It is through shear chance that I met Mr Alvin Aw when he was working on the renovation of my neighbouring retail shop. As I was about to sign the contract to the lease of my premise, I casually invited him over to take a look. Much to my delight, Mr Aw was very forthcoming in sharing his ideas even though I have not officially engaged him. I was also pretty impressed by the knowledge he had, both within and outside of his trade. For example, he is able to advise me correctly on the almost everything ranging from hacking of floor, wall, HDB restrictions and permits, internet application, fire safety, weather considerations etc, of which I later confirmed with my QP to be correct.
As the premise I leased was a 40 year old HDB retail shop, my main concern was on the challenge to how can we transform the dilapidated state to a conducive learning centre. Mr Aw’s presentation really gave me hope. I eventually engaged his services and I would rate the entire experience a 9.5/10. The most memorable being when I realised that the project needs to be completed 1 month earlier than planned. To make things worse, the period spans across the CNY season. Mr Aw sat me down to come up with the plan on how to achieve that. This project will not be successful if not for his wealth of experience as well as his reliable team behind him. I was also very grateful that despite me giving him a not so pleasant new deadline, he was on my side instead of trying to push the blame back to me. I think this is very important as all knows, renovation can be quite a tiring and stressful experience. The last thing we want is to get into a deadlock with our ID/Contractor.
Just as in any other renovations, there are bound to be hiccups and Mr Aw had always been reassuring or otherwise, provided feasible solutions. All in all, I felt truly lucky to have met Mr Aw and here are some pictures I will like to share.
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