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came across a facebook page for PR residents here

thanks for the info. wats the difference between 5120 and 6020 other than the colors?

For those of you using the samsung shs-5120, what is the depth of the entire lock? will it fit a normal hdb door with metal gate?

ooo fellow parisian.. hehe. good price you got there. which location?

was in your shoes a while back. jus keep calling the ads in saturday newspaper. after a while you will know which units are the already co-broke and which are sellers ads jus by the questions they ask. but it can also be a hit or miss. we ran into a few buyers agent which were so persistant! goodness, so annoying. in the end, we manage to find a unit but still had to pay comm coz the house was represented by the buyer agent. seller agent bo-chup. we then nego with the buyer agent and manage to save a $2k. honestly i think buyer agents are redundant.

as the topic suggests. im looking for a wider range of colored sinks... been to sim siang choon but their design range is rather limited. anyone knows any where i can source for more? interested in sky blue color with flat surface (to be against a wall) on both side of the basin.

kindergarten?? LOL!

your layout looks gd leh. no dead space. gd luck on ur hunt!

hi zer061zer0, nope our place is in pasir ris. but im staying in 400+ tampines with my parents till the house is ready. but yah upon deeper thought, having such a big master is not "future-proof" should there be any expansion. who knows we might want to have 4-5 kids LOL. furthermore, we really like the place and intend to stay for long. so quite a lot things to consider. actually it took us 5 months, 80+ phone calls to sellers and 30+ viewings before we found this unit. almost felt like giving up a few times if not for my partner's patience, we might have settled for something less. of coz we had the luxury of time to search for the perfect one. any pics of your place?

yup jus go down to any mattress store and try all the mattresses. we were contemplating between a 2.2k and 3.7k mattress but after lying on it, both felt pretty much the same. so went for the cheaper one instead.

just a question to ask. if im not retiling the kitchen wall but installing a new set of cabinets, is it recommended to jus hack the existing tiles that will be behind the new cabinet? or let it be?

Tile selection over the weekend. We were spoilt for choice. Didn't know where to begin. Didn't know what colors to pick. Which pattern to select. But eventually came out with these. Common bathroom Master bathroom Kitchen floor (the dark grey at the bottom) Didnt take pics for the living & balcony floor though.

Some pics of the demolition. Like all hackings, the place was in a mess and filled with dust. Balcony hack Living room & bathroom hack Living room & kitchen hack Common bathroom hack

Even before our renovation started we already made some major purchases with a washer dryer combi, fridge and tv over the weekend at Gain City Expo Sale. Expected delivery in april. Got ourselves a Sealy Mayfair mattress with storage bedframe and the following items Samsung WD8804 Samsung RT50EBPN with $100 NTUC voucher Sony 40" EX600 with free HDMI cable & USB wireless dongle no more money at the end of april.

thats what i thought too when i first saw the floor plan. but its not really that big. the floor plan just makes it look huge. dunno why. haha. but yah it is a 5I, 123sqm.

What we wanted in terms of design for our house is "practicality", "future-proof" and "simple". It was a very difficult task having to sift out the needs and wants. We do not intend to sell the house for a profit unnecessarily. We are looking for long term usage. Here are some of our own definitions: Practicality - it has to work and be used often. no point having something nice which does not serve its purpose nor be used once a year. Future-proof - the ability to make subtle changes to color, location, etc and it'll give the affected area a new look. Simple - no clutter with minimal furniture. less is more. the less storage space we have, the less unnecessary things we'll keep. We are getting married next month and afterwhich, her parents might be shifting in with us. It'll just be a matter of when, as the current house they are staying is a mansionette, which is too big imho. This is our first design. This design gives us plenty of space in the masterbedroom to roll around on the floor. Initially we wanted a WIW but our budget doesn't allow for one, which we both think is unnecessary expenditure. So instead of a WIW, we just create a partition/separation from the wardrobe by using the bedframe. We can even have our own reading corner and study area, all in one bedroom. We also expanded the kitchen door to let more light in as it was rather dark with such a small window. The only thing we didn't like about the house was the location of the mbdrm entrance, which is beside the kitchen. That definitely has to be relocated. This is our second design. This layout, although does not have the fancy WIW, it does allow us to make use of the adjacent room in the future to perhaps convert it to a study area. The rest of the floor plan is the same as the previous design. Some might say we have a dead space in front of the center bdrm but i'm planning to hang my bicycle on the wall and have a small showcase cupboard. Since the bdrm is just a study area, we can sacrifice a bit of space. By doing the layout as shown shifts the mbdrm entrance away from the kitchen. This design allows for more development than the first. We initially submitted the first design to HDB for approval but after some last minute thoughts we changed our minds and resubmitted based on the second design. Second design FTW!! Hopefully everything fits nicely into place.

Reserved for "before" pics

Decided to share our experience on our journey to renovate an 18 year old flat in Pasir Ris. We went house hunting by ourselves for 5 months and after viewing over 30 units in the estate, we found our perfect home. Yes, we were fussy buyers. Very fussy. So after all the OTP, inspection, handing over, etc, we finally got our keys and stepped into the house on 21 Dec 2010. The house was, as expected, dusty and much renovation needed to be done. Off we went the following weekends hunting for IDs, contractors and magazines. All those that we called up were recommended by fellow forumers on renotalk. That is when we find all the quirky, weird and even the smelly. After much heartbreaking moments with various designers and contractors we finally made our decision. We didn't scout for many, unlike our house hunting, we only called for 5. Which we narrowed down to 2 and finally confirmed with one of them. The initial cutoff was rather easy as I'm a rather impatient person. The one who doesn't stick to his word gets booted off. Simple as that. haha! Especially to this particular "lifestyle planner" from a recommended ID from renotalk which is what we would call a NATO. He promised the sky, the sea and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. But as expected, its all just a myth. Perhaps it was just him, the rest of the team hopefully are better. From the final 2, the deciding factor would be based on price. Which was a clear cut winner, as that particular company does not charge GST (over $2k man!!). Although both were very easy to talk to but it all boils down to price. Doesn't it always... So without further ado here is the original floor plan. I'll try to upload the "before" pics and floor plan when im free. Tmr hacking start liao!

anyone has any recommendation on customising bedframes? im still searching...

a fellow pasir risian! i jus got my keys last month. hopefully to start hacking by the end of this month.

once you buy, dun look back liao. thats what my partner always say.

Yah im pretty sure there is a factory somewhere in Singapore that does build storage beds. I managed to find one but its a mattress company and not a furniture company. considering its a mattress company, definitely they have their own markups.

thanks! we jus went there this afternoon. might be getting a dining table from them instead. as for the bedframe, after evaluating it, it wasn't as comfortable and practical as would have thought. anyone knows where to custom make a bedframe?

Im looking for a bedframe that has a sliding side table along length of the bed. anyone seen any somewhere? i saw one at furniture mall but after reading feedback decided not to call that shop.

i went down to courts looking for soundbars. after the salesguy played movies, concerts and music, i was sold into getting the Yamaha. havent bought it yet coz house not ready and its not an impt item to have, yet. TBH it is kinda exp. tested the rest, but there seem to be something missing in the audio. maybe its just me. besides, i dun wan to complicate things with 5.1 speakers, wire and space. if you havent tested it, i suggest go to any best denki, harvey norman or courts to listen to the sound.