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i m starting renovation coming week or so... hdb 4room 2 x toilet 1 x kitchen 3 x rooms laminate floor remove windows grill polish living room marble 2 x room cabinets etc from my budget S$20-25k...now $30k.. throw in accessories/lightning/misc S$10k.. c how it goes...

http://tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,258837,00.html? Renovation undone Renovation firm leaves work unfinished after customers' down payments By Shree Ann Mathavan and - Ang October 18, 2010 Print Ready Email Article Ms Nandar Tun and her husband had paid interior design company Start Ideas over half of the $22,750 renovation cost for their four-room HDB flat. But two months after the renovation started, work suddenly stopped. They were not the only ones caught in such a situation. According to the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), six others have filed complaints with them about Start Ideas. All had similar stories uncompleted renovation work and trouble contacting Start Ideas' owner, Mr Marcus Tham, 42. They had paid between $10,000 and $80,000 each. None of them has got a refund, despite at least three police reports and three successful claims with the Small Claims Tribunal.

have any1 engage IKEA before ? understand $500/- deposit for furniture space planning, can be used to offset against furnite purchase (IKEA) look in near complete overhaul of 4room HDB - 2 x toilet - 1 x kitchen - 3 x bedrooms floor & doors - all window grill replacement - wiring/piping - polish living room floor - bedroom furniture probably buy off the shelf budget $25-$35k achievable ?