Blush
17th February 2009, 02:56 PM
Hi There,
:D
i believe most of us including myself will face a most critical issue when renovating our house- Budget $$.
i would like to share my experience with you on how i manage to save not a few hundred but a few thousand dollars on the works.
Believe it or not, i get to know a free lance Quantity Surveyor-QS(some one who understand and come up with cost estimates and breakdown of reno works) whom helped me to acheive all these.
In some cases, contractor may take advantages of house owners like us whom never understand the work description stated in the quotation and charge us either for a standard fee for partial work at first and later an additional hefty fee in order to complete the whole work scope.
For example: The description may state:
"Supply and install of 900 x 1800mm door to entrance Cost $850"
When its due for installation, he may tell you that the door stated in the quote is not a 1/2 fire rated door required by the HDB but is a hollow core door and you need to pay $1,200 instead
Thanks to this QS i engaged and she manage to lower my whole 5room reno cost of $45,000 to only $37,800 by going through all the quotation, amending all the fine prints to make sure there is no hidden cost from the contractor.
i would say her fees of $1,000 in return for $7,200 worth of savings is really worth it.
i strongly recommend those home owners thinking of renovating should give her a call as she is really knowledgeable and is able to give you lots of advise.
Happy Renovating! :cool:
:D
i believe most of us including myself will face a most critical issue when renovating our house- Budget $$.
i would like to share my experience with you on how i manage to save not a few hundred but a few thousand dollars on the works.
Believe it or not, i get to know a free lance Quantity Surveyor-QS(some one who understand and come up with cost estimates and breakdown of reno works) whom helped me to acheive all these.
In some cases, contractor may take advantages of house owners like us whom never understand the work description stated in the quotation and charge us either for a standard fee for partial work at first and later an additional hefty fee in order to complete the whole work scope.
For example: The description may state:
"Supply and install of 900 x 1800mm door to entrance Cost $850"
When its due for installation, he may tell you that the door stated in the quote is not a 1/2 fire rated door required by the HDB but is a hollow core door and you need to pay $1,200 instead
Thanks to this QS i engaged and she manage to lower my whole 5room reno cost of $45,000 to only $37,800 by going through all the quotation, amending all the fine prints to make sure there is no hidden cost from the contractor.
i would say her fees of $1,000 in return for $7,200 worth of savings is really worth it.
i strongly recommend those home owners thinking of renovating should give her a call as she is really knowledgeable and is able to give you lots of advise.
Happy Renovating! :cool: