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    Quote Originally Posted by latour
    ID told me recently, landed pty's hacking (Kitchen + 4 toilets, and some areas) and clearing rubbish he has to quote about S$12k... becos contractors/workers cost very high...
    bcoz u get ID mah....if u get direct contractors....6-8k will do

    simple reno no nid ID one la....y let them earn???

    u will be surprised contractors got ready design template too

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    Quote Originally Posted by devilplate
    Y u get so many quotes? I tot they usually quote on the spot?
    They have never quoted on the spot for me (or is it me? )... Sigh! If only they can be so flexible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by devilplate
    Vy strange leh, how come my impression of id coy is desperate leh.....did u try IMM?
    Only 1 out of the 4 units I visited in IMM replied... the others all disappeared!
    Last edited by ysyap; 22-12-11 at 11:29.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ysyap
    1 out of the 4 units I visited in IMM replied... the others all disappeared!
    u asking them to reno wat??

    just ur toilet isit? :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by proud owner
    may i ask .. is yours a small unit ?

    i realise that they are not so keen to do small projects .. cos ..probably same amt of paper work .. drawing, plannign etc ... and dont make much ...
    also sometimes they see 'location' and judge the profit potential ..
    if Marseiling and a MM unit .... cfm they wont bother

    if you tell them yours is a 2000 sqft and D9/10 ..i think they will respond very fast
    Mine's a 1500sqft. Anyway, only do minor carpentry work so maybe they don't bother but still such attitude is totally undesirable in a society where our govt is pushing for good service and collect taxes for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by devilplate
    u asking them to reno wat??

    just ur toilet isit? :P
    Master bedroom wardrobe. Study table and cupboards plus another room's cabinets as well as TV console and feature wall... should be about $20k but they don't seem to be interested... sigh!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ysyap
    Mine's a 1500sqft. Anyway, only do minor carpentry work so maybe they don't bother but still such attitude is totally undesirable in a society where our govt is pushing for good service and collect taxes for it.
    nvr reply u doesnt mean bad attitude leh.....LOL

    flip sat classified la.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ysyap
    Master bedroom wardrobe. Study table and cupboards plus another room's cabinets as well as TV console and feature wall... should be about $20k but they don't seem to be interested... sigh!
    actually quite alot of work leh.....

    try chew interior

    http://www.chewinterior.com/

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    Quote Originally Posted by devilplate
    nvr reply u doesnt mean bad attitude leh.....LOL

    flip sat classified la.....
    Ok ok... not bad attitude but certainly bad service... basic service required mah....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ysyap
    Ok ok... not bad attitude but certainly bad service... basic service required mah....

    chinese new year around the corner...all rushing work to be completed...

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    Quote Originally Posted by peterng8
    chinese new year around the corner...all rushing work to be completed...
    Told all of the ID companies I only need to start work after CNY... maybe in March even...

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    Quote Originally Posted by devilplate
    actually quite alot of work leh.....

    try chew interior

    http://www.chewinterior.com/
    Any particular reason for your recommendation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ysyap
    Any particular reason for your recommendation?
    They quote me on the spot....wakakaka

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    http://sg.news.yahoo.com/banks-stash...162822338.html

    FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Banks from the 17 countries that use the euro stashed euro347 billion ($453 billion) overnight with the European Central Bank on Thursday, in another sign that Europe's debt crisis is still putting pressure on the banking system.

    The figure announced Friday is the highest for 2011, topping euro346.4 billion earlier this month.

    Banks use the deposit facility every day in fluctuating amounts to offload excess cash. Heavy recent use suggests that even as the ECB makes more credit available to banks they are depositing some of it — temporarily at least — back with the central bank at low interest rates rather than lending.
    One reason to park money in the facility is that banks are unwilling to lend to other banks for fear they won't be paid back.

    Europe is suffering from a debt crisis marked by concerns that heavily indebted governments such as Italy may be unable to pay off their bonds. That means trouble for banks because they typically hold government bonds.
    The large deposits follows Wednesday's massive central bank credit operation, in which the ECB let banks borrow as much as they wanted for up to 3 years. The credit offer was part of a package of bank support measures announced Dec. 8. As a result 523 banks took euro489 billion, the largest ECB loan operation in the 13-year history of the euro. Another three-year credit offering will be held Feb. 28.

    The European Central bank has stepped up lending to banks to help them get through the crisis. Some of the banks are finding it extremely difficult to raise money elsewhere, so the bank steps in as lender of last resort, a typical role for central banks in times of turmoil.

    The bank has refused to play the same role for governments by buying large amounts of their bonds, saying they must get their debts under control through their own efforts and not wait for a central bank rescue.
    It underlined that stance again on Friday by holding down its purchases of government bonds to only euro19 million. The ECB has been buying government bonds on a limited scale, which has helped drive down the borrowing rates that Italy and Spain face in the bond market.
    But it says the program is not infinite and that governments must not rely on central bank efforts to lower their borrowing costs. That must be down, ECB head Mario Draghi says, by getting deficits under control and taking steps to improve growth.

    It bought a minimal euro3.36 million last week. That makes two weeks of near-negligible purchases, following euro635 million the week ending Dec. 9 and euro3.66 billion the week ending Dec. 2.

    Italian 10-year bond yields remained elevated Friday at 6.90 percent, another sign that the markets remain fearful of a default by the eurozone's third-largest economy. Before the crisis spread to Italy, it was able to borrow at under four percent as recently as October 2010.

    European governments are trying to win back the confidence of bond market investors by reducing deficits, a difficult job in a slowing economy. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti won approval Thursday from the Italian Senate for euro30 billion in additional cutbacks and revenue increases.

    Greece is working on a deal to cut its debt by making bondholders accept a bond exchange that would mean a 50 percent reduction in the value of their investments. The bondholders could accept that instead of the larger losses that would come from a disorderly default not agreed in advance.

    A top ECB policymaker said in an interview published Friday that the central bank could use its power to create new money to buy financial assets if a deteriorating economy threatens the eurozone with deflation — falling prices.
    Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, who is leaving office next week, was quoted by the Financial Times as saying he saw "no reason" why the bank could not use the technique, called quantitative easing by economists. Both the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have used it after lowering interest rates to record low levels and finding that their economies still needed more stimulus.
    The ECB's mandate is to provide price stability, so fighting deflation could be consistent with that. At the moment, however, inflation is running at 3.0 percent, well above the ECB's goals of just under 2 percent.

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    Majority PRs hardly into 2nd property ...from conversations with colleagues. they find singapore too expensive compared to their home country's no impact for PRs as there's no intention

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    Quote Originally Posted by maurice.cowell View Post
    Majority PRs hardly into 2nd property ...from conversations with colleagues. they find singapore too expensive compared to their home country's no impact for PRs as there's no intention
    Ya, Singaporeans are the ones buying 2nd or 3rd properties, because we got no where to go, and our family clan is expanding, we need extra homes and this is our home, Singapore! No matter how expensive we still buy.... If don't believe u ask the singaporeans

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    We save too much in CPF and the return is too little for retirement.

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