Our journey to building a livable, comfortable, 50% stylish, 100% affordable home has been nothing short of eventful so far. From encounters with talkative old men to our discovery of the dirty truth behind an established "interior design company", we have probably had our fair share of excitement so far.
Just when we were about to wash our hands of the interior design industry, along came an offer by a little known outfit --- Sxxxtxxce Interior Design. Like most other companies, they initially took our list of "to-do items" and offered to give us a quotation for that. However, somehow as we started discussing about what we could do to our house, I guess we must have infected the salesperson with our enthusiasm, which in turn led to his somewhat audacious suggestion: to build us a glasshouse.
Or at least, that's what it seems like on hindsight. Essentially, the idea was to tear down several walls, and replace them with glass panels to expand the field of vision and allow more light to enter. If everything works out nicely, we should be able to have a full view of the living room, balcony and study, the moment they step into our flat.
That, plus the suggestion to convert the master bedroom into a giant walk-in-wardrobe, caused all sorts of alarm bells to go off. While the salesperson's ideas were somewhat dangerously seductive, they also caused our wallets to automatically deflat as we furiously did our mental sums of the costs involved.
That's when the salesguy casually repeated that he was keen on using our flat as his company's pièce de résistance and would be willing to sponsor a portion of the total cost for the privilege of doing so. Naturally, Her Royal Majesty and I were cautious about such an offer, and our immediate reaction was that of cynicism and disbelief. After all, how much could a relatively unknown company sponsor? Nevertheless, as typical Singaporeans, we believe that letting go of the opportunity to grab any bargain is unpardonable, and agreed to let him come back to us with an offer. Secretly, Her Royal Majesty and I made a side-bet on how much the offer would exceed our budget, whether it would be 10K or 20K.
Watch this space to find out how much the salesperson eventually quoted us for our renovation and whether our wallets survive this ordeal.
- Melvin
Just when we were about to wash our hands of the interior design industry, along came an offer by a little known outfit --- Sxxxtxxce Interior Design. Like most other companies, they initially took our list of "to-do items" and offered to give us a quotation for that. However, somehow as we started discussing about what we could do to our house, I guess we must have infected the salesperson with our enthusiasm, which in turn led to his somewhat audacious suggestion: to build us a glasshouse.
Or at least, that's what it seems like on hindsight. Essentially, the idea was to tear down several walls, and replace them with glass panels to expand the field of vision and allow more light to enter. If everything works out nicely, we should be able to have a full view of the living room, balcony and study, the moment they step into our flat.
That, plus the suggestion to convert the master bedroom into a giant walk-in-wardrobe, caused all sorts of alarm bells to go off. While the salesperson's ideas were somewhat dangerously seductive, they also caused our wallets to automatically deflat as we furiously did our mental sums of the costs involved.
That's when the salesguy casually repeated that he was keen on using our flat as his company's pièce de résistance and would be willing to sponsor a portion of the total cost for the privilege of doing so. Naturally, Her Royal Majesty and I were cautious about such an offer, and our immediate reaction was that of cynicism and disbelief. After all, how much could a relatively unknown company sponsor? Nevertheless, as typical Singaporeans, we believe that letting go of the opportunity to grab any bargain is unpardonable, and agreed to let him come back to us with an offer. Secretly, Her Royal Majesty and I made a side-bet on how much the offer would exceed our budget, whether it would be 10K or 20K.
Watch this space to find out how much the salesperson eventually quoted us for our renovation and whether our wallets survive this ordeal.
- Melvin
1 comment:
the diffference between you blogging style and your hb's blogging style is noted. Haha. But yeah, great blog. Do keep us updated and all the best with the entire thing - reno, furnishing, etc etc. Enjoy the weekend too ya. Adios.
-E
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