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We approached more than 10 Interior Designers (IDs) for quotation from recommendations on various websites like RenoTalk and SGBrides.
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Here's a list of IDs we have approached so far :1) Barouque (General: Highly recommended online with good workmanship and price ; Personal: Response was slow and no follow-ups after 2 amendments and appointments, otherwise ID was rather nice and approachable)
2) Earnest Interior (General : Highly recommended online and great wokmanship. Approach ID Frankie, great 3D drawings!)
3) Intra Design (Personal: Qouted us $10K above the rest who have qouted us. Too expensive)
4) GPlan (Great reviews on SG home reno websites with good workmanship)
5) Ideal Home (General: Highly recommended in most SG home reno forums; Personal: Not bad, price was ok and it was 2nd to our choice of ID)
6) A-Win @IMM (General: No Reviews and comments so far; Personal: Approached them 1 month before CNY, no response til now.)
7) Wei Ken @ Trade Hub21 (General: Highly recommended by forumers online and had many great reviews with good workmanship .. do your homework online and check which ID is good, ; Personal: We were attended to by a v v inexperienced 'ID', we had to tell her what to do, etc.. we became our own IDs .. it was just our unlucky day)
8) Chew Interior ( General: Too expensive but good workmanship, Personal: Experienced ID attended to us 2 weeks before CNY and never hear from him ever since)
9) Darwin Interior (General: Good reviews, forumers commented about their interest on depo$sit collection ; Personal: Good Price and qoutation were given on the spot They were more interested in collecting the depo$it than any thing else)
10) De'sprit Interior (General: No comments about their service and workmanship. Personal: Approached them about 1 week before CNY and no news ever since)
11) Ideal Design (General: No comments online and anywhere else. Personal: Not recommended at all as ID also never respond)
12) The Home Concept @ TradeHub21 (We chose this ID)
General: Little comments online on RenoTalk forum and had reasonably good reviews about workmanship and pricing.
Personal: Quotation was emailed to us in 3 days! We feel totally comfortable with ID Patrick on first meetup. Always contactable even during CNY. Very approachable and has good and economical suggestions. Even amendments in quotations was also sent to us promptly via email. Gave us the 3D drawings and pictures free of charge even though we have not confirm whether we are engaging him. Mr Patrick also took us to a couple of completed and uncompleted units undergoing renovation to have a look at the carpentery and workmanship. Also, this is one guy who is really passionate about his job and treats every single home renovation project like his own home.
Post reno, he was still contactable and still very patient about correcting things that went wrong or had to be corrected.
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Most importantly, when talking to IDs, you have to come straight to the point of what you want. List down a list of stuffs you want to do to your place. An easy way is to classify the list into different rooms, e.g Living room, kitchen, Master Bedroom. etc.
