Ideal House Id

[skywolf 0]

Finally, we closed the deal with Ideal House. Hope everything will go smoothly...

Later gonna sign up the quotation le... same as darrenelle, hope everything goes well....

[kajua 1]

Later gonna sign up the quotation le... same as darrenelle, hope everything goes well....

Welcome to the club, darrenelle and skywolf!!

We are due for handing over in the next 2 weeks!

Edited April 10, 2008 by kajua

[hobbes187 0]

Welcome to the club, darrenelle and skywolf!!

We are due for handing over in the next 2 weeks!!!

We are due to start reno in 2 weeks

[skywolf 0]

Hee... thanks for Celest's recommendation. =)

Wow, yrs done in 2 wks? Quite fast...

Hobbes, u r starting after qing ming? I'm targetting starting on 21st... give us some wkends to relax a bit b4 e running up n down starts. =)

[NiVleK 0]

Faster sign leh. Their GST coming soon liaos. Already submitted for 2 weeks. Should be processed soon. 7% not little leh. 30K already 2.1K. Kaoz...

[hobbes187 0]

Hobbes, u r starting after qing ming? I'm targetting starting on 21st... give us some wkends to relax a bit b4 e running up n down starts. =)

Yup after qing ming. Tentatively is set on 23rd. Going to view version 2 of the 3d drawing tomorrow and hopefully confirm most of the details. So u managed to push the price down?

[skywolf 0]

Faster sign leh. Their GST coming soon liaos. Already submitted for 2 weeks. Should be processed soon. 7% not little leh. 30K already 2.1K. Kaoz...

I know. It's not 7% of a $1 pack of tibit. It's 7% of $30+ k!

Yup after qing ming. Tentatively is set on 23rd. Going to view version 2 of the 3d drawing tomorrow and hopefully confirm most of the details. So u managed to push the price down?

Oic.. price wise ok bah. But took out some capentry items like shoe rack, study rm cabinets. Luckily we're not fans of feature wall, tv console or kitchen backsplash... Killers!

But hubby still mulling whether to take up the bar table from them... Lalalala...

[kajua 1]

Yippess...just went to our place to check it, waah....think we can do final touchup and check for defect next week

Left solid top to install.

Yesterday went down to pay for aircon, then just nice mark the places to put the toilet accessories and was expecting them to do it next week. Today go down..every thing done! Today we even brought additional stuff to mount, so had to ask Steven if can mount, he say no problem . Sometime he too efficient also not that good, my FH still thinking if want to put more additional stuff, if he hand over on schedule we dont have much time!

Even my FH rain shower is up!

Edited April 11, 2008 by kajua

[darrenelle 0]

Great! Who did u sign with and how much? Maybe can share what was in the quote.

Yeah, We signed with Steven at 39k after all the winding down.

Eh... quote not with me. Will share when i got it from my bf.

Later gonna sign up the quotation le... same as darrenelle, hope everything goes well....

Skywolf, let's pray together. You signing with Steven as well?

Welcome to the club, darrenelle and skywolf!!

We are due for handing over in the next 2 weeks!!!

2 Weeks!! Wow! That's really fast ya.

Seems like everyone is progressing well.

[sporevoices 0]

I had high expectation of Ideal House after seeing all the good reviews here in this forum, but after more than 3 weeks of waiting for the quotation, I had already given the ID amiss. On the positive side, the ID who I met appear sincere but guess they must be very busy with many projects on hand or maybe my $40K budget for a 5 rm flat is too little for them. Anyway, those ID who promised to give me a quotation within 2-3 days but couldn't deliver will also likely give me problems if I really do engage them. So i crossed out those who can't even keep simple promises.

[kajua 1]

I had high expectation of Ideal House after seeing all the good reviews here in this forum, but after more than 3 weeks of waiting for the quotation, I had already given the ID amiss. On the positive side, the ID who I met appear sincere but guess they must be very busy with many projects on hand or maybe my $40K budget for a 5 rm flat is too little for them. Anyway, those ID who promised to give me a quotation within 2-3 days but couldn't deliver will also likely give me problems if I really do engage them. So i crossed out those who can't even keep simple promises.

I am pretty sure 40k for 5rm flat is not too little for them given that ours was 30+ (less then 35k) for a 5rm resale. My friend who requested quote from my ID in Ideal got his quotation too, his was 15-20k for a condo

As for writing off ID who dont deliver the quotation on time, this might not be a good idea as most of the recommended IDs on the forum like Ho Bee, Ideal sometimes will have this problem. I had to chase Ho Bee for 2-3 weeks for the quote cause it was peak period for them. But we persisted because they are reputed to be good, eventhough in the end we went with another ID. Those that reply promptly sometimes are not necessary good, as in our early days of seeking out a ID someone in the forum wrote that if the ID is so free sitting in front of his desk reply to queries, business must be really bad.

But I think in your case 3 weeks of waiting is very extreme. Did you try calling the ID? If you called and he still does not respond, then you should drop him. If you still want to go with Ideal House, you might want to call Mr K, in his thread one of his client says he provided a quote in less then a day when he was told it was urgent. You can also try our ID Steven/Max . Our experience with them have been that they are very prompt and responsive to our requests. Even if they are late they will inform in advance.

If not, you might want to try Intradesign and Baroque. When we requested for quotes from a whole list of ID at one go via email, they are the 2 that reply to us fastest, though we also did not shortlist them eventually. These 2 are also reputed to be good from the forum . You can read up on them.

-Tomas

Edited April 12, 2008 by kajua

[darrenelle 0]

I had high expectation of Ideal House after seeing all the good reviews here in this forum, but after more than 3 weeks of waiting for the quotation, I had already given the ID amiss. On the positive side, the ID who I met appear sincere but guess they must be very busy with many projects on hand or maybe my $40K budget for a 5 rm flat is too little for them. Anyway, those ID who promised to give me a quotation within 2-3 days but couldn't deliver will also likely give me problems if I really do engage them. So i crossed out those who can't even keep simple promises.

We wind down the quote from 49k to 39k for our EA. We received our quote as promised. Our ID even asked if we would like to wait for about half an hour for the quote when we went down to make amendment. Our ID was about 15min late for appointments twice, but we were informed before hand.

Our experiences of not receiving quotes at all are mostly from firms that are not so well reputed.

But of course, pick the one that you are most comfortable with.

[hobbes187 0]

We wind down the quote from 49k to 39k for our EA. We received our quote as promised. Our ID even asked if we would like to wait for about half an hour for the quote when we went down to make amendment. Our ID was about 15min late for appointments twice, but we were informed before hand.

Our experiences of not receiving quotes at all are mostly from firms that are not so well reputed.

But of course, pick the one that you are most comfortable with.

When are u starting the reno? I'm starting in 2 weeks... Yet to buy my taps and lights

[darrenelle 0]

When are u starting the reno? I'm starting in 2 weeks... Yet to buy my taps and lights

Tentatively, we are going to see tiles on this coming Wed. And i guess we shall progress from there. No exact date of when to start.

I will share the items in my quote within the next week in my blog.

You selected the tile already haven't u? How's the 3D Drawing?

Edited April 12, 2008 by darrenelle

[hobbes187 0]

Tentatively, we are going to see tiles on this coming Wed. And i guess we shall progress from there. No exact date of when to start.

I will share the items in my quote within the next week in my blog.

You selected the tile already haven't u? How's the 3D Drawing?

Yes tiles selected. Went to Hafary Balestier. Also ordered sofa last week.

Now next in line will be bathroom taps, heaters and lights. Next mth is the great s'pore sale so will be looking to purchase my shortlisted Serta bed then.

Tonight will meet max for the 3d drawing 2nd draft. Will post it in my t-blog once I get it so stay tuned