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

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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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 

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

how much does it cost to change the whole roof?

Just a couple of days ago I switched on my fan and after 10 minutes or so then suddenly loud noise was coming from the fan and scared my family and I. Apparently the fan casing was not being installed properly hence it just came off after the fan spin for a while.

I got so frustrated and angry and I send the video to Yap. And the first response I got is that it is not fair to blame them for poor installation thereafter only he ask me what is the problem with the fan. He ownself also admitted that his wireman got problem but first action is to defend themselves first then only ask me what is the problem with the fan.

Therefore I literally told him to stop whatever job that is still pending and I will get some other guys to do for me.

Previously we also agreed that I do not need to pay the electrical work in full due to the many errors (plus I have to fix some of the switches that wasn't installed properly myself) and he agreed for me to deduct.

So since he ask me to deduct I said to him I will only pay 1k out of the 4.7k given all the errors plus I now need to look for other wireman to recheck all the installation (he proudly tells me that he will pay for all the fees). As usual la he then send me so many messages basically saying it is not fair to deduct so much and say they did turn up to work although got error bla bla bla. Funny thing is I don't remember I agreed paying them to come for training.

This Yap will always say to me that friendship comes first and business comes second. And the moment I told him I do not want any of his guy to continue with the work he said to me that we can't be friend anymore

When complain to him about the wiring work he will just say his other work like tiling and painting is good la & etc. I to that but what is proud about this? I paid for the quote that is not the cheapest so delivering good workmanship is WITHIN EXPECTATION and not something EXCEEDING EXPECTATION.

Given a choice I would rather ask the wireman from the shop to install for me at least they won't tell me that the fan/light I bought is too fancy and normally it only takes them a day or two to finish all installation without much problem.

My experience with Yap is totally frustrating and disappointing but there seem to be quite some positive reviews about him. Well I am just sharing my part of story.

Well my opinion even tiling and painting work is overrated given the price he is quoting. Labor only to paint a 1100 sqft condo cost 4k++ for ceiling + wall, and he will tell you to try use lesser color as possible (easier and faster to finish the work mah)

Another thing that I took issue with is also his planning for the work i.e. he will rush you to get everything ready then tell you oh my worker only coming later. If not then text you today tell you tomorrow my workers are coming.

Plus always rush for work to be completed and will keep telling you to come touch up later

See the wall plug that his guys installed. When complain to him he said because they were rushing to the next site dont worry small matter only we will come and touch up later. My point is why do someting that you already know gonna require touch up later? It seems as though you are doing a lot but in fact many of the work is not necessary (ya again because he wanna rush for work to be completed ASAP). I should mention also I didn't ask for these wall plugs to be installed.

Now giving second thoughts of engaging him. Thanks for the feedback...

Hi,

I suggest to visit https://ttpm.kpdnhep.gov.my/ and file a claim there.
But here is a long process and administrative work you might need to handle.

I to, very bad luck that i hand over my dream house ( basic unit ) to renovation contractor
1. to extend yard and wet kitchen ( roof type )
2. to extend car porch ( roof type ) hacked column and lay new floor tiles with concrete work
3. to hack and change all flooring upstairs, downstairs, staircase
4. to change and reno all 3 bathrooms
5. repair leakage
6. construct 30' concrete table

along the process , the renovation went messy and relation was sour. the workmanship is poor and they even used recycle woods.
There is no reply and feedback from phone call as well.
i also very headache and have became part time site auditor to check and audit the site almost daily.

what became worse if the product outcome was not fulfilled to my requirement and expectation.

i feel angry, upset and all my hard earned savings has been used up and not satistfy with the outcome and may have to get another 2nd contractor to continue.

Any body can also advice me how to move on?

Worry that if I report to tribunal. he will sabotage my family as we heard that contractors are usually evil

               

Was quoted 120k for painting, installation of a dry wall divider (16ft long), approx 160 sqft tiling and some cabinets dismantling works. Is it reasonable? As I read a few do recommend him here.

BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER! Anyone wanting to hire this painter Sky Leong Chang Ker 0169722533 must be very careful.

I contacted Sky Leong Chang Ker to spray on my kitchen cabinet and repaint my house. We got 3 quotes and his quote is slightly more expensive than the other two. We selected him because we believe on his workmanship and indeed he’s very good at self-promoting on his job and building rapport. He told us that he got cheated RM40,000 by a main-con in Cyberjaya in Feb 2020 before CNY, and no work during MCO period, so he promised to do a very good and efficient job.

We paid 50% deposit and he came and work first day and requested another 20% because ‘his mother is sick’ and need more money urgently. Of course we refuse to pay and guest what, he disappeared on 2nd day. We called and he was very LCLY saying he’s busy and started another work already. Ask us to wait ‘few days’ after he finish his job first because he need money. On the same conversation he even requested RM2000 for him to come over to finish up the job! Just beware of this 骗子contractor Sky Leong Chang Ker 0169722533.

avoid the below contractor:

Accuride Builders (M) Sdn. Bhd.
22A-1, Jalan BK 5a/2b, Bandar Kinrara, 47180 Puchong

the quality of workmanship is quite bad

Bad Water Proofing company

Hydro armour
Job : Water Tank storage area water proofing
Problem: Water Tank keep over flow after they install back the tank

They cut my pipe that flow water to toilet so I won't notice over flow and claim they did the job.
Lucky my wife heard water sound so I climb up and saw water tank overflow, end up have to call plumber and spend 150 to fix it..you are screwed if your installation got problem..they won't come back and fix it..

Call the supervisor also FFK..make appointment with the HQ also FFK..

Just sharing my experience with a bad contractor.

I found Mr Lim Swee Weng (012-3060017) doing a major reno opposite my house and asked him to do some reno on my house. Work started in Jun 2019 and should be completed within 3 months. I expected it to complete later as 3 months is too good to be true.

Initially everything was ok and he was quite helpful. Payment was partial according to job done or by month. I was prompt with my payment. Then job progress became slower and his worker became less and less. He's concurrently doing reno for my house and the opposite house and have 3 workers for each house. it gradually reduced to 2 and sometimes 1 for my house. I should have suspected something really wrong when he paid his worker late. Some left because of late salary. He will say house owner never pay him hence he cannot pay them. Worker ask me if it's true and i say my payment is up to date. Since I've been paying him quite prompt, he kept asking money from me almost every month till i felt I've paid almost all my reno cost.

As of last year just before the 1st MCO, he beg me for money saying he needed to pay his supplier and to complete my reno. I did not give his the required amount as I felt I've paid a lot.  I compiled my payment against his quote and remove whatever that is no longer required and found I only owe him a few thousand. Outstanding work worth 20K is still not done !

After MCO when people starting working, he cannot be contacted anymore. He will switch off his phone and only certain times you're able to get him. When ask about completing the job, he would say he needed money to pay for materials and worker. I sat down with him and showed his my outstanding balance is only a few thousand and I should not be paying him till he finish the job. From then on he would only send one worker to do complete my reno. At times he would as me to buy materials as deduct my outstanding. After a few deduction, I no longer owe him money but he owe me instead.

From them on no worker came and he completely avoided mt by not answering my calls and switching off the phone.

Balance work not much now about 5k and i thik he's not going to complete it. I ask other suppliers and they say nothing much I can do and accept the loss. During CMCO few supplier came looking for him claiming he owe them money. His worker also not paid for many months till they left for other jobs.

My advice to you who's doing reno, DO NOT pay your contractor till the job is done especially the last few payment. My feedback from other people is the same. Contractors cannot be trusted.

This contractor is based in PJ and driving a silver Vios W2252Q

Please avoid him at all cost.

I engaged Yap Peng Kim (012-329 1682) this year to do my toilets (retiling, general fixes & plumbing) after reading your reviews about him on LowYat, how good la, how polite, great work done.

But it turned out to be a nightmare, where not only he NEVER showed up even once after getting the contract but his contract workers were not even doing any work, and after taking more than a week to break my toilet tiles, I had to step in and ask him. Turns out his supervisor, Chong Chee Onn (016-332 2826) also wasn't on site, unlike Yap’s promises.

Yap did sloppy work on my toilet, didn’t know much about plumbing, didn’t fix the heater hose properly, just did a half past six job, even didn’t finish the tiling properly, never added grouting for most of the tiles. But he was very busy promoting his relative’s shop to me to buy things from them (some Ga Hing Trading), instead of working on my toilet. Our toilet leaked once they fixed the sink, and his workers didn't even inform us even while we were on-site. We found out from management about this leak due to complaints from our downstairs neighbour. We had to follow up with him AND his workers to repair the leak and do our own water ponding test to check if it was fixed or not. He even told us another nonsense story about his supervisor left and he was so busy with other contracts he had.

When asked on the progress, he always said "don’t worry, small matter", for a work he promised to finish in 2 weeks, took more than a month and a lot of our own time to supervise- he never once came to supervise on his foreign workers, even after I asked him to check on the work done, as it was quite sloppy, he kept giving excuses to not come and check. He even said he thought we were not serious about the date that was discussed and agreed upon in the contract.

Worse is the lighting to our toilets, it was done in a really bad way, that the housing fell after a few months and we found out from another electrician that we engaged that the bulbs were not fixed and were free-hanging.

He is very condescending towards females, and will launch a tirade justifying why his workers haven’t finished the work within the deadline, but won’t address the actual issue with you, which is to ask his workers and supervisor to be on site and DO WORK! And by do work, I mean do QUALITY WORK, not sloppy work!

Towards the end, he instructed his workers to hide my house keys, and wanted us to pay in full asap (before inspecting) and launched a BS story about his deputy Chong stealing my keys, and he lodged a police report on his deputy. He STILL did not want to meet us to inspect the unit for defects together before we make the payment! Really a nightmare to hire Yap Peng Kim! Stay away from him at all cost! NEVER AGAIN  !

A word of advice to the rest of you, please do remember to add in a clause in your renovation contract about penalty for late delivery of the property.

TWO couples from Selangor have lost about RM540,000 in total after the contractor they hired to renovate their houses failed to complete their work.

T. Gopinath and his wife Sudha said they conducted their due diligence before committing to the company concerned, but claimed that they still ended up being duped of RM290,000.
They said they vetted several websites, had face-to-face meetings with a few contractors and received quotations from each before settling on one contractor.
Unfortunately, one year later, the contractor absconded, leaving their dream home in shambles.

Sudha said she looked at home renovation websites and one company, based in Puchong, stood out.
"I fell in love with the one with the best design concept," she said, adding the company had good reviews on its website.
"We even visited the company's factory to see if they were legit and everything appeared fine so we decided to hire them in March last year,'' added Gopinath at a press conference held by Seputeh MP Teresa Kok in her service centre in Sri Desa Entrepreneurs Park, Kuala Lumpur.

However between March and November last year, barely any work was done on the house.
"There was only one worker at the site and he only worked one or two days a week. Sometimes, no one was working for two weeks straight,'' said Gopinath.

Sudha said not a single room in the house was fully completed, cupboards were missing doors, kitchen cabinets were half done and everything was in disarray.

Suspecting something amiss, they went back to the factory when the contractor stopped taking their calls and were shocked to find the factory was no longer operating.

Further investigations revealed that others had identical issues with the company concerned, particularly the individual behind it.
It is believed that the individual concerned hides behind different names and companies.

Another couple, Ronnie Tan and his wife Jamie Lang from Kota Kemuning, had a similar experience with the same contractor whom they paid about RM250,000 to renovate their bungalow.
"He did some hacking, painting and carpentry work which was halfway done and showed poor workmanship,'' Lang said.
"He was supposed to complete the job in 120 days. There were multiple delays, including days no work was done nor was anyone at the site, and then he stopped taking our calls or messages,'' Lang said.

Both couples have filed police reports and are now in the process of taking legal action against the company.

Meanwhile, Kok said she would be pursuing the matter with multiple authorities.
"I will be writing to the Attorney General's Chambers, the Malaysian Institute of Architects, CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board) and the MCMC (Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission) to investigate the individuals concerned.

Source: Two couples lose over half a million ringgit with house renovations uncompleted

Anyone had bad renovation experience with EUM renovation (under EUM group of companies) before?

I have appointed them and they didnt finish work and i have paid them. Now im asking them to refund me back my payment for the job that not done and they unable to refund and give lotsa reason and eventually no reply from them anymore.

I have been dealing with the company partner name Glen (phone no 0142455424). I have checked and now they have changed the company name on their facebook to one cabinets.

If anyone that had appointed him and had the same bad experience? Not sure if you guys able to get the refund back?

How is the case? Able to get back the refund? I encountered same issue with the same person Glen. Money taken, but with lot of excuse not to complete the renovation. Ask for refund but he said no money lah....like 无赖

Nole... This guy (Glen Lim) never replied me already... Money lost. This guy can not be trusted. Many excuses and empty promises. I realised he has changed his company FB name from EUM to One Renovation and now Big Tree Artwork.. He continue to post to look for business and not sure how many people going face this situation like us. I tried to contact EUM group but they never responded also.

In a Facebook post by Jeanne JY, she shared an experience of her friend who got scammed by a contractor who ran away before the renovation was even completed. The pain was unbearable because Jeanne’s friend paid a total of RM200,000 to the contractor.

Jeanne’s friend regretted her decision to not hire the contractor that Jeanne introduced to her and after keeping the matter to herself, she reached out to Jeanne for help.
“I feel so sorry for what she’s going through… even I can’t sleep well”, Jeanne said.

Jeanne, who works in the insurance field shared some tips with her friends, and the public on how to handle the matter.
“I told her to collect all the payment records and receipts, including quotations, and make a police report.”

Some tips that may come in handy
In case you have, or are experiencing a similar situation and want to bring the matter to the Tribunal or Civil Court, keep in mind that you can only do so if the scammed amount does not exceed RM50,000.

Of course, if you have the budget, you can always hire a lawyer to help you through the case. Here are the places where you can bring your matters to, according to Jeanne:
National Consumer Complaints Centre (NCCC)
Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Malaysian Bar Council

In her FB post, Jeanne also provided a link that will allow users to check the background of contractors and see if they are registered under the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).
CIDB.gov.my Reg Contractor

Source: M’sian Woman Loses RM200K After Contractor Runs Away With Money Before Renovation Completed