I saw many of us are from melaka and am thinking of starting a new thread to share information here. Our price is somehow quite different from Klang Valley. i would say workmanship charge is normally cheaper but 'things' might be more expensive... competition is not as high as in KV i guess.... besides, i think it is important to share bad experience too as to avoid having another victim... melaka also ada orang jahat.... hahaha...

let me start with my own experience... trying to recall as much as possible... some information might have been shared in other thread before...

electrical :
1. d/l installation - rm8
2. ceiling fan installation - rm20
3. crystal light installation - rm20
4. d/l looping & installation - rm25
5. t5 in l-box (looping & installation) - 8w - rm 15, 14w - rm18, 28w - rm25

gate :
gavanised with powder coated - 17' main gate and 2 1/2' small gate - rm6800

auto gate :
model : gm 328 folding swing including sensor and siren excluding wiring - rm1600

curtains railing (diy installation) :
1. curtain rail - rm1.2/foot
2. roller - rm0.08 each
3. end cap - rm0.40 each
4. double bracket - rm1.2 each

aluminium doors :
7'6" x 10' powder coated white aluminium frame with 5mm glass - rm5100
8' x 8' powder coated sliding door with 5mm glass - rm3200
6'6" x 7' 12mm tempered glass fixed panel - rm1100

PA system & Karaoke Set:
Rawind Trading in Muar (excellent service)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rawind-Tradi...157257161130463

Big No No shop :
Golden Deluxe furniture shop ... opposite the oldest KFC in Melaka...

This post has been edited by finestq: Nov 12 2013, 11:07 AM

yo, TS, i m also from melaka, nice to meet you, now i m looking for people to do for kitchen cabinet and also wiring, and i hvnt apply for tnb and syarikat air, some people told me apply meter muz find certified contractor to do for you, some said no need, we can go and apply ourself, so do you know which 1 is true?

TNB was applied by my developer and they only asked for my IC copy. Not really sure what other documents they submitted. as for water, it is much easier. i applied at samb building at jalan hang tuah. since, i applied my water much later and i only showed them the tnb bill of my new house and a copy of my ic. get it done in less than 10 mins. they went to install the meter within 3 days... quite efficient...

ic, just ask another contractor, he said due to i bought subsale house and already few year din apply for tnb, so we need to find tnb certified contrator to make sure the wiring safe to use, and must find those contractor to apply the meter, and kena charge rm150 for their service

Hi there Napoli26.

I am from Melaka as well. Nice to meet you.

What u mentioned is true. I am a contractor and my client's house had the same case as yours. Since there is no electric, we couldn't start any work. Hence, I had approached the TNB to enquire on behalf of the owner and the TNB said that the owner have to engage a TNB certified Contractor to inspect and to apply on behalf of the owner. Hopefully, this helps.

ic, thanks for your info bro, btw, you are contractor for....?

From small Renovations to Constructing Bungalows. Right now doing a 5400sft double storey B'low at Sg. Merab, Bangi.

wow, good a, bro, just now got a contractor quote me rm2000 for brick wall size lenght 13 x height 7.5, about 97.5 square feet, this price reasonable?

Include Plastering or not?

Hey TS, nice effort starting this thread via your observation of the number of Malaccan surfers. I'm from KL but am currently based in Melaka. Would come back here often to see recommendations and no nos. Keep it up~

Hi all... im from melaka too...
my background is in construction field... but im not yet taukeh la.. hahaha...
currently doing reno at bukit serindit..

wah very far job there izmir... big project

i agree with you ts...
price quite big diff in here n klang valley.. the material price also..
some quite higher than melaka..

buying leather sofa in Melaka is the hardest thing to do. Price is very expensive. Most of the half leather are priced at 4k to 5k for 123 seater (westcourt and cavenzi are not in my choice as they look too fake!). End up buying from rozel although reputation not that good here...

yes, included

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Added on June 27, 2012, 7:55 amrozel and lorenzo quality not tat good nowdays, very expensive somemore

This post has been edited by napoli26: Jun 27 2012, 07:55 AM

Not so big maaa. I'm sure u got bigger one.

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Added on June 27, 2012, 9:16 amYou should bargain. Can still go down a bit.

This post has been edited by izmir2621805: Jun 27 2012, 09:16 AM

But Big Yes Yes to Hock Bee, opposite Golden Deluxe


I always try to avoid lorenzo as I read too much bad feedback on them

This post has been edited by leeyung: Jun 27 2012, 09:36 AM

but i heard hock bee is not cheap though. but im not sure if the workmanship is good or not la.

I will say, you get what you paid for , surveying around before, for cheap one in Melaka, quality under my expectation, anyway, hock bee do have cheaper n economic one, but of course you cant demand for very good quality for that

infront of mata kucing kfc is it?

Yeap bro

As for curtain, I will recommend a husband and wife team. Whereby husband will do the measurement and wife will do the sewing job. In terms of selection of materials and curtain colour need to go to their house. Very reasonable and nice to deal with. I recommended is because after shop around and accidentally found out fr my friend that earlier on they also engage the hubby/wifey team. Price wise surely reasonable as earlier I had gone to Top Master and a few, lastly last minute lucky me met this uncle. His phone is 0136261934(mr koh). Pls speak to him in mandarin or hokkien ah...