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Hi Lil, Congrats on new flat and the location! And welcome to RT To quote from a news article: "Lemon laws refer to laws protecting consumers against defective goods that fail to conform to contract, or meet satisfactory quality or performance standards at the time of purchase, colloquially known as "lemons". The Lemon Law would thus require retailers to ensure that their goods match their description as marketed and promoted. Descriptions include information and details on the good that can be found on the label, packaging, posters or any other print material, or given verbally by the sales representatives. This means a refrigerator must be able to keep the items stored inside cool( and come with whatever fantastic features the advertisement/salesrep promised. Of course you will need to show the advert or prove that they said it, which might be more difficult)

Hi Pinkpluck, Welcome to RT. Don't worry about salesreps comments. You are paying so you get to choose your favourite color/model etc. but for heavily used appliance(s),please consider functionality as well

my bathtub is still eluding me too....sob

Please ensure they "mend" back the "hole" coz it's in the common toilet, if not the plywood will be exposed to moisture and degrade even faster. (Although the back is also raw...)

By the way, for those still renovating, please note that there is an old man loitering about and asking if you want to change your gates. This is probably similar to the punggol/sengkang estate where those who got new gates/even demonstrations were robbed later. So please be careful and warn the elder folks at home ,of such possible situations

the contractor's assistant incharge of my flat ask me why i never tell him to change that window earlier I told him i did not know it's possible as the BSC pple said the frame is embedded and have to hack it out of the wall. anyway, thx for reply.

3M Prestige series film but it's not gonna be cheap.

thanks for info. Guess have to pay the $80 for Singtel to relocate over.

Hi neighbours?, Anyone receive any letter or info from OpenNet yet? I checked the opennet status website but dun really understand what they mean,except it's not ready yet. I checked with SingNet staff at their shop and was told i have to wait, until the block of flat is linked up with fibre, then i can apply for the fibre plan to run into the flat. So in the meantime, i have to pay $80 to relocate my telco+internet services to the new flat. Is this the situation throughout the Casa estate?

Hi, you mean change the window, i can get the aircon out? pay who, please advise.....

Curious to know about the "cavity" in the wall

your place can go on magazine already

love your place and of coz the lightings! What is the brand/model of oven you purchased? bosch? I think i got the same hood Fujioh mk something but the silly carpenters installed 750mm above the hob! I told them to bring it down 100mm even though the distance should be 500mm max.

Actually got the granite saga, but I giving my "rave review" contractor and subcon face and chance, to rectify before i blog about it. Because I dun want to chip peoples' ricebowl, even though I am very & I also saw the company name of the current carpenter, but there are many teams of carpenters within that company ,so it's unfair to mention here because of one carpenter. My friend helping me to spot the "areas to touchup or rectify" happened to see one of the staff expression when they came back from lunch and saw the numerous stickers to indicate rectification required. Let's just say it's like this without the smile

sigh, they put up the bookcase already. That's after telling three of them and hearing comments that to me sound like that i'm unreasonable to worry and want to change that "tree branch" piece.

This is the swivelable laundry rack, I have not take any photo of the swivel action. But now the carpentry and stuff are in the service yard, so I will try to get a photo "in action" photo asap. The max length to fit my service yard is about 1.8mL, coz still can slowly shift here and there to avoid the bifold doors. Basically the EZ Hi-dry rack can pull down, then after you tug the "rope" downwards until there is a "thiack" sound, then you can slowly adjust the rack to 90 degrees then push out the window. The basic rack was about 799,swivel plate 220, bracket 70+, got a bit discount round down abt 1000nett. Now they have some promo i think you can google for the website. I'm not sure i can post the website here. They have some photos to show you how the swivel works. A bit expensive but since my mum have used this brand in our current place for many years,so stick back to this.

Thanks, but maybe not this weekend coz I have to point out all the problems to the contractor in charge and exchange my faulty lights ...

I'm also having similar carpentry problems, so I understand ur situation. Their attitude is cannot see one, so never mind lor. Really felt like asking them if they can accept it if their house like holey cheese but we cover everything visible with very nice laminate. if possible, Dun pay the balance if they dun rectify or touch up.

Gaps or holes in plywood base support. Oh the solution was that they will re-staple! Conclusion: I’m really tired of telling these people as they'll first try to tell me that it’s like that one/standard/natural one etc. Then when I just walked off without saying anything else, they will try to tell me nobody else complains about this kind of thing. I’m actually not trying to be difficult, I know I’m a “outsider”, so maybe some of it is “like that one”. But I visually compare the rest of the work/material and find that it is the exception, it’s maddening to have my complaints to be brushed off as irrational. It’s already only plywood and they still use pieces that are cracked and separating, holey , with gaps and exposed to the elements. If I know how to do it myself, I would not have pay money to get such workmanship. Maybe I should have stayed away then ignorance is bliss. My appologies for rantings. Maybe other more expert home owners can advise if these are “acceptable”

Carpentry: Another problematic phrase. These are only “complaints” that I made which will not be addressed. I already feedback about this “pattern “with cracks and peelings to three person, these are their comments: Tree branch “liddat one”, “ nobody ever complained about this type of thing” I was told that this side panel was chipped after the workers dropped it on the way to the flat. I was also told that it will be replaced, but it is still in the flat since it arrived on Tuesday, I guess they will “replace” it cosmetically. Hole in Kitchen top cabinet

I was told by contractor cannot run wiring in the bathroom? Thanks for info.

So nice, look very romantic and cosy

I also wanna visit

Last Friday: Buying lightings has got to be one of the more difficult reno tasks...... I’ve only went to a few shops and I already felt so sick and tired. List of shops visited/<personal feel for the shop’s lightings> I bought the majority of lights have been purchased from De Focus and LightCraft, although I’m having second thoughts about some of them. But I still haven’t found what I was searching for……… I changed one shop’s delivery date to next week coz the carpentry is due next week or week after, so only post photos when the lights are installed Btw, is there any way of putting wall lights in the bathroom without getting into trouble?

Previously, Last wednesday, my structured cabling has been done. This is the living room data point Hopefully the OpenNet team will run the optic fibre nicely with minimal ugly trunking to terminate in my study( more than 15m ........) Last Thursday, two guys came to install the sliding windows for the service yard. I thought I will not see the “full” view again. After the windows were installed, I realized that it was my current flat’s heavily tinted windows that “brainwashed” me into thinking that. Last Saturday, we replaced the existing HDB up-down laundry rack with a swivelable one. The installer was over enthusiastic and his spanner flew and almost hit my toilet bifold door which fortunately has been pushed to the side. The four screws ,previously holding up the hdb laundry rack,remained on the ceiling as the vendor said it's very difficult to remove. The bulky HDB laundry rack has been replaced with a more user & sun friendly rack. Oops forgot to take a photo of the laundry rack. [photo to be pasted later ]