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Thank you Bengologist! Your house is nice too! Love your colours for your house... I'm abit timid when it comes to colours...maybe should try out colours... Hehee

during the following weekday, Mr K whatsapped me a photo of the hacking Fast, fast...FAST! My hubby loved the fact that the wall was gone cos he wanted to showcase his TOY display cabinets So, the first thing that people will see the moment our doors are open...will be the GLASS wall!

After all the drawings on the wall, our reno actually started the moment HDB approved of the hacking of the walls... Mr K was actually with us, discussing about the house when I told him that it was approved. He immediately drew out the part that needed to be hacked away...and all these were done on a Saturday Later in the evening, we brought our family to view our house and was shocked to find one of Mr K's men with his tools getting ready to "slice" out that part of the wall...too fast for us! Well, apparently he was getting ready the wall to be hacked on weekdays...fast, fast...FAST!

Wah your hubby is a fan of pinkwhale...my hubby is a fan of paloma So the same reaction, whatever he did for paloma, my hubby wants... Yup, will post my reno pixs...jz recently started... but he very fast...called me up and asked then within the day, done...hehee now he is doing the base of my kitchen cabinets...i think...

Hi Makanology, His quote is abit high from what I heard but since his designs are the ones that I want... I feel that it's better for me to get him...so far so good...very funny fella actually despite his serious outlook and forgetful too but oklah cos he got lotsa pjts... Maybe tt's y I keep bothering him to remind him

Thank you mrmerry, Love your blog cos have the point of view of both mr & mrs. I am one of your fans Yup, hopefully all these are blessings in disguise

Hi macuser77, I think i bother him too much with all my whatsapp...asking him to send me pictures and all... Maybe tt's y he cannot stand my whatsapp's "nagging" that he did it "voluntarily Mentioned to him about your house too...told him that he was very efficient with ur place so i expect the same for mine too... Heheheh think I stressed him out cos I told him I read renotalk often k...eheeh He was d one who urged me to start a blog here...hehehe

Well, with Mr K, You better don't expect any 3D for your own reference. So, what did we all ended up doing when we were discussing with him about what we want for our HOME... The 3 of US ended up drawing on the wall!! The above drawings were for the kitchen and part of the bedroom. It was indeed FUN to scribble on the wall so anything that I want to add in, I just use my pencil and draw on the wall. Mr K often updates me with whatsapp pictures and calls to seek my approval for anything that he is doing. Hmmm, more of me "disturbing" him almost all the time with..."Any new updates?" or "What are you going to do today?" Well so far so good...only I realised that I am more "superstitious" than Mr K. Told him that I want all the major renos in my house to be done before the start of the Hungry Ghost festival and also my stove and sink should not be beside or facing each other. He even said that I am more "pantang" than he is. Well, I can't help it as my best friends have influenced me So, all the best to me and to Mr K too

In terms of "Too fast"... Let me elaborate: We both were well prepared to get the house later this year but when we realised that we were getting it last month, CHAOS!! No holidays, no shoppings, no online shoppings...all have to be kept for RENO... In terms of "Too tiny"... It was indeed tiny but quite airy and bright even though it is surrounded by other blocks...well, this is indeed our HOME truly In terms of "Reno", Due to our work schedules, we do not have the luxury of time to find quotations. However, I was really into the designs of Paloma & Bigbull houses. Thus, the search for Mr K began. I was told that he is not that fluent in English, more of Chinese speaking...oh NO!! I can roughly understand Chinese but can't really speak it fluently. And to please my parents, we sourced for another reno company... However, my hubby found the fella "too pleasing" as everything that I wanted, he agreed to them without any hesitations. So, the search for Mr K continues...till we managed to find him! I was glad that he could speak abit of Malay so our communication is a mixture of English and Malay...and sometimes abit of Chinese. I find him to be rather straightforward and funny also. With him, I somehow have the assurance that everything is going to be all right. So, now...let's hope that our reno journey will be as smooth as our "first" meeting...

We shall start off with our floorplan which is the basic thing to do. As you can see, it's a typical tiny 4 room @Punggol but for both of us, we think it's sufficient enough...

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We had gained lotsa useful ideas in here and now, we can FINALLY start our own blog to share with all. We thought that we would get the house end of this year or early next year but it came earlier than expected. Both of us were totally unprepared for it and still are, up till now! So, now we shall slowly update the blog and at the same time...calm ourselves too As a start, a BIG thank you to Paloma & Bigbull as both of you are our "house inspirations"

hi bigbull im engaging K for my reno btw may i know how much ur kitchen caged lights cost and d bathroom too as im really interested in getting them for my house... thank u in advance

Hi there, Can you quote me the price for the followings: 1) Franco F-1 GM 2) Franco 707 ABS Blade GM 3) Crestar Rainlite Alumi Acrylic Series – GM (50" & 55") 4) Crestar Skylite Alumi Acrylic Series – GM (50" & 55") All these models come with remote control right...and also, are d lights bright enough to lit up a room Hope to hear from you soon.

Hi Bigbull, So in love with your kitchen as I want something similar to mine... If you dun mind, may I noe how much u spent for your reno cos I'm interested in engaging K but maybe I have to wait till I get my keys first in the 1st quarter next yr. Regards, art00609

Hi Paloma, Been reading ur blog and also pinkwhale's blog...really fell in love with both ur designs and also ur contractor too. I'm getting my house next yr and my hubby juz adores ur red brick wall and ur bookshelf... can u pm me ur contractor info and your reno cost (2 help me to noe if i'm saving enuf)...tq heard he speaks more fluent chinese den english...thus mayb i need to brush up on mine too