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Actually, in all legal transactions, it is better to play safe....for instance, to make any kind of cash payment is a risk, especially if it is a big amount. So the best way is to issue cheque and direct to the company.... that's what i did, though i dont have a cheque book (hassle to maintain one to me...). I got my father to issue the cheque for me when making all payments. in this case, there is no way there will be any issues over payment..the most is the cheque bounced and let the ID chase you lor...nothing to lose in customers' pt of view....this will prevent anyone else to 'swallow' the money...

hey, guess kelvin was out of action for some personal reasons... but recently i got in touch with him to touch up my house and to add more features...think he is finally back at work.... guess you can try again if you have not found your ID

hi all, managed to get STOMP to do a simple review on my house.....

Thanks Kray and Lin &L3x! We are also very pleased with the effects of the house. Handover of the house will be this week, finally can move in soon! very excited! I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Kelvin for making our dream house come true. The whole reno process was smooth and we gained another friend during the process!

Hi Kray, yet to take pix of the foyer....will upload next time....but here are somemore pix.........should be handing back this week... Pooltable and bar ledge kitchen with red glass backing living room here is the link of my journal.....Oursuite

Hi Kray, yah been looking forward to handover and moving in! yup i did call him a few times today, think he is more a friend to us now rather than just our id. We also purchased our toilet and kitchen accesories at indulge and tiles from the tiles shop in balestier.... all the best in your reno! rem to post your pics when your reno starts....then can admire your place too!

Hi all, somemore updates...cant wait to move in! Walk-in-Wardrobe Master Bedroom Toilet Tinted-Mirror & Bar Ledge

Thanks for the compliments! Nice to have you viewing at my place. yup, think you can rest assured that you are in safe hands. I'm sure your place will turn out fantastic too!

Hi Kray, Thanks! We left the design of the feature wall n tv console entirely to kelvin and were glad it suits our liking! All the best in the reno.... u also signed with him rite?

Hey all, updates on my house........ Feature wall for LCD TV and TV Console Feature wall to conceal bomb shelter and shoe cabinet

hi, was actually planning it to be a study room in future. so for now, can double use as a mj room. hehe. only play on weekends when friends are free. =)

Thanks for the compliments! It is not totally done up yet as there will be a laminate casing right at the top to hide the silver thing for sliding door. Had placed a link to my blog....=) Feel free to drop by our blog for more pictures. Our Suite

Hi all, my house in still in the mist of renovation by kelvin. so far we are impressed by his ideas and committment, that's why i keep defending any misconceptions abt him . below are some sneak previews....... maybe some of you had visited my house...haha.. Day - mahjong room without glass door Night - mahjong room with glass door

Hi all, just a msg from Kelvin, he lost his hp and lost all his contacts....i guess he busy with looking at gers when he lost it....haha... those who are waiting for his call or quotations etc, feel free to contact him again. his hp no. remains unchanged.

Dear Lifestyle & Cantona7, understood both your views (may not be most afterall as a lot of people are posting quotations & budgets in other threads as well). Actually the intent is to see both sides of the coin. if you do not flip a coin that is lying on the table, you will never see the other side of it. This is the case here as most IDs (at least for kelvin), do not set up an account and share their views. thus, most forummers are only reading what home owners, like us, are saying, but not understanding the pain/misunderstanding that some IDs may be suffering. I post the mail from the angle that we should get the views from both parties, which in the end there may be no right or wrong for either party...and to allow many readers (who monitor this incident) a chance to better understand Kelvin...who afterall may be cocky, but friendly and cheeky as well (the other side of the coin i am talking about)... i know i will offend people by posting it up, apologies if i really had....but if i were given a 2nd chance, i guess i will still do the same....

so much for clarifications, there were indeed more conversations and there is now a case of 'floating' demands & budgets........or maybe kelvin may be smoking me, which may indeed be the case... End state, if there is really nothing to hide, there is nothing to be agitated....esp when personal info was not even disclosed.... by the way, just to share, as potential owners who went to his sites, we are actually intruding into other owners' houses....and owners on the other hand, had also visiting his other sites before engaging him as well...there is this unspoken culture of 'sharing', which i also expect others to visit my house in time to come......so potential customers pls take note if you are thinking of engaging him you must be willing to show others ur house....to me, for ID to to show others my house, it must be of certain standard, else no pt showing also....just my thoughts...

Hi all, i went to tease Kelvin about this incident and realised that there may be some misunderstandings. He showed me the email (hightlighted in red) from caDAVEr and it seems that there are some miscommunications when asking for the quotation, for instance the budget was only $20k instead of $30k and some of the stuff to be done is different from what was said in the forum. *edited: email content deleted* I guess for other forummers new to G'Plan, i may wish to share this piece of info as this incident may create a bad name for kelvin, who afterall may not be his fault. My intend is more to clear any possible bad impressions on kelvin than to shoot anyone, since caDAVEr may not be in this thread anymore. Hope this clarify!

I agree that nowadays renovation can come to big amounts.... hacking, flooring, false ceiling already comes out to quite a fair bit. Not to mention that nowadays most young couples would like to have carpentry like feature walls, walk in wardrobe etc. Even the kitchen cabinets can cost some money. Initially me and hubby also wanted to work around a budget of 30k. However, we went around and ask for quotations and realised that if we want to achieve what we want, 30k is not enough. True enough some ids can offer much cheaper price from the many quotations we gotten. However, when they showed us their pictures of houses done by them, designs....we were certain we do not want to engage them. We would rather spend more and be assured that in the end, we achieve what we want. Kelvin was the only id who brought us to all his sites to view the houses done by him. Some places are not even 50% done and he is confident enough to bring them there. Each house we saw, we have something in mind what we want to do for our place. Thus we are confident that Kelvin can achieve what we want in the end. So we bite the bullet and signed up with him although his price is not the cheapest. However, different ppl have different taste. Think best is to take more time and source around before making a decision. =)

Actually, I am currently having Kelvin as my ID. So far we are still very satisfied with his service. Due to our hectic work schedule, we can only meet up with him during late nights and he always find time to meet us no matter how late. My intention is not to promote Kelvin but I feel we should hear stories from both sides before we make any conclusion. caDAVEr, perhaps you like to share with us the size of your flat, the extent of renovation needed and your budget given to Kelvin. Forummers can then judge if the requests are reasonable. Of course we consumers would like to have alot of things done with the minimal amount of money spent. Sometimes, this is not very realistic.....perhaps even have to make do with lower quality materials. I feel that we should give IDs a realistic budget to work on, to show our sincerity and allow the ID to have more freedom to play with bold ideas and concepts.

Hi, mine is a 5 room flat. We actually did quite alot of things and the quote came out to 52k. Went to several ids with the same requirements and quotes also hover ard 50k.

Hi, The payment is 10%, 40%, 40% and 10%.

Hi all, I would like to share my experiences with Kelvin so far and the process of searching for an ID. Me and hubby started to search for an ID about 3-4 mths ago and I can say that we have moderately high expectations of how our house is going to be. Thus we went ID hunting and after counting, we actually approached about 8 ID and 2 contractors for discussions and quotations. Still, we could not finalise with an ID and I happen to read about Kelvin of GPlan from this forum and decided to arrange for a meet up with him. Kelvin is the only ID who initiated to bring us to the houses done by him to look at the designs as well as the worksmanship. We met up for a discussion at IMM and he brought us to 2 houses done by him. It was already about 12am after viewing the 2nd house and Kelvin actually wanted to bring us to see the third house, but because it's a workday the next day, we told him we will view another day. The 2 houses we went left us an impression that Kelvin is creative in using mirrors, glass and lightings in his designs. And we were also quite impressed that he is so enthusiastic even though it's so late. 3 days later within the same week, we were pleasantly surprised that Kelvin called us and told us that the quotation was ready! He even brought us to 3 more houses done by him to view before we actualli met up another day to discuss the quotation. After viewing the 3 houses, we were extremely certain that we want Kelvin to be our ID and are confident that he can produce what we want. Hubby was mesmerized by his clever play of lightings, which I am impressed by the use of glass to bring out the designs of the house. We met up with him few days later and signed up with him on the spot! =) After which, Kelvin is always the one calling us and got us to choose our tiles. We spent quite a long time choosing our tiles and he also brought us to purchase our toilet accessories. He was with us for the 5-6 hours when we were there and provided us with suggestions and ideas. After about a week, I received his call that our 3D drawings are out! so excited about it! Our renovation will only start after CNY and we were very happy that our 3D drawings are done! Will start a blog on the renovation progress and post pictures when our renovation starts after CNY. SO far, I would say that hubby and I are extremely pleased with Kelvin and did not regret choosing him to be our ID!