Hi mehmeh,
Congrats on getting your keys!
How's everything going?
Hi Hui,
How are you? Hmm in our case, Ally did just 1 drawing on my master bathroom...simple but quite accurate. I think it's difficult to have a specific quote before seeing the unit coz it's not easy to gauge the condition of the unit and how much work exactly needs to be done. I think the best bit about her is how she managed to stay within our budget. I do know our fee is a bit modest and so many quotes I've gotten could not match my fee given I wanted carpentry and full works for both bathrooms save the wall tiles. I guess we were quite aligned in our expectations as well, knowing if we pay more we will get more in return. Hmm, just my two cents worth. One of my friend's unit is being done up by Ally at the moment and he just felt that have to monitor a bit more - which I feel is the case with most reno works. I've had other friends who went with other IDs and did not have to monitor much at all, however, they paid $40k round abouts for massive work to be done. I guess I was also worried about my renos back then since it's also our first place etc, so I went down as much as I could, and main thing if you're doing the bathrooms is to be around when they are fitting the toilet stuff so you can comment on anything and rectify on the spot with the workers. In addition, it might help to communicate all your expectations and ideas across before the reno works and even anytime during the whole process!
That all said, at the end of the day, do find someone you feel comfortable with, and you feel can deliver what you want!
Hope this helps!
Congrats on getting your keys!
Hi Hui,
How are you? Hmm in our case, Ally did just 1 drawing on my master bathroom...simple but quite accurate. I think it's difficult to have a specific quote before seeing the unit coz it's not easy to gauge the condition of the unit and how much work exactly needs to be done. I think the best bit about her is how she managed to stay within our budget. I do know our fee is a bit modest and so many quotes I've gotten could not match my fee given I wanted carpentry and full works for both bathrooms save the wall tiles. I guess we were quite aligned in our expectations as well, knowing if we pay more we will get more in return. Hmm, just my two cents worth. One of my friend's unit is being done up by Ally at the moment and he just felt that have to monitor a bit more - which I feel is the case with most reno works. I've had other friends who went with other IDs and did not have to monitor much at all, however, they paid $40k round abouts for massive work to be done. I guess I was also worried about my renos back then since it's also our first place etc, so I went down as much as I could, and main thing if you're doing the bathrooms is to be around when they are fitting the toilet stuff so you can comment on anything and rectify on the spot with the workers. In addition, it might help to communicate all your expectations and ideas across before the reno works and even anytime during the whole process!
That all said, at the end of the day, do find someone you feel comfortable with, and you feel can deliver what you want!
Hope this helps!
We'll probably try to invite her to our place to have a look. She didn't do up a quote, but we did a rough estimate. Not too bad, within budget. Plus she remembers what we are looking for and the budget we have for our house. So should be quite safe.
