Lina Lee

My hub oso heard some ppl Reno oso dun nid.. I tink that's y our ID nv req for IC in e first place oso..

Hee.. Haven done any update for so long ;P went for our first appt on 19 Nov n sooooo nw still waiting for our second appt on 27th! E owner suggested 21st but cos we're taking bank loan, lawyer nids 5wks to process everything so it had to b e Xmas wk.. 26th is out cos e officer slot all FULL.. So 27th is D DAY! 3 more wks n we're officially hse owner once again (n Oso in 6 digit debts.. ZzZZzzz) These few days we're so irritated! During our first appt, e owners actually alr signed e indemnity form for us to apply the Reno permit but.................. 2days baq hdb got baq requesting for current owner IC copy.. Our agent asked for e copy n seller agent said he DOESN'T haf any copy of e IC.. Today, he SMS my agent saying tt e owners r very nice to do early completion alr n they're not comfortable giving their photocopy of IC since Reno is done after second appt completion.. Urghhhhhhhhh... Means I can only submit e permit only on 27th when we get e keys? Reno start gonna be delayed le? Sad................................................

Haa hub is technical guy but then we'd b likely to engage someone to fix for us.. If there's any issue we can juz shoot baq at e installer ;P

Hihi, juz placed an order from insani too!!! Wonder when they'll reach.. Can I check wif ya, when u were saying e US thread size for mixer is diff, does it apply to e faucets oso? Was planning to get a Kohler/Blanco faucet from amazon but then wonder if it'll be do-able anot.. Dun dare to order yet..

Ermmm Kuka has a similar design.. It caugh our eyes when we first saw at IMM's picket n rail then last wk went to Kaki bukit to kpo n was told a new similar n smaller design coming out early Dec.. LOL.. but after reading reviews n know e origin of e company, we decide to give it a miss.. E 3m long one (there's 3 sections.. Left right n center) if gettin only left n right is 3-3.3m I tink.. It costs ard 7-8k.. That time they had e white display set selling at 5k+.. Decided to save e money for a osim massage chair instead LOL

Hihi.. I was initially looking at city gas dryer for our new home but went to e showroom n found e dryer looking 'fragile' (at least to me haa).. Wonder if anyone has feedback on gas dryer? N electric one is beta or gas? I saw e comparison chart from city gas n I tink gas dryer takes an hr to dry whilst electric dryer takes 2hrs? As for e use of electricity n gas, I'm ok with e diff amt.. Most prob using it once or twice a wk to dry blankets.. Appreciate any feedbacks! Thanks!!!!

Hihi, Can I haf e quote for e Rinnai hob RB-3Si & RB-3SS? Do you have any recommendation for built in oven which has 'cool door' and with 'front ventilation'?? Preferably Brandt/Bosch/Electrolux.. Thanks! Lina

Heee.. Has been quite sometime since I updated.. Anyway there wasn't much to update oso la Haa.. But last wkend we finally signed on e dotted line.. Phew.. This wkend we're gonna go for tiles selection!. Currently alr moved out of our own flat cos our sale was completed on 2nd Nov for selling our unit.. So much fond memories there.. Will definitely miss our lil nest.. first appt for our purchased unit is on 19 Nov.. So near yet so far.. Estimated completion of sale shd be on e wk of Xmas or 1wk bef Xmas.. Donny will handover our place to us ard end Jan cos that was wat we requested.. I prefer to do my confinement in my own hse than my fren hse which I'm staying nw ;P our condition is mbr n mbr toilet to be completed.. Carpentry for kitchen n living rm can b completed after cny.. Hope everything can work out!!! My gut feel is I'm gonna pop in end Jan soooo it'll be gd if we can shift over to our new place soon!!! But at the meantime oso wondering on a few options.. Our 3 bedrooms are actually parquet but the design is something which we dislike so Donny gave us 2 suggestion to avoid hacking e parquet.. One is to revarnish e parquet n make e color darker so tt e 'design' of e parquet wun b so visible (not sure how it'll look but we're not very keen to do so cos e design really not to our liking n I think e design will still somewhat be visible bah ;P ) second option is using Resilient flooring to overlay on e existing parquet..our initial plan was to hack n relay tiles for whole hse.. For bedroom we were intending to find those wooden wooden like tiles that's y he gave us these suggestions.. When doing research there wasn't much info on resilient flooring neh.. But mainly it's saying 100% waterproof n terminate proof.. my main concern is whether after sometime, e underlying parquet suddenly decided to "give way" n creepy crawlers appear? If it happens, whats gonna happen to my wiw! Not sure what r e chances but still hesitating to hack e parquet n relay tiles or juz using e overlay resilient flooring *stress* I oso understand some ppl's parquet survived after many decades oso.. As for e resilient flooring, e technology has reached e stage where ppl use it for kitchen n even bathroom.. Wonder anyone can advise.. Hahaha.. Our mbr toilet will be hacked n had glass walls.. Hub prefer to haf built in bathtub but I prefer standalone one cos of e wow factor having full glass panel totally.. If its built in one, it means e glass where e bathtub is will be 3/4 whereas standalone ones I can do full panel.. Hub's concern on standalone bathtub is e cleaning part may be more difficult cos we can't reach e back of it when washing e floor.. Hmmm.. Next.. Is ermmmm.. Will be using city gas instead if storage heater to save on bills etc etc.. But oso wondering if I shd use city gas dryer or normal electric dryer.. Alr kinda decided on using gas dryer but not many reviews of it.. Noticed tt itll be cheaper on e bills plus drying is 1hr compared to normal dryer which nids maybe 2hrs? Nv used bef so oso not sure.. design wise more or less is alr discussed cos all designed by me! Lol.. 3Ds will be out probably this wkend oso ;P color scheme, theme, design, all alr in my mind so that's y e discussion with Donny was quite straightforward n he understand wat I wan oso hehehe..

Hee! Hub n my eyes were set on a U shaped sofa from Kuka too!!!! Price isn't cheap.. We saw it from Picket and Rail at IMM.. They're one of e distributor for Kuka oso.. E salesperson there was very nice n not pushy.. She oso advised us to maybe pop by another showroom at ubi to look at e sofa.. But then................. We realized e founder of Kuka is from China n their factories are mainly from China.. So we're pretty confused whether e sofa is from China or like wat e salesperson say, from Germany.. Haa!

Hahaha.. Ya.. I know Blum's stuffs really solid.. But price very solid oso.. Kitchen itself alr not cheap so mayb haf to kpo ard non Blum stuffs ;P Ikea I went recently but like nv see any bottle storage ones that's y kpo ard n saw ur blog.. Hehehe..

Hihi, Actually looking at such compartments too.. Last time saw another forumner who had blum one for bottle holder with 2 racks up and down which cost $800.. Can I chk how much u got for the 2 racks for e bottle storage? Hee..

Hahah.. Yes leh.. It's me.. Haaha you've got gd memory neh! We wanted to get hougang ave 10's EM but almost fainted when we saw e listings.. Alot asking like 100-100+k cov n Val I tink is alr 600k.. Few mths baq their price was 580-650k so it jumped too much.. Overall hougang n Ser increased quite alot in juz 4mths when my MOP was up.. Sooooo no choice Had to forgo n buy a smaller place.. Haa..

Ermm I sold my 3rm at boon keng area with an offer of 37k COV in Jun.. Bot a 5rm at Punggol with 35k COV last mth.. E Cov are rising partly bcos of e million dollar EM loh.. Our agent fren warned us abt rise of COV to happen 1-2wks after we OTP.. Recently checked Punggol's 5rm flats n e Val plus COV rising non stop -.-"

Hehehe.. Met up with Donny today.. It's our first meetup today and both hub n I were quite happy toking to him as he's really very experienced n explained alot of things to us.. N well.. We decided to let him do e Reno for us but then we still deciding to see fengshui for this Reno anot.. Seems like most prob we'll hold on to moving into e new hse after my confinement so tt things can be complete handover plus time to do proper cleaning n lesser 'smell' when shifting in with our newborn bb.. Haa.. When I told him I actually saw his review since quite sometime baq from Mae jie's EM Reno he was quite shocked cos it's very long ago Liao.. Hahaha n he went on toking abt Mae jie.. Haa.. So funny lo he.. While speaking to Don.. My funny hub actually 唱反调 wif me -.-" when we juz got e quote few days ago, I told him maybe we juz skip e tv console n feature wall.. Save abit n stick to our plan to source our own tv console.. But when I told Don abt it my hub suddenly say OH I tink it's ok maybe we go ahead with it.. Mths ago when I was telling him how cool those digital locks are n then told him e price.. He say hmm like quite waste money leh cos digital stuffs somehow ez to crack open oso leh.. Today when we asked Donny abt e price to change our main door, he say maybe can install digital lock oso.. My hub actually say YA! Digital lock sounds gd.. I was like ????????????? Haa! I guess this time e Reno will burst our initial budget le lo.. Hahaha.. But then hub say customize some furnishings will be beta than sourcing ourselves cos it saves time.. Dun nid to go ard furniture shop to hunt for some of e items.. n e cheque is issued to one person only n things can b done.. LOL.. Anyway juz in case I forget (preggy mamas has short term memory lah) we shortlisted e digital lock "Samsung 6020" saw on a tblog on this lock n they were quoted $589 by interlock (Desmond) in Apr.. Suddenly I juz wish it's gonna be Dec! I wan my keys to start my Reno!!!!

Hahahah actually I got woken up by my ger n couldn't get baq to slp but to b posting this at such hr.. I'm really quite irritated la.. Hope things can b done soon.. Money juz pay le n hope for smooth journey.. Selling n buying a hse is really a hectic journey.. Phew..

Suddenly juz feel like grumbling!!! With regards to my experience in selling n buying in resale market.. We went to abt 3-4 viewings with our Agent after shortlisting maybe 20+ units from propertyguru.. Only tt 3-4 units replied n let us view lo.. Finally, i quite sick of waiting for agent to respond n I decided to arrange my own viewing with 2 units I saw online n e one we bot is arranged by ourselves.. Haa! But before we decided OTP for e unit, I called up a few more bef deciding.. when I called up to arrange for viewings, I met quite a no of agents whom I pretty dislike cos they seem to be 'dominating' e area by themselves n refusing any agents to co broke with em.. They seem to haf an 'alliance' in these 2 areas.. N it's very kuazang wor.. So u die die haf to go thru 'their grp' if u wanna get e unit (in e end i nv manage to view any of em)..I wonder if it's e same at other areas.. I tink it's pretty 'crappy' in a way la.. That's one reason y I took quite awhile to find a unit we liked.. E units r actually at a much higher cov, quite a few r more to e main rd (my personal feel is cov jacked up due to such dominance).. N all r Chinese owners.. E ones I've managef to viewed so far, r all non Chinese owners.. I tink it's quite funny la.. Y like tt one huh? Chinese alliance? LOL

Ohhh.. But urs is new flat so I guess Reno not very major kind still ok ba.. Mine is a resale so hacking n re-lay everything.. Gonna take awhile.. Hahaha our planning oso a lil haywire cos of e sudden pregnancy.. LOL.. Luckily still manage to find a place to stay ;P My fren place oso premium flat at Punggol (e one we staying at).. Actually e basic things done by hdb not as bad as we tot.. I guess Mainly u nid carpentry, curtain/blinds n some wiring works for e lights ba? Hee.. sometimes dun nid too much fancy reno n u can deco it really nice le.. Slowly on n off buy deco stuffs here n there it'll turn out nice le.. My fren haven done his kitchen yet lo.. N he alr lived there for like half a yr -.-" LOL.. So now another fren got a carpenter help do it up bef we shift to his hse.. Hahaha.. So it's rush here rush there for us.. LOL..

Hahaha.. Okok.. I'll let my hub know first then.. But I tink not being punctual ermmm nv exceed an hr bah? Haa.. Ur hse alr completed Reno? Or still in e midst of Reno? Haa..

Hee.. Thks for e recommendation.. Will take note of em.. But most prob I nid someone with less supervision cos I'm barred at e hse while they do e moving due to my pregnancy.. LOL! So will kpo more on e Lian Tat Seng ba.. Hee..

Congrats on ur Reno completion! Nice place you've got! I tink I juz saw SDS updated their site with ur place's photo.. Hehehe..

Oops.. True oso.. Bwahahahahha do it via PM ba.. LOL

Woo...... When ya gg for ur holidays? Long one somemore.. Shiok................

Hahaha.. Okok.. I paiseh lah.. LOL.. But Nw almost settled alot of misc stuffs le.. Found a place to stay temp oso.. Shall invite myself over one of these days bah.. Moving out in another 3wks! So fast.. Lol.. Most prob I'll pop over with my ger/hub over one of e wkend?

Oh ya.. Wondering if anyone has movers to recommend? Moving out of current hse in another 3wks to our fren's place.. Wonder if e no of items to be moved out makes any diff in e price? E no of items to be moved shd be: A single bed frame (can be torn apart) + single mattress One washing machine 10-12 toyogo + paper boxes One 37" tv One study table plus chair Then maybe some small small items like toys? Lol