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Wah... dex bro, seems like there's quite a number of defects... Your contractor managed to rectify them?

Missus hates the color blue... Wants me to revamp the kitchen tiles due to that -_-

Wah... nice but does it eat a lot into your kitchen space since it doesn't sit flush with the current wall beside it?

Cheers bro, Thanks a lot for the welcome, am trying to work out my quote now also so your advice was very useful. Will update again once I've talked to your contractor In the mean time, I'll post some pictures of the current apartment. Cheers

Thanks for the welcome

I'm interested too! Please pm me. Thanks!

<reserved for pics of flat after renovation completes> Hopefully, this is what the floor plan will look like after renovation without furnitures... Proposed Floorplan v1.0 Proposed Floorplan v1.1 (With Furnishings, furniture, electric work points) Red Lines for Power socket points Yellowish Lines for Light switches

<reserved for pics of flat before renovation commences> Current owner's floor plan Wardrobe in Master Room Kitchen Cabinet

Hi everyone! Have been lurking in this forum for almost half a year. I realized that I've viewed the sections gradually from the Home planning forums when I was contemplating my resale flat purchase to the Renovation forums now that I'm awaiting for the second appointment and planning my renovation for my new place. I'm also peeking around the Post Renovation forum to better understand what appliances I should be getting for my new place The user community here is truly helpful and I hope to be able to contribute a little to this wonderful forum. I've privately msged some of the forumites for renovation advice and I must thank neubie bro for being so willing to share his reno cost with me. I've not given HDB the 5 bucks for the floorplan yet so I'll be leaving this space empty a while until when I have it. However, my layout is exactly the same as any other 3rm TPY flats with utility room so I think it's not hard for anyone to imagine what it's like. [edited: paid the 5 bucks and here's the floor plan. Not sure why the kitchen/living wall is still in the floorplan, it's already been knocked down long long ago...] The renovations that I've planned to do however are: got some advice from bros here, re-looking the list - Overlay laminates for the living, master and common room Planning to outsource to floorOption or floorXpert, hence not included in the 16k budget - Overlay tiles for my kitchen floor, walls and utility room floor - Overhaul the shower room and toilet + hacking of the walls like what dexufto bro has done in his design plan - Relay the electric cables planning to outsource direct to contractor also, not included in 16k budget - Hacking of the current wardrobe and kitchen cabinet - Installation of new kitchen cabinet - Creation of a two piece hanging shelf for my tv think that I'll look into quotes and see if I should do this or not - Repaint of walls for the entire flat planning to outsource direct to contractor also, not included in 16k budget I've planned for a budget around 16K for the activities above... I would hope if the bros and sisters in this forum find it doable? Activities that I would like to do outside the renovation budget that I've listed above are: - Installation of ceiling fan in living room - Installation of aircon system in the two bedrooms inverter system type, any brands I should avoid? - Replace all the doors currently in the house as well as the front gate - Glass partition to separate the kitchen from the living room as the wall linking the kitchen to living has been hacked down by previous owner might not do it if it exceeds my budget by too much as well... Hope to hear everyone's comment while I source for contractors/IDs in the meantime Cheers!

Please pm me as well

Please let me know as well! Thanks

Hi neubie, thanks a lot for documenting your renovation process! I've recently purchased a 3rm at the Toa Payoh North side, the layout of my flat is exactly the same and is 37 years in age, almost the same as yours. I'll like to know if you'll be able to pm me the total reno cost? I'm planning to overlay the entire house with laminated panes for living, MBR and CR and normal homogeneous tiles for the kitchen and utility room. Will hack and re-tile the two bathrooms as well, planning to open a door in the MBR to the shower room and wall up the entrance to the shower room from the kitchen. Other than that, I'm planning to do almost exactly the same things that you've done so far All the best for the rest of your reno process, I'll be reading this thread with much interests

DavFong, Have you tried lodging this case with the Small Claims Tribunal? For claims up to $10k, you can get the small claims court to enforce the payout from the ID. If it's the police that's not doing the job then having a notice from Small Claims will probably speed up the investigation. Don't let the ID get away with this although I have to agree with others here that you're a little careless. All the best!