Hello everybody.

I have a 16x45 2-storey terraced unit (2 rooms, 2 bathrooms) in Subang Jaya and I need to desperately renovate almost everything!

One young Chinese contractor (recommended to me by a blogger) quoted me the below rates.

Could anyone here please tell me if these are the 'market rates' or is he just overcharging like crazy It seems very expensive for very basic stuff!


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1. Tile: HACKING existing tiles + CEMENTING + INSTALLING (new tiles)
-- RM6.50 psf (excluding tiles; RM7.00 psf if tiles are larger than 2'x2')
(which means for my house, which would be around 1,000 sq ft,
it would cost at least RM10,500 to just retile the house with 'cheap' RM4 psf tiles!)

2. PAINTING: painting ceiling, grills, walls, basically everything)
-- RM5,500 (excluding paint; add about RM2,000 for mid-range matt white paint)

3. Aluminium/clear glass sliding door+windows with powder coating
-- RM23 psf (windows), RM25 psf (doors)
(a rough calculation would make a normal sliding door with 3 glass panels to be around RM1,800)

4. CEMENT WORKS
-- General/overall cement work cost: RM2,000
-- Powerpoint RM85/each
-- Routing RM60/each
-- Lighting point RM75/each (or RM45/each if got 3+ points in one room)

5. NEW PIPING (refurbishing/waterproofing two small bathrooms, convert old pipes to new poly-pipes)
-- RM3,200 (excluding bathroom accessories)

6. STAIRCASE (small 3' wide x 10' long)
-- RM3,000 bare cement stairs + RM1,500 steel staircase handle

7. FRONT GATE (steel, 9' long)
-- RM2,000

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Altogether, it would be around RM30,000+++ just to get 'affordable' new tiled floorings, some new aluminium framed sliding doors and windows, and a new piping system plus a new cement staircase. This is not even inclusive of fittings (sinks, built-in cabinets, etc). This seems a bit gila babi... especially for a tiny home...

Could any contractors or people familiar with renovation prices please advise me on this? If these are the standard charges? I will scrutinise this thread later for other rates but I thought it would be good to post these figures up anyway for comparisons...

Thanks and I hope anyone here could PM me or respond with feedback!