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Hacking done. Just removal of the wall and to be rebuilt in a half glass wall with glass door. Can see the light entering where the kitchen used to be dark. On another note, for those getting their BTOs. Check everything and get all the faults listed with the BSC people before renovation starts. We already found some hollow tiles which we submitted the defect list. Tuesday morning, Mr B noticed 2 cracked tiles which me and my wife missed (dunno how) but hacking was still done. Had some problems getting the BSC people to acknowledge that the defect was already there :curse:Lesson learnt

Erm. i think if u want to buy hansgrohe focus models then still have chance to be OEM. Grohe, to my knowledge, does not have a china factory ... they only have a thailand factory. Bauloop is from Thailand. Rest of the series even eurosmart cosmopolitan is most likely made in eastern europe. Honestly i won't bother paying premium for these "branded" models when the authenticity is in doubt. Buy cheap for cheap's sake

yeah think it's bit heng suay to use either iceprice or insani. Was your item in ready stock? I bought like 1.5k stuff in one shipment. no issues leh.

Over the last 1.5 weeks, me and my wife checked the tiles on the floor. Have to give it to my wife, she was the one who detected hollow tiles. We split the house into half. I checked my half - found none. Then she found several on her half. In the end, since i wasn't sure, we checked my half again and found a few also Got the BTO contractor to take a look. Confirmed the tiles were hollow. Hopefully they will finish repair before the hacking starts tuesday. They only cover things until renovation starts... Can't wait!

taobao can buy directly liao. No need for 3rd party forwarder in the long term. Short term, they will still have some business.

Sat down with Mr. B yesterday. Long afternoon. Went to Hafary to choose tiles to overlay in my kitchen cos of the hacking and rebuilding of walls. Decided to overlay all the visible tiles. After that went through all the laminate colors of the woodwork, feature wall + wall paint colors. I have to say that having a ID is good for someone who has no strong concept of how to match colors. Even then the process took 3 hours. Compromise a bit with the missus. I'm a woody and earthy person, she prefers more metallic and industrial look. Although the house will still be more warm appearance, but at least she selected some laminate textures which is more to her taste. Just confirmed my gas pipe laying appt with Gain City. For those who are using Gain City. Do take note that they charge extra if 2 visits are required. Unfortunately in my earlier invoice, i did not specify this ...

haha then start buying already!

Anyway, the service i received at Poh Joo was quite different compared to say, Adamas. PJ the staff are more helpful. Maybe my luck, but the adamas @ jalan besar, the service staff who served me was ...

Thought there's option of standard vs express delivery? I'm still considering whether to buy my downlights from TB or JB.

$335 for the Elkay. common toilet sink $200 or thereabouts. $50+ delivery charge applies for purchase below 1k. For some items, i believe in buying after seeing the physical product. Touching, feeling a product especially ceramic sink, taps is always better. From my cursory bathroom shopping, i can tell u how many taps that look good. but once u operate it, u can just tell its a low end product. For ceramic sinks i want the option to return if the product is "defective". a slightly cracked or rough edge is not something that the people at Peeka are going to notice...

This post is all about sinks Being busy at work, wanted to minimise too many trips to bathroom accessory shops. Seriously, walking along jalan besar in the afternoon is no fun at all. Best is that all these shops are scattered so far along the stretch. Constant need to switch to walking on the road due to the shops plying their trade along that stretch as well. Previously went to IMM Hoe Kee, SSJ and AsiaExcel 2-3 times. Didn't find anything particularly good. We are also not a fan of Hoe Kee's in-house stuff after my in-laws used their WC, sink, mixer to renovate their toilet 2 yrs ago. Partly my fault since i recommended them to go look see that shop in the 1st place haha Kitchen sink has always been a dilemma. I'm going to erect a concrete support for my kitchen sink. So kitchen sink cutout size must be decided early.Selection criteria has always been undermount. Single bowl or double bowl? Do we want a drainer? After discussion with my wife, we opted for drainer + single bowl. Saw a Franke one at Asiaexcel at IMM, but bit turned off by it being too thin (? 0.9mm if i recall correctly). Surfing the web at Universal union website, saw that Rubine sinks seemed pretty good. Really went thru all the options until eyes So went down to Poh Joo to take a look (geylang too inconvenient for me). At Poh Joo, they told me that other than conventional undermount single/double bowl sinks, the edge will not be as nice and have to seal up with silicone as most of the sinks are designed as topmount. Finally opted for conventional Elkay undermount sink Also bought both MBR and common toilet sink. Needed something to accomodate my hansgrohe metris 260 and grohe eurosmart cosmopolitan taps. So it's sort of shopping the opposite way round! Originally wanted a geoceram glass bowl for my MBR but we liked these two sinks at Poh Joo the most. Ease of cleaning and small size is a must since our countertop is only 2.5 feet in HDB tiny toilets. MBR sink Common toilet sink Threw in a 2 x 75cm double towel bars, one towel rack for common toilet. One bidet spray + tap. And one bib tap to plug a hose in to fill pails at the common toilet. And a joven storage heater as well! Fruitful shopping indeed.

MBR Toilet - once again have to change the position of the shower via ugly external piping. Bo pian cos my rainshower cant fit at all. Mr B said it's the lowest boxup he's ever seen. The small MBR from 2 angles

Some usual before photos while i'm awaiting my renovation permit. View from door entrance. View from corner of Living room back towards door and dining area - going to hack away that kitchen wall. Revising it to half wall with upper half being glass. Glass door on the left. Original entrance will be sealed. Kitchen - orginally wanted to hack away the separation between the service yard and kitchen to make the space seem extended. However there is a horizontal pipe going across behind the upper part. Hence no point in hacking. Anyway it contains the water pipes. So plans shelved. Hallway Common toilet - major disappointment of the flat would be the toilets. The box up of the sewage pipes are so low and they are all over the shower area. Also this common toilet the WC is placed too close to the shower area ! It results in too small a space to create a tempered glass shower screen. IF a screen is erected, it's just not comfortable for the WC user. And if the space is shrunk further, makes it really difficult to shower a young child. Hence after discussion with Mr. B and Mrs lala, decided to just create a shower curb and leave it as a wet toilet. ABCYXZ

what u mean loose. these type of downlight only comes with the downlight and driver and wires to be attached?

excellent. thanks!

oh ok... cos i checked KDK malaysia website only have silver/gold for K11Z1

thanks originally wanted to get from malaysia. But no white color there.

your pan looks like a few years old siah, the stains...

Sorry where did u get ur KDK ceiling fans from?

Hi, nice to see your reno almost complete. Is it easy to self remove your taobao downlight? in case of need to DIY fix?

beautiful home. cosy. Even your photos show good composition!

cosy layout. More photos when u get your place!

I may get it as well. steam mop sounds good for tiles.

Anyway, my reno hasn't started yet. So i want Mr B to be focused on my reno. I won't be releasing Mr B contact anymore at least until my reno is mostly completed. To be fair, although he comes recommended from a friend, i can't recommend him to other people without experiencing his service 1st hand. Maybe in November then i will post his contact on my signature. Cheers.

congrats.