wow.

What a fxxking shitting company. I had bad experience with them.Called them for the roof leaking service due to the leaks from roof to kitchen.I was told the plumber will come over to check the cause of the leaking and will give the quotation then only I will decide whether or not to accept their service. But this plumber(Mr Lim) insisted to repair it and the price he quoted for RM800.00,What a ridiculous price!!!When I put him on the phone to speak to my husband and my husband told him we will consider his offer but definitely not the same day carry out the repairing work.When the plumber(Mr Lim)heard that he immediately demanded for RM 200 service charge if we don’t accept his repair service.
This is the first time I encountered in my life as i’ve deal with so many contractors..that we need to pay the service charge when they come over to give us the quotation and if we do not use their service.
I was not told about this charges will be incurred if they come over just to check and give quotation when I called Boon Chye Plumbing and Electrical Service to inquiry about their plumber service.I personally think that should there be any charges for quotation only,they have to advice and alert the customer in advance before sending their plumber to the site,the plumber then demanded for the service charge.This is really not the appropriate.If your company have this “term” or “rules” of collecting the service charge for just to check and give quotation,kindly inform us,your potential customer,first.This is not honest!

Hi anyone have any experience with Furmingo?

www.furmingo.com

Does he has proper company? Did he has staffs doing the reno or he did it all by himself? Do you know what is speciality (ie. tiling, wiring, etc)?

3000sqft over 3500sqft cannot consider mezzanine according to by-law. "mezzanine" can only be half or less of the built up. If the right way sure need to submit building plan for approval, but then this is Malaysia... ... If you need architect service in Klang Valley area can PM me.

Pandai

under is personal name,he ask his workers to do the renovation,he speciality is on the wet works included the tiling and wiring,for carpenter work he don't do

Thanks to all contributors...this all helps all of us to screen poor contractor...

Okay great. His price is reasonable and his work is tidy? Do you mind sharing some pictures here?

Thanks

Hi All. I engaged Mr Yap to repair the tiles in my wet kitchen (previous contractor did a bad job - tiles were falling off). Mr. Yap is a genuine guy and very friendly. He is upfront with you - gives your options, good advise, and also pretty reasonable. I am happy with the work he has done. I would recommend him if anyone looking for a tiling contractor

I am currently engaging Yap for my condo renovation but my experience with him so so only.

The electrical work especially because it is done by other person.

However I have to say he is a responsible contractor and he will attend to all your requests

anyway, responsible person is already a plus. in the industry, bad irresponsible contractors are more than the good ones.

Just out of curiosity, what is your definition of "so so" only?
It is like he's not knowledgeable? Or lacking in some skills?

I'm asking your experience because I'd like to hire him soon to do some repair work for my house.

What type of repair work are you looking for?

To me Yap is knowledgeable and he can really give you good advice. He is responsible too. The tiling and painting work done by his worker is good. But the electrical/wiring part I wouldn't recommend at all.

I engaged him to do hacking and tiling work (combine wet/dry kitchen), painting, wardrobe, & electrical work (light, fan installation and additional socket).

The wireman first day already keep telling that driller very hard to use can't drill this and that (typical complain type worker), then simply install my light without following the guidance. I also bought simon switches for my whole house and he can't even install them properly.

Look at the picture below. the 3 gang one was installed by the wireman and they told me the switch is like this one. I don't believe so I open it and fix the 2 gang switch myself and its as per what I thought it would be. Apparently they didn't even know that they need to clip the frame and the switch before installation until I tell them so. Then I ask them to recheck all the switches and the wireman only fix the 3 gang one in the picture below.

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Priority is to change my house's roof tiles.

It's leaking a bit especially during heavy rain + strong winds.
And also to replace whatever timber truss that are rotten or damage.

Currently my house roof tiles tiles are worn down and no longer smooth.
Looks something like the picture below.


And if Yap's workmanship (and price ) is really OK, then will probably ask him to hack and remove the old cast iron (galvanised iron?) bathroom pipes that is slowly seeping (rusty).


OK noted on the electrical issue. I'll get another electrical contractor.
Thanks for the info!

Frankly speaking his price is not the cheapest in town but I still accept the quote because of all the good review in this forum (for reference purpose i was quoted >4k for labour only to paint a 1,100 sqft new condo including ceiling).

I am totally fine with the hacking/tiling/painting work but the electrical work I am really not happy. And he started to get defensive when I complain to him about the electrical work e.g. the switches are like that one, the fan and light you bought why so fancy one (rubine is everywhere nowadays and the light is sort of pendant light with three modes and after wireman installed can only can activate one mode).

Personally that explanation is not acceptable because I paid for the work to be done and when I am willing to pay more i expect things to be done better.

For roof repair if its the same person that did my tiling then I would recommend. A malay bodybuilder, quiet and very honest guy in my opinion, my kitchen tiling is all nicely done.

Do share your experience here once you engaged him. Perhaps I was the only unlucky one

Aiyoh... I can now understand better the hassle you went through.
I too, wouldn't mind paying slightly more expensive but I'd like to get quality workmanship.

If you could be so kind to share with me your Malay roof contractor, I'd appreciate it very much. It keeps my option open.

And yes, if I hire Mr Yap to do renovation work for my dilapidated house, I'll give a field report.

Many thanks again for sharing!

The Malay worker works for Yap and I do not have his contact. Everything is through Yap.

OK cool!