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[Evi 0]

Hi! Very nice pieces of furniture. Can you PM me the first and second shop names?

Pmed you.

[Evi 0]

Icic, mine is almost like urs, everyday during lunch time i go visit to see what works had been done. i have to ask ID what had been done this week than he will say it out or else i guess he will just keep quiet and proceed with the work.. Sigh!!!! Reno works is such a tiring thing to do.

I would have monitored much closer if not for work, but now that it is year end and my work is starting to ease off I'll start going often to watch the progress.

[Evi 0]

awww.. that's hurt.. what an irresponsible ID..

my 2 cents, always go for the ID that is recommended by friend. It is not easy to be an ID. alot of coordination works required, and alot of details need to take care off. I'm fortunate that my ID so far does the job pretty well.

anyway u have nice purchases for your furniture !

Strangely this person is someone i consider a friend.

He is great at the design and space planning things but totally irresponsible when it come to the organisational part of the project.

I actually felt that 90% of the co-ordination work was done by us, he just did the drawings.

We were so worried that we would delay the project from our end by not purchasing the items that need to be installed.

We went out to purchase most of those by Oct, but now its all sitting in the store room.

[bleucheeze 1]

Sorry to hear about this. Hope things get better along the way.

I like the furniture you bought from the 1st and 2nd stores. Can PM me the address if not convenient to say here? Thanks.

[Evi 0]

Sorry to see you're going through all this. It really sucks that you're getting this kind of #@!@ service eventhough you've parted with quite a lot of money already. I don't know of any other industry where this happens! It's so easy for the ID to makan their clients.

Without knowing all your details, I am a bit worried about how things will be as work progresses. Because if they're already like this at the start, it could be worse when the actual construction begins. Hacking is quite straightforward compared to the coordination needed for the actual building. A lot of things must be done in proper sequence. And at the end, when you point out things that need to be rectified, they may boh hiew you. They also know you have your own timeline to move in, so eventually you may get tired of pushing them. They can wait because they are occupied with other projects, but can you?

You say the ID and contractor have bigger projects. This is scary because I find in this industry, money talks. Big projects = big priority. Small project = .....

I mean one of the ID firms you consulted already pointed this out in your face - "we don't do contracts below $60K." Not saying there's anything fundamentally wrong with focusing on money, but that's the attitude in the industry I feel which sometimes causes professionalism to be sacraficed.

Perhaps you can share what the terms of your contract with the ID/contractor are. See if there's a legal way out of this mess.

Maybe you should really just dump them and start afresh. Since you're already doing a lot of the project management yourself, maybe you should switch contractors and DIY liao. You also seem like you know what you want.

All the best!

I thought by doing my homework and all the research, it would help prevent such things from happening.

What I really dislike hearing was when they mention that ours was a small project, can be done very quickly.

But end of the day I see very little done.

Now that you mention the rectification part,

We have reach a point that we have met the carpentry sub con, just to iron out the details that was summited to them.

During that meeting we manage rectify a few things before it entered production.

I didn't want to be slap with a stupid V.O because if mistakes in drawing.

It presently seems like we are the project management for this reno.

I mean we hired an ID to make it easier for us as our work can get quite hectic, and in the end we do so much more that if we had taken the project on our own.

Its to a point where I wonder am I hiring you to work for me or the other way round.

This industry is brutal man.

[Evi 0]

Happy thoughts happy thoughts.........

Here are some other purchase that we bought for the house

Coffee Table

Dining pendent lights

Kitchen light

Downlight for study table area

[Evi 0]

This is the colour palette for the house.

[Evi 0]

This is my latest acquisition

TV console

Hopefully when we line all the things together it does not look mismatched.

[Evi 0]

Hi,

Can pm the both name of the furniture shop? Love your dining table.

Sorry to hear about this. Hope things get better along the way.

I like the furniture you bought from the 1st and 2nd stores. Can PM me the address if not convenient to say here? Thanks.

I basicallly followed adidaem's shopping list.

That's where all the credit is due.

The first shop is Pomelo @ Tan Boon Liat Building

The second it Artsy-fact @ Blk 2 Everton Park #01-47

[Evi 0]

Anyways this is all that was done in the 3 months.

Edited December 4, 2012 by Evi

[Evi 0]

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[adidaem 6]

At this point, we have decided to just go straight a head and contact the Main Contractor, and do most of the communication there.

I must say it is almost as if we are managing the project ourselves.

We were very meticulous in planning, we even when ahead to do a setup and timeline schedule on our own and also another one to keep track of all the purchase, invoice numbers, size dimensions etc etc.....

In the end it all came to nothing as this was all not passed down to the Main contractor.

Now presently we are screaming at the main con too, as he also seem to have the same problem as my designer....

He too also have other major project on hand, so the time put aside for this project is more or less minimum.

I think it boils down to us never giving them a firm deadline.

Ouch. Feel your pain. Hope to see your home transformed soon. Good luck.

Oh ya, and shame on your friend. Not much of a true friend to do this to you guys.

[iTalk 0]

Can totally understand the pain that you are going through now. Looks like it's going to be a long way more to go.

Any way wish you luck, take care!

[Evi 0]

Hi hi all. This is the Mrs of Evi. Thank you all for sharing your feedback. Yes, truly we are really hoping to see our home be completed. The hair pulling frustrations we go through everyday, perhaps is what many couples like you folks go through as well in the whole reno process.

To confess, I secretly snapped a photo of a young couple, at McD's in consultation with their ID at the next table. Their ID had the whole detailed schedule out, armed with laminate and tile samples. Their ID gave them sound advice and all. Not for anything more other than feeling kind of envious and so shortchanged by our ID, wanted to show Mr Evi what another couple's IDs seems more attentive. I sent the photo to the Mr Evi and said 'look what they got...*envy*'. So sad huh.

Having said that, we did meet some really lovely folks at these lovely furniture shops. Where we sat down and discussed about our layout, what works for our lifestyle and budget. Sincere folks who do not judge our sort of shoestring budget.

Not inclusive of the snobs who badgered us like 'ah longs' every other day to collect our sofa that we paid in full. Strange how we paid in full and it seemed that we owed them big time or what. The epitome of painful customer experience for this shop-which-has-an-outlet-at-P**k-Mall furniture place. They did not even allow us to inquire about the price 'unless you really wanted to buy it, then we will check' was their response. Like huh??? *_*||| Seriously.

Painful lesson learnt: never pay in full until upon collection, as some suppliers can't wait to shake you off once they get their monies. *Sigh~Burries face*.

Tomorrow will be a better day..!! =p

[RemyLebeau 0]

Just stay positive in the meantime Mr & Mrs Evi, I hope everything happened to you now may turns out to be better in the near future be it career/health etc etc. Hope to see your transformation complete.