Dear all, I'm looking for a new wardrobe now, 8ft x 8ft.
I live in Puchong on a Condo, 12th Floor

The area I reserve for the wardrobe has 1 power plug there,
so i had the idea if i made custom wardrobe, I can ask the sifu to
make a built-in dressing table in the wardrobe itself.
(With my hairdryer / curler connected through the back of the wardrobe)

Just wanted to ask your opinions if I should just forgo the idea and get a pre-made one?

1. Premade vs Custom Made for 8ftx8ft?
2. Melamine wood no good at all? Malaysia weather is it worst for it.
3. Sliding door confirm can't close tight within 3-5 years?
4. Any furniture store suggestion?

Tqtq~

The main issue is cost.
Custom made easily 2x, 3x or even more costly than pre-made.

Premade- you can see the quality and feel it.
Custom - You won't able to know their workmanship quality until it is done, by that time, it may be too late. So it is "riskier" than premade. Also, you need to do some 'homework' yourself, so that the contractor won't be using cheap quality material.

Premade - as time goes, broken or whenever don't like it, just discard and buy new one.
Custom - Sometimes dismantle also big headache.

The advantage of custom made is you can "design" whatever you like, and utilise fully the space, but at the expense of cost and risk of unknown workmanship quality.

Oo ya, never thought of the dismantling part
thank you for your comments!

1. Premade vs Custom Made for 8ftx8ft?
Premade since it is only 8x8. Premade quality is visible while custom made is not.

2. Melamine wood no good at all? Malaysia weather is it worst for it.
Melamine is more than enough for wardrobe which typically at dry area

3. Sliding door confirm can't close tight within 3-5 years?
Depending on the mechanism you spend. Do not expect consistent quality over time when you only pay for cheap price

4. Any furniture store suggestion?
Mixbox, they are selling in premium

dont think Mixbox do L shaped wardrobe. They only have straight design : (

FYI to TS, typical custom made swing door design wardrobe is RM380-400 per foot run.
For example, 8ft x 8ft will be calculated as 14ft (8ft+6ft) and total is about RM RM5320-RM5600.
Not sure if it is the same for condo anot...

For sliding door i think is about RM500/ foot.

Did TS ask for L shape? i am reading 8x8 as L x H which is normally how the industry quote

Swing door is as cheap as 350 per foot run, most of the provider are giving hafele hinges already. It shouldn't be a problem in long run

Sliding door is around 430 per foot run, sliding mechanism is the concern because those premium sliding mechanism is not common in MY and pretty expensive.

You are right, mixbox only do straight design; or i should say their design is pretty boring but quality is assured.

My wardrobe also from mixbox as well, still working well after 5 years.

Did anyone know is mixbox helping on dismantling the wardrobe and move to another place? Planning to move the wardrobe to my new house but no idea how to move it.

ahh... for my case, my supplier does not quote the height because they will measure the exact height and 'custom' built it, even for mixbox.

350/ foot is cheap, i need to nego more with my carpenter...

Your mixbox wardrobe got the "soft close" mount? They charged me rm400 each side for the soft close

soft close hinges are dirty cheap, even hafele or blum..

soft close sliding is another story, not many take up rate although they are provider out there

In the end I got a quotation of RM500 per ft run for full height (in my case, around 9ft height) for a 8ft wide wardrobe, carpenter say he uses playwood, and this is for sliding door too. It'll be around RM5200 in all, I did see his other work and workmanship was really good, closing mechanism also very smooth~

bro got contact or fb of your carpenter??where is his location??

Bro can share dstails?

My ID charging me $800 pfr for full height 9' cabinets/wardrobe... cekik darah..

im also looking on custom and premade wardrobe at 8 feet. Some place offer much better wood quality for Custom, like anti mold , water resistance and etc.
Im also headache whether i should do build ins or not they cost wayy more