I have shared my horror stories of my renovation on various platforms.
Recently, a reader sent me a private message on a social media platform to ask me who my interior designer (ID) was.
After I shared with her, she disappeared for a while before returning to me with a small screenshot of a property agent and asked if that was him.
Due to the tiny image, I was unable to tell for sure. However, as the ID’s name and surname is not a very common combination, I decided to go to his profile to take a look.
As property agents’ pictures are professionally taken, and make them look younger, handsomer or more attractive than they really are, I was still not able to confirm purely by the image. However, something else confirmed the suspicion: his write-up.
He had a lengthy write-up about him having 20 years of interior design experience and giving honest advice.
I had no doubt that it’s him.
A normal person would not emphasise on himself being honest, because it’s the least anyone should be. Only people who are dishonest need to stress that because deep down inside, they know better than anyone that they are dishonest and unscrupulous.
I shudder to think anyone, especially female customers, would be tricked by him like I was. I wonder if there is any platform that I can warn others against him.
I can imagine him telling his potential clients that he is able to propose design ideas when all he can do is to tell clients where they can put their dining table, sofa and television set, with some interior design terms thrown in. Think wabi sabi, japandi, modern luxury.
As parting words, I told the reader that I hope the scammer of an ID will fail at whatever he does. Apparently, his renovation business must not be doing well for him to try venturing into another field that requires nothing but good lying skills.
