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Amanda Jayne
Great team and great work

Reviewed by Amanda Jayne・Submitted 14 Nov 2024・ Project completed Oct 2024・Designer Raymond and Kaden

I am so deeply appreciative of FSI for the renovation of my home. Raymond, Perlinda and Kaden made the renovation process so easy and were truly excellent examples of what a good interior design team should be. Throughout the process they have been flexible, adaptable and very solution-oriented. There are several key features in our home that were suggestions from them and we deeply love them, like the glass wall made of vintage glass blocks. They also worked around our requests customising to our requests like a custom drawer for my various baking trays and a tall, narrow cupboard for our yard (I wanted one to fit our ironing board). While it’s clear FSI has a distinctive (and beautiful!) style, Raymond and Kaden were very open to our requests and made sure we made the design ours. The work done on the home is truly professional, Perlinda’s project management is top notch and we had our house in three short months even though we had to tear the house and build from scratch. We spent majority of those months out of the country but could trust Perlinda to take care of everything and rarely had to check in. The home was close to move in condition when we were back. Trustworthy, careful and also very particular (more than us!) they’re what you imagine a good interior design team is supposed to be. Our home is beautiful and matches the renderings so closely. Very thankful to them for all the hard work!!

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Derric Lee
Beautiful and Livable

Reviewed by Derric Lee・Submitted 1 Sep 2024・ Project completed Jul 2024・Designer Raymond

I was looking for an interior designer who can transform my specific needs and preferences into living spaces that truly reflect my personality and lifestyle. I gone as far as getting the 3D models done with one designer but decided to engage Raymond from Free Space after introduction from a trusted friend. Dedication is one of the hallmarks of Raymond's work ethic. He and his Project Manager, Perlinda, invest considerable time and effort into understanding my vision and bringing it to life with meticulous attention to detail. Their commitment to excellence is evident in every aspect of the design process, from initial consultations to the final touches. With years of experience as a bespoke interior designer, Raymond brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. This enables him to navigate challenges effortlessly and provide innovative solutions that enhance the functionality and aesthetics of any space. He has an innate ability to blend colors, textures, and materials in a way that creates harmony and beauty. His designs are not only visually stunning but also thoughtfully curated to evoke a sense of comfort and well-being. What sets Raymond and Perlinda apart from other designers are their realistic approach to design. They have a keen understanding of practical constraints and budget considerations, ensuring that the outcome is both achievable and sustainable. This pragmatic perspective, combined with artistic flair, results in interiors that are both beautiful and livable. This is my 4th time having a new house and I am determined to make it different. Raymond truly lives up to his reputation as a bespoke designer who bring fresh ideas to compliment my needs and preference. In summary, Raymond and Perlinda are consummate professionals whose personalized service, dedication, experience, artistic talent, and realistic approach make them an outstanding choice for anyone looking to transform their living space. Working with them has been a delightful and rewarding experience, and I highly recommend their services to anyone seeking top-notch interior design to transform their lifetime living space.

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Pamela Chew
Highly reliable and professional

Reviewed by Pamela Chew・Submitted 22 Jul 2024・ Project completed Jun 2024・Designer Leon

Renovating a home is a highly personalised and often stressful event, but with Leon, we found a reliable and patient interior designer who offered good advice while listening to our needs. This was our second time working with Leon and his team at FSI. Both times, Leon delivered wonderfully, and we want to share our experience so more homeowners can enjoy peace of mind during the renovation process. Leon is not afraid to push the envelope when it comes to design, and he has a keen awareness of practical living needs, which we highly appreciate. His experience shines through when minor hiccups occur. We felt assured and knew that our home was in steady hands throughout the process. Pricing-wise, although FSI is in the upper-middle range, the partners they work with are professional and offer excellent products and services. Overall, we are very pleased with what we received from FSI and their partners. We would definitely return to Leon and FSI in the future if the opportunity arises. Heartfelt thanks to Leon and the team for giving us a lovely home to live in again.

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Smooth-sailing Schedule

Reviewed by Pifah・Submitted 16 May 2024・ Project completed May 2024・Designer Jasmine

We chose Jasmine from FSI based on positive feedback of her good work ethics from my sister. She presented the design process and her company's clauses clearly and objectively. Working with her was hassle-free and she was accommodating to our needs. We felt comfortable voicing out our opinions and suggestions to her, knowing that she would listen and offer her expert advice. In terms of project management, Jasmine was present every week and gave timely prompt updates of the progress. Issues that we noticed and highlighted to her were promptly rectified and solved. We had a tight timeline and even had to move in before the end of the renovation process. She was mindful of this and planned a schedule to ensure that the progress is smooth and the different areas of works were completed consecutively/simultaneously without disruption or unnecessary halt. She has a trusting and good working relationship with all her workers (e.g. painters, electricians, carpenters, tilers, hardware and lighting vendors) who respected and listened to her feedback. Needless to say, from our first meeting until the end, Jasmine gave 101% commitment to the project (even when she was on a holiday! She assured us that we could still text her regardless). For the design, Jasmine listened and catered to our specific design taste of a Rustic Modern Marrakesh elements that we want in our home. Jasmine ensured that we are aware of what we need and want for our power and lighting plan - giving us the right advice and space to make our decisions and choices. This was an area that we learned in this journey to be an important aspect of renovation. We would also like to highlight the quality work of the tiling and electrician plus the vinyl flooring where only the finest and top quality vinyl material was used. Thank you, Jasmine, for the smooth renovation process and experience! Images show the renovated kitchen and the 3D image

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Lee Sirong 思榮
Overall a great experience with FSI

Reviewed by Lee Sirong 思榮・Submitted 14 Apr 2024・ Project completed Mar 2024・Designer Kaden and Raymond

We decided to speak with FSI after looking thru a few ID companies and their designs; Raymond’s house caught our eyes actually. Raymond and Kaden were our designers, and Perlinda helped us manage the project when renovation started in mid Dec 23. From the very first discussion with them somewhere in Sep 23, our renovation journey had been rather smooth. They were patient when we gave them a long shopping list of requirements (first meeting). When we were trying to visualise things (as I had no artistic mind), Kaden never hesitated to sketch or do up drawings to help us visualise. The unlimited number of drawings helped for sure, although we went thru maybe 3-4 iterations (with numerous discussion sessions in between). We had limited time to meet up and couldn’t meet on Saturdays, so all our discussions took place on weekday nights, generally from 8-11pm++, and they were ever accommodating. When our reno started proper, we found that we could entrust the whole project to them, and I didn’t have to keep checking in or ask for progress; Perlinda and Kaden were always forthcoming in providing updates and photos onsite; we literally only went down maybe once a week to take a look, and that was about it. FSI proposed various designs and was daring in playing with a load of colours, which I found rather interesting and fresh. And we took the colours. Couldn’t be happier after having moved into our new home about 3wks ago. There were minimal defects, and they were quick to respond and help to arrange for rectifications; other small things are areas that I can accept. FSI assured us of continued support if we had any other things to highlight, and I’m sure they will deliver. Tbh, I’m sure they’re not the cheapest ID company in the market, but we don’t regret it. Their patience and service, attention to details, and attitude won us over. P/S: Take a look at the pics; there’re both 3D drawings and actual pics taken.

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Goh Meng Zi
Kaden Tiu - Thoughtful Detailed ID

Reviewed by Goh Meng Zi・Submitted 8 Dec 2023・Renovation in progress・Designer Kaden Tiu

If anyone is looking for a detailed, thoughtful Interior Designer, and one who puts in his all, standing on the homeowners' point of view to consider our concerns, Kaden Tiu will be the one to look for! For a preliminary consultation, Kaden considers our wants for Wabi-Sabi theme and has proposed and showed us the type of laminates on cabinets that will be suitable on our 1st meeting (this step is usually in the middle of the reno process). What stands out to us is when he showed us his portfolio of the tiles he matched for his clients. It is rare for an ID to actually go to the site to do the match of the tiles' grains (ensuring the grains to be put up will be at best placement) before the tiles are being stick onto the walls and difficult to changed thereafter. Most ID do not look after this portion and leave it to the contractors to do the tiling works, which may sometimes forms ugly, mismatched tiles' grain on that piece of work. His creativity to help home owners are also shown in his painting works and ceiling lights in his portfolio! Last but not least, we had a challenge of putting 2 adults and 2 young children in 1 common room. With beds, wardrobe and probably tables. No matter how things are being thought of (e.g. most ID gave bunk beds as the solutions, but it won't work cos' they are very very young children, will fall), its difficult. Yet Kaden considers our concern (did not just discard it), and thought of a way beautifully to have everything in place at our 4th meetup. Oh, and out of 7 IDs we have seen, Kaden is the only one who could freehand draw out 3D on the spot, just to explain to us how things will look like. All in all, he's one of the best ID we have seen! Really appreciate his thoughtfulness, detailness and creativity!

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Eileen
Seamless Renovation Journey with Raymond and Perlinda

Reviewed by Eileen・Submitted 2 Apr 2024・ Project completed Dec 2023・Designer Raymond

We engaged Raymond from FSI after evaluating numerous IDs. He was highly recommended by our friend. We are impressed with his design and quality of service. Raymond (Designer) and Perlinda (Project Manager) have been very knowledgeable and patience with our numerous requirements. Not forgetting they are very creative with the solution. We even completed renovation earlier than expected. Perlinda has managed the schedule and quality very well. Their contractors like carpenters, painters, plumbers and electrician are also very careful and did a wonderful job. Any issues were also resolved swiftly. My family and friends were also impressed with the quality and design too. We heard many challenges that our neighbours has encountered with other IDs. We were so blessed to make the right choice to engage Raymond and Perlinda. We would highly recommend to engage them. Many thanks to Raymond, Perlinda and team from FSI.

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Great Interior Designer! 100% Recommend!

Reviewed by david・Submitted 15 Jan 2024・ Project completed Dec 2023・Designer Jasmine

We met with Jasmine and a couple other ID's before making a decision. From the beginning, Jasmine understood what we were looking for and was very easy to talk to about the whole project. Everything was great, from the floorplans, the renders, the edits and all of our requests! Jasmine was great guiding us through all the decisions we had to make, from tiles, lights, toilets, light switch locations, closet designs.. everything! She is an amazing project manager, and everything went as scheduled! 100% recommend!

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Professional & Patient
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Reviewed by J・Submitted 22 May 2024・ Project completed Nov 2023・Designer Jasmine Chong

It was a pleasure working with Jasmine on our first home. We found Jasmine after perusing Qanvast and meeting many other IDs. We have moved into our place for about 3 months now. Overall, we found Jasmine to be sincere, professional, responsible, patient, respectful and service-oriented throughout the course of the renovation, from the initial meeting till after the handover. During the initial meetings, she was sincere, and respectful while gathering our functional and aesthetic requirements. She gave honest and respectful advice to keep the renovation cost-effective for us. Her suggested ideas were thoughtful and fitted the requirements well. A number of our meetings, I.e carpentry stretched late into the night, and she stayed professional and advised us well during these meetings. We also had many impromptu questions during the process, and she was very ready to entertain our questions via zoom without much hassle in planning a meeting time. Jasmine was also patient throughout the project. Being first time home-owners, we were unsure of many minor details, which seemed like a huge deal during the process. Although the timeline for the decision was short, in no way did we feel hurried by Jasmine, and she allowed us time to carefully consider our decisions. She was helpful in recommending places to make purchases and brought us shopping, but also was very respectful of our buying decisions. During the renovation process she kept us well-updated on the progress with pictures via WhatsApp, and managed the timeline well. When hiccups popped up, she had good ideas to resolve them quickly. Her timeline planning and coordination was top-notch and she managed her contractors well which we appreciated as it saved us lots of time. We had also contracted our own services for some parts of the renovation, and Jasmine and her team planned and worked well with the other parties involved, resulting in a fuss-free experience for us. After the handover, she remained professional and attentive. She readily advised us on our furniture purchases, and if she mentioned that she would get something done, she would make sure that it was done. We enjoyed working very much with Jasmine, and value her time and effort in helping us to renovate our first home.

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Ronald Szie
Exceeded what I imagined, with great quality and within budget!

Reviewed by Ronald Szie・Submitted 5 Apr 2024・ Project completed Nov 2023・Designer Kaden

I have a very pleasant experience with Kaden for my renovation journey. Kaden is creative yet customer oriented when designing for my 4-room resale flat. Not only he brought in fresh elements to invigorate the look, he is also able to customize based on my preference and keep in mind of the costs. He is able to keep to the timeline and was hands-on in the installation process. I love my new house, and glad FSI is able to deliver! My renovation journey with Kaden was exceptionally delightful. Kaden's blend of creativity and customer-centric approach truly shone throughout the design process for my 4-room resale flat. He infused fresh elements that revitalized the space while remaining attentive to my preferences and budget requirements. With his professional experience, he can draw everything to scale and recommend practical changes to the plan. What was proposed on Photoshop was translated fully to the final product, down to the lighting and furniture. Impressively, he adhered to the timeline diligently and personally oversaw the installation phase, ensuring a seamless execution. Thanks to Kaden's expertise and the dedication of FSI, I am now the proud owner of a stunning new home.

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Beautiful Home by FSI

Reviewed by John Lim・Submitted 25 Nov 2023・ Project completed Nov 2023・Designer Raymond

This is my second time engaging FSI and they continued to impress me with the quality and design concepts. We spent a lot of time on the 3D drawings and Raymond had entertained all the changes and amendments so that we can have a good appreciation of the final product During the renovation process, I would say it was pretty smooth and schedule was on time for hand over. Perlinda who was our project manager had handled the timeline well and was careful with the details on the carpentry. A special shoutout to the carpenters who did an extremely marvellous job fabricating the herringbone feature wall. They are simply spectacular! Both my wife and I were loving it every minute of the new home. Thanks FSI

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Fai
Simply amazing experience.
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Reviewed by Fai・Submitted 3 Jun 2024・ Project completed Sep 2023・Designer Jasmine

We could wax lyrical about all the elements of a renovation process and how Jasmine has simply made it such a fun and pleasurable journey. The results speaks for itself as pictures speaks a thousand words. We wish new home owners to not look elsewhere and put their faith with FSM. Regardless of you preferred design language, should you be specific or uncertain about your ideas, help will always be forthcoming, prompt and responsive. We have been sharing our experience with friends. You will not be disappointed.

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