Sze Hui

i love your kitchen cabinets. Thats always the kind of design i wanted for my room.

Bought two sets of Kohler shower head, mixer and basin mixer under the promo @ $328 per set (inclusive GST)@ KHK. Also bought the Kohler shower fliphead. Good water strength. Well, since i drop the idea of rainshower (to save water), this could be a good alternative. Currently on promo @ 2 for $288 (excluding GST). Shared with another friend. But Daniel, the PIC of KHK Asia mentioned that its not that much suitable for instant heater as water strength will not be good enough. All above promo is till stock last.

where you got your tiles from? I got mine from Hafary. I guess the overall feel is important lar. so not to worry. Perhaps it's not that difficult to maintain afterall??

Thank you for your good advice

Other than contractor, have or will confirmed the following: Windows --> Alex Aircon ---> Wellux (Daikin dealer) Granite kitchen top ---> Ocean granite / BMS Marble & Granite Specialist Flooring ---> Inovar Floor For Aircon, decided on the model inverter system 4. Model 4MKD75 / 3xFTKS25 / 1x FTKS60. $4428 Flooring, got it from the exhibition with Inovar. Got their promotion piece at $2.88/sqft. But promo already increased to $3.20/sqft. Add rubber padding is $1/sqft extra. Granite top is at $90/ft.

really ah...tat makes me worried. Hope it can be cleansed with strong detergent.

Share my quotation as per below. Within some of the items, there are also a few FOC one. But i shall not list down each individually. Also, my selection of tiles have exceeded the price quoted and he has absorbed this for me. Hacking works $2850 Wet works $9177 To supply and lay floor tiles @ kitchen, Tiles based on $2.80 per sqft. To supply and lay floor tiles @ C/bath. Tiles based on $2.80 per sqft. To supply and lay floor tiles @ C/bath. Tiles based on $2.80 per sqft. To supply and lay wall tiles @ C/bath. Tiles based on $2.20 per sqft. To supply and lay wall tiles @ C/bath feature wall.. Tiles based on $3.50 per sqft. To supply and lay floor tiles @ M/bath dry area. Tiles based on $2.80 per sqft. To supply and lay floor tiles @ M/bath wet area. Tiles based on $3.50 per sqft. To supply and lay wall tiles @ M/bath. Tiles based on $2.40 per sqft. To supply and lay wall tiles @ M/bath feature wall. Tiles based on $3.5 per sqft. To screed and plaster kitchen walls. To supply wall tiles @ Kitchen exposed areas only. Tiles based on $2.50 per sqft To construct and install cabinet base, washing machine and fridge base in tile finish. To erect hollow block Low wall @ Kitchen. To supply and install waterproofing membrane @ kitchen and 02 bathrooms. To hack and lay tile @ main door treshhold. To construct hollow clock wall to seal up extg Master Room Entrance in Plaster Finish on both sides. CEILING & PARTITION WORKS $1415 To supply and install false ceiling @ passageway & part of TV room. To supply and install Light Pelmets @ passageway & part of TV room. To supply and install L-Box @ Living Room. ELECTRICAL WORKS $3723 To supply and lay lighting points. 26 nos Installation of all light fittings.26 nos To supply and lay single 13amp SSO 10 nos To supply and lay double 13amp SSO 12 nos To supply and lay SCV points. To supply and lay Tel points To supply and lay heater point. To remove and terminate all affected wirings and cables only. To supply and lay cooker hood point. PLUMBING WORKS $1200 To lay copper pipings for 2 bathrooms and Kitchen incl installation ONLY of all fittings and accessories To convert squatting to sitting pan @ Common bath DOORS / WINDOWS / GRILLES $2400 To supply and install veneer doors c/w lever handles/locksets. 4nos To supply and install door frame. 1nos To supply and install tempered glass shower screen. To supply and install aluminium bi-fold door with acrylic panel. 2nos To supply and install wrought iron main gate. GENERAL WORKS / OTHERS $2030 Painting for whole house incl doors & door frames. Floor Protection for whole house using industrial corrugated board. Cleaning and chemical wash for whole house. To supply and install new flushed stainless steel rubbish chute. CARPENTRY WORKS $10590 To construct and install top & btm kitchen cabinet in laminate finish. 29ft To construct and install Tall Unit in laminate finish. To construct and install box up pipings. To construct and install timber ledge in laminate finish @ low wall. To construct and install full ht casement door wardrobe in laminate finish. 8ft To construct and install full ht casement door wardrobe in laminate finish. 6ft[/i To construct and install full ht cabinet in laminate finish. 3ft To construct and install low TV console in Laminate finsih c/w sliding tinted glass door. To construct and install study table (5ft) with top hung cabinet (5ft) in laminate To construct and install low backing @ TV console to hide cables. FOC: To supply WC 2 nos To supply central heater. 1nos To supply T5 fluorescent tube. 2nos To supply standard fluorescent tubes. 6 nos To supply PLC downlight with glass cover. 7nos

Works stop at kitchen wall. Screeding is done. Love the look. always wanted a raw kitchen wall, unfortunately, my mum, the traditional one refuse to accept this idea. So got to tile it. Got my wall sticker from Insadong, Korea, at 48,000won. My mum love trees. Gonna paste this in her room. This shall be in my room Tried to get simple wall stickers cos' i read about how difficult it is to paste. My mum always love trees and couldn't bear to part with the trees at my current house. So i hope this can compensate abit.

excited to see ur actual pix after renovation. U r lucky to buy a house that doesn't require much renovation with a low COV. My COV is $55k and i have to change everything.

View of common toilet. Now i finally understand y some forumers said they preferred their wall in this state. Its really nice. Toilet floor tile. I really like my tiles alot. See the texture of the tiles. This is where my ID expertise is, gradient and feel of the tiles. I wanna ask my ID to hack away this. But he feels that the $$ can b put @ a better use for buying hobs etc. All my other rooms have walls on top except for storeroom and one bedroom. He will put plywood and ceiling board to cover up. I saw this laminate in my office and feel its nice. Will ask my ID if possibility of using it in my kitchen since my floor tile is also grey.

Now very kanchiong cos' i havent bought alot of things. Aircon unsettled, lighting also unsettled. I am sourcing for LED downlights. Understand that there are those that can just change the bulb of incandescent light. Can anyone advise where to get those squarish LED downlights?

Our completion was on 16th, but the ex-owner gave us the key during our inspection on 15th. Contractor had to start work on 16th itself. So last min went to buy rice and salt and borrow a hammer for the "groundbreaking ceremony"....Phew. Anyhow, below are pix of the hacking First day already finish the hacking for kitchens n toilets. Very efficient Except that a small hick-up. I need to change the door of my MBR. It was originally agreed to change to close to the doors of the other room, but in the end, i prefer it to b on the other side. Need 10 working days for the approval. So hacking considered incomplete. Tiles of kitchens also here. Kitchen wall tiles Kitchen floor tiles

oh...paiseh..u referring to my floor plan... haha..i thought ya referring to 3D. Its not that big, but its squarish. I am currently staying in a 5rm 121sqm, so the new house looks much smaller to me.

Eh...that's not my living room. That's my entertainment room or study room.

Show some of the 3D done by Mr R. We went to Hafary to choose the tiles. He had the flow in the whole house. He emphasize alot on texture of the house. I enjoyed my process of selecting the tiles. Kitchen is not final copy. Had to do some amendments to the laminates

Had a month to find contractors. Spoken to 4 contractors as such: 1) Mr S (strongly recommended by a picky friend) - No HDB license. But provide very good service. Can feel he's sincerity and earnesty in my first meeting with him (understand from my friend that they ask him back several times to rectify he's work and he's always ok to do it). Appears very honest as well. Inspected he's work which is not bad. A very careful guy that will always ask you "are you sure you want to do this?" "whose doing the cleaning, you or your mum?" Ask for a revised quote, but he came back late. Anyhow, i dropped him cos i feel that my house will be very very simple. 2) Mr R (strongly recommended by another choosy friend) - HDB licensed. Very sincere guy. Didn't find he's idea suitable for my house initially. Ask for a revised quotation and he came back with it. Confirmed him with he's 3rd revised quotation. Went to inspect he's work. Very detailed and well done. Not the cheapest of all, but i'm sure with him, i can get a good night sleep. (he told me he also wants a good night sleep). 3) Mr S from R&R - met @ exhibition. Cost is very very ex. Drop him already after 1st meeting. 4) Mr D from 3D - My frend's hubby. Cheapest quotation among all. Checked the works of he's co. Totally cannot make it. With that, i settled for Option 2.

Stayed at a boutique hotel in taipei n really love it. Thought of having such design. But of cos' in terms of costing, not very practical.

Began searching for a house 2 yrs back, but we had always hesitate even after seeing house which we like. I guess time was not very right then. Until 2010 Apr on a business trip to Taiwan, my taiwanese customer brought me to see a fortune teller whom she strongly recommended cos' her mum spent 30 yrs time to prove the words of the master. The master told me the reason for my mum's frequent headache is due to my current house. With these words, i start to seriously flip the papers every weekend and view houses. Finally settled with this house in Oct. We actually preferred another one at Bt Batok cos' alot of unblocked greenery around. This house was the 2nd house we viewed on that day, n was memerised with its views of the chinese garden, hence confirmed on the spot of COV 55k. We regretted after that, cos' 55k for a very original condition seems not very right. Anyhow, we eventually confirmed on the house. Will try to take pix of the surroundings in future.

Nope. you will not be charged. ANyhow, this is a good way to judge ur contractors as well. For those that are prompt, you can go ahead with the 2nd part. For those that don't reply or take weeks n months, u can jolly well forget about them

I guess looking for a contractor with HDB license is truly important. I nearly signed up with one that dont have, even though my frend told me about he's good service.But after further check, even the plumber n electrian he is using is also non-licensed, i decided to spend more and get one with a license. My reno is starting mid of this month, i hope everything will be smooth. But i did inspect the work of both the contractors (the licensed and non-licensed one) and they r pretty good. I guess the after service will be very important. Good luck to u and hope that u resolve it asap. I do not know how much u spend on ur reno. But if its a huge amt, i suggest u shld really engage a lawyer to help u recover the cost. But from your story, it would appear to me that the contractor may not hv enough $$ to compensate u afterall.

btw, zhiz, i just realised that u had the same floor plan as me. did you do your window and how much have you done it for?

Yes, this is something i agree totally. The older the flat, the more complication it is. Engaging someone who is experienced and honest is the best policy even if it means paying abit more.

no problem to show u the pix of my friend's renovation work. No need to feel fishy. I have just commented on what i saw. No need to provide so detailed story right? not as if i gg to write a novel here. Anyhow, no worries, i'll come up wif a t-reno blog when i start my renovation soon. At least, i'll post a few pix up.

anybody can recommend good and cheap casement window contractor?