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Hey congrats on the completion of your successful reno!

Anyone knows of Mitsubishi fridges with left side opening? My kitchen's configuration is such that a right side opening fridge may not be so suitable

Thanks Reiki! Being told that the notice for reno will be pasted these few days!!

How's your busy Thursday coming along?

Hope all turns out for the best for you!

The electrician uncle has helped to remove the wallpaper/plaster on the walls as well as to remove the electrical trunking and grilles before the actual demolition works can begin. Have to say they have done it quite systematically with the grilles nicely stacked up and the waste in gunny sacks...

After deciding to engage WaWe Design, we decided to embark on a "spending trip" to purchase some of the items we needed...starting with the sanitary fittings at Genova.... Followed by our cooker hood, hob and oven...

After deciding to purchase the flat, both of us cracked our brains on how to revamp our flat. Should it be modern contemporary, minimalist, retro or country? Should there be walk-in wardrobe for the master bedroom? We sourced interior design books, forums such as Renotalk and SingaporeBrides for inspiration? Some of the members on Renotalk also have designs very similar to ours (Reiki and gnipihz) which we can gain ideas from !! The IKEA catalogue also came in useful for ideas too....haha Went down to IMM to have a look around for IDs to see any of them can be able to give us a good design that is also value-for-money. We spent some time talking to 2 ID firms and both asked us to give them around 2 weeks for them to come up with something. So we continued to wait in expectation....One of them came back with an astronomical quote for our reno!! Tried e-mailing a few contractors/ID through different contacts (friends' recommendations, Renotalk feedback, etc) to increase our options - 4 in all. Out of which, 3 of them gave us quotes. All of them seem (including the other ID firm from IMM) to be able to meet our budget.....Argh! How to decide?? After a thorough "evaluation" we decided to engage the ID recommended by some of the Renotalk members - Wawe Design!!! We were quite satisfied with Wee Kuang who will be our ID and felt confident enough that he will be able to deliver!

The previous owner did his aircon bracket at the Master Bedroom side. Think the rest of the block did likewise. Hmmm...so you don't have the windows? Means the natural lighting to the kitchen only comes from the back?

We carried out the "grand opening" of our flat with the traditional opening sequence... 1) Roll pineapple into the flat after opening the front door 2) Scatter mixture of rice and salt at each corner of the house 3) Left some fruits and a bowl of green beans with wet cotton wool The picture of our vacant flat after that... The fruits and green beans after a week...

We had been on the hunt for a flat to call our home. Had tried BTOs but were always "rewarded" with fantastically high queue numbers. Flirted with the idea of applying for DBSS and EC flats too. Besides that, we looked at the Resale market...hoping to find something that we like... In the end, we stumbled across a 5I flat at Hougang. Although the flat was old and in serious need of a major overhaul, we were excited of the prospect of it being transformed into our own home shaped in the style we want These are the pictures that we took during our 2nd viewing of the flat... In May we went for the 1st appointment and in Aug we became the owners of the flat! Heee....

Finally after being mainly an idle bystander watching and reading the various transformations of homes, I have finally decided to start my own T-blog. To start off with, here is my floor plan. Its an old flat of 121 sq metres located in Hougang, quite similar to some of other members of Renotalk (Reiki and gnipihz).

Has the fan arrived yet? Any significant difference with the original?

Thanks! May try to upload my reno progress when its about to start!

Mine's at Hougang. Massive overhaul indeed for mine. Hardly anything can be salvaged But, hey, it gives us the satisfaction of a total revamp!

Looking good! Haha...after yours and Jacky's he will then focus on mine!

Any idea where is the sale? Any online flyers? Can't seem to find on fb

Just noticed something that you may wish to check out as well - The washer appears to be blocking the refuse chute? Can you still throw rubbish?

Anyone knows where to buy clock mechanism?

Thanks!

I think you might be right. I remembered after the guys who came to install the other socket did not dismantle the old antennae.

Cool! Can't wait to see more updates!

Hi, Anyone used Rheem before? Any feedback? Was recommended their instant heaters.

My wife and I are thinking of getting a hob and hood together with an oven. Is it advisable to purchase all the same brand? If so, which brand is good?

Does any of the companies offer trade-in deals for aircon?