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Blog Entry Date: 19th November 2017 Sunday Click Here to go back to Page 1 - Table of Contents Renovations Completed! - A Final Look just before Handover This Blog Entry is going to be a photo collection of the Final Look of the Renovations done before Jason officially handover the Apartment back to me on Monday 20 November 2017. 9 weeks of Renovation. *Drum Rolls* This is how it all finally looks like… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bedroom (Day Time) Bedroom (Night Time) The futon here is just a temporary thing I bought to sleep until my real mattress arrives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bathroom (Day Time) Bathroom (Night Time) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kitchen (Day Time) Kitchen (Night Time) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And so this is it. The final look of my Apartment after 9 long weeks of Renovation. I'm so sorry my camera is so potato and couldn't produce better quality images lol. I’m really happy to see how my Apartment turned out. It was a really fascinating and fulfilling journey to personally design my initial 3D Sketch via Planner 5D and see it from the initial 3D Concept Designs till finally appear in real-life. A Journey that as you all can see, is filled with Ups and Downs. And so, we have officially come to the End of my Renovations. I really must thank each and everyone of you for being so supportive and following my blog. I hope it was entertaining (and educational) enough and I hope that by chronicling my journey and thoughts, will hopefully make it a less scary and confusing process for fellow 2 Roomers who is starting out with their Renovations. This will certainly not be the last Blog Entry, as I intend to continue to add more entries such as my Furnitures and Electrical Appliances as they start delivering, and the little knick knacks and things to make it more like a HOME. (And of course I still need to provide the conclusion of my IKEA Curtain guide!! LOL!! ) A Special Thanks to Yvonne who is Rufus58's friend who offered her help with my DB-Box issue. While I eventually did not engage her services, I am still truly appreciative of her willingness to help! Thank you!! Last but definitely not least, my Sincere Thanks to Mr Jason Tan from 96 Degree Designers and his many skillful and professional contractors who all worked very hard in making this dream home of mine. Well done Chaps!! Once again, as I always say when signing off: Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you soon in my next Blog Entry!! Click Here for the Next Blog Entry: Post Renovation – Furnitures and Appliances (Kitchen) Click Here to go back to Page 1 - Table of Contents

Blog Entry Date: 19th November 2017 Sunday Click Here to go back to Page 1 - Table of Contents End of 9th Week after Key Collection - Final Tasks: Aircon, Glass and Painting Should have posted this on Friday, but I was enjoying my new home turn on aircon relax too much and didn’t go back to type out this Blog Entry!! Sorry~ To make up for it, i’m gonna do a double post okay? So on Friday (17th November 2017), I had a couple of teams come over for the very final installations to be done before Handover by Jason tomorrow on Monday (20th November 2017). Nothing major happened, everything went smoothly, but still quite alot of action as you are about to see. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First up, the Aircon guys from StarCool showed up. Daikin 5 Ticks Smile Series System 2 2 Air-Cons (1 is 9000BTU, the other one is 18000BTU) 1 Giant Inverter / Compressor Installing the Air-Con Base Plate first Air-Con Base Plate installated, Piping routed and fitted. Installing the Air-Con Main Unit Close-up look at how complicated looking the Air-Con is Covering up the Air-Con Main Unit with the Casing Bedroom 9000BTU Air-Con Installed Living Room 18000BTU Air-Con Installed (Honestly not much difference in size comparing a 9000BTU unit and a 18000BTU unit, I don’t know about Air-Cons, no idea what special component is inside to make it a Bigger BTU. Any Tech Saavy readers knows? The cooling power of the 18000BTU definitely is much much stronger) Here’s another look showing them installed asymetrically side by side. (One thing to note if you are installing Air-Cons so closely, is that the Remote Control may sometimes activate both Air-Cons at the same time with one button press. A mild inconvenience, all you need to do is just shield the remote control with your hand when pressing it, or just simply turn off the Air-Con that you accidentally turned on.) Oh but we are not quite done! Not yet! Still remember we have this Giant Inverter / Compressor to install? This one was so heavy, 3 people were needed to carry and install it. So one guy climbed out to the Air-Con ledge to prep the Air-Con piping that was also laid way back in Week 1 of the Renovation. Nowadays it is mandatory for new HDB BTO flats to have a dedicated concrete ledge and metal barriers to prevent Inverter/Compressor from falling off, and also ensure the safety of the Air-Con installers. Older HDBs built in the 1980s don’t have such features, and I really have no idea how the Air-Con guys can install that safely. Really dangerous job. So anyway, after prepping the piping outside, the guy will remain outside while his 2 colleagues bring in the Inverter Compressor. This part really made my heart skip a few beats because they had to then carefully fit the Giant Inverter/Compressor nicely through my Bathroom Window without causing any scratches to my Tiles or Window. Luckily they were very professional about it, and it was all done nicely and safely. Phew!!!! (Quite amusing to see them wear Mitsubishi Air-Con Shirt but installing Daikin Air-Con btw LOL!!) Once safely outside, its just a matter of hooking up and installing the piping accordingly. Luckily it was a bright sunny day. I wonder if the Air-Con guys will still install this Inverter/Compressor if it was raining? Really dangerous job. Thank you so much!!! (Treating them to some drinks at this point would be a nice way to thank them) And of course, the end result of all that hard work is to enjoy the cool cool air! Both Air-Cons worked and tested very well. I timed the 18000BTU one, and within 5-10mins can immediately feel the cool crisp air. Maximum Coolness was achieved in about 1.5 hour++ and this was tested on a hot sunny afternoon. Coolness was felt in the entire Living Room which was what I wanted. Its not the freezing cold type, but you can definitely feel the coldness. The whole place felt so fresh and clean! (Protip: Turning on the Ceiling Fan helps alot in decreasing the time it takes to cool the place) As for the 9000BTU one, even when I did not have any barrier between my bedroom to the rest of my apartment, IT WAS STILL FREAKING COLD!!! Wooo!!! In fact, when I was sleeping and set it to 23°C, I still woke up half-way freezing and shivering like mad LOL!! Guess I need to buy thicker blankets and maybe even a sweater!! LOL!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok moving on, the Glass guys also came to do their installations. Tempered glass is used for my Kitchen, and also a big panel to shield my Bathroom Vanity Storage against random water splashes while bathing. Installing the Glass Backing at Kitchen Cleaning the Bathroom Tempered Glass panel and installation. This one also made my heart skip a beat when they were carrying it in, but again, it was professionally installed with no hiccups!!! Double Phew!! Applying special waterproof silicone to the glass panel Closer Look at the Glass Corners (A little bit dirty. No issues, it will be washed away during final cleaning) Because of the way how I installed my Glass, there is this little narrow space that may be a little hard to clean. Its still doable though with a long thin stick with a nice pad of microfiber cloth. Kitchen Glass Backing Completed Kitchen Glass Backing with LED strips lighted Glass Panel at the Bathroom Another look at the Glass Panel at Bathroom Glass works are really beautifully done!! Love the beautiful black glass backing for my Kitchen!! Love the glass panel at the bathroom where the water no longer splashes onto the Bathroom Vanity Storage. Really exudes a next level of classiness!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And finally, these 2 young chaps came over and touch up and basically apply 2nd coat of paint to cover up any additional scuffles and dirt marks left by the earlier contractors. They did a beautiful job of this and the whole place looks even nicer! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And so with the conclusion of the final installations of all major works that were still needed for my Renovation, this is officially the end of the Renovations for my Apartment. Of course there is still one more cleaning scheduled by Jason, and he scheduled it after the moving in of my furnitures. Just minor cleaning really, because the place is completely in a very good move in condition already. What a long and fascinating journey it has been!! Thank you so much for supporting my Blog!! Stay tuned for the next Blog Entry where I will post the FINAL LOOK of my Renovations done just before Handover!! *Excited* Click Here for the Next Blog Entry: Renovations Completed! – A Final Look just before Handover Click Here to go back to Page 1 - Table of Contents