Yes, True Believers, the moment you have been waiting for is here. So make sure you are securely strapped into a comfortable chair as I unveil the magical numbers that make little neon dollar signs go "Ka-ching!" in the eyes of contractors all over Singapore, JB, and some say Timbuktu.
There we were, Her Royal Majesty and I, tucked in a corner of a burger joint at Jurong Point, waiting for the salesperson to show up with his quotation. With the amount of work he had proposed (hacking down walls, putting up glass panels, glass doors, converting the master bedroom to a walk-in-wardrobe, etc), we were confident that the final sum would at least exceed our budget by 10K. In fact, I was pretty sure that it would overshoot our wallet capacity by about 20K.
The moment he fished out the quotation from his file, we immediately pushed aside the remnants of our artery-bursting dinner, and quickly flipped to the last page. To our surprise, the total sum was a few hundred dollars below our budget!!
We had always thought that this salesperson's ideas for our flat were different from most other contractors, but in a good way. So it was a happy surprise for us when we found out that he had managed to secure sponsorships from some of his suppliers, and was able to provide some items at no charge!
Her Royal Majesty and I managed to suppress our primal urges to burst out in scary, evil laughter, and did our best to smile politely so that the salesperson won't be tempted to call the police or whoever it is that you call when a pair of homeowners are utterly convinced that they have gotten the bargain of the year.
Needless to say, we signed on the dotted line soon after, and today, the total sum has grown by a couple of hundred dollars to hit the exact upper limit of our budget. To date, we are happy to report that the cash outflow seems to have extremely poor growth prospects, and we are looking forward to see our very own glass house come into fruition.
There we were, Her Royal Majesty and I, tucked in a corner of a burger joint at Jurong Point, waiting for the salesperson to show up with his quotation. With the amount of work he had proposed (hacking down walls, putting up glass panels, glass doors, converting the master bedroom to a walk-in-wardrobe, etc), we were confident that the final sum would at least exceed our budget by 10K. In fact, I was pretty sure that it would overshoot our wallet capacity by about 20K.
The moment he fished out the quotation from his file, we immediately pushed aside the remnants of our artery-bursting dinner, and quickly flipped to the last page. To our surprise, the total sum was a few hundred dollars below our budget!!
We had always thought that this salesperson's ideas for our flat were different from most other contractors, but in a good way. So it was a happy surprise for us when we found out that he had managed to secure sponsorships from some of his suppliers, and was able to provide some items at no charge!
Her Royal Majesty and I managed to suppress our primal urges to burst out in scary, evil laughter, and did our best to smile politely so that the salesperson won't be tempted to call the police or whoever it is that you call when a pair of homeowners are utterly convinced that they have gotten the bargain of the year.
Needless to say, we signed on the dotted line soon after, and today, the total sum has grown by a couple of hundred dollars to hit the exact upper limit of our budget. To date, we are happy to report that the cash outflow seems to have extremely poor growth prospects, and we are looking forward to see our very own glass house come into fruition.
- Melvin
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