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Seems like mine is "bare minimum".. I didn't do the glass stair railings coz I have kids n hate to clean. Haha.. I dun have built in cupboards except the kitchen cabinet. I did change the grilles to aluminum.. I did change all the doors too.. To me, honestly.. Reno is really totally dependent on budget. I met my budget but it might not meet your style. We like simple & practical. Pretty things are tempting. Latest trends are appealing.. But we tried to be as conservative as we can. I did almost by new furniture everywhere except my bed & dining table. So a bulk of my $ went to furnishings & fittings. My balcony has chengai decking which I friend did it for us at friend rates. My contractor doesn't come from a fancy big interior design firm.. So dun expect too much. Workmanship I find is not too bad. It's my 2nd time engaging him. He is honest in telling me what works n what doesn't. Arts Advance- Ivan

I did my Reno recently at about 42k without electrical. I suggest u overlay instead of re-tiling if possible. That will save significant $. I did downstairs total revamp with over lay of vinyl tiles, hacked 2 walls to open up my kitchen to dining, hack out a small wall to make a bar counter to open up to the living room. 3 toilets n the kitchen. Stairs up just polish (?) the parquet. I do have L box n cove lights n I also re plaster my house from sand stone to smooth smooth.

Haha!! The same thing hapoened to me when we moved in in dec. my muscles cramp lor.. Guess after getting used to it, it's ok.. Enjoy your new place. Huat ah!!

Cool.. shall give it a go just for fun la =) THanks

Haha.. then gotta wait till 7th month n see what creepy thing will happen. Actually i understand from the seller's POV. but there will still definitely be anger involved for the lies that he told. my main prob is really the house being left vacant for the last 17 years. my son at the 2nd week we moved in, said he was scared to sleep alone in the room. then i asked him why. he said there were ghosts. then i ask him to describe it. so if its an aunty ghost etc i will know what to do. BUT he said its big bad wolf in the cupboard. he is 4 la.. so cannot believe his nonsense la. keke.. so far so good. angry a lil but will eventually get over it. hoping 7th month nothing exciting will happen lor. =)

Thanks! i will call them after tmrw (its my completion tmrw).. even if i acrylic the whole gate.. with yesterday's rain.. sianz.. still will wet lor..zzz

Where in HDB did u call? i couldnt find a number.. yesterday's storm was power.. it went all the way up to the top of my door and my corridor was machiam like block washing lor.. keke.. wanna call n ask them to install instead of putting bamboo blinds.

Haha.. U check with him. Ivan from Arts Advance. U google la for his number.

The wood is chengai so won't mould. It's an outdoor wood so supposed to withstand weather. Now still patchy coz just lay n sanded down. With time it will become a rich brown. My friend did it for us n it's about 20/sq feet I think. Depends on choice of wood too. Mine is friend price so it's cheaper. Evorich quoted me $3.5k if use their coconut wood thing. Mine is less than half that. I would say abt 2k

anyway.. i met another neighbour and he told me he saw the body. and she jumped from the lift landing. BUT the house was vacant since it happened. He told me that for the years he has been here, he doesnt believe it is haunted and all and since we have been doing reno for about 2months already, everything seems smooth. moving day is this sat and sunday we are following the FSM's "enter the house ceremony" so hope from there on everything is good for us. tragedies happen i understand, maybe i really nv do enough homework b4 signing the papers but we are v relieved so far, there are no other major problems.

After last evening's v heavy rain.. i'm happy to find out that the acrylic panel worked perfectly! Rain didnt kena the door at all. $80 well spent =) However.. my balcony got it pretty bad. rain splashed in about 1m and i realized that the sliding door has a gap (coz there is no tracks on the floor) then potentially the rain water will seep in.. heng we did vinyl tiles instead of laminate.. if not byebye to the flooring. @jsll.. thanks thanks!! =)

Yup.. Super happy she didnt jump out from the house.. It brings the whole atmosphere to a whole new level.. Huat huat to your moving too!!

Uncle.. I left 3.5days leave leh.. Haha.. I did hint my boss I wanna take NPL but she just giggled it away.. So.. Like that lor. But not a taboo bad day but just not the best. Haha

Can meh?? Initial plan was to moving day 1Dec then do the "enter house ceremony" on the 9th morning. But according to FSM is the sleeping there that counts. But since we not so superstitious n it's not 7th month or a significantly bad day, then we think just do it la. Haha.. My place is well maintained (coz vacant & haunted) in original condition. We changed downstairs drastically but kept upstairs almost as-is.. On a whole, besides the suicide that dampen our spirits.. We are v excited to move into the place.. But.. I hate moving!! It's so painful!! Oh.. Unpacking is a nightmare too.. Gasp!!

Aiya.. But I can't possibly stay hotel from 1st to 9th right? Some more got 2 young kids. A bit crazy la. Forget about the 9th. Actually 2nd isn't that bad too.. Just that 9th is the best day in Dec. Maybe I'll post some pics up.. I too noob to do up a T-blog la.. But ya.. It's nice to watch the transformation. I get happier every day..

It's a type of outdoor wood for my balcony. So walk on wood instead of tiles lor. I just found out yesterday from neighbor that she didn't jump from the house but from the lift landing. They saw the body so trust their story. We will just do FSM recommendation n nothing else religious. Hope everything ok lor

aiyo.. i'm like the noob-est person here lor.. trying not to make too many mistakes in my reno n hopefully the reno can last. =) Learnt lots from here n envy all the glass panel staircases.. keke.. too bad too out of budget n have too many kids to make the glass a possibility. =) My reno is almost wrapping up! 1 Dec will be Moving Day.. FSM said to move in on 9th but we decided to move in a week early if not gotta stay in the hotel for a week. Everything is done except the kitchen solid surface. today my other contractor is laying the chengai decking for the balcony.. happy happy. =)

This door is the old type.. my neighbor moved in 18yrs ago. dun think they change b4 this door is less than a yr old. they bought the house last nov n reno for++ stay for about 8months. this is a veneer door if i'm not wrong I didnt like the idea of the acrylic panel n did think of other ways to "waterproof" the door but then it seems quite silly to stick transparent laminate etc on the door. in the end, we thought the most long term measure was to install the acrylic. will probably install bamboo chip blinds at the corridor but then again, that will look quite unsightly after a while when it starts to mould/rot. Oh.. and to add.. we wanted a dark colored door but becoz we saw our neighbor's door faded so we change to light coloured door

YIPPEEEEE!!! this is my gate with the acrylic. later i go over during lunch time n i go take pics of my neighbor's house door which is about 6 month old and damaged by the rain water. =)

Aiyo.. still cannot. hahahaha.. wait wait.. i go figure it out

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Yes.. i suppose it will be cheaper.. keke.. noob me dunno how to attach pic! hahahaahaha

He charged me $80 for the acrylic!! He will bill me at the end so hope he discount a bit.