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Oh no Mrdisco, your interest in kitchen is exactly like my hubby. Tested him by saying I want top of the line kitchen like Silestone counter top & Gaggenau kitchen appliances else minimum Bosch & he at first said granite top & buy from Courts/Harvey Norman those S$600-900 ovens will do. A few days later & after doing loads of on-line reviews, he totally changed his mind going ga ga by directly placing order for Silestone top including our study tables plus all vanity tops and said to buy a good oven either De Dietrich or Miele! When I wanted to save cost by combining different appliance brands, he said to check with forumers whether will look funny if De Dietrich induction hob is placed beside Bosch gas hob with a Brandt hood and Miele oven? Hmm... saw a beautiful solid acrylic Italian kitchen cabinet costing S$100K can't afford so ID introduced acrylic laminate which I might be using with BLUM servo drive, hinges & tandem boxes. My carpentry is also quite heavy, all custom make and when tried to save cost by introducing hubby to those ready made study tables, he was dissatisfied with workmanship & the sizes. Wah, found a fridge kaki! But this fridge is expensive, cheapest quoted is S$4100 with 1 year warrantee only. Those side by side 2 doors are cheaper than this model. How's the cassette vacuum compartment doing? Any good or bad points in the various 6 doors storage? Wow Rosalind, very bold design to convert original living rm into bedrm. Hmm, why I never thought of that? Is the 2 combined common rooms equivalent to the original living rm size? Guess your unit facing is about same as mine & FSM really get our creative juices going. My colour scheme for original MBR & connected bathrm is silver & gold, can you imagine everything glittering & shinning all over? No T-blog never mind, we can chat here. I'm still at selecting ID stage, sigh!

Yeah, really love this walk-in wardrobe design as the ID really captures my fairy tale imagination well but alas, have to forgo that partially hidden DayBed/Settee near the windows as FSM says can build it but I can't use it so no point wasting $$$ on something I can't use so changing to a moveable low cabinet wardrobe in order to let in light & air from a single window panel. Which means I'm having a U-shape approx. 25ft walk-in wardrobe yeh! Glad to know kakkis splashing on hard core kitchen appliances too. Have been using cheapo ovens & yeah, the stains really can't be cleaned off no matter what detergent you use so decided to splash on a pyro oven since getting new place. Yep, already paid visits to De Dietrich, Miele & Gaggenau/Bosch showrooms but still can't decide. Thanks for letting me know the history so I thought since oven is heavily used, should splash on it and recoup savings from gas hob & hood by buying cheaper brands like Brandt & Bosch since same family, what say you? Will it look funny if I were to get different brands for each kitchen appliance & install them all in my small kitchen? And yah, I was butting here & there in their showrooms ogling at their generous kitchen layouts & high tech appliances. Hey, don't make me drool over the suspense so which brand & models are you & your wife going for? Here's another kitchen appliance that I forgot to mention earlier, an Undersink Jupiter Delphi-IO400U that will be installed next to my small kitchen sink, any feed back? Wow! Finally found an estate buddy, really nice knowing you too! Yeah, as described above to Mrdisco, have to change wardrobe design & there might also be a change in final laminate colour as hubby loves wood grain instead of white with liliac streaks. Will be using real laminate on all open shelvings including the carcass but coloured PVC for inside of drawers. All hinges are BLUM soft-closing after hearing others having problems with Excel's hinges after 6 months' usage. Engaged your FSM yet? What's the outcome? Started reno yet? When setting up own T-Blog?

Minimal usage Gas Burner so get a single Bosch or De Dietrich? Or Tepanyaki or Grill? Medium usage Hood but prefer powerful one so Bosch DKE9465MUC or DeDietrich DHD90XE1? Will also install extractor fan at kitchen window, any recommendation? Requires large volume but got small HDB kitchen so Hitachi Fridge RA6200S (largest capacity with shortest width but taller so save space for more counter space). Any other recommendations? Comes with fantastic features: http://www.hitachiconsumer.com/intelligent-fridge/features.html

Been looking around and might be considering these kitchen appliances so any feedbacks? Already ordered Silestone white platimium counter top for kitchen counters for those interested to know. Heavy usage so need a Pyrolytic Oven: De Dietrich DOP895X with ICS recipes or Miele H5461BP CISt? Miele oven claims to seal in moisture by quick roast outside of meat equivalent to manual pan smear & can control humidity by spraying water 3 times during cooking automatically plus cooking with a wired temperature probe. De Dietrich oven claims half price of Miele, that Miele's claims don't work! World's best cook are French chefs so get French brand like De Dietrich as Miele is German famous for pork knuckles & sausages only? Medium usage so De Dietrich Induction Hob 38cm Continuum DTI1041X or the cheaper Bosch 2 zones? Impressed with De Dietrich which is automatic pan detection so need not put pans at indicated circle as there's no circles, got boost for super boil, direct simmer button, direct boil button, timer, auto cut-off according to low or high heat at 8hrs/4hrs/2hrs. Hi Strikingreality, kekeke... just partition part of living rm for little one will do since young ones don't know what's better, adults get to enjoy whole unit first. Also FSM said best for us to sleep in Bedroom 3 for our own good so no choice.

Please advice where to get this kind of sockets?

Time to join the rank of reno stars here! This is the original floor plan: Please give feedback for turning into this: Due to FSM advice, gotta kiss goodbye to this beautiful partially hidden DayBed at end of walk-in wardrobe which was supposed to be my pumpkin chariot for me & my girlfriends awaiting rescue from our imaginary prince charmings, also act as fashion bench when trying out clothings:

Flexible budget & these are the brands I prefer: Bosch , Brandt, Hitachi, Joven, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic , Philips, Rinnai , Rheem, Samsung , Sony , Sharp

Hi Zero, Can you please PM me your best quotation & most recommended appliances for the followings: 1. Rinnai single/double hob 2. Double induction Hob 3. Hood 4. Built-in Oven 5. Storage or Gas Water Heater 6) Hitachi Fridge 7) 45" & 55" Sony TVs 8) All other small household appliances eg? 9) Undermount SS single Kitchen Sink

Hi Aron, Please advice on air-con system(s) suitable for my new HDB 4 room unit and I do prefer a set that is made in Japan, powerful yet quiet enough for: 1. Living Room aka exercise room 2. Bedroom 2 & 3 wall hacked combined into a single master bedroom with walk in closet. 3. Former Master bedroom now becomes Study Room 4. Kitchen & yard combine to become 1 & that's my first choice to put my pet cages else, 5. How to cool the shelter for my pets?

Thks Ivy, Bad FSM list received.

Hi Ivy, Would like to have the list of good & bad FSM please?