Final quotation from 1st ID

Wow, yesterday evening, I got the final quotation from the first ID. He had told me that it will be ready on Friday. I guess he is keen for my business. A lot of my friends said that business next year is going to be real bad, especially after CNY when people had exhausted their money.

The quotation grew 5k to 36k. I found that it is expensive, especially for certain furniture items such as wardrobe and vanity cabinet. I took out the quotation today and scrutinised it item by item. I made a few phone calls using the Yellow Book to the laminated flooring vendor and mirror vendor.

The laminated flooring vendor (Firmaflor) quoted me $2.80 psf and that includes the skirting and installation. There is no excess cost for wastage. My ID wants to charge me an extra of 140 sqf of wastage which amounts to an extra $560. Besides that, his price is $1 psf higher.

I had wanted a full length mirror (from floor to ceiling mirror) for my dining hall to make it look bigger. The ID told me that is expensive and he proposed only making the centre portion a mirror and covering the top and bottom with laminates. He charged him $1.5k for this. I called up a mirror vendor in Ubi Industrial Estate and was quoted $1.5k for a full length mirror and $620 for the type of mirror that he is quoting me. I think this item I kena carrot already. maybe I will delete this item from the quotation and do it myself.

Tomorrow is Xmas and I will look through the quotation again before I go out for dinner with my gf. Anyway, it is my 35th birthday tomorrow. Happy Birthday to me!