Singapore ID - Round 1

Living Art @Toa Payoh Central
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Wandered in one day after dinner and decided to talk to the people inside. This was more of an introduction to ID and space planning for us more than anything.
Being the first ID we visited, we had a mish-mash of various ideas - from reading all the forums and issues of Home and Decor :P
Initial wishlist (apart from the necessary stuff)
- Walk In Wardrobe (WIW)
- Wooden platform at balcony
- Flat screen TV swivel
- Bar counter/breakfast table
- Some form of cozy corner

The lady was ok but the quote gave us quite a shock. Either it means dropping items from our wishlists or the pricing was too high.
Walking out after the discussion, we both concurred that it was the latter.
Rating: 2/2/2/2/?

Unimax Creative @Toa Payoh/Balestier
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Further down the road, we bumped into a tiny branch of Unimax Creative, and met Derek.
Always smiling, he listened to our suggestions and smiled at the end of each sentence we said. He didn't really have much feedback or comments, but just to tell us to
wait for his quotation. Perhaps it was past closing time and he was tired..We didn't really have much of an impression.

Some IDs and more than a month after, we got a call from Derek, asking us to meet him at his HQ at Balestier. The showroom was impressive in design, having a dark, modern
theme with extensive use of high gloss materials and glass. Derek was able to show was a professionally done up space planning design and the quotation was lower than we
expected (after looking at the showroom layout - we thought it felt like a big name).
There were some innovations in the space planning that we have considered before.
From Unimax Creative, we got the idea of hacking the adjoining bedroom for wardrobe space in the MBR. This gave us sufficient storage space without compromising the living space
within the MBR. The smaller room (with the walls hollowed out for wardrobe) will become the new study.

In the end, we still felt that we could get a better deal elsewhere, and Derek did not give us the impression that he was enthusiastic. So...too bad.
Rating: 3.5/2.5/3.5/3/?