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btw, pls do not tik tat getting from jb, u will be getting poorer quality stuff....in fact, it's the same kind of quality as you get in s'pore....just lower price and the hassle of bringing it back to s'pore urself....both do not offer delivery... on a gauge, we went to check out lightings store in s'pore....for our whole house lightings, we would have to spend abt S$2k for the lightings...however, having bought our lights all from jb, we only spent abt S$850... as for kitchen/toilet accessories, definitely varies....an example would be, i managed to get a sink + tap from them (stainless steel n scratch resistant), it's only RM226 total...in s'pore if u go to hoe kee or poh joo for a standard sink, it would alrd cost at least S$120 and above....henceforth, u can determine for urself....

yes i managed to get my lightings and kitchen/toilet accessories from jb....it's abt half s'pore's price hope ppl dun tik i'm advertising for anyone....i'm just merely sharing where i got them from. Lightings: Fancy Lighting Court Sdn Bhd 41/41A/39A Jalan Meranti Merah, Melodies Garden 80250 Johor Bahru Tel: 07-351 5087 Look for Ah Chong Kitchen Accessories: Aldeco Living 17 & 17A Jalan Sutera Satu Taman Sentosa 80150 Johor Bahru Tel: 607-331 1250 Look for Yali

Hehe....joseeng, to match our theme we have been looking for a long rectangle dining table tat's white in colour n if possible, it has white benches to go along....finally we found it!!! The dining set has a rectangle white glossy table n it has 2 glossy benches tat seats 3 pax each...lovely!!!

Joseeng - i hope so too...earlier i dun mind too...cos likely nt really able to take leave in may...haiz...dunno hw to move house then despite a busy wk last wk, we looked forward to wkend....ended up we went to IMM n got our kitchen sink, tap, toilet mixers at hoe kee....finally settled on those n then we managed to get our dining set!!! Made us so excited after booking....at long last....after searching for wks n wks...

joseeng - i wish for end of tis mth too....hehehhe....Edmund told me to bring in fridge n stuff in ard 8 or 10 may thereabout....figured tat's the handover date bah....he dun seem to want to commit despite me asking him a few times....ok lah, leave it bah else, later my reno do until kns then confirm chipee...u r here!!! have a great rest over the wkend cos it's more needed than anything else tat's kewl ya....tat means like u said, by May day, u r more or less, able to move in liao....yippee!!!

yeah, i guess carpentry and the misc will be the end leg liao....jiayou!!! i guess by end of next wk can probably see the carpentry works up liao? dare not ask Edmund for fear of him tiking tat i'm trying to 'harass' him to complete faster....hehehehe will do. check ur sms

joseeng, by nw shd have finished painting liao....yup since alrd chose laminates n all tat day Edmund said he'll start the carpentry alrd so hw? when for lunch? next wk free?

KSJL - nope....not in sales line....i tik if i m, totally be out of job....can't sell for nuts....wahahhaha....in legal line.... joseeng, yeah it's common, but out of my budget....wanted other stuff so told Edmund i'm willing to settle for the alternative....he proposed another korean system of soft closing just like the blum kind....but a tad less ex so we took it...in case next time we resort to violence then our cabinets will be affected....

KSJL - hahaha....sorry to disappoint cos work here just finished a major deal for a big client so really **** shagged after the whole deal....working till so late daily for at least 1 mth....nearly died.... but will be going down tml to check out the place....see if we get any more surprises from Edmund eh, joseeng!!!! ur kitchen cabinet's going to be using Blum!!!! i like but yesh!!!!!!!!!! it's finally fri!!!!!!!! couldn't wait for tis day to come which came eventually liao....yippe!!!! party time!!!

chipee, u r really hilarious man....can't stop laughing nonstop after seeing ur statement abt ur frds being taken for a 'windy' ride.... haiz...yeah i guess so....will go to BSC after reno is completed....scarli nw do then again kena, then confirm kns again loh.... cosmic_ex, well....technically it says nothing can be done to our unit externally....well, i suppose if u can get ur contractor to 'build' windows in ur unit and just before grilles (dunno hw to visualise on tat one though), i guess it could be done.... but as for dryer and washer, pls remember to put protective covering over it....else, in no time, they will turn yellow, dusty n dunno wat.... KSJL - hehhehee....tat time my gf (who stayed in blk C) also commented on her kitchen swing glass door....says it keeps 'flapping'....i was so tickled by it until i went to see her place then realised....really flap wor....so in the end, when i saw tat, decided to do sliding glass door for our kitchen entrance instead

fftw....it's so lovely to see ur finally transformed home :) i love the white, crisp clean concept of your house.... any pics of how u done up ur bomb shelter in the end?

haiz....i'm facing the same prob as u, KSJL abt the middle unit where backyard is so dark and literally bo sun...haiz....

Tada....here's the kns alibaba sign

haiz....chipee, my stupid TMD alibaba sign is not on the gate like wat u guys encountered....mine is like literally on the main door itself....show u in the next post....dun want to scratch my main gate but then, paint-mark my main door...heng Edmund say use those remover can liao....if not, kns got to paint my whole main door....btw, anyone saw any neighbours who paint their whole main door before?? tiking of options but then again ar, if they do it again, then i confirm chipee!!!! serious....u went to robinsons to find....i'm going there liao....hiak hiak.... honestly i dun really want to spend $$ to put blinds at my backyard area though it seems tat there's not much choices on it we'll have to tik abt it

KSJL - can understand ur hb's dislike on it....cos same for me too...i dun like the idea of the blockage of wind....i also understand abt ur neighbour seeing u...tat time i went to the backyard then saw my neighbour when he open his front door (i'm also in the middle unit), abit weird leh....haiz, i guess only way is to put blinds....depends on which blind u prefer n on top of tat, u have to repeatedly bring the blinds up when u turn in for the nite so tat ur clothes get alot of wind to blow dry....in the morning, wake up n roll down the blinds....faintz.... btw, did u have bay window too? if u have, can PM me hw much Jason charged u for the cushions for the bay window, thks

KSJL - i tik ar, if u look thru the P&D forum....there's someone who commented after putting blinds for his backyard...his comments were tat, put the blinds and dun put it's the same....cos in the end, still kena rain....but if u r more concerned abt privacy, i do have a gf staying in blk C who put up roller blind in her backyard....looks pretty ok though she strangely only put up 1 roller blind (the side tat directly faces the corridor n not the side facing the aircon ledge) but i have 2 pointers to note: (1) if u put blind on ur backyard, would it be 2 panels instead of 1? cos one will cover the backyard side directly facing the corridor and the other one will cover the side facing ur aircon ledge? like tat, each time u hang ur clothes at nite, u must roll up ur blinds to allow full wind to 'blow dry' ur clothes...isn't it v troublesome? (2) not sure abt the sounds both Venetian and roller blinds create but then ar, backyard area u spend $$ to put Venetian blind...isn't it waste of $$? roller blind is indeed gd enough i feel....it's on ur court though....

chipee - nevertheless abt the bay windows, it's really quite nice, better than planter (i feel)....sorry if any of u have planters in ur homes hahahhaa....must tell u tat....when i was staying with my parents (during younger days, not tat i'm **** old nw), we had a house much much earlier....always paint white....then my parents' current house in rainbow colours....wahahahaha....living room yellow, bedrooms blue, mbr purple....see until blur blur.... so nw, my hb n i decided to follow our intended theme n paint the whole house white....just a tad diff shade of white....but u r rite....i'm really excited to have a feel of the house in the nite when the lightings are up....will be **** kewl wahahahaha....have a great workout on Mayday!!!

hiak hiak...in case u can't find further, maybe look at ur electrical riser outside ur house...i discovered a half-filled tin of white paint there...wahahhahaha....dun say i said tis

hahaha...serious ar....tat's interesting oh ya, joseeng...btw, i tik the paint he's using for us is Dulux Pentalite....shd be same for all....unless u indicate to him u want other brands...then u see wat he says bah

cosmic_ex - welcome!! welcome!! no worries lah....at least u still able to put in Opennet nw...all got solutions one....no worries but a point to note though, make sure u r there to check on where they r going to drill onto...else, if they put markings then later change place, u might have to repaint tat part abit....then will be kns oh ya....btw, joseeng, chipee, KSJL n cosmic_ex, which blks are you guys at? i'm at blk D.

chipee - sounds gd leh ur progress....tat means by end of apr or more or less, shd be handover date liao.... heheheh....thks thks....after choosing the laminates and material, we both also can't wait liao....**** excited... will post pics as n when.... joseeng - u b surprised...when u next go to ur place, tis n tat would be done up liao....i tik soon u both will be choosing ur stuff liao...

hahaha...yup definitely before we consider white, we have thought of that....no worries, anyone to blame for the choice, it would be us in the end but thks for the reminder

yup, contemporary - white/blk/grey....

hehehe....ok lah....forgive u hmm....paint we chose white (can't remember the name of the shade of white anymore)....as for the laminates, we mainly chose light colours too....except for kitchen....where we did a gradual white to grey colours for the kitchen cabinet....which means the top cabinet is white, then backsplash is light grey, solidtop is light grey with speckles n then bottom cabinet is dark grey.... as for the rest, it's mainly white laminates with design/patterns....contrasted with the outlining of grey/black depending on which carpentry u r toking abt....

Hehehe tat's fast...last time ur curtain pic took so long gd for u for ur opennet