Starry Homestead

Additional woes after moving in (updated on 23 August 2020) I've already written a review below and this is on top of what I had experienced during move in. I've moved in for only more than half a year, and the laminate on kitchen cabinet is already coming off. The lighting in my master dropped off. And, I got a second opinion about the backsplash where I was charged 950 but they did not even bother to hack off the old tiles and just do an ugly overlay job... basically, it is not even something acceptable in this industry and the ID also, probably on purpose, asked the worker to split the tiles into two pieces before overlaying behind my tap. Cause how else would a one large piece tiles became two? [4th edit - Formaldehyde in unhealthy levels found in carpentry] Writing this more 3 months after move in. I continued to experience burn sensation in my eyes so I got a formaldehyde sensor. Indeed, the amount of just a small drawer was at unhealthy level - DOUBLE the avg amount accepted by Euro standard. I just want to add this update to caution fellow home owners to be selective with their reno company and ask abt this because it is really very bad for your health. [3rd edit - 1 month plus after move in] I am editing this once again and this time, I will not mince my words. It started off with a bad experience due to being led into signing LOI with low prices but when it was time to sign the final quotation a day before work starts, I was told the quotation was "wrongly quoted". Till now, more than a month after I moved in I continued to be plaque by bad workmanship. Today, I found another chip which led me to find out that they did not use sealant to seal the gaps between the two laminates that joint the kitchen cabinets just because it cannot be seen. Any experienced contractors will know to use sealants to seal that up due to insect and moisture (just Google this and also checked with friends who did kitchen reno recently) and I just decided I've been too kind to adjust my review earlier just because the project manager asked me to help them. USE STARRY HOMESTEAD AT YOUR OWN RISK... [2nd edit] They've made good of all the issues and everything looks fine now (about a week after moving in). Emily, Rex's manager even came by and apologise for the issues and further inspect to make sure very thing is fine. I really appreciate all the efforts here and for this, I've improved my ratings slightly. :) [Edited] Rex, the manager stepped in today and basically overtake the entire project. Just within one day, he turned around most of the issues I brought up below. Thank you Rex and I really appreciate all the hard work on your part. I see you doing some of touch ups yourself and I am truly amazed by what you were able to achieve just in 1 day to turn around the bad situation. For Rex, I am rating 5 stars for professionalism and project management. --------------------------------------- Today is my moving in day and below is what happened supported with photos. - base of kitchen drawers were all made of substandard plywood (not the same thickness as the sides and shelves). I applied some pressure and it Caved in. - I chose Jennings gloss white lamitech and was even given a sample of it. They applied lamitak white gloss (which is an off white color and not the pure white I chose) and installed all of it (ID did not even flag). The change resulted in a 1 week delay to my project. - found more than 10 knocks and chips on the surface combined just in my kitchen - ID bait you to sign on the contract with a very good promising price and a day before we sign off the final quotation, I was told of price increases because "sorry I made a mistake". I paid 26k to do just kitchen, a platform bed, L box and this was after I escalated to their manager. They wanted to charge almost 29k initially. - really bad finishing E. G I cut my finger when I run it by the edge if the platform bed. The joint lines in my kitchen cabinets are nearly 2mm wide. - we already shown them a photo of a lego display cabinet we wanted to do since day 1. Fairly simple with glass doors and shelves. On the week before the carpentry work is supposed to begin, they told us there will be price increase for the glass shelves (185/piece). We accepted as we don't want to drag our timeline further. One day before they were to start carpentry work for the display cabinet, they say because the glass shelves do not have support, they need to add tracks which is another $265. - they quoted for full height mirror and mirror on 3D render is without any joint lines. Even stated on their own hand writing on the render that it will be full height, but the day before they were supposed to install, they told me there will be joint lines and that they proposed to do 4 pieces of mirror pieced together. I did not accept and had to continue to push on before we finally agreed to 2 piece which still fits within the lift. Till today, my mirror is still not up. Not to mention many other problems like uneven patch work on walls and ceiling that they charged for, holes on the sides of downlight, paint on door frame wasn't painted double coat and some parts like behind the hinge wasn't painted at all. And now, after 1 month of takeover of unit, my kitchen is missing cabinet doors, broken drawers, missing quartz, uneven walls and ceiling require massive replaster job...