I was in the process of choosing an ID for my home. Made contact with 3 IDs and here were my experience:
a) ID 1: Unresponsive after 1st meet. We kept sharing her our design ideas - with no response from her. When she delayed on our second meeting (that too when we asked to confirm it was on) we realised they have too many projects; and if thats the attention we are getting now - better to dodge the bullet
b) ID 2: 1st meeting, took long time to hear the requirement. Postponed next meeting twice with assurance "sending quotations soon". Finally her laptop crashed :/
c) ID 3: Quoted twice the price for same concept than other two IDs who have given us quotation thus far. 20 to 50% more maybe make sense if better quality, better materials etc, but twice the price???
All 3 are eliminated and I am still in the process of searching. Would not engage any ID who is not punctual, unprepared and no REAL portfolio of previously completed projects.