Comparision Between Chew Design, Unimax And Northwest

[ahpoohbear 0]

has been to these three IDs..and these are my personal opinions about them.

Chew Design

met Mr A during their road show in HDB. a nice and friendly guy and is able to give good ideas on design. first he told us that he will be able to give us a 2D drawing after one week. however, after two weeks, there was still no news. gave him a call and he said he was waiting for us to confirm on the fengshui. i was like huh? ..but never mind, we sat down and discussed. but the price they quoted is way above our budget. so we told him we shall discuss again. that was in feb and till now, we never heard from him again. conclusion: they only bother to do "high budget" business. no follow up. although i like their design but too bad, their service sucks. and had to bargain a fair bit before he's willing to reduce few hundreds $$. still the price he quoted is way too high.

Unimax

was drawn to their promise, indicating that they are able to provide 3D drawing even though never sign contract with them. so happily went down, met up with J (interior designer) and told him what i wanted. he said he's busy and wont be able to provide a 3D design so soon. but he promised to provide a 2D drawing instead. within a week, he provided a 2D drawing and quotation (but using pencil to draw on a paper, scan and email). went down to discuss with him. in fact, during the first meet up, i've already informed him that i only have this budget and asked him not to go beyond this budget. well, he came back with a quotation that is 5k above my budget and was in fact more than Chew Design!! got a bit angry because i've specifically told him my budget and he said it shouldn't go beyond my budget during the first meet up. anyway, he's willing to give some discount but..on the expenses of my design. he said: featured wall, make it smaller so i can give u this xxx price. forgo this bay window and i can further discount this xxx price. or maybe you can consider having this length of bay window and that will cut down the final cost. what is this????? i mean i want my house to be designed in this way, with this budget and was hoping you can give me a good discount on the price but NOT discount on my DESIGN. ridiculous!! conclusion: yes, will give discount but at the expenses of your home design.

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this is the first ID i went to. roughly told him what kind of design i want and the ID (Max) is very professional. within days, he was able to come up with 2D drawing and quotation. that was in jan and i was still looking around for ID at that point of time. every now and then he will follow up with a call and checked if any ID has been selected. in fact, he has been constantly following up since Jan till now. sometimes find him such a pain..hahaha...but at least he bothered.

so finally met up with him again this month, because i have made some changes to the design. he gave a final quote but ... my friend has recommended me a contractor and of course the price is definitely cheaper when you compared between an ID and contractor. but he was persistent and is willing to discuss on the quote. he has given us..i would say, a reasonable quote and cheaper as compared with Chew Design and Unimax. too bad, i wanted to save more for my furnishings and final decision is to go for the contractor. at the last meet up, he's even willing to lower to the same price that my contractor has quoted me! however, i was drawn towards the contractor because of all the freebies that he's giving. although the contractor told me he is not able to give him any 3D drawing, but i don't mind, because of the savings and freebies. conclusion: highly recommended for his good customer service. you may request him to bring you to a house that was under reno or completed reno to look at their workmanship.

Max is a very responsible ID to look for (if you are going to use NW). he's very responsible and is able to deliver what he promised within the specified days. for eg, if he said he's going to give u a quote within 2 days, you can be reassured that you will receive his call within 2 days. he is very responsive and answers his calls or sms almost immediately.

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[aneez.m 0]

has been to these three IDs..and these are my personal opinions about them.

Chew Design

met Mr A during their road show in HDB. a nice and friendly guy and is able to give good ideas on design. first he told us that he will be able to give us a 2D drawing after one week. however, after two weeks, there was still no news. gave him a call and he said he was waiting for us to confirm on the fengshui. i was like huh? ..but never mind, we sat down and discussed. but the price they quoted is way above our budget. so we told him we shall discuss again. that was in feb and till now, we never heard from him again. conclusion: they only bother to do "high budget" business. no follow up. although i like their design but too bad, their service sucks. and had to bargain a fair bit before he's willing to reduce few hundreds $$. still the price he quoted is way too high.

Unimax

was drawn to their promise, indicating that they are able to provide 3D drawing even though never sign contract with them. so happily went down, met up with J (interior designer) and told him what i wanted. he said he's busy and wont be able to provide a 3D design so soon. but he promised to provide a 2D drawing instead. within a week, he provided a 2D drawing and quotation (but using pencil to draw on a paper, scan and email). went down to discuss with him. in fact, during the first meet up, i've already informed him that i only have this budget and asked him not to go beyond this budget. well, he came back with a quotation that is 5k above my budget and was in fact more than Chew Design!! got a bit angry because i've specifically told him my budget and he said it shouldn't go beyond my budget during the first meet up. anyway, he's willing to give some discount but..on the expenses of my design. he said: featured wall, make it smaller so i can give u this xxx price. forgo this bay window and i can further discount this xxx price. or maybe you can consider having this length of bay window and that will cut down the final cost. what is this????? i mean i want my house to be designed in this way, with this budget and was hoping you can give me a good discount on the price but NOT discount on my DESIGN. ridiculous!! conclusion: yes, will give discount but at the expenses of your home design.

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this is the first ID i went to. roughly told him what kind of design i want and the ID (Max) is very professional. within days, he was able to come up with 2D drawing and quotation. that was in jan and i was still looking around for ID at that point of time. every now and then he will follow up with a call and checked if any ID has been selected. in fact, he has been constantly following up since Jan till now. sometimes find him such a pain..hahaha...but at least he bothered.

so finally met up with him again this month, because i have made some changes to the design. he gave a final quote but ... my friend has recommended me a contractor and of course the price is definitely cheaper when you compared between an ID and contractor. but he was persistent and is willing to discuss on the quote. he has given us..i would say, a reasonable quote and cheaper as compared with Chew Design and Unimax. too bad, i wanted to save more for my furnishings and final decision is to go for the contractor. at the last meet up, he's even willing to lower to the same price that my contractor has quoted me! however, i was drawn towards the contractor because of all the freebies that he's giving. although the contractor told me he is not able to give him any 3D drawing, but i don't mind, because of the savings and freebies. conclusion: highly recommended for his good customer service. you may request him to bring you to a house that was under reno or completed reno to look at their workmanship.

Max is a very responsible ID to look for (if you are going to use NW). he's very responsible and is able to deliver what he promised within the specified days. for eg, if he said he's going to give u a quote within 2 days, you can be reassured that you will receive his call within 2 days. he is very responsive and answers his calls or sms almost immediately.

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Hi Ahpoohbear,

Would appreciate if you could provide me the contact number for the contractor and this Max guy from North-West. Would like to invite them down for a site visit of my house to get a quote from them. Thanks in advance

Cheers.

[starlet_newbie 0]

Hi Ahpoohbear,

Would appreciate if you could provide me the contact number for the contractor and this Max guy from North-West. Would like to invite them down for a site visit of my house to get a quote from them. Thanks in advance

Cheers.

Hi aneez.m,

Maybe u might want to get a few more quotes to compare as to what i know, NW price are high too compare to those ID who dont go for show. PM me and i recommend u some other ID.

Regards.

[weenson 0]

starlet newbie, heard the same thing from some friends too. They said that the ones who are always at the exhibition always have packages but in the end need to top up more money.

Thought of going to CHEW but it seems that their feedback is quite horrible here leh.

Can you recommend me some good ones?

I was recommended by some friends to some IDs from smaller companies. Rave reviews about them and the price...

Hopefully my quest for the "right one" is not as torturous as some of the rest here.

[starlet_newbie 0]

starlet newbie, heard the same thing from some friends too. They said that the ones who are always at the exhibition always have packages but in the end need to top up more money.

Thought of going to CHEW but it seems that their feedback is quite horrible here leh.

Can you recommend me some good ones?

I was recommended by some friends to some IDs from smaller companies. Rave reviews about them and the price...

Hopefully my quest for the "right one" is not as torturous as some of the rest here.

Sure, I PM you my ID contact. He a great job for my home. If you want, PM me your email address so i could send you my 3D photo for your reference.

Cheers

[dinosaurous 0]

Sure, I PM you my ID contact. He a great job for my home. If you want, PM me your email address so i could send you my 3D photo for your reference.

Cheers

Hi, i had went to C**w Interior, NW, Dar*** and W****n.com also.

As we can't get a concrete DOP, only one of the above came back with quotations.

Quite disappointed with them.

Appreciate if u can PM me or email me (i've PM u my add) the 3D photos for my reference as well please.

Thanks

[Gargar 0]

Hi any good ids to intro?

Thanks in advance!

[justice 0]

Going to get my new hse Keys next mth, start to hav headache go ard look 4 quotations! But I prefer Stable & Established Company,Safer!!

[edenstrauss 3]

Is Chew Design the same as Chew Interior?

We spoke to somebody there 6 months ago. That fellow who answered the call was very snobbish, "yaya" with a take-it-or-get-lost sort of attitude. Miserable. We didn't think any client could be in safe hands when dealing with such a person.

So are these 2 firms the same?

[mummyfel 0]

I requested for quote from Chew Interior few days ago, so far no one contacted me yet!

Whereas the rest of the ID firm already provided quote and revised quotes since then....

I guess they doesn't want my business?

[everton 0]

I requested for quote from Chew Interior few days ago, so far no one contacted me yet!

Whereas the rest of the ID firm already provided quote and revised quotes since then....

I guess they doesn't want my business?

haha. Sounds like they havent changed much in all these years. They were the first company I went to a few years ago when I wanted to renovate my previous place. I spent over an our talking to some guy there, and after all was said he promised to send me a quote......never heard from him, and just as well I suppose.

[Julian.T 0]

Chew Int is also one of the few that i went to ask for quotes.

The guy did come back to me around less than two weeks. (I went to the jurong showroom).

Quite polite, not pushy and have his own ideas when we give some ideas which he told us straight away that our concept was..ermmm...not so nice...

List down the price for each job that requires such such hacking..this price, plastering...this price and was okay when i told him that if i can out source some of the jobs to others but he will be my main con... (unlike "we can" that i ask for listing of price for each job and i was told of their company policy and offered a lump sum of amount)

But of course, need to compare with others before make a decision...because of reno involves huge amount of money.

So i'm still looking around for IDs or contractors...

[gue 0]

has been to these three IDs..and these are my personal opinions about them.

Chew Design

met Mr A during their road show in HDB. a nice and friendly guy and is able to give good ideas on design. first he told us that he will be able to give us a 2D drawing after one week. however, after two weeks, there was still no news. gave him a call and he said he was waiting for us to confirm on the fengshui. i was like huh? ..but never mind, we sat down and discussed. but the price they quoted is way above our budget. so we told him we shall discuss again. that was in feb and till now, we never heard from him again. conclusion: they only bother to do "high budget" business. no follow up. although i like their design but too bad, their service sucks. and had to bargain a fair bit before he's willing to reduce few hundreds $$. still the price he quoted is way too high.

Unimax

was drawn to their promise, indicating that they are able to provide 3D drawing even though never sign contract with them. so happily went down, met up with J (interior designer) and told him what i wanted. he said he's busy and wont be able to provide a 3D design so soon. but he promised to provide a 2D drawing instead. within a week, he provided a 2D drawing and quotation (but using pencil to draw on a paper, scan and email). went down to discuss with him. in fact, during the first meet up, i've already informed him that i only have this budget and asked him not to go beyond this budget. well, he came back with a quotation that is 5k above my budget and was in fact more than Chew Design!! got a bit angry because i've specifically told him my budget and he said it shouldn't go beyond my budget during the first meet up. anyway, he's willing to give some discount but..on the expenses of my design. he said: featured wall, make it smaller so i can give u this xxx price. forgo this bay window and i can further discount this xxx price. or maybe you can consider having this length of bay window and that will cut down the final cost. what is this????? i mean i want my house to be designed in this way, with this budget and was hoping you can give me a good discount on the price but NOT discount on my DESIGN. ridiculous!! conclusion: yes, will give discount but at the expenses of your home design.

*

this is the first ID i went to. roughly told him what kind of design i want and the ID (Max) is very professional. within days, he was able to come up with 2D drawing and quotation. that was in jan and i was still looking around for ID at that point of time. every now and then he will follow up with a call and checked if any ID has been selected. in fact, he has been constantly following up since Jan till now. sometimes find him such a pain..hahaha...but at least he bothered.

so finally met up with him again this month, because i have made some changes to the design. he gave a final quote but ... my friend has recommended me a contractor and of course the price is definitely cheaper when you compared between an ID and contractor. but he was persistent and is willing to discuss on the quote. he has given us..i would say, a reasonable quote and cheaper as compared with Chew Design and Unimax. too bad, i wanted to save more for my furnishings and final decision is to go for the contractor. at the last meet up, he's even willing to lower to the same price that my contractor has quoted me! however, i was drawn towards the contractor because of all the freebies that he's giving. although the contractor told me he is not able to give him any 3D drawing, but i don't mind, because of the savings and freebies. conclusion: highly recommended for his good customer service. you may request him to bring you to a house that was under reno or completed reno to look at their workmanship.

Max is a very responsible ID to look for (if you are going to use NW). he's very responsible and is able to deliver what he promised within the specified days. for eg, if he said he's going to give u a quote within 2 days, you can be reassured that you will receive his call within 2 days. he is very responsive and answers his calls or sms almost immediately.

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Hi can pm me contact of the contractor and max from NW?

[zhiz 4]

Hi can pm me contact of the contractor and max from NW?

maybe better to wait for reno outcome before jumping to meet id based on good initial discussions...

[gunner11 0]

Sure, I PM you my ID contact. He a great job for my home. If you want, PM me your email address so i could send you my 3D photo for your reference.

Cheers

Hi can i get your ID contact too? thanks..