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My ID is Johnny too. Same as LLHome. In fact, i think i went to LLhome to check out johnny's work before. The one with the pool table.. very nicely done. My reno started last 2 weeks ago. so far so good. i like to change my mind often so he's quite patient with me. plus i have to follow my fengshui advice too, so he tried his best to accomodate everything together. like my fengshui guy told me i have to try to go green and avoid black and blue. altho it's the 1st time johnny's using green (e.g. lime green wall for my kid's room, and dark green laminates for 1 wardrobe), he gave me his professional advice on what kind of green looks nice etc. well, painting starting today. i'll go check out how the actual turnout is like. will post pictures soon!

Hi, can i know when you advise System 2 for Living + Dining, you are assuming a large area for living & dining? my place is very small, a 90sqm 4 room flat.. Was actually thinking of only having system 4. One aircon each in the 3 bedrooms, and only 1 for the dining/living area (which is not segregated).. anyway, i seldom on the aircon for the living/dining area. but usage in at least 2 of the bedrooms will be nightly..

Met John after receiving his quotation. He is easy to talk to, and I can sense his pride in doing a job. According to him, he will help clients source for furniture that matches the design of the flat.. my husband and I liked the fact that he sticks by his opinions and makes his own decisions against client's wishes, and rationalise it with us.. unlike other IDs who may just "yes yes yes" all the way but problems crop up later.. i believe it's value-added service.. but we are unlikely going to take him since pricing-wise, there's room for improvement. still searching for ID.....

yes, pls neg for 10-40-40-10. and if your ID is flexi enough, I suppose you can talk terms through. It's too insecure to pay that high up front. talking abt thousands here man.

ya, your carpentry very expensive. your kitchen alone cost a bomb! look out for payment terms, and read the fine print. Whatever he quoted you verbally, make sure he put it down in black and white in the re-quote. and best dun let him know you are pressed for time.

Oops.. how can this happen? By the way, did the ID go down for site visit when planning the reno? I have not started my reno yet but I thought that would be the practice - to see the real McCoy before embarking on actual works..

Ya, heard from uHome. going to meet them on Sat to see their quotation and floor plan.

Sorry, i ride on this thread to ask some questions ok? Ideal House gave me quite a good quote but when i compare with other IDs quotation, some things vary. So need to ask for advice: 1) If they say inlet/outlet of sink -> do they mean they help me install sink too? Coz some IDs also specify that they install sink. if you do inlet/outlet, i suppose it will also include installing sink? 2) Do I need IDs to quote me for doing SCV points, telephone points, doorbell point? Some IDs specify they will help me do these. But others don't. 3) Ideal House told me they are using Grade A homogeneous tiles for my living/dining and laminates from Supreme. The grade is AC 5. Hmm.. i read from advice in Renotalk to ask for the range and grade of tiles. Now that i have the info, I dunno if it's good or not! -_-" 4) Some IDs quoted me the cost of doing grilles for my flat. Would it be cheaper if I just engaged my own contractor to do the grilles? For advice pls!

ya, it's the one with Zoe's endorsement. Also got Phua Chu Kang endorsement i think. my friend got them too and recommended to me, saying that it's the FIRST ISO certified ID firm in SG. But it's not v impt to me so i didn't bother. not my shortlisted choice.. my friend hasn't started reno yet so too bad, no pics to show.. i suppose they'll be ok, but maybe pricing not so competitive since they are quite established? not sure..

i did quite a bit of homework.. that's why it's so tiring. Renotalk is indeed quite useful in getting tips for the reno.. so day in day out at renotalk.. Preference is towards Ideal House now since there are so many good recommendations. by the way, anyone has t-blogs with ID Ideal House??

Ya, i think so too. anyway, this Johnny guy seems quite nice. His quote is among the lowest I've received - like you all said, Ideal House sticks to the budget that you asked for. That's the point of it mah. He also answers my email questions very promptly. I'm going to make appt with him this Saturday. Looking fowrard. My current 3 choices of IDs are Ideal House, Desprit, Earnest Interiors and Intradesign. Still waiting for the last 2 to revert to me. If they don't come back with good quotations, then the job most likely will be between Ideal House and Despirit. I'm so looking forward to closing my ID sourcing.. it's tiring man.. -_-"

Seeing all the recommendations here for Mr K, I also went to ask Mr K for quotation. But he said he is too busy and he asked his colleague Johnny to take over. A little disappointed. But I will see what Johnny can offer me.

no one uses them ah? They are top of my list at the moment leh..

ya, that's true. But it certainly gives a peace of mind. maybe 3-5 years shld be ok right? Like if my laminates becomes warped/pop up or my tiles pop up, I can still go and find them right? Such things may happen after 1 year of staying in..

Hello, I'm currently looking for IDs and giving them my requirements. Initially, I wanted to have a built-in TV console, storage like Book shelfs etc. But pple advised that it's much cheaper to get TV console outside. Generally, built-in TV consoles by IDs cost me abt $900. So i took the advice from pple to get store-bought ones (tho I haven found nice ones yet ... still early..) Question is what furniture shld be built in and what furniture shld be bought from outside? I suppose wardrobes definitely must be built in? Cost abt $2,500 for Lshape wardrobes. Also going to built in shoe cabinet.. what do you think?

Hi Sam, Can you also PM me the 3D drawing? Thanks! Based on all your feedback on Earnest Interior and Benedict, I've also asked him for quotation already. Hope he wont be too swamped by requests. Looking forward to getting a quotation from him... mine is a small flat with a small budget. hope it wont get brushed aside..

Hi, Went to some IDs and some of them offer a longer warranty period than others. The shortest warranty I've seen is 1 yr from this firm. Basically, felt that if the ID is confident of the workmanship, he will be confident enough to give a longer warranty. Sets my mind at peace to know there's warranty. So 1 year seems too short, even though the ID firm/offer seems quite ok. Want to know what is the normal warranty period... Pls advise! Thanks!

Hi, I'm searching for IDs now, for my 4room Sengkang flat. Very small flat, with a very small budget. $20K max. Went to Squareroom ID & IDEmboss. Still waiting for some IDs like GPlan, Intradesign Despirit came back with a pretty good quote that fits our budget. But I can't find much reviews on Despirit. Did anyone use Despirit b4? How do you find their workmanship?

Hi, it's my first post. Really a newbie. Sad to hear about your experience. Hope you are feeling better now. I can't provide you with GOOD recommendations on reno yet coz I havent even decided on my ID. But I'm really interested to know which firm cheated you so that I can steer absolutely clear from them. Actually have no idea how the "PM" thing works. But perhaps you can PM me. Thanks!