giblet 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2012 Hey,Hoping someone can help give me some advice. We're about to start the reno process on our new HDB flat, and have decided to overlay the tiles for both bathroom floors in our unit....only the cost of doing this will be over 2k, which (when calculated on per sq ft basis) works out to be almost twice the cost of overlaying wall tiles (which we also doing). I argued with the ID over this already, he says the prices he quoted me are the flat rate which the contractor quoted him, and that there's very little markup. He also says that this is the market practice in Singapore......is that true??? Seems strange that bathroom wall tiling would be calculated on per sq ft basis, but bathroom floor tiling would be flat rate, presumably no matter the size of the bathroom (?)Would love any advice, or if someone can point me to a contractor who can do it at short notice for a price which is much more reasonable...Thanks guys and gals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiler Seng 57 Report post Posted August 13, 2012 Hey,Hoping someone can help give me some advice. We're about to start the reno process on our new HDB flat, and have decided to overlay the tiles for both bathroom floors in our unit....only the cost of doing this will be over 2k, which (when calculated on per sq ft basis) works out to be almost twice the cost of overlaying wall tiles (which we also doing). I argued with the ID over this already, he says the prices he quoted me are the flat rate which the contractor quoted him, and that there's very little markup. He also says that this is the market practice in Singapore......is that true??? Seems strange that bathroom wall tiling would be calculated on per sq ft basis, but bathroom floor tiling would be flat rate, presumably no matter the size of the bathroom (?)Would love any advice, or if someone can point me to a contractor who can do it at short notice for a price which is much more reasonable...Thanks guys and gals There are different way the sub-con will do a calculation, it is better for the individual company to hold their standard pricing base on their own policy, Singapore govermentrecommend fair deal, so that consumer are able to choose their own choice of renovator. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikeyong500 4 Report post Posted August 15, 2012 Hey,Hoping someone can help give me some advice. We're about to start the reno process on our new HDB flat, and have decided to overlay the tiles for both bathroom floors in our unit....only the cost of doing this will be over 2k, which (when calculated on per sq ft basis) works out to be almost twice the cost of overlaying wall tiles (which we also doing). I argued with the ID over this already, he says the prices he quoted me are the flat rate which the contractor quoted him, and that there's very little markup. He also says that this is the market practice in Singapore......is that true??? Seems strange that bathroom wall tiling would be calculated on per sq ft basis, but bathroom floor tiling would be flat rate, presumably no matter the size of the bathroom (?)Would love any advice, or if someone can point me to a contractor who can do it at short notice for a price which is much more reasonable...Thanks guys and gals Hmmm overlaying floor tiles more expensive than overlaying wall tiles? For bathrooms? hmmm... shouldn't it be the opposite... ,Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Speed45 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2012 Thats what u get when you find the ID n he gets --> Contractor goes find a --> Sub-contractor goes source --> Freelancer (tiler) & the final price gets marked up alot since going through so many hands... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoyonys 0 Report post Posted September 8, 2012 Hi TS, Standard procedure. Tiling works in Kitchen and bathroom will NOT goes by PSF. Its a lum sum amount. If you have doubt. Please get few quote. and you shall see the price range. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites