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Woah... Didn’t realise that more than 4 months have past since I last updated... Guess the house really took a long time to reach our hands... Hehe. Keys were finally received on 25th Aug but as it was in the midst of the lunar 7th month, we decide to wait till it end before starting the renovation. Renovation started on 23rd September and scheduled to complete by end of this month!! Yiipppee!! Finally Finally… Anyway, here are some of the $$$ spent so far, with more to come…. Reno Quote: 24.2k - Overlay Bedroom with Supreme Laminate - Hack & Re-lay living room - Shoe Cabinet - Hack & Re-do Kitchen Floors and Cabinets. To L-shape (bottom only) with bar counter (7ft) - Plaster living room and kitchen walls. - Hack and re-do 2 toilets Stuff bought: LG 42” LCD - $1099 LG 47” LCD - $3000 + Free 32” Lights from Noble Lighting – Total $ 1000 (Dining Pendant Light, Bar Counter Track Lights, Ceiling Lights X 7, Storeroom lights & Service Balcony Light) Toiletries from *** Gallery – Total $ 2238 - 2 x W/C - 2 x wash basin with taps - 1 x sink with accessories & tap - 2 x bidet spray with angle valve - 2 x towel bar - 2 x instant heater - 1 x tap mixer - 1 x double layer corner shelf - 2 x toilet paper holder Mitsubishi Electric System 4 Inverter - $ 4598 from GC And more to come….. *stress* Electrolux Hob and Hood - $ 1250 Samsung Fridge - $ 1999 Electrolux Washing M/C - $ 830 Dining Table (Ikea) - $ 299

I see.. Must be busy.. preparing for wedding and house at the same time. Jia you!! My unit is in the circuit... Hehe..

Hi Hi, Soon to be neighbour... ^^ Is your unit somewhere near the park? I will be at Blk 4*. When will you be moving in? For me, I probably will be moving in only in Sep/Oct. Cheers

Hi Booy, Are you looking for AD photographer or for studio shoot? My photographer is a freelancer, young but I loved the pics he took. And his price is very reasonable. Maybe you can check him out. This is his webby. www.matthiaschng.com Cheers

Hi Mimi, Thanks! Nope, not changing any doors except for the toilet door.

Hi All, Here's one of the quotes I got. Any comments? Reasonable? Hacking works 1 To hack existing floor and full height wall tile at Kitchen and 2nos. Bathroom * To hack/ remove existing Kitchen sink,cooker,chinmy, rubbish chute and concrete stove support * To hack/ remove existing top and bottom Kitchen cabinet incl. cement base * To remove / dismantle existing W.C and wash basin incl tap at both bathroom * To hack existing floor tiles **** and store incl. skirting for 3nos. Bedroom * To remove existing doors and door's Frame at 2nos. Bathroom * To remove existing full height wardrobe at bedroom 2 * To provide haulage ,sand and removing of debris and rubbish to dumping ground during renovation incl.submission of HDB permit to relavant authority Wet works 2 To supply and lay 30 x30cm matt non-slip Homog.floor tile at Kitchen c/w water proofing (Tile @UP.$ 2.80 per sqft) 3 To supply and lay selected full height Ceramic wall tile at exposed area at kitchen incl. area btw top and bottom cabinet 4 To erect/construct new Fridge,bar counter and cabinet cement motar base with matching floor tile 5 To patch up /made good using cement and EZI plaster c/w smooth finished at affected door's frame area at both bathroom entrance and affected skirting perimeter for all bedroom 6 To supply and lay 60x60cm Polished Homog.floor tile at entire Living and store c/w std skirting 7 To supply and lay matt non-slip 30x 30cm Homog.floor tile at common bathroom c/w water -proofing (Tile @UP.$ 2.80 per sqft) 8 To supply and lay selected full height Ceramic wall tile at common bathroom c/w feature wall design (Tile @UP.$ 3.20 per sqft) 9 To erect/construct 1nos. Shower Kerb c/w matching floor tiles 10 To supply and lay matt non-slip 30 x30cm Homog.floor tile at master bathroom c/w water -proofing (Tile @UP.$ 2.80 per sqft) 11 To supply and lay selected full height Ceramic wall tile at master bathroom c/w feature wall design (Tile @UP.$ 3.20 per sqft) 12 To erect/construct 1nos. Shower Kerb c/w matching floor tiles BESGLAS Alum Bi-fold door c/w acrylic Panel 13 To supply and install 1nos. BESGLAS alum.Bi-fold door c/w acrylic panel at Common bathroom 10mm thk (Tempered) Sandblasted swing door 14 To supply and install 1nos. Frameless 10mm thk (Tempered) sandblasted swing door c/w stainless steel hinges, h-handle, lockset incl. Door stopper Plumbing and Piping 15 To supply and install new stainless steel piping at Kitchen and 2nos.Bathroom c/w PVC inlet/ outlet pipe for Kitchen sink and wash basin incl 2nos.Hot water point at both bathroom 16 To Provide labour only to install 2nos. instant heater at both Bathroom 17 To Provide labour only to install Kitchen sink and tap 18 To Provide labour only to install 2nos.Porcelain W.C at both bathroom 19 To Provide labour only to install 2nos. Porcelain wash basin with tap at both bathroom 20 To Provide labour only to install 2 Set Accessories and Mirror at Bothroom Painting (ICI paint) 21 To Paint entire 4-Rm unit using ICI Pentiliate emulsion paint (Max 10 colours) incl.applying of sealer for all walls and ceiling, and using mould guard at kitchen and bathroom ceiling, painting to door and door's frame and PVC piping Laminate flooring ( SUPREME ) 22 To supply and overlay new selected laminate flooring for 3nos. Bedroom c/w high density underlay form and PVC entrance edging incl. std skirting Miscelleous 23 To provide labour to re-plaster entire Living wall and ceiling using gypsum powder c/w plaster smooth finish 24 To provide cardboard floor protection for entire unit during renoavtion 25 To provide acid wash for both bathroom, Kitchen incl. mopping of entire unit after renovation CARPENTRY (Kitchen ) 26 To supply and install L-shape Bottom kitchen cabinet (L/9ft ) in selected laminate finished c/w ABS edging, adj. shelving,Cols PVC internal,Drawers incl. recess door handle 27 To supply and install L-shape selected solid surface Kitchen top (L/9ft ) (MONTELLI) c/w std splash incl. opening of Kitchen sink and cooker holes 28 To supply and install full height kitchen cabinet (L/8ft ) in selected laminate finished c/w ABS edging,adj.shelving,Cols PVC internal,Drawers incl.recess door handle 29 To supply and install Low bar counter base(L/2ft )in selected laminate finished c/w display Niches for wine/ bottle 30 To supply and install selected solid surface Bar counter top (L/ 5ftx W: 0.9m) (MONTELLI) Total: $24k

Morning pinkpetter! Thanks! I will go check out their threads! Have a good day ahead (^^)

Been a while since I last updated as I was just waiting for my agent to submit the resale application as me and hubby gave sellers 1 month extra time after our OTP exercise for them to source for their next house. And we even let them choose the lastest available date for the 1st Appointment... Realized we are really nice to them.... kinda regretted it now... Cos we have to wait so long.... (>_<) But the 1st wait is over... Resale Application have been submitted and 1st Appt will be 30th June 2009 10:30am... Yipppeee!!!!! Now, I am finally going to start to source for quotes... Thinking of Uncle Soon recommended by pinkpetter and Sky Creation at the moment. So exciting.... and stress cos me and hubby really on a tight budget... wonder if we can do everything under 30K + furniture.... Anyway, thats all for now... will update again soon soon... Cheers!

Hi, Can you PM me the cost too? Thanks!

hehe.. after hearing your description, I thought this must be the one. I was looking at it drooling but me and hubby decided against it as we prefer a bigger unit. We were initially looking at Whampoa area cos it was near my mum's place but in the end, we got a unit near macpherson. congrats on your GREAT buy!! Can save alot of reno money and just spend on furnitures etc. And you dun even have to pay COV.... so good....

Hihi, Congrats!! Just wondering if this was the unit? http://www.iproperty.com.sg/property/listi...;a=Jln-Tenteram

Good Morning! I have thought about laminate before but not sure if it will be suitable if we keep pets. Like cats or dogs... If they p** on the laminate while we are out of home, when we came home the laminate might be soaked with it right... Hmm... not sure about the aircon unit... need to go check sure about the aircon unit... need to go check it out... It's Monday blues for me.... hope everyone will have a great week ahead... Cheers

Yup.. We like the big living room and master bedroom. Saw your floor plan on your t-blog... looks quite similar... =)

Thank you! Actually me & hubby don't like corridor unit.. but was attracted by the big MBR & Living room...

Ohhh!!!! Now I see the picture.... It's great! But this is going to cost.... Hehhee... Will do it if budget allows... otherwise I guess will be just buying ready made... Yes... The MBR is big... When we went to view the place, the seller had a queen bed + single bed and still got space for computer table by the window... I am thinking of doing something like this beside the MBR windows... with storage space below... (see where black arrow is pointing)