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looking good! so exciting! waiting to see the final product

oh wow. what a view!

yes! yew tee, to be more precise. hahaha. are u as well??? i shall go over tonight to see (partially) done up toilets

another round of updates! Mr B told me that they will begin wall tiling today. excitedddddddddddddd for the makeover! oh, and we were busy this weekend - bought the ceiling fans and the aircon as well, and arranged delivery of our appliances etc. also picked up our coffee table! Tomorrow (Tuesday) our bathroom items will arrive! For ceiling fan, we went for Fanco's FFM 6000 (48"). For 3 bedrooms. We got the 'antique' colour, which is like brass and brownish - goes with the parquet flooring i guess. Got it at a good price (i think?!) - $230 inclusive of LED tricolour lights and a remote (not the original, but who cares?). Installation is $40 per fan. Bought the fans from Extreme Lighting at Balestier. The salesman, Danny, was really helpful and very knowledgable and confident without being condescending or arrogant. recommended! We bought our aircon (at long last) from Gain City Sungei Kadut. Advantage: 5 mins from home! Haha. The salesman is the one we previously met, Mr Derek Low. he's been working at gain City since 1993!! very helpful, very polite, very knowledgable. thumbs up. We bought the Mitsubishi Starmex (2 ticks) system 4. Upgraded to the bigger inch tube, and also added $50 to increase our MBR's BTU. So it's 21,000 BTU + 12,000 BTU + 9,000 BTU + 9,000 BTU. Total: $4,249. They have 0% credit card instalment, which is really helpful. Ok, photo time!! Aircon - Mitsubishi Starmex Sys 4. From Gain City. Ceiling fan. Fanco FFM 6000, 48". From Extreme Lighting. Tiles have arrived, ready for tiling! Empty common toilet. All ready for tiling. Empty kitchen! coffee table that we bought from FortyTwo.sg! only $59. looks really nice in real life too, but i couldn't get a photo of it cos it was all dismantled haha. So it seems that we will need to alter the false ceiling in the living room since our aircon is so big and bulky. Haiz. Hope Mr B doesn't charge too much Lastly, I have a question: Do you know any good electrician who can replace my light switches? We are planning to buy the light switches from a hardware shop and then get an external electrician. Scared Mr B will charge very high!

PM'ed!

phew! i think we're not going to go then... the other time we came back from jb on a friday night (11 dec), we were stuck for 3.5 hours. moved 3km in 3 hours. got home at 2.45am. traumatizing.

hello everyone! does anyone know how much it costs just to replace the switch? i don't need to do rewiring.. jst remove the old switch n replace with a new switch. am thinking of asking an external electrician to do it. please let me know, or please feel free to intro me to ur reasonably priced electrician. thank you!

exciting!!

thank you! yes, we have been going every day to check the progress (after work with a torchlight cos they switch off the main electricity!). we were planning to go into m'sia this xmas weekend. now not sure anymore... everyday got updates about how horrible the causeway situation is. scared we'll be stuck for hours and hours... anyway, reno update: all hacking done! i think today they are laying the prepacked screed. tiles have arrived too! forgot to take photos yesterday, paiseh.. next time shall do so

hi shpesft, PMed you!

yes go for it! haha yeah, hopefully it'll look nice. i'm now in a fix. we need to get ceiling fans and everything is SO expensive. the husband and i liked the fanco s8 fans, but i realised they're 'malaysian' fans, so no safety mark. that makes it risky to buy, right? that's not cheap also. $220 with light (non LED) and remote. we want LED

hello! yes we are almost done actually! just the ceiling fans and aircon to go. TV will come later maybe in jan-feb.. need to get our finances back up. i am interested in the Acorn brand ceiling fan. tested it at one of the shops yest and it was pretty nice. but so expensive. $300+ for the fan+light+remote! and yes! i think we will go ahead and polish the floors. my contractor quoted $800 for grinding n polishing, so it's pretty ok. for 3 bedrooms. fingers crossed for our showers

looks nice! i think your theme is a bit industrial too haha.

yes hello fellow resale flat owner keep the updates coming!

hi ricepapergirl! thanks for dropping by! yes, fujioh is pretty reliable. my mom's been using it for the past 4.5 years and it's been working fine. also looks nice I found Wasserbath's pricing pretty competitive. the salesgirl gave discounts on EVERYTHING! we actually wanted to get the common toilet's basin and cabinet from there too. they had a pretty attractive one, for the basin+cabinet+mirror, only $376 or something. we bought the basin+cabinet only for $380 from Hoe Kee. but since we already chose the Hoe Kee one, we let it pass. you should go take a look at Wasser. we went to the Geylang outlet, pretty decent range. the rainshower we got is the 'new' type - integrated rain shower and instant heater! so i think water pressure should not be that much of a problem hopefully!

just wanted to butt in and thank you, Lazyfatcat007, for your Wasser bath recommendation. we went there yesterday and bought the $220 WC as well, plus a few other things! thank uuu!!

last update for today... a photo of the very initial prep in progress, where the workers are laying corrugated paper! and a photo of our parquet flooring. see the scratches? no choice but to fix it now. we initially wanted to leave it for a few months, but the scratches look terrible. i think the movers caused it when the sellers moved out.

Ok! So as promised, here are the details of what we bought so far (kitchen and 2 bathroom) all in all, we spent about $2,940. pretty ok, i think. cooker hob - fujioh, from Hoe Kee cooker hood - fujioh, from Hoe Kee. it was a package of $699 + $40 (cos we chose the white hob). we liked the hob because it has 3 rings, and one of them is the 'inner flame' ring. apparently it's better for cooking cos the flame won't waver if u switch on the fan or if there's wind! kitchen sink from Hoe Kee. we have very limited counter space, so the best we could do was this kinda sized sink. more depth. anyway it looks pretty nice so we're ok with it. haha. master bathroom rain shower + instant heater. this was my husband's and my way of compromise - he prefers instant heater and i really wanted a rain shower. so we got this! common toilet shower + instant heater master bathroom basin. we are building a vanity top with a kompacplus surface. so this will sit on top. common toilet vanity top - readymade from Hoe Kee. $380. bidets, 2 pieces - from Wasser. it was about $28 each i think. forgot! cold taps! we bought 2 pieces for the 2 toilets. also from Wasser. about $54 each. the toilet bowl, thanks to Lazyfatcat007! $220 each, inclusive of gst and delivery. we bought some other small stuff too, like shower baskets and towel racks. i didn't get photos of them. but overall, we were impressed with Wasser's reasonable prices. Hoe Kee was decent too. we did check out the other players in the market before eventually deciding on these 2, and these 2 definitely trump in terms of variety and price.

hello everyone! so the reno has finally begun. yesterday was Day 1 - hacking. last night the husband and i went to take a look and they're already halfway thru hacking - kitchen cabinets are gone, all toilet fittings gone and half the tiles are gone. here are the original photos so you can compare 'before' and 'after' eventually: master bathroom common bathroom kitchen we also got loads of things done yesterday - finally finished buying all the fittings and accessories for the kitchen and 2 toilets! thank you SO much Lazyfatcat007 for your Wasser Bath recommendation. their prices are REALLY competitive, and we ended up removing some items from Hoe Kee cos the price was just much better at Wasser. Next post will have details of what we finally bought. Exciting times!

that's not a bad idea! i think it's already fire-rated - original BTO door from 2002. how to relaminate? i don't want to ask my contractor now cos we plan to do it a few mths down the line after we've saved up money once again... can just contact any carpenter or door specialist i guess?

Wow, thank you so much for the advice! It really helps. I think we will go for the older model of Starmex as well. The last time i checked, Gain City was out of stock for it... hopefully they've brought it back in stock. Easiest and most convenient to get it from there. thanks again!

mine is single leaf i _think_. i've decided tht i'll change the doors only after moving in. no $$ now!!! :'(

thanks everyone! i need help once again... any recommendations for a good and cheap fire-rated main door? ours isn't in fantastic condition, and the door lock set was installed upside down which is really irritating. and our contractor will charge additional for varnishing.. so i'm exploring the option of changing it altogether

thanks guys that's helpful.

may i ask everyone: how does the contractor seal up the holes in the walls made by prev owner's drilling? e.g. if they had photos n stuff like that on the walls. is it chargeable?