Windows Contractor

As this is our second time doing house renovation, we know that ID charges a "premium" for the things that you ask the ID to do for you. Back in 2000 when we did our first renovation to current house, we already know this as my hubby's cousin is an ID (he was our ID then but he has now moved on to do commercial renovation business). Back then, we already split the pie and gotten different contractors to do works that could be done on its own.

The windows have to be replaced as some of the handles had already broken and some could no longer close properly without exerting some strength. These windows were the original ones installed by HDB; they had been in used for 16 years! Finally, I can change them to white powder coated. As the window grilles are also aluminium just like the windows, we are changing them to white powder coated too.

When I saw the first quotation provided by IS to replace the windows and window grilles for our whole house (except for the toilets), I knew I had to get a windows contractor to give me a quote for comparison. Hence, I did some research on the Internet and contacted one (to be known as HA here) that seemed to have quite good reviews. An appointment was fixed! He came, understood my requirements, did some measurements and gave me a quote on the spot. The price difference between IS's quote and HA's quote was easily more than $500. Hence, after discussing with my hubby, we decided to get HA to do the job. 

IS proposed pd door for our toilets but after searching for reviews on this, we decided not to go for it. We opted for bi-fold door instead. Since HA also sells bi-fold doors and is selling at a cheaper price than IS, we decided to get HA to do the bi-fold doors for us too.

We called up the friendly guy from HA and fixed an appointment on 9 Apr to seal the deal. We also decided to upgrade the window grilles' material to double hollow 2mm with a middle vertical rod for extra durability. Back then, we didn't know and was on a budget since we just started working for a few years, so we settled down for just hollow ones. They didn't last long and we had to replace the window grilles in a few years' time. We upgraded the window grilles to double hollow with a middle vertical rod and they lasted much longer than the previous ones. With double hollow 2mm, we can feel that the material is even more solid than double hollow. We hope that they can last at least 8 to 10 years as we probably be still staying in our current flat, haha...

We choose blue tinted glass for the windows, white door frame with blue colour in the middle (design of the door and the blue colour as per the pictures below). 

What's next? We are going to meet IS to finalise the job scopes that we are going to award to him and sign the contract.