Sensible home owners should enter a certain form of MOU/agreement or contract, and demand invoice + receipt from contractor. Every document is evidence. If deals turn bad you can always get help from Small Claims Tribunal (for claims not exceeding RM5000)

For amount bigger than RM5k, what can I do when the contractor refused to repair the defects and demand final payment?

first you should document all defects, and retain all documents pertaining to asking him to repair the said defects, give a date, say within 14 days of the notice given, and when you receive no response, you can either 1) accept the defects if you deem it is acceptable;
2) should engage other contractor to rectify the defects using whatever amount you have left (from the final payment)
in both cases that contractor will not receive the final payment.
all these should be clearly stipulated in all written correspondence.

In the quotation, there was an item called "Contingency Sum : being 5% downside risk estimates that make allowance for the additional costs"

The contractor has demanded full payment of this amount without giving me any details.
Do we have to pay this as there were no contingency events during the renovation? Could I use this to pay for the minor addon jobs ?

Please help. thanks.

Yea, still is reliable as of now, year of 2017 where UB just completed the renovation for my unit.
But the contact details should be as per below:

UB Renovation & Construction Works
TEL: 03-5131 4685
H/P: 019-373 9898 (William) & 019-606 0389 (William - Whatsapp)
No.42A, Jalan Kemuning Prima E33/E, Kemuning Utama, Sek 33, 40400 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Can pm as well? What location? Seems quite good

Hi, I've a double-storey semi-detached house (2,500 sqft floor size, 4 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms on 2nd floor) in Penang that is about 40 years old and is in original condition. Some painting and repair works were done throughout the years, but the design is still very much from the 1980's and a lot of repair work is needed.

I would like to get a rough gauge of how much it would cost me to renovate as well as some recommendation of reliable & reasonably-priced contractors:

- Re-roofing (repair works were done previously for leaking roof)
- Install stainless steel auto-gate
- side landscape garden with timber deck (currently all cemented)
- tiling for carporch (currently cemented)
- repainting the whole house
- Installing false ceiling for living room and dining room
- Changing the grilled windows to a more modern design
- salvage the parquet flooring on 2nd floor (if possible) with repair works on certain areas. Luckily the ground floor marble flooring are still in good condition.
- knocking down 1 wall on the 2nd floor to combine master bedroom with another bedroom (remove built-in cabinets)
- remove bathtub from the master bedroom bathroom and redesign
- install new air-conditioning for entire house
- extending the master bedroom balcony to cover entire area above carporch

These are some of the major works my family is planning to do and would appreciate any help and advises so I can plan my budget. Its a big project as the house is pretty old, so I'm not sure if we should do it in stages.

Thanks all!

Hi sifu. How much to remove toilet cost.?thanks. Due to house too many toilet.

Hi Sifu, just want to ask for you guys advise, whether you guys know roughly how much will i need to renovate

1) Extend car pouch with balcony
2) break and re shifting wall
3) extend kitchen to side for another 5'
4) Plaster Celing

By the way, my house is landed with 2.5 story house of 20X75

Thanks.

For my house renovation 20' X 7' (double storey extension) cost RM40k excluding the front autogate and awning.

You can read my renovation journey over here MY RENOVATION JOURNEY


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Hi Sifu's, need some guidance on the renovation quotation. does this seem reasonable?

Car Porch
1 Remove existing concrete floor and lay new concrete floor 252sqf 2750.00
- Install RC-beam and BRC R8
2 Lay floor tiles 480sqf and skirting 80ft length 3824.00
3 Construct fencing wall 5x9 750.00
- Install RC-beam
4 Construct fencing wall 6 x 14 1580.00
- Install RC-beam
5 Install skylight 9x13, 6 1/2 x 14 4980.00
- 3mm polycarbonate (1 1/2 x 1 1/2 hollow frame)
Living Room
6 Remove existing main door and plaster after installation security 650.00
door, repair floor tiles
7 Demolish existing wall at staircase area 250.00
8 Construct wall 164sqf at staircase area for store room 2750.00
9 Install metal door frame for store room 340.00
10 Install solid wood door for store room, include door lock 380.00
11 Remove existing handrail and custruct brick wall 1950.00
Guest Toilet
12 Demolish existing wall 5 x 9 680.00
13 Construct new brick wall 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 h 690.00
14 Remove existing floor tiles and wall tiles, lay new floor tiles and 3500.00
wall tiles (8ft height)
15 Install new inlet water pipe 4 sets for shower, basin, bidi and floor, 750.00
1 set for washing machine
16 Remove existing waster pipe for squat toilet and install new waste 280.00
pipe for toilet bowl
17 Install oulet water piping at shower area 150.00
18 Remove existing window and install new aluminium window 2x2 350.00
19 Install flat plaster ceiling 380.00
20 Install aluminium frame bi-fold door 450.00
21 Seal existing window at guest room 3x5 290.00
Behind the House
22 Construct fencing wall 5 x 17 1690.00
23 Install metal door 3 x 5 650.00
24 Install skylight 7 x 20 3500.00
- 3mm polycarbonate (1 1/2 x 1 1/2 hollow frame)
UPSTAIR
Guest Toilet
25 Remove existing floor tiles and wall tiles, lay new floor tiles and 3500.00

wall tiles (8ft height), apply waterproofing
26 Install new inlet water pipe 4 sets for shower, basin, bidi and floor, 600.00
27 Install flat plaster ceiling 380.00
28 Install aluminium frame bi-fold door 450.00
Master Toilet
29 Remove existing floor tiles and wall tiles, lay new floor tiles and 3500.00
wall tiles (8ft height), apply waterproofing
30 Install new inlet water pipe 4 sets for shower, basin, bidi and floor, 600.00
31 Install flat plaster ceiling 380.00
32 Install aluminium frame bi-fold door 450.00
Others
33 Remove existing wooden door and frame, install new metal door 1140.00
frame and solid wood door 3 sets
34 Painting interior and exterior (Jotun True Beauty Matt) 7500.00
** For all tiling works are NOT include the tiles
** For toilet works are NOT include the water closet and all
accessories

TOTAL PAYABLE (RM) 52064.00

Dear Sifus,

Can advise if the following quote is reasonable?

First time home buyer here. A bare unit condominium of 1050 square feet will usually need how much renovation cost? i'm lost

Big boss can intro ah? I dont have much budget for renovation. just need a simple renovation that wont cost me more than RM20k, it's my first house and i dont ear a lot.

First of all,what kind of simple reno that you are looking at?

These 3 reno is the basic ones for condos thou.

1.Kitchen (cabinets,worktop etc etc)
2.Plaster Ceiling.
3.Electric wirings.
4.Grilles.

Few reno works you can skip or either DIY.

1.Painting (can DIY)
2.Plumbing works (Can skip)
3.Kitchen wall tilings (can skip if you plan to do kitchen cabinets.)

But mind you if you opt for a cheapest kitchen and plaster ceiling also can cost up to RM 10-12k.

hi moon1978

did you go with this contractor?
how's the workmanship?

did you use this contractor? satisfied with workmanship?

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