kirinshibori

Yes, he talks very fast indeed and always seems to be entertaining calls for new business. To give you further insight, his main trade is in making sofas, so he actually subcontracts the rest of the carpentry work. Somehow, he's able to still keep his overheads low and thus quotes very reasonable prices. So he pretty much is the supervisor and QCs the work his subcontractor does. You will deal primarily with him for any requests or rectifications. Decline if his subcontractor is an uncle named Ah Song. The chap is a one-man show, very accommodating but requires constant attention. He gets the job done but takes too much effort on our part! That's why I mentioned that you get what you paid for, in my case, I paid low in monetary terms but high in terms of time and attention. If you mentioned that the owner of the Upp Boon Keng flat with the Ash strips kitchen warned you about his experience, he'll take heed and reassign another subcon to you. I think it was a greater nightmare for him than me, lol! Back to the wardrobe... I wasn't too happy with it initially as there were some alignment issues and the sliding doors were too stiff. The sliding doors are still stiff but I'm living with it... Initially wanted to buy my own soft closing tracks from Hettich/Hafele for them to install, but they cost in excess of $200 not including top up for workmanship, so opted to save money and skip that. As my carpentry does not involve laminates, I can only vouch for their woodwork. Exterior wise is fine. Functionally ok, not great. Internally, as wood can be patched up, they patched holes that were incorrectly drilled with wood putty, sanded and re-lacquered the surface instead of changing out the entire piece to keep the cost down. Obviously, you can't do this with internals with PVC... in any case, if you're not fussy about it, it's pretty ok. So bottom line is, he's great if your budget is low and require labour intensive work as he doesn't quibble with manual labour. The job gets done and he has a lot of pride in his work. But engage him with your eyes open.

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Hi, thanks. I can't give you an exact figure as my carpentry is charged as a lump sum of $8500. But deducting the cost of my bedroom wardrobe, tv console, altar and 2 bathrooms' carpentry, I'd say it's around $5-6000. Contact of the carpenter is in my sig.

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Both items available.

Did not use in the end as I installed Toto fixtures instead. Brand new in box and box opened to check items only. Grohe Grohtherm 1000 thermostatic mixer for $350, RRP is $500+. Hansgrohe Focus E2 kitchen mixer for $150, not sure about RRP but selling for around $200 when I asked Hafary. Take both for $350. PM me your hp number to discuss further.

Love the lamp shades my mother-in-law made for us! Otsukaresama!

All the cabinets with strips are for general and not food storage. So far so good. No intention to install insect screens. And fingers crossed, no cockroaches observed around my corridor yet...

Cleaning is quite straightforward, my fingers can fit between the strips, so it's either a damp cloth, kitchen paper with mild detergent or my vacuum cleaner with brush head.

It's the Hansgrohe Focus E2. I'm looking at $180.