littlebottle

Ok update as promised. Based on the past 2 weeks, I would NOT recommend The Interior Place to you. The renovation process have been very frustrating thus far and it is very difficult dealing with the ID as she is very blur and has no clue. There has been many problems along the way, including: - mixed up the laminate to be used for bay window ledge between 2 rooms - forgot to complete a number of works as promised (e.g. seal up bomb shelter vent, extend kitchen counter top) - cupboard doors supposed to have frosted glass came out as laminate - subwoofer does not fit in enclosure as ID forgot to measure the width including the legs (to add insult to injury, they drilled holes in my subwoofer to move the legs without consulting us!) - measurements for box-up for projector screen does not work - projector screen would have hit TV when it came down (and this is despite us reminding the ID numerous time during design stage to take this into consideration) - workmanship of the carpentry not up to scratch e.g. joints between panels not neat, material used for internal shelves and drawers not good To be fair, they have fixed the first 2, and should be working to fix the rest (or so we hope). But the whole point of engaging an ID is for her to provide artistic input during the design process (which was absent). If we also have to be involved in all the detailed design work for carpentry etc, then what's the point? Our last renovations gave us less problems and we used contractors last time round. We should be nearing the end of the process (thank god cos it's been painful) and will update on whether these issues have been resolved.

Hi we are using them in our reno now, about 3 weeks in. So far not very impressed. The ID is quite prompt in responding but we find that she is not very knowledgeable and often cannot answer our questions without referring to the subject matter expert e.g. Electrician, carpenter. While the design process is quite organized we do not think that they add sufficient value as the ID would usually go along with what we say. So we end up choosing colours, furnishings etc ourselves. The initial quote we got was reasonable but they are quite inflexible so everything after that requires a variation order. Prices suddenly seem quite steep. There has been some problems along the way, most recently the lights they installed was not what we had ordered from the lighting shop they recommended. Will update as the reno progresses.