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It seems quite ex for me. My contractor quoted $800 for a feature wall, and $3K for entire house re-wiring. My painting cost $900. And my house is about 5 times bigger. To me, lightings can be bought reasonably from lightings.com.sg. If u want those nice chandeliers, u can set back about $200 (minimum). If it is just spot lights, 1 set cost about $18. typically, 4-6 sets u need. Since your studio is small, i take your glass partition like how a toilet partition would be. 2 glass panels. I was quoted about 800 (which was being commented high by RT-ers). Painting, i just divide by 5 for simplisticity. U probably will require < $4000. I think la.. lol. I also not an expert! hahaha U want u can try calling my contractor. Alan: 98892008. Check out my T-blog for the sliding doors we had for the room. If u need anything more, PM me =)

Thx! =) How is ur floor plan like?

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1 Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck. Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles) Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls. Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched. Day 21 - 9th January: Completed cement walkway @ entrance Day 32 - 18th January: Completed aircon (with huge trunking!) , started electrical points Day 33 - 19th January: Continued electrical points and more sockets! Day 36 - 22nd January: Completed false ceilings. Where to get the lights?! Day 41 - 27th January: Completed painting. Setting up parquet platform before closes for CNY Day 44 - 30th January: Completed platform. Polish after CNY Day 57 - 12th Feb: Completed lightings. Platform has been polished first round. Left glass door and kitchen cabinets! Day 61 - 16th Feb: Decided on Cellini Sofa package ++ Cost $5K in all. Day 64 - 19th Feb: Cabinets up, doors up Day 67 - 22nd Feb: Sliding doors fixed Now is the BIG CLEAN!

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1 Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck. Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles) Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls. Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched. Day 21 - 9th January: Completed cement walkway @ entrance Day 32 - 18th January: Completed aircon (with huge trunking!) , started electrical points Day 33 - 19th January: Continued electrical points and more sockets! Day 36 - 22nd January: Completed false ceilings. Where to get the lights?! Day 41 - 27th January: Completed painting. Setting up parquet platform before closes for CNY Day 44 - 30th January: Completed platform. Polish after CNY Day 57 - 12th Feb: Completed lightings. Platform has been polished first round. Left glass door and kitchen cabinets! Day 61 - 16th Feb: Decided on Cellini Sofa package ++ Cost $5K in all.

except the downlights, all are =)

I got my lightings from Palace Light (Balestier), along the same side of the road as the balestier plaza, after the famous chicken rice, near a junction. My downlights completed with a white 4-5" frame cost $18 each. I bought 16 of them

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1 Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck. Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles) Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls. Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched. Day 21 - 9th January: Completed cement walkway @ entrance Day 32 - 18th January: Completed aircon (with huge trunking!) , started electrical points Day 33 - 19th January: Continued electrical points and more sockets! Day 36 - 22nd January: Completed false ceilings. Where to get the lights?! Day 41 - 27th January: Completed painting. Setting up parquet platform before closes for CNY Day 44 - 30th January: Completed platform. Polish after CNY Day 57 - 12th Feb: Completed lightings. Platform has been polished first round. Left glass door and kitchen cabinets!

From what we experience the additional costs are due to us adding stuffs in but not hidden costs

Nope only part of my livinng room is parquet. no budget.. lol.. But yes, below parquet has tile =) when is urs starting?

Silent reader in this thread and totally awed by all the baking techniques! =) I am on the way of "budget review" with hubby. Which would be a good conventional oven to start off with?

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1 Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck. Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles) Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls. Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched. Day 21 - 9th January: Completed cement walkway @ entrance Day 32 - 18th January: Completed aircon (with huge trunking!) , started electrical points Day 33 - 19th January: Continued electrical points and more sockets! Day 36 - 22nd January: Completed false ceilings. Where to get the lights?! Day 41 - 27th January: Completed painting. Setting up parquet platform before closes for CNY Day 44 - 30th January: Completed platform. Polish after CNY

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1 Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck. Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles) Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls. Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched. Day 21 - 9th January: Completed cement walkway @ entrance Day 32 - 18th January: Completed aircon (with huge trunking!) , started electrical points Day 33 - 19th January: Continued electrical points and more sockets! Day 36 - 22nd January: Completed false ceilings. Where to get the lights?! Day 41 - 27th January: Completed painting. Setting up parquet platform before closes for CNY

try mine! price competitive and provides good comments on design tho he is not an ID. very deep industry knowledge

wa! i like ur studyroom, living room and balcony stretch! imagine if u whack the study room, and have balcony combined... a super duper big common space! =) Congrats!! My 5room is 132 or 135sqm i cant remember, and i whack a couple of walls etc. reno comes to about $37K. can try him out =)

Thanks for the kind words. Cant move in before CNY wor. =( Has to wait till after CNY. This week will be painting and platform week!! After CNY will need to grab the hob, fridge, washing machine etc etc.

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1 Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck. Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles) Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls. Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched. Day 21 - 9th January: Completed cement walkway @ entrance Day 32 - 18th January: Completed aircon (with huge trunking!) , started electrical points Day 33 - 19th January: Continued electrical points and more sockets! Day 36 - 22nd January: Completed false ceilings. Where to get the lights?! House is shaping up soon =) Last week before CNY break... Will be painting and putting up the platform

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Very pretty! let me know how the deal goes! =)

Thanks! Actually quite slow cos he was rushing another flat for CNY. My friend's who started 2 weeks after me, is right on par with me. LOL. And there will be 3 weeks of break. =( Too anxious to see more! But, good that he only has this regular group of guys to do. So unlike of larger firm where ID draws draws and "subcontracts" to a large group of uncontrolled QA team. So, I am happy to just wait for the "old birds" to come in. Aircon installation in progress!! hehe ^^ Thanks! We wanted the tiles to be in living room but Alan said it would be not nice in such a large surface area, so i gotten it for 2 common rooms. MBR has a similiar pattern but slightly darker brown tiles. Hubby likes that, but I love this. So i get to have 2 rooms of it, and he has it in MBR. Smaller but i see it every night! grrr....

Hmm hahaha.. okie i shall ask for IT-hubby help. =X

Mine is 117 which coincides with our wedding anniversary Nov 7th! hehe. the one bside CC. Thanks!! =)

Eh none... Why u wan his pic?

Thanks Alan! It din really break the design, so we decided to just keep it. Ya, we sort of took it for granted. Lesson learned! Here are our progress: Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1 Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck. Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles) Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls. Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched. Day 21 - 9th January: Completed cement walkway @ entrance Day 26 - 12th January: Completed Toilet Bowl/Sink installation

Nice! AH is providing a counter offer with the gain city $25 delivery. Will $759 with delivery a good deal?

CNY is nearing and the works are slowing down. We had a few hipcups which can serve as learning points: 1. Shower head was installed @ the wrong wall. Instead of the "feature" wall, it was installed in another wall. But we give this a go-ahead still as the mistake was not a bothersome to us and to undrill, and re-tiled seemed too much work for us. 2. Sinks were delivered wronggly, but these had been installed before we verified. Two mistakes due to us not being there to check. Do all of you go regularly to check on the status during office hours? Here are our progress: Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1 Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck. Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles) Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls. Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched. Earlier, as we are building a TV room platform in Living room, we mentioned to Alan that is ok not to tiled below (to save tiles n $). Without telling us, he went ahead to tiles, absorbing on the cost, cos he felt that this is better, thru his experience.