mavicaste
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Ah, only just noticed the part where you have to hang the crystals separately. Don't have much clue about that as all our lights are straightforward ceiling mount or downlights. -
Comfort Design prices are negotiable? Lol, we didn't try but since we will likely be getting a few more pieces from them, probably we should. We have been eyeing the Galanga Living iron bench with lava sandstone top but have not been able to find a suitable dining table to go with it that is within our budget. Since the Lama bench is just under half the price of the Galanga one, it was an easy decision for us to make.
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Wow! $150 is way overpriced by many times over. You can even do a concealed lighting point with that kind of price range.
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Hi greglhc, I really love what you did with your pad, especially the colour combination of your kitchen cabinets. In fact, it in a way inspired our colour combination of a cement-like quartz and wood laminates. We are using Nippon Vinilex 5000 and picked the darkest shade of grey available, 5087 Smoke Pearl.
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Painting is underway and I really really the shade of grey we are using for the false ceiling edges and one of the main bedroom wall. The painters did all the surface preparation works, used protection wherever they paint even though the flooring isn't laid yet and even applied silicon to the electrical trunking without being requested to. I must say I am pleasantly surprised by their professionalism, so much that I felt compelled to get their some hot drinks and snacks. We are currently looking at a handover date around the third week of May, which can be slightly earlier if the haul from Taobao arrives before 3 May. That is we meet with the carpenters for site measurement as the flooring will be laid once the lightings are installed.
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Just like fellow responsible forumers, we will prefer to withhold any Taobao item links until we have laid hands on them and ascertain that their quality is acceptable. If you absolutely need to have them now, just pm me.
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As mentioned earlier, we were taking the Taobao route for our lightings and since these are fragile items, we went with Peeka as they were the only agent who perform checks on the condition of items upon receipt at their China warehouse. So far, it has already paid off as one of the aluminium light boxes we got for the kitchen was deformed and we duly got a replacement. As of yesterday, all the items have arrived at Peeka's China warehouse and they have been shipped over. Lighting is an area we weren't really prepared for in terms of the myriad of possibilities available on the market and it can be quite a gamble selecting them, wondering if they will complement the style of the room. This is where having access to cheap, affordable lightings can really help since we can simply replace the pieces we didn't like if necessary. I am rather pragmatic where lighting is concerned and I am willing to sacrifice aesthetics/staying true to our theme for function. This is the reason why we choose to have downlights and ceiling lights for better, even coverage instead of tracklights. Same goes for why we are choosing E27 LED bulbs over LED downlights as there is nothing easier than replacing a faulty E27 blub as compared to the other options out there. With the E27 downlights, we also have the flexibility to change between cool and warm lights as well as increasing the power in areas where needed. The downside of course is that the E27 downlight holders can be rather bulky and would require thicker ceiling works. Anyway, these are the lights that we have purchased, for now we can only pray that they will arrive in good condition and hope that they will work with the rest of the décor. Dining Light Kitchen Lights - Got 2 of these in 90cm variants and will be ceiling mounted Study Light - It will be either this or a 120cm variant of the kitchen light, with the other going to the spare bedroom Bathroom Light Service Yard/Household Shelter Light E27 Downlights
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Hi Kay, check your email. Just a tip, you can private message other users when requesting for quotations or additional information in the future instead of leaving your email address out in the open.
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Fully agreed, standard lighting point provided for the kitchen these days is one but it won't be sufficient unless you are using 1.5m or 1.8m T5 lightings.
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You have got a really packed week. Just like us, long weekend but no time to rest at all.
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I did but it seems that their connections can be a little unstable, on top of the long waiting time and last minute rescheduling of installation. Teleport is simply a VPN service and the supported sites is rather limited as compared to a paid VPN service. Moreover, streaming of movies and US TV series doesn't really appeal to us as we are used to following the series on our phones during our daily commuting, if you get what I mean. Streaming of paid EPL subscription is currently limited to New Zealand's PremierLeaguePass and a few other non-US countries' providers after Fox Soccer no longer has the broadcast rights, so again the Teleport feature doesn't really cut it for us.
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The Good Friday holiday must have been our most productive day shopping for the house to date. We had to purchase the kitchen sinks and bathroom basins as the carpentry and quartz countertops teams will be taking the measurements soon. The following are what we ended with: Bathroom Countertop Basins x 2 Grohe Bauloop Basin Mixer, Bath Mixer and Shower Set x2 Kitchen Tap Carysil Big Bowl Granite Sink Ellane EH-2680 Chimney Hood with Baffle Filter, OS-2 SV Gas Hob and EO-80S Oven. We got this package instead of the initial Electrolux one after we saw a demonstration of the chimney hood at City Gas's showroom. The baffle filter design instead of the common mesh filter which clogs up easily really got us sold. We managed to get all of the above from Heritage Bathroom Gallery and let's just say they are very open to negotiations if you can produce a quotation from other retailers. Having been so satisfied that we managed to get all the above from a single store and made some decent savings, we dropped by at Comfort Design and got these: Oakland Dining Table Lama Bench We have yet to pick out 2 chairs to go with the table and will probably head back again another day. Home-Fix is having a 10% off storewide promotion on regular priced items for the Easter weekend and we picked up the Nippon Momento paint for a little DIY in the living room.
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Oh, our vinyl flooring colours are quite similar. Anyway, on the topic of common and master bathroom usage arrangements, my wife and I agreed that she will primarily use the master while I use the common one. In fact, we made it a point to have both bathrooms done up exactly the same.
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No, the router simply provides wireless connectivity and routes. For both M1 and StarHub, they are now providing voice enabled ONT, so you only need to connect a phone to its RJ11 jack to utilize the voice services.
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Not sure if I have mentioned it here before but I have been boycotting them for a few years now. They are just a plain evil corporation in my view and has nothing other than maximizing profits in mind. The way they secured the exclusive 1 year deal with Apple to sell iPhones before the other telcos and how they have been consistently inflating football subscriptions prices since they arrived on the pay TV scene with a $400m bid for EPL rights are just prime examples. They are also the last one to offer more value to their customers and will only do so when the competition forced their hands. If you are a shareholder, one will probably like them but as a consumer, they simply suck balls.
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What is the price of the Electrolux kitchen appliances package?
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I have been researching for a service provider to sign up with for just internet and voice. It was down to M1 and StarHub and I went to the extent to comparing what wireless routers were they including in the package. I really like the fact that M1 offers upgrade options for the wireless router and I have half my mind set topping up for the Asus RT-AC68U, until I chanced upon this. Asus RT-AC68U, step aside for the Linksys WRT1900AC. http://www.linksys.com/en-apac/products/routers/WRT1900AC http://www.pcworld.com/article/2143623/linksys-wrt1900ac-wi-fi-router-review-faster-than-anything-we-ve-tested.html The design and colour scheme invokes memories of the classic WRT54G, which together with DD-WRT OpenSource firmwares, made it rock solid and one of the most popular routers of its generation. At 1.13kg with massive heatsinks and a internal cooling fan, you can be sure it is packed with top of the range components and the test results clearly show that. This is the first Linksys router launched after Belkin acquired the brand from Cisco and its looking like they are going in the right direction.
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Hey, saw that you have already moved in, wished I could say the same. Anyway, painting is arranged for next week before the other works come in but we can only get the carpentry started on 3 May due to a packed schedule, no thanks to the 5 weeks of waiting for HDB's cement screed. On the plus side, we will have a little more time to decide on the bathroom and kitchen sinks, shower fittings and kitchen appliances.
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The switch will be housed in the wall shelving which is part of my study desk and the router will be sitting in the open near the study glass panel so the only concern with cooling and ventilation will be the switch. Patch panels will all be housed in the carpentry.
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We had City Gas come in yesterday to run the gas hob pipe and install the gas heater. Another item checked...
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Oops. Check your email again.
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Thanks for your compliments. I am currently cracking my head with how to best integrate the patch panels into the carpentry, Hi lidavo4, check your email. Just a tip, you can private message other users when requesting for quotations or additional information in the future instead of leaving your email address out in the open.
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The electrical works price list I have received from some IDs during my search were all very much lower but I think you will have to wait for the others to pass you their electrician contacts.
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The original plan was to hack, erect the new walls, wait for the HDB cement screeding to be completed before commencing on the main renovation works. When we were finally informed the screeding would only be done 5 full weeks after application, AL had the electrical and false ceiling works brought forward, with the rest continuing after the screeding. Now that it has been completed, we are just giving it more time to dry properly, the rest of the works should be coming in swiftly. In fact, if anything, it will be held up by us waiting for ordered items to arrive as we have only just done so.
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HDB's appointed contractor for cement screeding uploaded the cement and sand yesterday and this afternoon, they are more than halfway done. Looking forward to faster progress once this is completed.
