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Hello, can you PM me a led light ceiling fan which is suitable for HDB. I need something of a shorter blade. Can you include the price along with installation costs. Thanks.

seriously, if it looks pathetic, why did you even accept it? I think if it is a ridiculous work, do not pay him and ask him to carry his table away. It is a very poor excuse from his part. But then again, renovation woes is quite complicated, had my fair share before i wise up abit.

wow . so what is the outcome of this ? I think its because we have such a loophole with HDB that allows people of such to thrive. Why isnt the government doing anything to stop this kind of nonsense from happening.

i got my problem with hafary tiles too .. easily stain tiles although i took the more expensive ones.. hence be very careful when you shop, listed company does not means good service

For those who wants to consider this guy Jason from Beng fong. Dun bother to, even if its cheap and he sounds sincere. Basically he knows **** about renovation. The funny thing is the only things that looks nice in my place renovate are those not done by him. I think the most important thing to never neglect is to visit an actual site/project and ask the owner yourself.

I bought my furniture from JB too from Miva. Soonly Ann is quite an old brand in JB. My delivery terms are also quite similiar. Pay before delivery, but i bargain with the manager to leave a 500 bucks balance just in case they screw up the delivery. Paying all is simply not industry practice, unless they are prone to screw up deliveries.

hey Great to hear that its almost done, just in time for CNY !! Mine is in a minor limbo as i changed some hacking work. But abit upset with the responsiveness of this contractor. Cant seem to follow instruction which leads to wastage to resources and time. Resources from them obviously (i'm not paying what i do not want) and waste my time. Its kinda tiring if you have to go down and monitor everyday. Anyway, I'll only pass the final judgement when its all done up.

Need the contacts urgently also. Plz PM me.

Hello, Think thread is also digressing. The approval permit is from another contractor, think its a common practice for small contractors to do so should be no big issue. (Nobody wants to loose the permit right?) Anyway, just an update on my reno progress with Beng Fong so far... 60% complete and things are going fine. (Upload pics when its done up nice nice.) Based on my experience working with Jason, he is a contractor who can give you what he understands. For simplistic renowork, I think it is not of an issue to work with him. Quality of floor work so far is not bad (Carpentry to be commented later). Only problem is, if you hire a contractor you need to monitor constantly lah and provide some simple drawings or photo samples of your expectations ( i had a few near miss with wrong tiling arrangement and hacking problems). And also, be more responsible to yourself and draw up a contract with terms that is fair to both parties. As in, pay strictly according to progress of work. This should give you a peace of mind and so far Jason is quite ok with the terms (please pay on time also, they also earn a living. Minor faults can be rectified by holding to end balance) Overall, i think he fits the bill of a contractor if you are very sure of how you want to do the reno and its not too complicated ( he can provide some pointers but they are afterall not ID by profession). Will comment and put up pics for forumers to judge when HO (2 more weeks !!). Afterall i did benefit from this forum alot

Just an update. So far my reno progress is going on well. I think with so much rumours flying around, its better to see the truth with results. Will be starting a reno blog to showcase my progress with Beng Fong.

. called Jason and although he assured me, i'll see how it goes ..

Hey .. I'm hiring him too. Just started the hacking work ... will update along the way.

Who is his brother ? Like many brothers when i read the other threads.

oops .. wrong reply. ... U sure Jason from Beng Fong is Ah Soon brother? I thought i read the Ah Soon thread is Jason from U and B?

i think you got the wrong person. Jason from U and B is Ah Soon brother...... that is the information i gather from reading the forum.

Side track abit. i read this somewhere "Simply put, the process for emitting light in CFL's uses far less electricity than incandescent light bulbs - 75% less to be exact. While energy saving lightbulbs need more energy to get jump started - hence the slight delay it takes for them to warm up - the actual transmission of electricity is far more efficient at keeping the bulb brightly lit. Precisely, it is the use of a ballast that helps regulate the flow of electricity. Older models of energy saving light bulbs used a magnetic ballast for this purpose, which incidentally, produced a slightly annoying buzzing sound. The energy saving light bulbs of today, however, use an electronic ballast, which produce no buzzing noise at all." The salesperson was telling me their downlight comes with Australia Ballast. But is there really the need for the ballast when we use energy saving lightbulbs? Anyone to enlighten me?

Hello. That sounds quite reasonable. I'm also looking for the above. Can you PM me your contact?

Looking to install a system 4. care to chare some contact?

You may wanna take a look at posts from our malaysia counterparts. http://www.malaysiabrides.com/forum/index....rt=#entry247695

I heard they do. But with a fee, unless you hit more than a target sum. usually RM8k. I am probably gonna buy from Miva. Anyone heard of this shop before?

When i am reading this thread. All i can say is, its very heartening to find other fellow renovators help in any ways. Although there are people who want to save and do some budget job, it does not mean they deserve to have their job not done at all. To people who heap on others desperation and despair, I really dunno your agenda. Hope you got something better in life to accomplish. To those Ah Soon supporters, you may wanna help defend his name by asking him to juz provide the assurance that he will schedule some completion promise however slow the progress. Hope things will pick up.

seems like a classic tai chi to me. Think this guy here just cant be bothered. I think this is a very valid issue which should somehow be addressed. Instead he is giving the standard format which probably can be found on some hdb manual or policy. How many "hdb" buyers can afford to get lawyers to advise on these matters. "peanuts" again to these big shots.

Wow, that sound quite steep. Are you suppose to bargain with him ? WC, basin supplied by him ?

I'm also lookin for a contractor to do up my MBR toilet and also some flooring work in the kitchen. Let's share info if you happen to come across any. so far no luck on my side.

Hello .. Can PM me too ?? Thanks