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in the past 2 weeks, the aircon trunking went up, the electrical work was 80% completed, hacking was completed, finalised the design for all the carpentry and all the debris has been cleared. looking forward to next week's progress.

to be honest, we don't really cook - have only used it to steam man tou / pau, bake a frozen pizza / fish fingers and microwave various items. the steaming works as advertised, the man tou and pau is soft and fluffy unlike microwave which makes it hard. never tried the panasonic before. i'm so behind that i only realised that panasonic and samsung made steam ovens after we bought the sharp.

2 ports. the max i saw was 2 ports RJ11+RJ11 RJ45+RJ45 RJ11+RJ45 ($11)

yes, that would be ideal. but it would be a waste to tear out the existing concealed cat 5e to put in cat 6.

I think cat 5e

Just bought a bunch of Legrand Mallia switches today. The earlier post containing the prices was very useful in helping me work out my budget. So, I hope these latest prices will help someone else out. Legrand Mallia (white) (before GST) SCV outlet $3.5 13A single $3 13A double $5.60 15A single $7 1G switch $1.7 1G 2way switch $2 2G switch $3.2 doorbell $3.5 water heater $8 RJ11 $3.2 RJ45 $6.2 RJ11+RJ45 $11

great views.

it has been such a hectic 1 1/2 weeks. immediately after getting keys, had site meeting to finalise as many details as possible. bought the kitchen sink but not tap - planning to match with bathroom mixer. then it was mad shopping rush for TV, dishwasher and induction hob. hacking started mid week and had another site meeting to finalise more details. finalised choice of aircon. agonised over replacing existing spec condensors and fan coil units or to "upsize". the hot weather recently tipped the scales and i decided to "upsize". hope the aircon will keep us cool! settled number of down lights. bought them. also decided on legrand switches - will have to tell electrician. bought the common bathroom mixer and kitchen tap and sanitary fittings. wondering whether to get matching mixer for bath & shower or "upsize" "upgrade". another problem is that the bath and shower sets both come with a basin tap. i need a bath mixer and a shower mixer but i only need 1 tap. what to do with the extra tap? ebay? would there be any takers for a Hansgrohe Focus E2 basin tap? settled water heater too. rushed around many places this weekend and learnt a lot but the to-do list is reducing; hopefully it will be lower stress week ahead!

i hope it won't be a lemon. this is my third time using daikin - had no problems with those from the 1st 2 times. 1st time - now 10 years and still going strong. 2nd time - now 5 years and still going strong!

seeing how hot the weather is nowadays, i eventually settled for 4MK100 = FT60 + FT35 4MK100 = FT60 + FT35 4MK100 = FT60 + FT35 +F25 hopefully it will be very cooling!

thanks for the tips!

Hi, I got this aircon quotation from a company that my ID works with frequently. I don't mind paying a slight premium since they are familiar with each other and so will have better co-ordination but the price seems a bit off when I compare with coolserve online prices? Are the prices too high? Appreciate any comments! Option 1 Daikin 3MKD 75DVM+FTKD 25DVM+FTKD 50FVM $3,130 3MKD 75DVM+FTKD 25DVM+FTKD 50FVM $3,130 3MKD 75DVM+FTKD 25DVM*2+FTKD 50FVM $3,850 Option 2 Mitsubishi Electric MXY-3A28VA+MSY-GE10VA+MSY-GE24VA $3,000.00 MXY-3A28VA+MSY-GE10VA+MSY-GE24VA $3,000.00 MXY-3A28VA+MSY-GE10VA*2+MSY-GE24VA $3,790.00 Price inclusive of 7% GST and 6/8 inch insulation Brand of insulation not stated.

more shopping done! denon avr-3310 def tech uiw rcs iii x 3 def tech uiw rss iii x 2 def tech prosub 1000 things to get: bosch SMV65T20EU dishwasher bosch WAS32791ME washing machine going to do material selection next week! excited... can't wait.

finally saw the design. looks good - no real comments - ideas quite close to what we want.

have finally settled on dyel design and engaging them. met up a few times to sort out the quotation. now the designing starts! hopefully all the details can be finalised before we get our key so that the reno can start immediately once the unit is ours! went shopping today: 1. sharp healsio water oven AX-1500V 2. electrolux domino gas hob EHG30210X & EHG30810X now waiting to get the electrolux domino induction hob GK29TCIO and electrolux cooker hob EFP9520X

i mage creative - $40k (*****) but a lot of things left out of quote so closer to $50k. probably one of the best designs.

after seeing the quotations: ciseern - $60k (space planning/ideas - ****) id emboss - $50k (***) concept living - $40k (*****) weiken - $35k (**) no news from gabriel and i mage creative and dyel yet saw id.plan (sub-division of rest n relax)

went to see concept living today - recommended by hbay just based on vibes alone (haevn't seen any quotations / proposals yet) TIER 1 - concept living, ID Emboss, i mage creative TIER 2 - dyel, wei ken TIER 3 - ciseern TIER 4 - gabriel to be fair, gabriel is a contractor not an ID. so maybe not what we are looking for

went to i mage creative yesterday - a friend's home was done by them and it was great. found out from them that i am the third person she has recommended them to. shall wait and see.

yes it is. it is about 5 years old. went to see: 1. ID Emboss - recommended by HBay 2. Gabriel - recommended by kitchen specialist 3. Ciseern - recommended by HBay 4. Weiken - always hear radio ad on Gold 90.5 5. Dyel Design - recommended by relative now waiting to see their quotations.

After a half year house hunt, we finally settled on this unit!