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Relieved to hear that there are satisfied customers of his. Perhaps it is my luck then to have received an unsatisfactory experience. And for future/other readers, I hope that mine was an isolated incident. @ccchua22, creation of new topics require approvals. As @Sonia Singh gathered, an ID should be much more on top of the project/work. And I agree that it should not be minimal/zero supervision from the owner. Which unfortunately was reversed in my case. Hence the low rating on this part. Workmanship was relatively ok, but that also meant that it was his contractor who was relatively up to par. Nevertheless, kudos to him for engaging the right contractor.

You seem curiously protective of this interior designer. Here is my attempted post, which for some reason is still not approved yet. Hi fellow homeowners, Creating some awareness based on my experience with this 'interior designer' Matrix Concept. Got my place some time ago, and like most people, I started scouring the interwebs for a reputable/recommended ID.And of course, this forum came up in my search results. From this forum I got in touch with a few IDs, based on how 'hot' they are trending.Well long story short, I settled on this ID. Won't be able to write a chronology of events, but here's the summary:- On pre-selection meetups, portrayed a 'simple' / 'modern' styling, quote "not like the other IDs out there". Pricing was competitive.- Apparently totally 'got' us and our needs.- 3D renders with scaled sizing? Nada. Zilch. Only got a 2D hand-sketched piece of excrement. And we only got this a few weeks after work has started, and after countless requests.- Project management? Hardly. It was I that had to take multiple on-site visits, take photos, and send back to ask 'what is going on here'. Wasn't this one of the fundamental functions of an ID?- Ideas? BS. Concepts proposed were of sub-par quality, uninspired.- Often tried to convince us that some things were not 'necessary'. You might be thinking - hey that's good right, help me save money. But you know what happens in the end? It didn't jive.- Needed to get stuff like furniture, curtains etc? The 'recommendations' and contacts given were in almost all cases, priced higher. Some were even ~35% more.- Need to meet up with the ID? Yeah good luck trying to get his time. And good luck trying to get replies to questions on the same day.- The packaged post-reno cleaning was a disaster. Used a dirty mop, with dirty water, with filthy brooms, and 50% of the place was not wiped down? My son can do a better job. And he did. So how do I rate this experience?Schedule - 6/10Price - 7/10Project Management - 3/10Ideas - 4/10Quality/Workmanship - 7/10Want-to-fire-and-get-a-different-ID - 12/10 Hope this helps.

I guess I wasn't clear in my earlier comment. The experience I wrote about, was after engaging him and using his services (meaning post reno). During the course of renovation even my young son spotted various problems/issues.

I don't mean to hijack this thread, however my own post reviewing this ID has not been approved yet. I wonder why (conspiracy theories running wild). I strongly advise against using this ID. Did not have a pleasant experience, half-hearted effort. Perhaps ****ty service due to 'overwhelming' business garnered from this forum. Oh the irony. Don't waste your time with this one, search out for other IDs instead.

Hi fellow homeowners, Creating some awareness based on my experience with this 'interior designer' Matrix Concept. Got my place some time ago, and like most people, I started scouring the interwebs for a reputable/recommended ID. And of course, this forum came up in my search results. From this forum I got in touch with 3 IDs, based on how 'hot' they are trending. Well long story short, I finally settled on this ID. Won't be able to write a chronology of events, but here's the summary: - On pre-selection meetups, portrayed a 'simple' / 'modern' styling, quote "not like the other IDs out there". - Apparently totally 'got' us and our needs. - 3D renders with scaled sizing? Nada. Zilch. Only got a 2D hand-sketched piece of excrement. And we only got this a few weeks after work has started. - Project management? Almost non-existant. It was I that had to take multiple on-site visits, take photos, and send back to ask 'what is going on here'. Wasn't this one of the fundamental functions of an ID? - Ideas? BS. Concepts proposed were of sub-par quality, uninspired. - Often tried to convince us that some things were not 'necessary'. You might be thinking - hey that's good right, help me save money. But you know what happens in the end? It didn't jive. - Needed to get stuff like furniture, curtains etc? The 'recommendations' and contacts given were in almost all cases, priced higher. Some were even ~35% more. - Need to meet up with the ID? Yeah good luck trying to get his time. And good luck trying to get a reply to questions on the same day. - The packaged post-reno cleaning was a disaster. Using a dirty mop, with dirty water, with filthy brooms, and 50% of the place was not wiped down? My son can do a better job. And he did. So how do I rate this experience? Schedule - 6/10 Price - 7/10 Project Management - 3/10 Ideas - 4/10 Quality/Workmanship - 7/10 Want-to-fire-and-get-a-different-ID - 12/10 Hope this helps.

Hi fellow homeowners, Just want to share my 2 cents on a certain 'interior designer', so that fellow renovation-hunters are adequately informed. Got my place some months ago, and naturally I started to scour the inter-webs for a reputable/recommended ID. And of course, this forum was one of the results returned. Did a bunch of reading, poked around, asked around, met a few face-to-face, and finally decided on Mxxxx Cxxxx. Won't be able to write a full chronology of events, but here's a summarized version: - During F2F/interview, boasts of 'modern' styles and 'simple' concepts. But once selected, no drawings, 3D renderings etc. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. And after asking many, many, many, many, many times, I finally got a hand drawn piece of excrement. - I had my shortlist of ideas and concepts, and of course I conveyed my findings to the ID. After that, ID comes up with a proposal that seems to resemble a piece of excrement. - ID tried to convince us not to do a bunch of things, and counter proposed a few things. In short, the counter proposals were worse than initial. - ID provided 'good recommended contacts' to source for a number of things. ALL were higher priced, one in particular was 30% more. - Extremely difficult to set a time to meet. Only answers calls/replies messages as and when the ID chooses. - An ID is supposed to be like a project manager. Well, I had to constantly take pictures, send, and ask the ID what the **** was going on. And then get a reply a few days later. - Needless to say, I spent A LOT more time on-site, time that I should be spending at my work, and time that I paid the bloody ID for. - Post-reno cleaning was 'packaged' in. Half the place was not cleaned, mopped the floor with some dirty water/mop (which negated the mopping). My 7 year old son can do a better job. Which he did. How would I rate this experience? Finishing - 6/10 Ideas - 3/10 Project Management - 3/10 Time/schedule - 5/10 Price - 6/10 Fire ID and get someone else factor - 12/10 Hope this helps.

Hi folks, Searching for places that sell Shower Caddy / Caddies, of the tension pole type, for the bathroom(s). Trying to avoid drilling into the tiles - the thought of permanently scarring my tiles pains me. Something like this: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/oversized-3-tier-pole-shower-caddy/3259237?categoryId=13447 Came across a plastic type one before, but not for me. Stainless Steel will be best. So many retailers selling it in US, and at affordable prices. But shipping cost to SG is almost the same price as the product! Any ideas? Btw, I also saw fengshuiorganizers.com selling it. HOWEVER, I am skeptical about this 'store'. Phone calls, SMSes, and directly going to the listed addresses yielded nothing. So am avoiding this place. Unless someone has bought something from them recently AND got it successfully delivered - eg between 15 September 2015 and 27 September 2015.

Hi there, Mind sharing Alvin Aw's contact? Thanks!

Hi ccchua22, Can PM me the contact for Alvin Aw from Matrix Concept? Thanks!

Hi there, Mind PM the contacts for A-F? Thanks!