Update 30/9


This guy is not even a contractor, he is jus talking jobs and sub to some other contractor to do .. And always late payment to his sub contractor so yr job will be delay and delay

Then various excused will be given for the delay ( as another forumer mentioned before)

My house started renovation 3rd July, schedule completed date 26 July , nah... if i still wait for him i guess maybe december also canot finished. Finally sacked him and find own kitchen contractor to complete my kitchen cabinet , and go direct to the sub contractor En Aizad , to finished my tiling n touch up. and its finally done yesterday 30/9/2013, tats almost 3 months of nighrmare


So conclusion - NOT RECOMMANDED ! Boo... Learned my lesson

Name - Hafizan
Lowyat id - Jonnie23 (012-9999104)
company - Tareq Industries

If u guys still want to get cheap contractor, U can find direct that sub contractor guy. He is more experience and is a real contractor, but of coz, u still need to be there supervising his worker job coz some worker are abit lazy

Contact - En Aizad ( 0196368196)

For kitchen Cabinet U can contact - Mr Lim ( 0163021007 ) - recommanded


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Hi All

After researching for quite sometime (already tired) , finally have decided to engaged forumer Johnnie23 (Afizan) to handle my 850 sqf renovation.

Getting a quatation and site vsit with him is hassel free, prompt reply and on time for appointment , price are resonable too

Just paid 30% deposit upon confirming the job will be starting on next Tuesday, hopefully everything will goes well...

will update soon..

This post has been edited by annmix: Oct 1 2013, 11:56 AM

take some before photo... share with us the progress...

congrats to you.

i had engaged ID adrien for designing and decoration consultant. hm... full set of drawings cost RM8000 but is well worth because he is very professional and very straighforward.

wow, your hse must be big big one, can afford 8k just for designing.

dont forget to share some picture with us.

Hi all, sorry for the late reply .. today is the second day of the reno , mostly hacking job has been done ,wall between dining n kitchen also 90% demolish (not in pic) , maybe need another 1 day to complete the hacking .. so far havent seen the ID drawing yet cause need to start urgent but Afizan (Johnnie23) has brought the ID guy to look at the site n promise to show me by this week..

feel free to ask me if u guys have any question.. coz im not good in writing too long details..

This post has been edited by annmix: Jul 3 2013, 09:28 PM


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wah ya lo.. i think very big house and huge budget... my project jus like ikan bilis saje and keep budgeting too tight

i thinkk u shud have actually seen d drawing b4 hacking..like my hse,started hacking n building b4 giving proper thought then in d end tak suka then hack n rebuild,waste alot of money n time plus ppl annoyed lol

Yea I know but in my case I already very firm tat I wanna hack the dining n kitchen wall so my apt will look bigger. drawing tat I wanna see is kitchen n toilet lo. Coz dun hv budget to do fancy fancy designs

But my advise is.. pls see all the drawing before starting the work.. in my case I hv to take the risk coz need to start the reno asap...now jus hope afizan can do a good job for me ..

But my advise is.. pls see all the drawing before starting the work.. in my case I hv to take the risk coz need to start the reno asap...now jus hope afizan can do a good job for me ..

I also did not see the drawing before hacking but I already know exactly what I wanteD so no problems so far.

I have a reasonable budget , not a rich girl but comfortable and I like to do things in order. I wouldn't do any major hacking without any drawings. ID adrien is very ensuring and 8k for more then 20pcs of drawings and my apartment is only 1400sqft. The fee is reasonable especially when you look at his full portfolio and his attention to details especially when he commented in davkong's topic.. And I do believe he charges 30-40k design fee for some of his previous job.

BTW I'm not having any fancy design lol. The fancy design you see in here is always just the 3D, did all of you ever wonder where's the finish product or is just drawing afterall.

This post has been edited by Audrey_npl: Jul 4 2013, 01:17 AM

I think afizan should be OK and because he is a contractor not an Interior designer. Good luck and all the best.

This post has been edited by Audrey_npl: Jul 4 2013, 09:29 AM

8k for ID? Er....I rather DIY cannot afford to hv Id

I thought about using ID as well but decided to save some money.
It is not difficult to come up with ideas if you do some research.
I did a lot of research on the internet, bought a few books on minimalist design as well as visiting new show house launches.

The biggest problem is that while we can get ideas for each part of the house ourselves without too much problems, we are not trained to imagine how in the end it will look like after everything is put together.
This is a very big risk as we may not like the end result as there may be mismatch from one part of the room to another. ID people are trained to do this so most likely it will come up with everything properly matched.

I bounce up a lot with my contractor. For example I learned about plinth and why I should have it for my cabinets etc in the wet area. I wanted concealed roller blind and I asked the contractor to make a 6" gap in the plaster ceiling but he asked if I wanted 8" in case I want lace as well at a later stage . There are many more examples of things I missed out which if my contractor did not alert me I would have some regrets later on.

I was also lucky that there were 2 units that were undergoing final stages of renovation and I managed to get into their house and get a few ideas and a good look at the end result as well. There was one time when I went in, liked what I saw and immediately told my contractor I wanted to demolish a pillar which initially I thought was load bearing so I did not think about demolishing it nor did I ask my contractor. Demolishing it made a huge difference to my kitchen area.

The only problem I had by doing what I did was that I do not know much about lighting nor does my contractor. This is now my biggest risk that the lighting is not bright enough, or not evenly distributed throughout the house.

I still have another 1.5 months to wait before I know that I am successful in doing my own ID but on hindsight, it might have been a good idea and less risk if I were to have appointed one. After all the money I am spending, it will be really disappointing if the end result is not what I am looking for.

Actually......is not tht difficult. My previous condo ID is come up btw me n my the other half. And my friends and relative keep asking me who is the interior designer... Just need to put in more effort and time. Is not easy but is fun and you will be appreciate after your house is ready. Worth.

We are now doing the same for our landed house. And spend most of the weekend visit show unit just to get the ID idea.

Heck you guys should just join HabitatMY FB fanpage if you need ideas.

Annmix, any new photo update??? Congrats for your future new home...