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Tell me about it ... I also had done a renovation for a 4-rm 9 yrs ago. The costs had doubled since then ... I also had a shock when the quotations came in now ...

Will be doing all the flooring. Decided to use tiles for bedrooms as well because with kids around, the laminate spoils very quickly. Moving the main door to the edge, hack away the slanted entrance wall, create an open kitchen. Balcony - Composite wood for the balcony. Change of grilles and install sliding windows. Living hall 2 - TV area Living hall 1 towards balcony. Dining

Costs had almost doubled since we renovated our home at Bishan 9 yrs ago! After 2.5 mths of searching for an interior designer, we finally confirmed with one today. We went through quotations with Orange_Cube, Living Gaia, Image_Creative, +Space, Aspero Design and Obbio Concept. Some id that we approached expect us to give them the design or they are not willing to reveal too much in case we take their designs to other id firms. Some observations of the various id that we encountered: Ciseern - Practically at every furniture show at Expo. Most expensive of all. Their package is already $10,000 more than competitors. No followup from them ... Rezt n Relax - Encountered a newbie ... asked a whole lot of questions only to followed up with us 1 month later. Ignored him ... Orange_Cube - Friendly guy, willing to listen. On the pricey end. Living Gaia - Their package was quite a good deal but all the extra carpentry was on the pricey end. Package included changing all room doors, Sys-3 aircon, hood n hob, free upgrade to quartz surface. Quartz is getting more popular. Similar to solid surface but more resistant to scratches and heat. +Space - Didn't followed up with us after the initial contact at Expo. Aspero Design - Quite a good pricing but they couldn't give us the quotation in time. The id was previously from Square Room, which we had approached (but didn't use) for our previous renovation. Image_Creative - Very competitive pricing for an id firm. We visited one of their completed projects, which was the home of a famous footballer in Singapore. It's a HDB flat transformed into a condo-like feel. However, they are not very forthcoming with any design for us. Obbio Concept - Recommended by a friend who had his house done by this id. Previously from Art Trend, he had setup shop on his own. He was very forthcoming with designs for our renovations, done up the quotations and changes very quickly. We like his proposed design very much that we decided to give him the contract. We'll be tearing everything down and do up the whole place.

Read somewhere the waterproof warranty is for the material. It does not cover water seepage through the joints or mold buildup if moisture gets underneath.

I noticed PLL lights are not sold in NTUC. It costs $10.9 for a 36W tube at my neighbourhood shop. The worst thing is the PLL lights spoilt about 8 times in 3 yrs. Sometimes I can get Philips brand, which seems to last longer but depends on the current stock in the shop. I wasted close to $100 in replacing them. I am thinking of replacing all my PLL lights now. It's tiring and frustrating to always climb up the ladder to change the lights.

Butoot, you are considered lucky. We were robbed of $480. They did exactly the same things as your "robbers". No reciept as well.