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1 Jun 2015 - First Day of Project

Hi sunset way, Have been really busy lately. Yes! The project is going smoothly and will TOP soon! Hopefully, I can update blog soon!

** Slight modifications been made on house layouts along the way in accordance to the relevant authorities standards & guidelines ** 30. Oct 2014 - Main gate & railing drawings communicated. 31. Appointment of Quantity Surveyor 32. Nov 2014 - Submission of Structural Drawings to BCA 33. Nov 2014 - Start of Tender documentation process by QS 34. Dec 2014 - Finalizing Boundary Wall details 35. Jan 2015 - Tender calling 36. Jan to Feb 2015 - Tender query 37. Feb 2015 - Tender closing 38. Mar 2015 - Tender Tabulations & Analysis by QS 39. April 2015 - Interviewing shortlisted Tenderers ** Changes made in line of construction budget ** 40. April 2015 to May 2015 - Price Negotiation with Builder 41. May 2015 - Appointment of RTO 42. May 2015 - Letter of Award (LOA) preparation by QS & appointment of Builder - Prime Builders 43. May 2015 - Construction / Architectural / Structural Drawings forwarded to Builder for the necessary permit application to the relevant authorities. (Insurance / MOM / BCA etc) 44. 20 May 2015 - Kick off Meeting with all parties 45. 27 May 2015 - Pre-construction photo survey / dilapidation report 46. 28 May 2015 - Project Kickstart on site. Yeah!!

13. Nov 2013 - Introduction to Mr Ong of Urban 3 Architects - a friend of our appointed architect Mr. Tay who needs to undergo treatment for a while. I remembered that he expressed his keen interest to continue with our project after he gets well. 14. Jan 2014 - Partial sketches of the house design submitted to Architect to work on their architectural drawings. 15. Feb 2014 - Appointment of Structural Engineer 16. Jan 2014 to May 2014 - Finalizing on Prelim layout details required by Architectural Team 17. Mar 2014 - Appointment of Structural Engineer 18. Mar 2014 - Request for quote for soil investigation 19. Mar 2014 - Finalizing on Roof Plan Design 20. April 2014 - Road Line Plan Purchased for Architectural use. 21. May 2014 - Final drawings by ID received 22. May 2014 - Meter compartment dimension discussed 23. June 2014 - Finalizing AC Ledge as well as gate & drain exits 24. Jun 2014 - ME Plan by ID communicated. 25. Jun 2014 - Landscape design by ID communicated 26. Jul 2014 - URA Submission 27. Jul 2014 - First discussion on Tender Drawings List 28. Aug 2014 - NParks Submission 29. Aug to Oct 2014 - Tender preparation & Structural Details Drawings Process To be cont'd

A reconstruction project aren't as straightforward as what we have thought it would be. So what exactly do we have to go through? 1. OTP of house 9 Aug 2012 2. Aug 2012 - Application for Copying of Building Plan/Information (BCA) 3. Sep 2012 - Appointment of ID firm - three d conceptwerke. - Unlike others, instead of approaching an architect first, we approach Dess (the principal designer) if he would be keen to do up the place for us. 4. Oct 2012 - Appointment of Architect - Mr. Tay Lim Hai 5. Nov 2012 - Consolidated ideas for the house design communicated to ID & Architect - a prefab steel house! Too bad, our preferred choice of container house was not approved. 6. Nov 2012 - Appointment of registered surveyor to carry out topographical Survey. 7. Dec 2012 to Feb 2013 - Initial proposed house idea communicated by ID - Stilt house / Kampong Style. 8. Mar 2013 - 2nd proposed house idea communicated 9. Apr 2013 - 3rd proposed house idea communicated 10. May 2013 to Aug 2013 - 4th proposed house idea communicated - **something I really like** 11. Aug 2013 - 5th proposed house idea communicated 12. Oct 2013 - Exterior house idea & layout communicated. ** Despite the countless discussions we had, we enjoyed that ideas exchanging process with the little modification leading to a house which is ideal for our daily lifestyle. To be cont'd….. will be sharing more pics later.

Hi Hi El Loco, Nice to see familiar names after our long absence.

Having involved in a landed property project is way too difficult to handle for someone liked me who have zero knowledge about "building". Overwhelmed by all the "alien" terms, I remained as a "silent" listener at most of the meetings & discussions, although I do "pop" a couple of Qs at times when I was awake e.g. "What is that har?" Hopefully, this blog not only allows us to record our reconstruction journey for our children, it can also help those "liked myself" who will appreciate some enlightenment about a landed property project. Thankful to the current team on board! Hubby: as I could not contribute much during this phase ID: Dess of three-d conkeptwerke for working very closely with us, merging ideas and eventually finalizing the design of the house Architect: Mr. Ong of Urban3 Architects - for taking over the project for a dear dear architect friend. / Thanks Gina for all the coordination! Builder: Mr. Ho of Prime Builders & his team - reliable & humble team. This house project is also dedicated to our late ex-Architect Mr. Tay Lim Hai (his last house project).

WooHoo! We are finally back after 2 long years! yes… it has been a good 2 years since we have been working on this project & finally we have recently kickstart our reconstruction project - turning a 1952 one storey brick house into a two-storey prefab steel house.

Hi Lauer, Well, didn't expect it to drag so long…..

Hi kstoh, A nice & informative blog! We will be doing a water feature near the gate, but details not firm yet. Trying to recap on how to upload pics before I start posting again!

Tks El LoCo! Will check it out! Have a nice weekend!

Any landed property projects in this forum now?

Hi-ee! It's nice to be back! Yes, we have more or less done with the floor plan after leaving the house vacant for a good 1.5 years! ha! ha!

Hi SK248, Congrats on your new home!! Have you managed to find your surveyor?

Wow! It has been a long time since I last logged into Renotalk! My last post was in Nov 2012! Kinda miss Renotalk! mmh… seems like our house project is always pretty draggy…. project has not started yet! Design is more or less finalized! Yes! FINALLY!!

Nice! A bar counter leading into the kitchen

congrats on your move-in! 祝一切顺顺利利！ Looking forward to more pics after you guys settled in new home Cheers,

Hi Drillbit, I am not too sure if a topographical survey is applicable for reconstruction only The Architect needs the TOPO survey to see and study the shape, the size, the landform of the site before we can progress into the design stage. ha... I hope I am on the right track *patiently waiting for the TOPO survey to be done * cheers,

Hi Suyun, How's your renovation coming along? Look forward to seeing your completed reno pics soon Cheers,

Hi, Nice Home!! Try Galanga Living - they have nice natural wood decor pieces too

Hi Sunset Way, Congrats to you too!! Saw your blog earlier too - a nice place you have gotten I agree with you - when we brought our families to view our new house, they love it too! A very quiet estate too Currently, there are a couple of houses that are under renovation there. Though left 39 years lease, the place is indeed a hidden gem

We have also received & confirmed the quotation for the topographical survey last Friday - S$1180 (No GST) Glad that they are carrying out the survey TODAY!!!! I will need to rush my homework for the architect & ID to get things moving Yeah!!!

Hi all, FINALLY, we have collected our keys last Friday - 2 Nov! HOORAY!!! Just a small bunch of keys Open Door Ritual with Pineapples Rolling

Tks Tks!

Hooray!!! Finally!!!! Just collected the keys to our 2nd home!