After a few weekends of choosing the tiles, doors and some other necessities, I have finally got the first quotation for my house renovation.
| Item | Description | Amount (RM) |
| 1. | To extend kitchen and store | 33,100 |
| 2. | To remove existing tiling to bathroom and reinstall with new floor tiles and wall tiles | 8,500 |
| 3. | Laminated flooring to bedroom | 4,000 |
| 4. | Tiling to living and dining | 5,500 |
| 5. | Timber door and window (not including door leaf) | 7,600 |
| 6. | Porch and fencing | 14,500 |
| 7. | Wiring | 2,355 |
| 8. | Painting | 12,000 |
| 87,555 | ||
Wah lao eh… 
RM87,555!! So much cash needed, totally out of our budget. aaahi~~
FYI, this is the draft of floor plan of my house. Quite shiok to have 3265.98 square feet, but, at the same time proportionally adding as much pain as well for renovation.
Had this conversation with the contractor, Pang.
Pang: wah.. the tiles you have chosen, not cheap ha. It’s more expensive that laminated flooring.
Me: ha? is it a… then the one I chosen, above normal price a?
Pang: there’s nothing called normal price la.. but yours is more expensive than average tiles, more expensive than laminated flooring if calculated by square feet.
Me:
This is what Hokkien people say “eating rice but don’t know the price of rice” (吃米不知米賈).
This quote, even though already over-budget, but still lacking of about 10% of my initial requirements. Money not enough a~~
Actually, since this is a second-hand house, the efforts to remove existing components, such as all the tiles (before installing new tiles), is already costing quite a bit of manpower charge. From the quotation, obviously the extension of wet kitchen is costing the biggest sum. So, told the contractor to revise quote on that portion, with a much simpler wet kitchen 
Money money money, I need more cash in fact.
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hey do you need a second opinion? my dad is a renovation contractor. maybe he can provide you with a better quote? Where is your location?
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I had a few quotation for my kitchen renovation.
First one - 39,000.00
Second - 32,000.00
Third - 23,000.00
I grab third one and the work so far is satisfactory.
Pay lar… satisfaction guaranteed, haha…
Wahh…Your tiling looks very crazy priced.
Same goes for your laminate. I did my flooring for 2k, and mine is engineered hardwood - supposed to be more expensive than laminate,
A tip: Do the painting yourself, or get friends to help. 12k is crazy, and if you take 1 weekend a few days leave, you’ll get it done for a tiny % of the quoted price.
Wiring mine was 2k as well but I put in a hell lot of changes and plug points.
For wiring, highly recommend this guy:
Mr Phang 019 3204 257. Tell him James from Putramas2 recommend. He is one of the very few qualified electricians with cert who will give you a good price. Most of the other contractors all experience but no cert. Your wiring screw up and your hours burns (touchwood), you may have a hard time with the Insurance…