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Very true! Thanks for the reminder...my player is a cheap one anyway. Maybe I should install like an Ikea Lack shelf and put it on top instead? At least if the music player goes away I can put stuff on it too...

Does anyone wall hung their small music player on the wall? I am considering the idea because it seems redundant for me to get some sort of cabinet as a stand for it, and I want minimum clutter against the wall. My worry is 1) will the wires stretching from it to the power socket at the bottom corner of the wall look ugly? 2) will it spoil the look of the wall?

I have a balcony floor filled with pebbles instead of just a pebble wash surface, and my idea of washing it is to splash a bucket of water over it. When I really moved it, I'll tell you if that works See the post here from my T-blog

My resale EM had the same surface, and it costs me 3.1k just to plaster the whole house. Don't think it's a problem, they just smear plaster over everything, don't think anything can go wrong.

Almost had the same situation previously, when I paid the OTP sum but the buyer eventually refuse to accept it and sign on her part of the contract. Which is actually a fortunate thing actually... I think you might be able to solve the problem by simply listing down the actions you will take against the owner, and what you will get them to compensate if they breached the contract (price difference compensation, lawyers' fees, agent fees etc). That might wake them up. NEVER reveal your handphone number, you don't want people bugging you long after the action is over...

Went before, they will take you to some places to see see, but actually, once you get settled on your contractor etc, they'll tell you in so much more details that this becomes pointless. I see it as basically an activity for hbay to show you the IDs that they work with so that they can potentially get your business. Nothing wrong with that la, just that now on hindsight I learnt so much more from my renovator than from them.

Actually Home and Decor magazine/Squarerooms are really not bad to get designer ideas la. But too take note that most of the time the designs you see inside are very unique, and will probably cost a bomb to replicate. If you have a big budget why not get your ID to design for you, and see what they can come up with given your house concept? That will ensure that you have a unified design for the whole house. It's much harder to take and match things that you like from magazines and hope that the overall look will be pleasing. If you don't have a big budget, you should drop the idea of having custom built tv console and shelves. TV consoles can be real cheap, so just shop around. My contractor proposed building 2 floating shelves in my kitchen and quoted me $350 for it, and I took out the item and intend to get Ikea's Lack shelf to install myself instead! Wardrobes and cabinets probably don't differ much inside, and it's only the exterior look that you need to think about.

Was searching the forum for the pricing for marble polishing too, because my ID quote me $1650 too! He did mention need to repair some cracks lah. However, I got other quotes which does that from $580 to $900...so the huge range in price is really making me tempted to look for a separate contractor for the job...any help?

I recently asked a paint shop about painting services and they just offered me their contractor's contacts. BTW, I've a mansionette with paint jobs offered in the range of $1800-2200. I decided to just DIY. Frankly, I think it is best to go with the contractor that you are comfortable working with la, instead of looking at individual items' costing. They need to make profit and when they give you an itemised list costs they just add that profit into some of the items (presumably the most expensive ones). If they quote cheaper for the paint works some other items will be more expensive, makes me feel as if it's quite futile to do such comparisons. Just my personal opinion...

Angel81 etc, I find that it might save you an appointment if you make your first meeting with your contractor/ID at your new place, so that you can straightaway show them what you want. Otherwise if first meeting meet them at office, still have to go your place see, then meet then again get quotation etc etc...like that each contractor/ID meet min 3 times can die... Still waiting to finalise quotes...all in 50+k range cos I taking down everything...

In the midst of getting a contractor...only got 1 quote so far and 3 others coming in soon...will see how it goes from there. Wonder if these will be enough for me to make a final decision...or is it the more the merrier? Will hope to set up a T-blog soon, but after I got my contractor lah. Otherwise nothing to blog about too ha.

Hi EMers, Does anyone have a staircase railing that looks like this? Thought it is a nice solution to have cable railings as it is easy to clean and simple looking, but my contractor's quote of $5k for it put a dampener to the idea. Will appreciate if anyone has contacts to build this, or have comments about this system? thanks! (Picture taken from http://www.ultra-tec.com/)

I was quoted $1500 for sand and debris clearing for my EM recently loh... I don't even know where I should start my bargaining at...

I wanted to lay a chengal deck on my balcony too...but read on other parts of the forum here price should be around 1k... hm... Maybe your balcony extra big...

Me and WTB just got a bunch of wall decals from china website www.taobao.com, the chinese eBay. Her sister knows of a spree for the website, and so we bought quite a lot of it, all sorts of funny stuff at a very good price. if you can, go to the site and search for 'qiang tie' (wall sticker). For future sprees, I think just google 'taobao spree singapore' or something and you'll probably find it.

Well, wanted to hack away kitchen toilet and share the new space to expand both living room and kitchen. But because of a pillar, guess it'll just expand the kitchen instead. Pipes not a problem because area will be for laundry use.

Hi there, my EM have the same problem with the balcony's handrail, and here's the pic I took Terrible la, no way but to change it. Ok, I think I need help about posting pic here...the link is from my blog's server, can load it normally on a browser but how come it doesn't work here?

Was thinking of hacking away a kitchen toilet and possibly expanding the living room, but one part of the wall outline is in bold in the floor plan. Are the lines in bold indicative of supporting pillars? If so...err...why still need a PE to come in tell us huh? Sorry for the silly question...

Well I die-die have to change the main door...actually it's better to say I have to heck off 85% of the house - door and window + their frames, all tiles and fittings, even this huge storage beneath my EM stairs. The main door locked is damaged anyway, and looks like a rottweiler had been chewing at the edges. Anyone who changed the main door and have contacts for the source?

Am looking at building a platform outdoors on my balcony, and bamboo is being considered, provided it can provide quality for its price. I'm interested to know how much it costs per square foot too, thanks!

Thanks for sharing your very modern look study, nice blend of classic white-black! Like yourself, I'll like to actually look at a 'view' then to have the table against the wall. But then again, not possible for me to have your design cos I've a EM, rooms are upstairs ha.

My wtb and I fell in love with this big can lounge chair at barang and I went online to look around for cheaper versions. Ended up finding A LOT of online shops which based in Indonesia who supplies wooden furniture to overseas buyers. The sites all seems quite professional looking, catering to overseas buyer and will arrange for shipping. They can pretty much custom make anything you show them too I think. Worth a try, just google bali teak furniture or something and tons of results will come up!

Yah man. Sigh now doing different things all over the place preparing for wedding+house at the same time. WTB getting me see photographers and bridal shops etc etc. I'm the one who is thinking of the house, basically giving her all my fancy ideas and letting her reject them one by one haha. I'm getting my keys end of this month, right now done nothing except to daydream about the design. Was thinking of doing things in this sequence: Final inspection go take pictures and measurements and match them to the floorplanCome up with list of practical things that needs to be done.Think of design add-ons to the place.Interview contractors get quotesIs the sequence ok? Lucky I got time on my side...moving in only next May after marriage.

Hardly anyone talks about the study, but I think it will be the room I'll spend most of my time in when my place is done. Besides the ubiquitous bookshelves and work desk, any other nice touches to your study? Are glass doored bookshelves necessary to prevent dust on books? I am thinking of having a semi-circular work table to share with my wife in the middle of the room, with the bookshelves around it, but wires will be all around the floor...possible solutions? Don't think it's nice to face the wall while working. Do post your nice study pics!

Recently I got to know that a unit next to my block is valued at around $500k, and asking for 60k COV...so selling at $500k is not a problem at all, if your location is good. Serangoon area tends to be hotter I think though