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Based on my own experiences, it is quite common for the ID to forget what was promised. It's best to write everything in black and white and signed by both parties.

Forgotten to add that the doors are sliding type, so there is a gap between the wall and the edge of the wardrobe.

Hi How does one measure the wardrobe length if I have a ceiling beam at one side of the wall? Should I measure from the wall or from the edge of the wardrobe? Thanks.

How much more should condo owner expect to pay compare to hdb owner assuming both units are same or similar size?

"the main reason will be the restrictions by the condo management, you can only work from 9am to 5pm monday to friday, if sat you want to work must apply to the management, thus incurred much higher labour fee" I don't understand the reasoning. Can you work on Saturday for HDB reno without incurring higher labour fee? Reno at my condo can be done Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm and Sat 9am to 1pm for no noisy work. "the others will be disposal of debris, transportation will add on to the renovation charges." Can't they have a separate clause instead of marking up prices? "Another issue is with the submission of relevant documents and renovation deposit required. Some contractor who are not so well educated, they will get others to fill up the forms for a fees, hence a higher cost incurred. And it is sometime quite troublesome with all the documentation needed in comparison to HDB submission, for some management requirement. And with regard to renovation deposit, if the management is reasonable and fair, it is a blessing for the contractor. However, if its otherwise, many a time the contractor will get deducted on their renovation deposit. If contractor asked owner to pay for renovation deposit, owner will hold contractor payment and make deduction if there are any. Which in any way, the contractor after all the hard work, they still must pay from their pocket for unreasonable (not all the time) deduction, if I were the contractor, I would rather not take up the job." I thought the document submission and deposit is done by the owner. Anyway, the deposit is not a huge sum, only asking for $500-$1000. If contractors do the due diligence and not damage the condo property, I think it's unfair to add the cost to owner. "With all these issue, many contractor has even avoid condo project. If not they will charged a premium price to do it. Because if situation like the above did happened, at least they can recover a little. Not to mentioned that some even incurred a higher lost when met unreasonable home owners." By the way, owner also risk engaging irresponsible contractors, so should I undercut the contractors?

Has anyone ask this question here before? Why is the renovation cost much higher for resale condo compared to similar size resale HDB unit? Any contractors can explain the reasons?

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