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today all the lights were delivered. yay! Welmi delivered. yay! sanitary wares..... the WC arrived. but was missing a basin. aarrgghh!! so angry with Universal. how did they miss out a basin???? called them and complained, and they said will deliver on monday. didn't quite have a overall pleasant experience at Universal. first trip there, we didnt buy anything, but just looked around and took some pricing. second trip there, we decided to confirm purchase of 2 WCs, a basin, and some taps. as we were settling the bill, i noticed 2 x $10 items in the bill, which we didnt ask for. so i told them to remove it. she refused to, and insisted that i needed those two items. i insisted that i didnt want them, and finally nice Mr Tan came over and told her to remove those 2 items from the bill. terrible! 2 days later, they called to inform that one of the WCs is out of stock till Dec 2010. we had to make another trip there (third trip) to pick another WC. didnt find anything that caught my eye, so i decided to get a refund. luckily we didnt make the payment in full yet, so it was easy to minus that item from our invoice. fourth trip there, we decided to settle the balance payment in full. then we asked them about Song Cho products. placed order for Song Cho, but was told not to make any payment yet, as they need to confirm with Song Cho that the items were all in stock. they didnt call me back even after 2 days, so I called them, and was told items were in stock. total $600. fifth trip there, we paid the $600 in full as we did not want to have to make another trip there. when we left, we realised that the items ordered were incorrect. sixth trip there, to discuss the incorrect order. again, they said will have to call me back. days passed, still no call. i had to call them to find out what was going on. they said some items were unavailabel, and advised me to pick some other items, which i did. they called me the next day, and said those items were also not in stock. hmph!! so they advised me to get a refund on the balance amount. seventh trip there, to claim refund, which will be in cheque. then they informed there will be 3% penalty on the credit card charge. we agreed, thinking that the 3% will be based on the credit amount, which would amount to $2. but no!!! 3% is based on $600!!! that's $18!!! no way was i going to accept that, so i had to force myself to find something to buy to make the total bill$600. found a toothbrush holder, and was told to top up $6. hmph!!! super troublesome. i bargained, and finally they gave me an extra $6 discount, and the bill was kept at $600. they said they will deliver the sanitary wares and welmi today. welmi arrived safe and sound. i was missing a basin! tsk! called them to complain, and they will arrange the basin to be delivered next monday. so unhappy with them.

looks better today. at least the walls now looks smoother.

MBR 4 feet sliding door being fixed up today. can't see clearly from the pic, but up close, with the texture, it really does look pretty chio.

Living room and BR3 window grilles gone. they were sent somewhere else to be sandblasted.

switches..... renoguy is recommending Hager brand. but i see in RT that most pple are using Legrand, which looks so fabulous. decisions decision decisions. not sure which to choose. will make a trip to CCM this weekend to take a look and have a feel of them.

hey fencer.... i just read your t-blog. so sorry to hear you have so many bad experience.

Kitchen entrance swee swee. nice and straight edges. i like! today we settled our sanitary wares, kitchen and bathroom accessories, and all lights. yay! all will be delivered tomorrow.

painting almost done. bedroom doors painted white. main door and gat painted white. a flaw on one of the walls. need to tell renoguy tomorrow. my grey wall between MBR and BR2. and my favourite red wall for the dining area. still looks patchy. i think the painters will load on more paint tomorrow.

the paquet looks so strange. look at the 2 tone. part of it is old paquet that were already originally there, and part of it is new paquet. hope it looks more well blended after varnishing. and why are there nails on the paquet??

your house is so super swee!!!

paquet in MBR and BR2 almost completed.

one super ugly aircon trunking. sianz... mother-of-all trunkings all up. close-up... loooks like a fossil of some sorts at the left side. you can't tell from the pic.... but it's not sealed properly. can actually see sunlight shining in from the corner of the wall. need renoguy to patch it up.

yay! ugly casing moved to run along skirtings. nice liao!

windows and window grilles in MBR and BR2 changed to white. very swee! Before After

updates. seems like quite a lot done. tv console area. false wall with big lobang there to hide all the wirings and cables. common toilet door up. false ceiling at dining area nicely flushed to the living room L-Box, with a hole for the aircon unit.

pocket-sliding partition between MBR and BR2 half-done. view from BR2 view from MBR false wall to cover up recess area on BR2 up but how come still got one trunking there leh? need to ask renoguy tomorrow.

trunking, trunking, and more trunking. trunking in BR3 MBR - these are the mother of all trunkings..... 6 inches by 4 inches Living Room

aircon insulation. aircon guys discussing how the trunking should run.

finally... false ceiling for MBR done. very speedy.

went onsite today. here's some pics. elephant brand gypsum board. false ceiling for MBR up. very amazed at the speed. here's the process.

yay!!! talked to the renoguy today. he told me to go ahead to order the light that i want. he will install it for me even if the light arrives after handover.

hi advancer, i got this WC at Poh Joo for $220nett. brand is Crizto. model is CWC2821WT. comes with FOC pan collar.

went onsite today. one of the WC arrived. electrician came to do some wiring. whole house hanging with wires now. this trunking is not supposed to be there. we wanted the trunking to run along the skirtings instead of down vertically. need to tell renoguy tomorrow.

went to look at lights today. very confused. too many types of downlights. too many different pricing as well. i wanna get this crystal light, but its out of stock at lightings.com.... sigh...