wrong, he sublet these works to other companies just like he did for his carpentry. But then again, that's what i think, which is not necessary true but i use to convince myself with I consider real hard before deciding if i'm going to go with him. All i can say is, if i was twice as rich then, he probably won't be my contractor. But when the house is complete, i have to say i'm rather satisfy with the work, without comprimising on the minimum standard of quality that i would expect. Afterall, my uncle and one of my close friend are contractors themselves and there's still some standards that i'm seeking.

haha. paiseh, my angmo not very powderful. haha

i read a post somewhere with this particular quote that captures my attention: "Trust us when i said, me and I believe marvin had think hard before posting what we wanted to say knowing the onslaught we will received. But we stand by what we say because I believe forumers should be mature enough to take criticisms, deflect criticisms, make logical sound rebuttals. With this believe, I will continue to contribute in whatever possible." In a way, i'm not sure if it's really mature to be saying things like this: "Ok listen everyone, according to mrspiglet this thread is meant for pple to ask abt renovations with Ah soon. So dont bring up anything else other than what mrspiglet said, okay? Cannot say anything else.....just can ask questions about renovations with Ah Soon and nothing else." Just think of this, when someone says something good about ah soon, there will be ppl disagreeing and rebutting. That's fair. But then again, there will be ppl who disagree with the rebutt and put further points across. I guess we are all human beings and are subjected to individual's opinion. Having a little 'heated' discussion might help to bring points across but if it's not being objective, there's no reason to continue the discussion. Finally, "Frankly i dont really undestand, life is so simple and things turn up to be so complicated. For those ppl have concern or worries, dont engage ah soon services. Choose yr own contractor and move on with yr life. For those whom still thinking of whether to engage ah soon, dont expect ID standard.", a sentence well said. Cheers

halo, it's been a while. need some help here. we are looking for a part time maid that can come over our place in the east about twice a week. hopefully cost will be within $10/hr. if you have any contacts, please let me know? my email is g_deathhell@hotmail.com. Thanks!

Hi. I've just shifted about a month ago and now looking for a part time maid in the east, about $10/hr. Do let me know if there's any info. My email address is g_deathhell@hotmail.com. Thanks!

It's his birthday? haha. I shall give him a call later.

Hi Pinkiedreamy, Yes, this is the US concept of Closet Design. Ours is 10 ft and at a special price of $2400. Our designer is Josh.

haha, probably because he thinks you are a good person and trustworthy that's why he say it's sui bian for you? haha.

I do agree with you that no renovation will be smooth sailing. The only way to have a smooth and perfect renovation is to do it yourself as only you yourself will know exactly what is the standard that you can accept. However, to do ourselves, we might not have the technical know-how or even time to do everything. Which is why we got to engage in contractors/IDs. With them, we would have to expect certain level of workmanship but always bear in mind that they won't be perfect or might not meet our standard of good workmanship. What's important would be that at the end of the day, when we feel that things have to be redone, they will not find excuses, shift blames or give a black face to do all rectification. I would feel that rectification shouldn't come with a cost if it's their misjudgement (of cos, if it's due to our own design problem, we would have to shoulder some of the blame.) Can see that your contractor/ID is going out of her way to help you and that even took certain level of initiative to think of solutions for you, without giving you problems as mentioned above. That to me, is GOOD SERVICES and definitely make your whole experience a much better one. Congrats!

I think as a safe guage, you prepare money for the following phase which is more key to others bah: 1. Start of reno (common practise for all other ID/contractor is about 30-40%) 2. Start of carpentry (this one ranges from 20 to 30 %) 3. After all rectification With these 3 phases it should be wrong. If you are unsure, perhaps you can pay 30 first, then maybe 20 or 30 depends on whether he ask you about it and then in the end just pay everything to him at one shot. Maybe you can call him and ask if this arrangement is ok bah. He mentioned before, due to the large number of projects ongoing, there's no longer any cash flow issues. He can pay his workers promptly so it shouldn't be a problem to him. When we were doing our renovation, think he's still rather tight on cash, which is why he wanted the 40 and 30 then and there.

We pay in 3 phases actually: 40, 30 and 30. Initially he mentioned something like 40. 20, 20, 10, 10. Somehow along the way, it became the 3 phases, haha. It doesn't matter to us cos he's quite prompt but u might wan to confirm with him.

That is the only way. As long as the pipe is there, they would be able to do the job.

During our reno, he didn't even paste the permit. haha We had the same worry as well in the first place, but we come to agree on something: He's used by so many ppl before and with that experience also bo bian. And hor, if i'm not wrong, if he's not license, if someone found out, the one that will be in trouble would be him, rather than us (i think so?). which is why we just thought, why not go ahead and see how it is and in the end, it turn out well for us. I like that last sentence of yours familyof4. originate from one of my fav book. haha

we also have 5 drawers in the end. We did not specify in the beginning how many drawers we need. It's actually design by Jason which i think it looks good in the end?

Thanks! Wiull discuss with her again.

Hi zonkkie, Can i check with you where did u get this dressing table and how much does it cost? Am looking for something for mrspiglet as well but so far, this is the only one that matches.

Congrats on your rectification. At least, that's one thing off the block.

Your common toilet tiles looks really nice!!

haha, i would say nothing would be perfect. no matter how good or wonderful a renovation is, there's bound to mistakes here and there. It's up to your own expectation on what you can accept, what you cannot accept, the amount you pay for that justify the quality of work that you can tolerate. The most important thing is, when things happened, no matter how big or small the firm is, just have to get them to rectify until you satisfy. A good renovation to me is not a perfect one with no errors at all, but more of even when there's mistakes made, the contractor/ID would go out of their way to rectify for you. So in the end, even if it's not 100%, at least if the condition is about 90 to 95% of what we call perfect, i'm ok to accept it since i know they are sincere. To me, the only person that can make ur home renovation 100% perfect will be to do yourself, because only you know what you want and what is the type of standard you want. However, between you and your spouse (or co-owner), each has their own standard, so whose standard it should be based on? haha, think i'm spouting nonsense.