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phew, just finishing moving house yesterday... sooo tiring. the house reno ws done as Promised!! Thanks Peter. Will take more pics once I have unpacked all the boxes! Stay tuned guys

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Hi, for the WIW to be that big, we have converted 2 brms into one , else we can't havea 2 door WIW, but the reult is very nice.. lol.

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MBR WIW

As promised, here are the 3D design. Just hope that everything will turn out well My living room Dining Area Kitchen

yes, it was indeed a trend at some point in time for rockstone design. Aniwae glad to hear that plastering will not caused carck lines. As for my reno, I just demolish some walls and never erect new walls, so I guess no worries for crack lines. Thanks

Yup, dats what I did too, plaster the whole house including ceiling. The result turn out to be good too! But do you think plastering will show cracklines after a while?

In the beginning , was quite confused on what kind of theme that we want for our new place. Basically, if you can see from the pics, the resale flat that we buy need a total makeover since we bought frm the first owners themselves. Not sure if you can see it through the pictures, but the whole house is basically painted in rockstone, even the ceiling! But after much deliberation, we decided not name any theme and just let our ID suggest some ideas based on our likings. Will try to put up some pics of the 3D soon.

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Thanks hippobb! will definitely put in more pics

Hi, I’ve been an avid reader of renotalk for quite a while now. Manage to learn and apply a lot of information and knowledge from fellow forumers here, so I feel it only rite that I share my renovation process with you guys also. For selection of ID, it’s kind of a bit headache, so I decided to shortlist 3 of them (from recommendation of fellow forumers), but only one really came on top. To be honest, when selecting for ID, I feel the chemistry with the individual ID is more important than the company itself. Also keep a look out for IDs who promise you the world before signing on the dotted line, caused I believe, there is no such things as a “freebie”. After much deliberation, I decided to engage Peter from Ideal House. Why I chose Peter is because he came across as someone who is open, confident and knows what he is talking about, unlike few IDs that I met. To-date, my renovation is nearly 80% complete. Will try to post more pics as time goes by. For question like cost of renovation, I hope you guys will understand if I refer you directly to Peter, as I feel it is not very ethical to reveal prices in an open forum. Moving on, as only right, the first pic should of my floorplan. So here you go. Further, since fellow loves to see pics, I also attached the before pictures first.

MOP increase will not have any impact on the sale price of the flat i feel, maybe in 1 to 2 mths, due to "standard" singaporeans response, the price might dip a bit, but it will continue to rise. Problem is, eventhough garment is trying to curb the no of PR here, the damage is already done, meaning to say the existing PR is SIngapore is already in adundance and the demand will not be dropping anytime soon. for any new policy handed down, u can see the impact only in 5-10 years time. the move by garment is more to curb speculating buying, but genuine PR buyers will still need to buy HDB, so voulme of sales might decreasre a bit but just marginal i guess. there are still many PR out there looking for HDB flats. But those who buy flats for speculation purposes, ti ill defintely affect them, which is a good thing. those resale homeseeker will defnitely welcome this move but dun expect a drop in COV anytime soon, even if there is, it will be marginal.

this statement is so so true....

Marine Parade for sure. period

My sentiments exactly, very unlikely prices of HDB will go down...we must understand that eventhough there are many new flat being build, the number of homeseeker is also increasing. so for those ppl who want to wait till the price go down, wish u all the very best...

Currently I believe only a handfull of 3 room flats cost abt $400k. What I meant was that in 10 years time, $400k for a 3 room flat is a norm... it could be those 3 room flat located at some ulu place and need fully renovate. There is some truth "Buyers want to buy cheap and sellers want to sell high" but we must also take note, u sell high u buy high. lol. aniwae, even for new flats under BTO, the price is not cheap anymore.... In actual fact, if u are to buy a resale flat, first timer with grant, more or less u are paying about the same price as BTO. As for the COV portion, take it as if u are taking a reno loan for amove in condition flat and for those that heed to be full renovated, u are basically paying COV for location/ condition of your OWN choice...

Just sharing my views here, for those who are looking for their first home , my advice is , do not be to fussy on location, floor and area. I read through this thread and come to realise some of u complaing on the high price os resale flat and COV. From my detailed analysis of housing market, I am VERY sure that the property prices will not be going down at all and for those who are waiting for it to fall, all the best to u. There will definitely be a drop in the property prices, but maybe in the range of a few thousands but the rally up will be more. Example:- 4 Rm HDB in Bedok which cost $350k might drop to $340k in 2 years, but a year later, it will rise to $390k! Dun believe, just wait and see. Just take 15-20 years ago, the price of 3 room AMK flat cost abt $20k, now can fetch till $300k... anyone saw the price drop to $50k before???? I dun think so.... I believe in 10 years time, 3 room flat could easily fetch $400k! If u need to compare property indexes, just take a look in Japan.. we are going to that direction. ANd with many FT getting their PR status, i dun see the demand falling... Not trying to burst anyone bubbles here but , HDB prices will continue to rise, and the last person to buy, will suck thumb. I apologise if I offended anyone here but just trying to wake up ppl idea on false hope. dun take my word for it, this is just my 1 cent worth..