I'm told by my developer that I bought a house from, that VP is in a month's time. I am looking to engage an ID for renovation. However, I'm not sure how the discussion should go when asking for quotation to compare prices. Some that I've asked seemed to want me to lock/book with them because they would ge occupied if I'm late. But I do want to get a quote before I do that. Is this common? Is there no room to compare quotation before committing for a company before VP is given?

From my personal experience, you can ask for quotation without needing to handover money, but be warned that the quotation may not be accurate if your property is yet to be VPed and not available for site visit yet.

Plenty of IDs can provide quotes for free/only ask for a small fee with site visit, or even with just a floor plan. But again accuracy of price is debatable because depending on your preferences and request, can easily overshoot cost.

Most IDs these days ask for early booking fees because of higher costs and customer fickleness, because it's an increasingly competitive market.

If you just want a bunch of "free" quotations to just get a feel for average market prices, can submit to tender/matching sites like Qanvast, Atap, Rekatone etc. I do know Qanvast regularly runs "meet & greet IDs" events that allow you to visit up to 5 IDs (usually smaller or budget oriented firms) to get a feel and quotes, from experience most of the firms at such meet n greet aren't for people who demand heavy personalized customisation or want "luxury" turnkey projects. I've gotten a number of free quotes this way, but ultimately I went with an ID I directly contacted instead of thru tender/matching because of certain specific requirements of my project and needs.

This post has been edited by DragonReine: Jun 14 2023, 10:29 AM

hai there...

Just take one step at a time... Your VP is in a month time.... then you need to do your defect checking somemore.... submit defect and wait for the developer to liase with their main contractor to complete the defect.. that's another 30days minimum for them to comply...
i would not recommend you to quickly do your ID works ...resolve all the defects first
because certain developer may and will find a way to forfeit your future defect submission due to the renovation works done by other trade/party.

so.. go jalan2 and survey2 first.. no need to commit early......


cheers mate
Izwan
www.archidstudio.com

You need to have your own budget and floor plan.. tell your ID as example you have 150k. You want to do how many area.. e.g. foyer, living, kitchen, master bed and etc.. then will quote based on your 2D floor plan..

But if you have 50k only then forget about ID.. cause my experience, 50k is only able to cover kitchen with partition..

Mostly quotation is free and based on 2d and come out with a approximate dimensions based on your requirements. Some could even get quotation within 2 days.

This post has been edited by ChuanHong: Jun 14 2023, 05:11 PM