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some little things that are being added - nothing aesthetic, but purely for functionality .. kitchen towel holder - magnet backing kitchen bar with hooks - suction base simple decals - to add visibility, avoid walking into the glass panel - I almost did myself!

ha ha .. know what u mean .. when we moved into our first home in hougang after just under one year, already quite a bit of things must be really exciting moving into yr own house!

simon, you were reading my mind! I have been wanting to do that for the last few days - clean up everything nice nice, and take shot! Must really get that done!

u receive letter from them on the probable completion date liao? that one quite accurate

I prefer this design too, got space for fridge upgrade in future. Yr ID design - wouldn't that space below the oven be wasted? what's the brown part? A worktop?

can't agree with you more. we also have our fair share of "miscomm" .. I thought I want this .. he thought we want that ... in the end, what he thinks is not what we want. But since they are not life and death issue, we just accept lah, on the other hand, also got such cases, but end up his judgement is better, so blessing in disguise lor so it's really give and take ..

banned, you overwork is it? until face green green?

marsh, i think the black granite is a good choice too - great contrast with the rest of the kitchen! nice combi!

we were debating between lime green and orange kitchen too !

oh, I see yr washer! And we have the same pail too ... lol we also headache how to place the mop - ended up hanging them in the toilet bc our service yard is quite small. Also reason that since need to get water from the toilet, so everything to do with mopping in the toilet lor now toilet got so many bottles of cleaners for the body, floor and toilet!

wow 15may, long time no hear from you - thought you mia liao!

which part of dec? and cny is on ..? how long does contractor need? some people sort of move in before whole reno is complete, ... but I rather not if have the choice, ...

patient patient ... yr turn will come very soon ... that day saw paper report on punggol - very nice eco and green place! then also saw the article on stenge in sengkang - lucky not our side!

good point there. Does sound reassuring! thanks, marshmellow!

Ah so that's your good advice, Flamedav - ya, got bottle from fernvale point. Wow, that shop price like slaughter house - $3.50 for a bottle of thinner!?!? And the other stuff they sell also quite ex ... Packing considered done liao - left a few boxes need the girls to decide if want to keep or throw, after their exams. Other than that, it's a matter of reorganising and rearranging stuff as and when we use them - very hard to pack everything into correct place at first attempt. So right now, still trying to get the work flow in place - still need to open drawers to search for one item, for eg. So you don't plan to engage a mover? Actually if you have no big items, it's ok to move on yr own slowly - that's what one of our neighbours did too. In this way, it may also make unpacking easier just curious - I think all of you are newly wed right? So mostly moving personal things, instead of moving an entire house? Think i'm the oldest here liao

thanks, june. I think nail remover also same kind of chemical right? Got that kind of smell .. anyway, I also dun polish nail one ... thanks thanks, have finally started cooking proper meal liao. So far the hood works well, hmm .. but then I have not really done any oily cooking yet, so maybe a bit early to comment. I think also depends on kitchen tiles - I am really glad we changed the kitchen tiles, bc it's those non-sticky type lor. toilet tiles original hdb one very jialat - once dirty patch must clean right away, otherwise hard to scrub off later! Also the metal strips look like rusty one! So sick .. and toilet tiles not evenly laid .. angry angry - now a bit regret did not do overlay toilet tiles ...

hey tomorrow will be 10 10 10 ... congrats for your reno start! feel excited for you!

wow paul you are really an electrolux fan! we got an electrolux oven too, but not started using it yet.

Sat, 9 Oct 2010 Today finally bought a bottle of thinner to remove all those sticky stains! Thought i was being smart to ask contractor to remove the red blue stickers in the toilet for me. He said ok but somehow forgot. Now move in liao, don't think it's nice to ask him to come just to remove stickers lah! So end up have to do myself .. so thanks to you (sorry if forgot if it's insane or flamedav liao) for telling me about the thinner. Stains came out in a jiffy, but the stench is yucky! Like glue sniffing! Also removed all those super-hard-to-remove masking tape on the toilet bowl, and the black tape on the main electrical board (dunno what you call that?) - please remember to remove those asap.

thanks, rhino mirror - agree that it doubles up the space right away. I think many people do that - even the hdb showflat also right that one. Only thing I don't like is it costs a bomb! really, yr kitchen takes up 1/3 of reno cost? Actually I have not really done any breakdown, but I suspect its more. Bc for mbr I only have wardrobe and small tv shelf. other 2 rooms nothing except floor and ceiling, toilet also nothing except shower screen. Even hall is only floor, ceiling, tv wall and the mirror. The rest all kitchen liao

ok ok have made arrangement with bearlyn liao. thanks!

pm sent ... hmmm .. never read my review right? thanks!

actually don't really need demo if you are already familiar with front load. But since it's free, aiya, just do lah. Girls get free lesson also, so everyone know how to use machine yup, the flash function has shorter and less rounds of wash (since supposed to be for things not so dirty right), hence its shorter duration. think i would rather do 2 loads of half than a load of full. wonder which one has higher consumption?

hi marshmellow you are right. Just checked the manual - flash for half load only what's the duration for a full load cycle? say function 6? have you tried?

u bought yr bedframe already? did not see that in yr signature. If you haven't, another important point - choose a slim bedhead, bulky ones may be comfortable but kills space also. for added comfort, just prop extra pillows when watching tv lor.