angelicheaven

Hi all, My house is currently under renovation with Ideal House, Danny. We started searching for an ID since Jan. We went to U-home, Weiken and Ideal House. U home (Joel)- FIRST ID firm we sourced for. Very nice and patient lady. Threw in a lot of freebies if we signed for the package. They have a very big and nice showroom. Then it came to seeing her portfolio for the projects that she had done. Perhaps quite a neat job but not really our kind. So we struck her off from our list. WeiKen(can't really remember his name)- A very creative ID. When we were discussing about the plans for our house, he mentioned so many ideas that we could do to our small 4-room flat. Then when we told him that we had to see his quotes in order to decide, he insisted that we have to pay $1K deposit first. To pay $1K to see the quotation? No way! So we struck them off the list first. Ideal House(Danny)- He is supposed to be the FIRST ID we contacted, but he was the LAST we met up with. Our best fren's flat was done by him and they highly recommend him to us. (1st meeting)-We met him one week before Chinese New Year. A very nice and patient person. (2nd meeting)-Then after considering for about 2 days, we decided to sign up with him and paid $1K as deposit. He said that he would meet us to pass the quotation to us AFTER CNY. The week after CNY (3rd meeting) - He sent us our quotation. $35K!!! Our budget was only $30K odd. Exceeded our budget. We met up with him to delete some not so important items from our list. Quote: $33K. When we sat down to strike off the items, he was STILL very nice and patient towards us. We told him about our budget and my husband asked him to work some 'magic'. (4th meeting~ 9days after we confirm) - First meeting to see our 3D drawings. I love his design BUT my husband thought underwise. So he promised to go back and change his design. (5th meeting ~ 14 days later) - The revised 3D drawings. How we LOVE them! Gave him the 50% cheque for our reno. (Still not given the final quote yet). (6th meeting ~ 3 days later) - He sent workers to our place to lay cardboard on our floor, doors so that can protect the scratches on the tiles before our aircon started their first installation. We were amazed that he actually thought about that! (7th meeting ~ 2 days later) - Hacking of the skirtings and unloading of materials in our flat. Through this period of time, we were still NOT given our final quotes! Husband and I were a bit frustrated but understood that he had about 6 to 7 projects on hand so decided to remind him again. Then finally, our quotes were out! $31K!!! (Including electrical wiring) He REALLY DID SOME MAGIC to the quotes! We were Sooooo happy and delighted! We did not have to remove a lot of items to meet our budget.... Very pleased with him. It has been the 4th week, going to be the 5th since our reno works are carried out. Electrical wiring - 80% done. Laminate flooring - 100% PERFECTLY done. First all paint - done. Carpentry - Just started yesterday but from the looks of it, should be ready by coming Monday. We can't wait to see the final product! Danny has promised us that he would deliver the flat in 6 weeks' time and at first we were quite skeptical about it but now we are SURE that he can do it! For those who waited very long for their replies and had received none, I understand from Danny that each of them will try not to receive TOO MANY projects at one time so that they can concentrate on their current ones. Cause he mentioned that if they took up too may projects, it will be unfair to their current customers if they are distracted and have no time for them. I recommended 2 frens to Ideal House. One signed up with them and the other was too impatient to wait for their quotes. All in all, I will say that I am pleased with Danny's services. I think its not which company you go to, is WHO you go to. Hope everyone is able to find a good ID like us!