Gorilla and Mushroom Renovation

Ahh… after all the wet works and air-conditioner trunking is completed, it is about time to discuss about carpentry!
When designing a home, it is usually a norm to get your contractor or ID to design custom furniture pieces to suit a certain theme or design. Depending on the budget and the design you are going for, the amount of carpentry work varies from home to home.

How does one gauge if the carpentry workmanship is good?
Basically, it all boils down to LOOK and TOUCH.

Well, request to see some on-going projects that has carpentry done... or at least in progress/finishing, before-hand-over kind of homes, under the care of the ID you are considering.

What we did was to look at the carpentry, touch the finishing, feel the edges to see if you can accept the work or not.
Open and close the drawers, cupboard doors to see if they are smooth.
Look at all the joints to see if they are properly fitted, if any nails or screws are protruding that may hurt you if you brush pass them... etc
Look at the laminate joints as well, see if there are any chipping, any rough edges or any joints that are not properly aligned... etc

when you look at the workmanship of the home, what are you generally feeling?
Are you comfortable with the works?
How bout the designs that was done in the home?
Is this going to be similar to what he will propose to you? ... etc etc

The list is endless, end of the day, it really depends on your criteria... we placed importance on workmanship of flooring and carpentry over looks, simply because we can also propose/counter-propose designs of our own.
When you look at on-going projects, as long as you like what you see, and the price is reasonable, then that ID/contractor can go to the short list.

It is always important to find out all you can for the things you are getting... we are talking about a huge chunk of our savings here, so it doesn’t makes sense to leave things to chance.

Renovation is a very big affair, and it is better to err on the side of caution.
The few strategies listed in my earlier articles are but just a few you could use when deciding on what to do in your home. Always do a little extra leg work to find out about the various material offered and their brands to see if you are getting your money's worth

Next: Discussion on the different materials to be used…

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