I have no more idea on what to blog…so let’s talk about my newly renovated bathroom. 
My home’s bathroom underwent a major makeover recently. Among the changes are
1. The demolition of my favorite water tub. Favorite because I have many scary and happy memories with the water tub. I’ll spare you from the long narrative. Like modern household, we’re using a plastic tub now.
2. Replace bathroom floor tiles with new one.
Now the problem is this particular 1-man worker did a very bad job when he was laying the new tiles. My mom informed him regarding the unevenness condition but he ignores my mom. The result? There’s a large swelling at the middle of our bathroom floor. The ‘used’ water is trapped at a corner and cannot flow out into the drain hole.
So this worker came back a week later, knock down a few tiles and reconstruct it back. Now the middle floor is perfect BUT there are sharp edges near the drain hole location due to ‘outrageous’ unevenness!!!
So again this guy came back a week later, knock down a few tiles and reconstruct it back. Now everything is perfect EXCEPT that there are a few chipped tiles. My mom said “Nevermind la”.
Ohgosh I so hate it man! Everytime when my mom ask someone that she knows eg. contractor friend to help renovate our house…surely something will go wrong. Another example is our porch. Cement all cracked!
I just wanna ask you guys, do you hire people you know to renovate your house? What I think is if you hire someone you know, they will more likely to simply renovate it for you coz ‘friend-friend la’…anything anyway also can. So I prefer to hire someone I don’t know.
Boring story? There goes another day.
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Mo-C Says:
January 10th, 2007 at 1:25 pmVisit Mo-C
I think it depends. Sometimes, when you hire ppl that we know, they will give extra/special service. And also, like your case also happens.
Lucifer Says:
January 10th, 2007 at 2:08 pmVisit Lucifer
mspretty Says:
January 10th, 2007 at 2:46 pmVisit mspretty
oh..lucky us,we also ask someone we know to do small renovation
RyeUrn Says:
January 10th, 2007 at 7:42 pmVisit RyeUrn
First time on your blog. Wowzers…good job I should say. I’d never ask someone I know to do a renovation. When it comes to money, relationships are always in jeopardy. Fellow Man Utd fan?
Gallivanter Says:
January 10th, 2007 at 8:02 pmVisit Gallivanter
I’d rather hire people I don’t know, so they’re more professional going about the job.
dreamcatcher Says:
January 11th, 2007 at 7:45 amVisit dreamcatcher
big boss aka mum has the last say about hired hands. right now, she’s sticking with eaddie, the handyman. even if it took 2 mths for eaddie to come to our house to fix the plumbing, she’d rather wait! wait! wait! eaddie’ll do a good job, she’d say… meanwhile, improvise, she’d say… dratt!!!!
Che-Cheh Says:
January 11th, 2007 at 7:51 amVisit Che-Cheh
Hey everyone, thanks for your opinions. Guess hiring someone we don’t know is the way to go. Btw hello RyeUrn,
RyeUrn Says:
January 11th, 2007 at 9:26 amVisit RyeUrn
Hi Che. Glory Glory all the way
Kleio Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 1:26 pmVisit Kleio
I think it’s the same-lah… know or not know… they still do shitty job - happens to my mom too. Sigh.. RyeUrn ~~ So, you found your way to Che-Cheh’s fabulous blog too
Che-Cheh Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 8:42 pmVisit Che-Cheh
RyeUrn, welcome to my blog always. hehe Kleio, that’s true also. Depends on luck kua.