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aaa i din log in n i din see e tour invitation! damnit missed it!!

Yup, thanks all! yea.. turned out well.. voiced out our frustrations and sorted out everyth. hope it goes smoothly till e end now!

alright, meetin w e carpenter n Henry ended.. as far as dates are concerned, i should see bout 70% done up by saturday and e rest done up by nxt friday. final rectifications will be done and HO on 10/10/10. sounds like a gd date. haha Carpentry issues have really been a bother. Original carpenter came and clarified some stuffs bout e carpentry and wads been done and wads not. Carpentry status updated from him as above. What conspired yesterday i believe would not have caused so much unhappiness if there were better coordination within the carpentry people. I believe any disagreements between the carpentry people and Henry should have been kept within themselves and not been spilled over to us as customers. Im pretty ok with slight delays here n there but i guess they must have upfront bout it and nt painted different stories and brought us on a ride. Apparently, the facts were that only the final 20-30% are still ongg work in e factory and not the majority of the works as painted by the god knows who carpenter on e phone which really pissed me off. Anyway, it felt to me that Henry was also brought along for the ride by the carpenters. To be fair, i can feel his sincerity and paiseh-ness with all that happened. But to be fair to us, we should b holdin him responsible for the unhappiness since he's e main contractor. At best, i would feel he needs to be more in control of e sub-cons. This shouldnt have happened if he'd been rite? anyway, did voice out our unhappiness again juz now to him again but nah, din ask for compensation for this. But all in all, i tink the carpentry is more or less settled and hope the proposed dates are met and everyth goes smoothly. & so, .. i shall draw a line and move on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- line drawn! hope unhappiness are over and everyth else goes smoothly. Missus is stil abit uphappy bout the tiles issues but will let the tiler change first den we have a look thru it. Henry has also assured us that he will do e changes and do neccessary compensations at e end for undone tiles. in his own words , "我会做人“。 so everyth else goes smoothly and happily! cheers!

wall/floor tiles, henry will replace those which e tiler feels would b better to replace.. some they feel if replace alr will be worse than before so those would prob nt be replaced. will hav to settle those issues separately... will post bout e carpentry delays in another post.. =) wow u move in 1 mth alr! how's everyth?

haha ya! lucky for us its usin no. lock, yea there were a few times wehad to off e lights ourselves. looks like u travel very far to go ur place at nite! lucky for us, we live like 10 mins away fr our new hse.. so its like easy la, juz go everyday! haha

yup, we do get his weekly schedule fr him at e staart of everywk verbally. and if we see tings nt done we do check w him immediately and the comin plan. i can totally understand minor delays here n there. im left w carpentry, tiles rectifications and final touchups. but here's e ting.. im nt harpin on slight delays.. carpentry was supposed to be up last wk 3wks aft meeting the initial carpenter. Henry told us its 80% done last wk and tt tis monday would start installing. Granted monday was heavy rain day and couldnt proceed & delay till wednesday. den e 1st disappointment came when Henry told us the carpenter suddenly gt family prob and cant do it and only some kitchen will be up on wednesday. Im nt being unreasonable and yes i was abit pissed by another delay at time and got Henry to tell me what e schedule would be like cos its been delayin on n on. So yesterday morn, Henry told me he got another carpenter head to take over fr e prev carpenter and not to worry, all e carpentry almost all done up le, carpenter juz need to double cfm some stuffs bout installation and would be calling me and e rest of e carpentry would be done up on fri-mon/tue latest cos e woodwork alr completed. so e carpenter called in e aftnn. and he started off by askin me my tv console doors is drawers or pull down(tt means its nt done yet), den he started asking B, C, D etc etc and it was like everyth besides e kitchen nt done yet la. so i told carpenter no pt to talk over phone so should juz meet up @ nite to discuss. So my final qns to e carpenter was tt ok so tt means everyth no done isit? he couldnt answer me so i asked him how come nt done and he said tis one i muz check w Henry. I told him Henry told me he checked w u carpenter guys and tt it was told to me only left minor tings den how come all nt done? so he said check w henry, muz ask henry Really, the final straw came when i ask him so would fri start installin e rest and he said he cannot tell me, muz meet up discuss liao den can tell me. There n then, i lost it and realli gave a walloping, put down e phone and call Henry and gave another one. I admit i might hav been overboard in my attitude to both of dem but i reali lost my cool. I dunno who has been givin e real picture on e carpentry or why its not been done or delayed But aft calmin down, to be fair to us as customers, Im payin Henry as a main contractor to do e liasing and planning work and I cant be gg aft e carpenter if he's fault. My only source of contact should be Henry himself. I definitely would feel sorry for Henry if its e carpenter's who's been playin e cat&mouse game but to be fair to us, I tink i deserve an explanation of somesort and some resolution to this from Henry and not the carpenter. I believe im only being fair to ourselves here? oh i muz add e carpenter initalli wanted to meet me tis aftnn at myw orkpl to discuss but aft i called Henry, they apparently had some sort of arguement and the carpenter called me back to cancel e appt. ok they did call me @ ntie to tell me meet up tonite to discuss e carpentry works aft they sorted out among themselves but realli in between i was left TOTALLY bewildered

ok, havent blogged for quite some time again. prob cos i gt nth to blog about. i shall nt go into details yet.. but i reali need to vent out my frustrations somewhere somehow. my carpentry has been.. lets see.. 1 mth since i met e carpenter(and tts aft the initial meetin was delayed by 1 wk due to carpenter car accident which ok, was juz pure bad luck, no complains there.. but hey it does add on to the frustrations) loads of different stories crop up since the supposedly carpentry done date.. i honestly say im nt a bad tempered person n i've been pretty accomodating (at least i feel so) thruout e reno but i tink i totally lost my cool on e phone first to e carpenter and then to Henry today. i was really too **** frustrated n pissed. nvm, shan't comment too much first, meetin a separate carpenter and Henry tmr nite. Will explain more when everyth is clearer ba. dun wan to paint any wrong picture here.. ok frustrations vented.

hmm, juz went to check my quote, my main door is solid veneer, and exactly like jaskel said, its twice e cost of a hollow one for my inner rooms. Maybe there's some mixed up with urs? haha.. cos e difference in price realli alot? or mayb i tio carrot liao.. hahahahaha... tiles code number ah.. wa i cant remem liao, but we got it fr taugres though.. if it looks e same its prob e same tiles la hor? prob all fr china.. e ting is, we compared e toilet wall tiles to ktichen wall tiles(both usin same white tiles), except kitchen one was laid horizontally while toilet one was vertically laid.. the toilet uneveness seems much more serious than kitchen ones though.. might b cos of the direction they were laid or inherent tiles or juz workmanship. not too sure though.. supposedly tilers are at my pl today to change e tiles.. will go check at nite agian and see what they deem to be bad workmanship and gotten them replaced before commenting again ba.. =) another ting i realise bout e tiles is tt for those tiles that are cut, the surface seems to have jagged edge like chipped off along the cutline. They're nt exactly obvious unless we close in and scrutinize it but as kiasu consumers, we look like oso feel uneasy and also marked them out.. but i kinda suspect its more or a bobian ting rite? since u have to cut e tiles with e cutter.. or its nt supposed to b there? hahahahaha...

ok i was kiddin. nah webought our love at 1st sight cellini calypso

huh?!?!?! oh man.....

ooo. i din know got hollow n solid ones in e first place. haha.. den e solid doors muz have been ex! u muz hav spent a bomb on e doors then.. but its prob a gd investment

hmm. i cant remem wads my no. 9 yrs ago. hahaha. i fb u my no. la. or u get fr jiawen. hahaha.. she has my no.

haha, our main door oso veneer door wor, though its heavier? probably cos its thicker i tink? nt too sure though..

updates: henry has checked thru e tiles and will get tiler to replace those he feels should b replaced. our doors were up today. main entrance door.. seems like e colour doesnt really match. like both e gate n door are too dark.. door wasnt realli installed properly.. when closed, the top of e door is protrudin out of the door frame by bout 1/2 a cm. feedbacked to henry and he'll settle it.. hope it'll b sui sui aft tt! from the inside.. mbr door.. seems nice.. matches w e floor laminate colour.. overall, the doors feel v light! din know veneer doors were so light.. feels like paper instead of wood n nt worth e $ paid.. haha.. wadever, looks nice can liao la.

i tink i'll look better.

oh man, we have e same dining table set too........... hi, long lost brother.

yep, Henry juz called and say he juz had a check through our tiles and should be rectifiable, no worries. we'll mark out for him where we feel is uneven and he'll get his guys to do it. =) since u're so experienced in cleanin tiles, come our hse clean for us ? haha same sink for common toilet ah? haha.. i tink wall mounted roudn ones nt much options around, quite easy to get e same! haha.. u nv take any photo of ur toilet sinks la so i also dunno !

hi marshie, thanks for the advice! yep, gave Henry a call last nite, he said he'll go up today to hav a check. will listen to wad he says aft tt. haha. din feel v comfortable with the sharp edges. doesnt feel safe. will listen to what he has to say. thanks! hope our hse will turn out as nice as yours! haha, yes, its an 'everyth room'! speakin of laminates, do your laminates like creak at some places when u walk over? is tt normal? r u waiting for carpentry to be up too? waitin v sian hor.. haha yep, will do a thorough check over e wknd on tiles that we feel are bad worksmanship and feedback. Thanks!

acid wash was done yesterday and floor laminate installed today. MBR floor laminate 'multi-purpose room' floor laminate. its called multipurpose room cos we still dun hav a definite use for e rm yet. its a gym, its a guest rm, its a relax rm. its everyth. spanking clean common toilet. spanking clean mbr toilet. toilets look much nicer aft e wash. Ok, we did a quick check on the tiles aft the wash juz now. Hmm, we're quite disturbed by the tiling workmanship! Is it normal to feel sharp edge when we run our hands over e tiles? does tt constitute uneven tiling workmanship? Then, grouting are kinda darkened and some places grouting is nt there. definitely needs touchin up for tis. To be fair, i came home and compared to my house tiles and my hosue tiles now oso gt uneveness, but they're sort of rounded edge so doesnt feel as bad. and the distance between tiles is so much bigger than my new place now so there are gd points bout the tiling workmanship too. I'm wondering if im being over-picky or im realli nt suppsode to feel the sharp edge uneveness. anybody can kindly advice? or any henner's out there can tell me if u hav e same probs? and cant see fr the photo, should hav taken a closeup, there are patches of darkened like dirt patches on tiles here n there. dun tink they're suppposde to b there aft acid washing rite? need advice!

haha okay, we've walked past it a couple of times but it alw hav tt 'aura' around e place n we peep in n den decided ok we shall nt go in. ok shall make it a point for us to drop in n hav a browse thru their catalogues. thanks! =)

haha.. we're nt darin too la. our whole house carpentry and walls are all black n white. only those 3 walls are sort of stand out feature walls. one blue wall in study, one purple wall in mbr and one orange wall @ foyer. e rest all B&W!

yup, we probably gg to do up decals like YOUR FEATURE WALL! its gorgeous. =) ya.. e room is like too dark. tink we might need to put a standing lamp or sth inside.. **** inpractical but we're suckers for aesthetics. hahaha

haha.. okie, we did check out the online catalogue before, but nth much appealed out.. tink we'll go look thru again.. we hate it when there are so many choices n so difficult to choose! ask ID ah? tink Henry is more of a practical person and advices base on his experiences.. mayb i'd check w him too la. thanks! decals are a cheap option! u should check dem out online if u're interested! lots of designs too! =) thanks alot though!

one of the alumix half height drawer will b some sort of dressing table and might put a mirror @ the back. but she'll prob also hav her makeup at our vanity.. ok means nt sure yet, see final pdt den decide! doesnt hurt to hav more options. hahaha

============================================================================= Hi Nice and smooth reno journey you had. Just a suggestion, have you thought of using wallpaper for your foyer ? I think the effect will be very different as compare to the orange warm wall. I had seen some house with orange color and wallpaper, personally feel the wallpaper bring out a more different and warm feeling. Just my views. All the best for your final renovation ! wallpaper? u mean those plain coloured ones or those w patterns? we're tinkin of puttin on decals for this wall to make it more vibrant. haha. or do u mean plain coloured wall paper would look better than plain colour wall?