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andye2SG's 38SQM EastCrown@Canberra/Sembawang Some preview of enhanced 2-Room BTO (Type 1/Smaller Unit).Renovation not done yet due to renovation loan issues by bankers. 1. The Flat Facade 5. The Bathroom Sink Inlet 9. The Entrance Proposed 3-Gang Switch 2. The Stack I 6. The Bomb Shelter Electrical Points 10. The Entrance Propose Floor Screed Leveling 3. The Stack II 7. The Bomb Shelter Entrance 11. The Kitchen Pipe 4. The Stack III. 8. The Citygas Pipe Inlet. 12. The Kitchen Fridge & Top Kitchen Cabinet Area 13. The Kitchen Proposed Cooking Area 17. The Kitchen Windows 14. The Kitchen Proposed Relocation of One Switch 18. Master Bedroom Switches & Points 15. The Kitchen Wall (Proposed to be Hacked) 19. The Master Bedroom Proposed 2-Gang Switch 16. The Kitchen Proposed Washer & Water Dispenser Area. 20. Master Bedroom Proposed 2-Sliding Doors 21. Master Bedroom Windows on Right Side 25. Standard HDB Tiles II 22. Master Bedroom Proposed 2-Sliding Door 26. Living DB Box Area (Closed) 23. Master Bedroom Windows on Left Side 27. Living DB Box Area (Opened) 24. Standard HDB Tiles I 28. Living TV Console & Feature Wall Side 29. Living Windows (Left Side) & Sliding Doors 33. Toilet Side Wall on Right Side Entrance 30. Toilet Entrance/Bi-fold Door (Left Side) 34. Toilet Doesn't Comes With Sanitary Items 31. Toilet Bi-fold Door 35. Toilet WC & Proposed Bidet Spray Inlet 32. Toilet Rain Sower Area

Living room - 3 locations x 2 pts Bedroom - 2 locations x 2 pts Kitchen - 2 locations x 1 pt + 1 location x 4 pts Household shelter - 1 location x 2 pts DB box - 1 location x 1 pt I still add 1 pt in bedroom for wall fan and 1 x 2 pts in living room for vacumm cleaner / steamboat

Hi, Toilet door (thicker frame so less noisy and stable) I got it from Vyy - http://www.swingslide.com.sg/gallery_lourves.html Barn door from Good Wood Doors - http://www.gwdoors.com.sg/home/

Blog Entry Date: 10th May 2017 Wednesday Click Here to go back to Page 1 - Table of Contents The Search for an Interior Designer for my Project begins... With my 3D design sketch done, I am ready to look for IDs to help turn my vision into reality. I set my budget between $16k to $18k initially but after checking with the various IDs, budget would need to be increased to about $25k+. What I did was to send out request to quote via Renotalk and other renovation forums and I had a bunch of IDs calling me requesting for a meet up. My basic requirements for ID Selection are: Company MUST be registered in HDB's "Listing of Registered Renovation Contractors" Company MUST have ZERO demerit points. You can use this link by HDB to search if your Interior Designer has any Demerit Points: https://www20.hdb.gov.sg/bn25/isos118p.nsf/List+by+Company?OpenView&Count=15&Start=1&RestrictToCategory=A# To be fair, if the ID you like is NOT in the list, it doesn't automatically means that its a bad company. I made this requirement for peace of mind that at least the company i chose is a HDB-licensed company. Apparently to even qualify to be on the list, some sort of screening test is required by HDB and if they accumulate too many demerit points, they can have their HDB license suspended. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Search Begins... 1. C from T**L****I********* Status: Dropped C's company isn't actually in the HDB List I mentioned but I chose to meet up because I found out that she has a personal Youtube page and even Art Page where she showcased her artworks. (I wanted an ID who has good artistic sense that can complement my 3D design. What better way than to find an ID, who is actually an Artist right?) There was even a customer who had a very demanding request and a very punishing schedule (Renovation can only be done if the Customer's Mom who was the one having dementia is not around so as not to frighten her) to design a dementia-friendly bathroom and she was able to fulfill it which won praises from the customer's review of her. Impressive. Sadly, when we met up, she didn't give me the impression that she was proud of her Youtube or Art webpages, and when I asked her more about the dementia friendly bathroom she designed, imagine my disappointment when she actually said "My company advise me not to take such projects anymore." At this point, i'm not sure if I want to hand over my project to her at all. While I learnt much from her during the meetup, she gives me the feeling that she's burnt out being an ID. Got her quotation 2 weeks after the 1st meetup though. 2. R from U****D*****H**** Status: Dropped R is a soft spoken Malaysian guy who gave me the impression that he was previously a Contractor first before turning into an ID. While he did not give any new ideas apart from the 3D Design I made, he did have very constructive and practical knowledge of what can or cannot be done. Sadly, after our initial meetup, he seems to have disappeared and never replied even after 1 week later when I chased him for the quotation. 3. J from N**D***** Status: Dropped J was someone I had originally wanted to visit right from the start, because of many good reviews about her work in Renotalk and various other forums. There was this customer who had a very unusual request for a Victorian Gothic Black style which is not a style used often in HDB apartments, and it looked so lavish and impressive! Because of how impressive it looked, even before submitting my request to quote to Renotalk to look for IDs, I actually personally emailed to her company and CCed to her. Unfortunately, she took 1 week to reply to my email, and while the meeting was a good one and I learnt much from her, she never got back to me again another 1 week after the meeting even though she said she would. Maybe she's too busy? 4. L from 3*I********** Status: Dropped L's company is large and have offices all over Singapore. While he sounded very polite, He didn't give me a good impression when he forgot the date/time of our meetup even when it was confirmed on Whatsapp. And when I did meet up with him, he was in the middle of attending to a customer and had me waiting for at least 20mins before he attended to me. When he did attend to me, he was completely unprepared and did not have the information I emailed to him prior and had to take more time to print everything. At this point I really felt like leaving but I remained nevertheless, hearing what he had to say. During the meeting, he gave me the impression he's more of a sales person and he was enthusiastic about saying he would get his quotation to me in about 2 days. Already had the intention to drop him which was well and good because I never heard anything from him even after 1 week later. 5. P from I*-E**** Status: Dropped P's company is also a very large one, and they apparently have their own carpenters, electricians with their own huge workshop. Sadly, I didn't enjoy my time with him. He gave me the impression that he was designing a home for himself rather then for me. Even when I told him I would do some light-cooking in the kitchen (I enjoy cooking), he actually suggested me NOT to cook as cooking according to him is very troublesome. He even goes so far to recommend me to buy packet food instead. WTF?? Any design or technical question I asked during the meeting seemed to annoy him and give me the impression I was wasting his time. I suspect he probably has a few pre-made template designs and was probably using one of them. And I was probably right, because immediately the same night after the meeting, he emailed me his quotation. He will then constantly call me to pester me if i'm ready to sign with him. No thank you. 6. Jason Tan and Aida from 96 Degree Designers: Status: Selected Originally, i was contacted by Aida for a meetup, and when i actually reached there, the person who met me was actually her manager Jason Tan. Aida was there only assisting Jason by taking notes and such. Jason is very meticulous about his work and throughout my discussions with him, I find him extremely knowledgeable and we click very well. He does use alot of technical jargons however, and whenever I asked him to explain something, he would not hesitate to show off a photo or a drawing of the concept. Sometimes he gets so carried away and explains so much, it can be abit overwhelming lol!! Throughout our meetings, I can feel that he is very proud and passionate about his work. In fact, what impresses me most about Jason, is that among the IDs I've met, he's the only one who actually always has a pencil ready to physically draw out a 3D sketch of anything we discussed. Looking at him draw is kindda fascinating tbh LOL!! Although I had to remind them 1 week after the 1st meetup for quotation, they were the only ID that requested me to go meet a second time to go over the quotation which I felt was quite sincere, instead of other IDs just emailing me a quote without requesting for 2nd meetup. Haven't found any bad reviews about him on the Internet so far, and the only 1 bad review about the company wasn't aimed at him, and yet was personally handled by the company's director which I'm impressed that they have the integrity to not even delete bad reviews. While the quotation price is kindda high, (6k for Bedroom!) I felt that handing the project to him was a right choice as I'd rather pay more to have peace of mind then pay less and keep having arguments with someone I don't click with. Only time will tell if my decision was a right one. ------------------------------------------------------------------ From what I understand so far: After paying $500 deposit and signing with them, they will take me Tile, Lighting, Furniture shopping, and 3D design concept would be produced which will be 90% accurate to how my future apartment is gonna look like. Well, i've paid my $500 deposit and signed with them and I hope all goes well. Phew! Thats the end of my search for my ID, and I'll post more as I go along. Wish me luck!! Click Here for Next Blog Entry: Tile Selection at Soon Bee Huat Click Here to go back to Page 1 - Table of Contents