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Day 1 - door opening ceremony "huat ah!". we attempted to check for any defects but we couldn't spot any. guess we were too noob in this line. so we contact our ID to check for us over the weekend. Day 2 - ID R was around our estate and so he came in to check tog with his wife. and then next thing he told us was "cham la..a lot of defects..20-30+". O-M-G. to think we can't spot any the day before. so we went down in the evening to spot more defect based on ID R's standard. Day 5 - we submitted defects form Day 14 - after a visit by the FSM, we can finally confirm our plan for an open kitchen and electrical work. applied hacking permit Day 20 - hack permit approved, rectification 80% completed. ID R says that he will start work on Day 23. Below is a look at our new home on day 1~ Living Room Dining Area Bedroom Kitchen Toilet Hoping that the renovation will be a smooth sailing one!

and our proposed 3D: there're quite a number of changes to our 3D and it seems like our 3D is not as 'wow' as what we seen here on renotalk.. but let's see how it goes when we see the real "3D"... as we hope to get the renovation completed before CNY, we requested for early keys collection with whatever reasons that we could think of.. we used reasons from feng shui master's date to wedding dates or even travels plan to push for earlier key collection... hee hee! and we successfully got an earlier date for it! you could even check everyday with the person in charge of your project for that day's availability as well! those that persevere will get its reward...

heres our floor plan!

Hi there! We had been a silent reader for a long time and this forum had benefited us a lot. We had found our dream "theme" and consulted a few of the recommended IDs in this forum to further enhance our knowledge of renovation. This is why we decided to pay back by sharing our experience! In the end, we had decided to go with the ID that we can communicate better as most of the IDs have similar idea, cost and reputation. We too have individual contacts for renovation (eg. electricians, hackers, tilers etc) but we do not have the time to manage the renovation, hence, decided on IDs. We have a budget of <$30k as we do not want to invest too much in our renovation and would like to spend more on our decos. Here's the few that we have seen: ID 1 - renovated my friends place. was told that he has good workmanship. but his prices were too high. over 30k for reno which uses laminate and solid surface top. took a month to revert to us on the quotation. ID 2 - recommended by fellow neighbor. prices were reasonable as compared to reno contractors. young chap and knows what we want. he is responsive and showed us his finished projects. Contractor 3 - legendary Mr K. he knows what we want. so it's very easy to click. revert to us on quotation within a week. prices were higher than ID 2 but I believed in his workmanship and materials used. told us that renovation will take 3 months we might choose him if we have the time.. ID 4 - we walked in to this shop after reading some reviews here. they organise open houses very frequently and have many likes on their facebook page. the ID who attended to us was very passionate about our project. however, after viewing their completed project..hmmmmm...... their prices were very competitive and wanted to counter our offer from ID 2 :X ID 5 - read about the competitive prices offered by this "direction branded" company. perhaps it's due to us walking in, the ID attended to us was not very knowledgable and doesn't know what we want. dropped immediately. there were a few others that we met but no point mentioning them as they were really not worth mentioning. We just received our keys and things are moving so fast we are not able to catch up in time. We will update as and when we have the time as we are now too engrossed in our renovation!

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@JnE yup heard that CS is free unless you want to increase the levelling

hi, please pm your catalogue for ceiling fan with LED light. Thanks!

Hi SuperMama, Mind sharing your contact for the ID via PM? Your house look awesome! TIA.

hi leon-jenna, can share the quotation you received from calvin tan? Thanks in advance!

Hi Dwi, Able to PM your ID contacts? TIA.