assirac 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) Just an update:P ... In the end We continued staying with my mum ... so reno did not happen in 2006. Right now, mum just sold her flat, so RENO has to happen!! Have shortlisted the following IDs1. Titan Creative - ID seems very very busy. 2. Spacious Planners - Design was good, but way over our budget 3. Intra Design - Good quote .... 4. Baroque D'zign - ID did not pay attention to our requirements. In the end just quoted based on their promo package. Quite a bit of hard-selling... I will drop him out of our shortlisting5. Ho Bee - Good quote ... Edited February 3, 2008 by assirac Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h4happy 1 Report post Posted January 18, 2008 You should ask yourself whether you want ID or Contractor....if you want to keep reno to the min...Just an update:P ... In the end We continued staying with my mum ... so reno did not happen in 2006. Right now, mum just sold her flat, so RENO has to happen!! Have shortlisted the following IDs1. Titan Creative2. Spacious Planners3. Intra Design4. Baroque D'zign Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yang Guo 7 Report post Posted January 18, 2008 hehe old blog is coming alive! hope to see ur reno pictures soongood luck!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
assirac 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2008 You should ask yourself whether you want ID or Contractor....if you want to keep reno to the min...We increased our budget a bit cos we wanted to work with IDs instead of contractors. Hopefully I can get a pretty home within 40K .... hehe old blog is coming alive! hope to see ur reno pictures soongood luck!!Currently my flat is occupied .... =X rented out ..... Will visit my place soon to get some "before reno" pictures... hehehehehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
assirac 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2008 Air ConditionerWill require a system 4 unit to cool all rooms including the living room. Based on the assumption that averagely, no more than 2 air-con units will be switched on at a time, we will need to select a unit that operates most effectively at half load.After analyzing the data from the NEA website, Toshiba Model RAS-4M26SACV fairs well at 50% load, and full load. Estimated monthly $$ for half load is S$40 and S$114 at full load.Prices (Source: Coolserve.com)RAS-4M26SACV / 4 X RAS-M10NKCV = 3410 SGD orRAS-4M26SACV / 4 X RAS-M13NKCV = 3810 SGD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zc31 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2008 Wat happened to impress21?Anyway they're one of my finalist. Till date, thumbs up for just service. No hard sell, and revise my quotation abt 3 times liao even thou i haben sign anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
assirac 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2008 Wat happened to impress21?Anyway they're one of my finalist. Till date, thumbs up for just service. No hard sell, and revise my quotation abt 3 times liao even thou i haben sign anything.The quotation I got from Impress 21 was 2 years back. My requirements changed quite a bit since then. I'm waiting for the quotations from my "first round" of IDs. I may approach impress21 to get a quote comparison, cost quite frankly Impress21 is very competitive when it comes to pricing. Only concern about impress 21, they may not have the "design" or "artistic" element ... which .. unfortunately ... US , the owners... also lack ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
assirac 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2008 Air ConditionerWill require a system 4 unit to cool all rooms including the living room. Based on the assumption that averagely, no more than 2 air-con units will be switched on at a time, we will need to select a unit that operates most effectively at half load.After analyzing the data from the NEA website, Toshiba Model RAS-4M26SACV fairs well at 50% load, and full load. Estimated monthly $$ for half load is S$40 and S$114 at full load.Prices (Source: Coolserve.com)RAS-4M26SACV / 4 X RAS-M10NKCV = 3410 SGD orRAS-4M26SACV / 4 X RAS-M13NKCV = 3810 SGDI realised that HDB has AMP restrictions for old HDB flats... So I can only have a Toshiba System 3. price is about 2538 ... ... my hubby and I agreed that our living room can survive without air-con Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zc31 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2008 The quotation I got from Impress 21 was 2 years back. My requirements changed quite a bit since then. I'm waiting for the quotations from my "first round" of IDs. I may approach impress21 to get a quote comparison, cost quite frankly Impress21 is very competitive when it comes to pricing. Only concern about impress 21, they may not have the "design" or "artistic" element ... which .. unfortunately ... US , the owners... also lack ... Wah u search for ID for 2yrs ah?Yes price they're very competitive.Design wise, they're not too fancy but i've got my designs on my own so tt aint too bad.Do post pics of ur hme ya! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
assirac 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2008 Wah u search for ID for 2yrs ah?Yes price they're very competitive.Design wise, they're not too fancy but i've got my designs on my own so tt aint too bad.Do post pics of ur hme ya!No lar ... where got so crazy. Searched for a while... then decide not to reno ... now decide to reno again lor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingzkong 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2008 No lar ... where got so crazy. Searched for a while... then decide not to reno ... now decide to reno again lor Haha an old bird 'comeback' huh Welcome back assirac. Enjoyz! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
assirac 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2008 Trying to decide on whether to engage Hobee or Intradesign.Which one is better when it comes to ......1. Price - Hobee (Intra is about 15 - 20% higher, Hobee's quote was very very detailed, ie no hidden costs)2. Design - Intra (3D drawing and portfolio is definitely more convincing than Hobee)3. Service/Response Time - Hobee (Replied my email within 3 days) !!hehehehe .... which to choose leh ??? !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skywolf 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2008 Haha, same situation as mine... but i have 3 companies to choose... from an initial 10... it's a headache manz. !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h4happy 1 Report post Posted February 3, 2008 Ask them to bring you to their showflats!See the actual better than rely on 3d. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skywolf 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2008 Ask them to bring you to their showflats!See the actual better than rely on 3d.The ones we went to didnt give drawings de... Oh, 1 got. But totally different from what we wanted. !! So we junked it. Now left 2 more we had yet to view as its CNY times (the owners may not want to let ppl view @ this time which we understand), so everything shifted back 1 more week. So once we see these 2 more, then can decide liao. I hope no tie... !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites