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I have only met 5 IDs/contractors, some introduced by relatives while others is contacts from fellow T-bloggers! I am sure many of you will be familiar. It is the most tedious process cause have to review quotations and spend time meeting them. 1) First ID i met is introduced by my relative, who did a few of my relatives' house. G is from Or***Cu** and met her in my new place. Told her what i want and G also give a few ideas too. She promised a quotation soon and never hear from her after that. I even text her a few times to remind her. She apologized, giving some excuses but still never hear from her. Maybe she is scared off by my budget. haha. Gotta strike her off and move on. 2)Second ID i met is actually an ID doing reno for my sister-in-law recently. S is from Co** Co*****. Saw his work in one of Tblog too. He is very friendly and I think we can hit off quite well. Some of his ideas are very helpful and gave us good vibes. Got his quotation very promptly and we even meet up for a 2nd time to discuss further on pricing, what to exclude etc. I feel his pricing is quite competitive but still a bit out of our budget. 3)Third ID i met is not by appointment but through walk in as their office is near my parents' place. JT is from Co** Li****. Told him want he wanted and got his quotation very quickly the next day at 32K+. I didnt really click during the meet up and he didnt give me sincere feeling. I never follow up with him after that. 4) Forth is a famous contractor in this forum. J & E team. I am sure many of you guys will know them. Met him directly at my new place. J have a clear understanding of what i want from a contractor point of view and even suggested the pros and cons of doing some of the carpentry works i wanted. He even drew out the layout of my kitchen straight away during our discussion. I am quite impressed. I also know they are very busy due to their sudden popularity. haha. One of their work is from my neighborhood and I went to take a look. All I can say is good workmanship and everything is neat. Got their quotation promptly from E. Was expecting a more competitive pricing from them since they are contractor. Was not disappointed as their price was the cheapest so far, although still slightly out of our budget. 29-30k ish. Short listed J&E team. 5) The last contractor is my wife's friend. Let's name her C. Our first meet up with C is outside at a cafe and we told her what we wanted and our budget straight away. She is attentive and paid very close attention to what we wanted and wrote down every single details, as well as drawing some rough sketches to make sure it is what we wanted. Got her quotation a few days later and was surprise it is very competitive and very close to our budget. With a bit of cutting here and there, I am confident we can work something out. To cut the long story short, it is between J&E team and C. After a few meet ups with both of them, cutting here and there, asking for discounts etc, we decide to go with C. (J&E pricing still way off ) Her price is the cheapest at 25k + without electrical works(cos difficult to finalise this price). So i'll say i will be around 27k , giving my budget of electrical works of 2k+-. (I did a rough calculation and found out i will be doing a lot of electrical works.) I have to say throughout of meetups, C is very meticulous in details and gave many suggestions on what is practical to do and what is not. Price aside, i shall reserve my praise until the end of my renovation and see how it goes. Will be updating if i have the time. PS: I will NOT be sharing my quotation to be fair to C. Those interested can PM me for C's contact or others.

Thanks for all the lucks! heh. need all of it! I will not be getting my top hung sliding glass door kitchen from ID/Contractor. Will be sourcing directly from outside. I managed to find one with decent price. Tempered glass etc. Your headrest doing full height? full height will be more ex than half. I am doing half, so maybe half price ? lol

Our self designed Reno Plan Full height Shoe Cabinet with seat, to act as divider in front of our entrance door for privacy and fengshui (requested by wifey for her countless heels/boots collection.) Top and bottom kitchen cabinet on one side, bottom on the other. Kompacplus top (we both love it) Sliding glass door for kitchen Overlaying subway tiles for kitchen 2ft Full height TV feature wall - I wanted a crafted brick wall but wife objects(too difficult to maintain). After further considerations, I decided to settle for laminated feature wall for easy cleaning and to save $$ (remember our tight budget) Suspended TV console L-Box with Cove lights (demanded by me) - simply love the cove light ambiance effects. Walk in wardrobe - wardrobe space will never be enough for ladies, therefore a must have for my wifey. (bedroom 2) A "man cave" for myself - work desk / gaming area ( bedroom 2) To overlay tiles on flooring and shower area of our bathrooms. We simply want to add "resort style" to our bathrooms. Change out both bathroom sink and add on vanity. (we did not like the sink provided by HDB) We wanted to merge our room 2 (WIW) with our MBR but decide against the idea as we do not want to hack any wall or relay any tiles to add more cost. In the end , we came out with an idea of installing a new door frame(with top pillar) right outside bedroom 2. (We did not op in doors by HDB) Baywindow seat with storage and some display space in our MBR. Bedhead on half of the sunken ceiling, with cove light . (bedside tables optional if budget allows) Some of the sample ideas we gathered. Seems like a lot of stuff to be done and to keep it below 30k is a uphill task for us. More updates to come...

Been a lurker in this forum since starting of 2015 and i guess it is time to share my renovation journey with you guys. In fact, I've gotten our keys since last year(early Dec), but due to wedding/honeymoon etc, we took our own sweet time to find ID/contractors. It is a 5 room BTO at upp serangoon view and my favorite part of my new home is the awesome view from the balcony. I love nature! A glimpse of our floor plan and some sneaks. We set an impossible budget of between 25k-28k for reno and not compromising on designs and carpentry works. We also plan to buy most of our stuff from taobao, thus saving more $$. Can it be done? we shall find out real soon!

Hi, Anyone have contact for slide fold door? I have seen PD door so far and is interested to take a look at slide fold door. Have contacted ministry of door but they told me they not taking orders already. anyone have any idea why? if you have contact for slide fold door.. do let me know! Thanks in advance. Cheers

Hi , I have a question regarding your toilet light. Is it water proof? (cos sometimes when we bathe, there is steam) what bulb did you change to? thanks!

Hi, Sorry to hear about your horrible experience. there are always those bad eggs around. Care to PM me ur ID ? Need to avoid this kinda ppl

Hi Jez, Thanks for sharing contractor J/E contact. However, their quotation exceeds our budget and we gotta find others. Like you said, E is always late and J is experience contractor. J gave me some useful suggestions during our meetups. I seen their work and it is not bad. It is also true they are registering their company soon and therefore will charge GST soon. Cheers

hi bro, Can share your LED Down light supplier? Thanks!

Hi Jez, Thank you much for your prompt reply! Hope to start our reno journey too. Cheers

Hi Lovescandi, Just got our new place. Can you share contractor J contact? I have just pm u. Thanks a lot! KD

Hi , Can you share the contractor's contact? PM me! Thanks!!