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Thanks gemini, I hope the actual kitchen would be better or on par with the 3d design. Keeping my fingers crossed as so far the id is still able to deliver works to my expectations.

Make a sudden and surprise, no notice visit to our flat today to check out the renovation progress. Was greeted with the notice outside my flat. Yes, the flat is back to a fairly clean state. My $50 worth of corrugulated paper used to lay and protect the flooring of the flat for 2 weeks is going down the path of the rubbish disposal. There goes the poor man's hard-earned $50. As soon as i enter the house, i notice this new tempered glass casement door in the kitchen. Did not realize the tampered glass door is slightly in jade green as i thought the transparent casement door would be transparent. I did a quick check on the edges,handles and handiwork of the glassdoor. Luckily, i did not spot any major flaws except that when the door is fully open from the inside, it will knock against the wall and "damage" the paint on the wall as there is no stopper on the wall. Would highlight this to Mr ID and see if the tempered glass door installation is 100%. Was abit dissappointed when i stepped into the kitchen as i did not see any kitchen cabinets installed yet. (ps: After checking with Mr ID, he told us that the carpenter would need to fabricate the carpentry materials and then bring over the flat to install. Seems like, carpentry works is some sort of like pre-cast works). Anyway, the visibility change in the kitchen would be the copper gas pipe which i suppose i coordinate by him. Welcome to one of the color theme, can you guess what is it ? Bathroom shower screen with casement door, the installation seem pretty neat and well-aligned to the bathroom base. Probably hope the ID and his team of contractors could complete the installation and delivery of at least one of the carpentry works by next week.

Did not post anything as i was pretty busy for the past few days and hit the limit on the picture in renotalk. Anyway here are back dated updates on my renovation. My Purchases from Hoe Kee has arrived. Originally we went to a shop in balestier that was recommended by our id for kitchen sink and miscellaneous accessories. The price of the sink at that shop was cheap, half of what blanco cost after discount but the sales person dun't seem confident of the product and raise many concern about durability about it. (Plus, they dun have in-house stock) So one find sunday, Missy and i just went to Hoe Kee to see see look and was well served by Uncle Tony. In the end, we bought a blanco sink + tap combi, bathroom accessories and mirror from hoe kee. Uncle Tony also provided us some leads to where to buy cheap lightings in JB. Renovation updates, partion wall painted, this is the partition wall which cause about 1.3 k in my renovation. As per the quote and id , there will be some creative mirror works on both side of it. My kitchen lighting system completed Each room in the flat was painted with a different theme, this is another room with a different theme in my flat. Cheap and spare bulb bought from JB. Original Quote= 13100 Haulage + Misc= 600 Electrical works= 600 Additional 7ft kitchen cabinet= 700 Total renovation cost as of now=15000( exact round figure) , still considering if i should ask Mr ID to design and build a 6ft wardrobe as i have walk the ground in several furnishing stores ( neighbourhood shop, ikea, courts) whereby the pricing of their wardrobe is about the same of what the id offer to quote. Hopefully i will able to keep everything under 30K.

Hi friend, cannot see anything at all.

Hi, The money is of course not refundable, my friend. The id have to spend time to design and produce the 3d drawings, if every prospect ask for 3d drawing from the id and did not sign up with them, they would have wasted their efforts and worse, there will be people who 'steal' the foc 3d drawings and give it to a contractor to reno their flat. However, do note that as most of the hdb layout is more or less the same, the $500 3d drawing that you paid, might not be a original drawing just for you exclusively, it might be recycled and use by the id several time. Lastly, i dun't think there will be a id that will provide you free 3d drawing if you do not sign up with them. The best or closest alternative would be to request the id to bring you to view his on-going projects.

Have send your the contact for quote 3. Have send your the contact for quote 3. Have send your the contact for quote 2. Have send your the contact for quote 3. Have send your the contact for quote 3. Have cleared my pm and replied to all contact request, good luck to those sourcing for a good renovator. Lastly my current renovation cost is expected to be exactly 15k after i decided to add in additional 7ft carpentry works in the kitchen. (Inclusive of electrical works $600, haulage fee $600 and etc). I am now pondering if i should add in more carpentry work which would increase my renovation cost to about

Is there anything you wanted to us ? Ok, have send you contractor #2 contacts, do let me know if you the rest of the contacts as well.

Hi Milko7, I think most of the itemized item on your quote seems to be on the high side. 1)There seemed to some items that they double-charge you on the quote. 2)some of the item like general cleaning, does it mean chemical wash or just normal cleaning ? To be on the safe side, i guess you better talk it out with the ID on this. 3)I believe there are also several missing items in the quote. ( ie: electrical works, unless you are able to do it yourself.) 4)is there any 3d drawings ? 5)Any freebies or goodwill discount ? 6)and many many more..Some of the items seemed to be on the high side, i think it would be better if you could clarify with the renovator on what are the materials he used ? Perhaps you shld collect more quotes and compare.

How about posting a picture of your vanity ? Possible to do DIY ?

I think it depends on what you wanted to do ?

I am curious what do you intend to do for the renovation ? Just my thouhghts, if your resale 2-room flat is in a liveable condition, why not just repaint the whole flat with a new coat of paint ?