HappyAng

Members in the family: Me, wifey, bb (ETD Jun 2013) and my mother.

Our layout plan. Paiseh if my drawing is difficult to understand.

Useful information of the walking space. Thanx adidaem for sharing..

Wow.. Thanx adidaem for your photos and comments. Will discuss with my wifey on the colour combination. Once it's firm, will post the 3D drawing here. Also thanx summersann & potatoes for your precious comment.

A picture speaks a thousand words. Paiseh, colour may not be 100% indentical..

Gd luck for your house moving. Remember to show us more photos and buy your house number.. Huat ahh!!!

Bro, I totally agreed. If we want horse to run, we must feed horse with grass. If we dun feed horse with grass, ask horse how to run? Everyone needs to earn a living, a cost is a cost. If ID or contractor needs to earn their margin, we have to give them reasonable profit margin. We dun shortchange people, neither we want people to take advantage of us. If we pay a bit more and get want we want or meet our timeline, then everyone is happy. But some ID / contractor mark up too high, then we have to find others who can do the same job at a much competitive price.

Challenge #1: Kitchen Cabinet: Wifey wants a Tiffany Blue glass backing, with Black granite top. Was thinking cabinet Tiffany blue, top cabinet door sliver, bottom cabinet door black. Any comments or better colour combination to share? Thanx

We are trying our best to keep in within $80K for the renovation. Not forgetting lighting, toilet accessories, furniture, electrical appliance..

Onn, so when you start your renovation? I only can starts mine in Jan 2013 and target to complete by early Apr.

summersann, agreed that some ID / contractor quote much higher once the design change. So bopian have to talk to ID / contractor, see if there are ways to bring down the damage. Example (1): if you have glass or mirror, try keep it within the length that can goes into the lift. If the length is too long, workers have to go up via stairs, ID / contractor will mark-up higher incase they break it and extra labour cost. Example (2): material wastage. Raw material is normally 4" x 8" (approx 1220mm x 2440mm), if the length exceeds the raw material length, price will be much higher. Bro, we must change the ID or contractor mindset. Not all EM owner are as rich as they thought lor.. Dun bring out their knife once they see our floor plan is EM leh..

Thanx potatoes. Wow! Congrats Onn. Your EM is located at which area? How much COV you paid for?

Wifey and I decide to get a back up plan, incase Bend Dsign never come back with the revise quotation. We contact this ID, realise that he is also famous in Renotalk. Call him & meet him the next day at his one of his job site to view his workmanship. Talk to him our requirement and he promise will get back to us in one week. Price reasonable, very sincere and responsible guy. After a few meeting with him and revised the quotation to meet our budget, we decide to choose him as our partner for our reno project. Looking forward for the transformation.. As for the Bend Design, MIA liao, never come back with revised quotation.. Heng ah.. we get back up plan, else.. gonna wait until dunno when.. Anyway, thanx for those ID who have quote or entertained us..

Hi summersann, looking forward for your Reno transformation.

Selection of partner to do our project.. "Orlin Cute" - when we told this lady ID we want to renovate our EM, she immediate say EM owner very rich, renovation cost must standby $70K - $80K. We went through the discussion, wanted to see the price guide to fully renovated an EM base on our requirement. One week later, come back with the quotation.. Wah.. Her knife very sharp, design nothing special, but price already $70K! Notice a lot of things did not quote, cannot imagine if include in the quote, will be a six-figure renovation. She push us to sign the contract by giving us a less than $100 discount. Thanx lor. Got give mahjiam never give. We asked for quotation to bring back consider, she say only give quotation after signing contract. Swah.. Really wish to invite her go Marina Barrage.. Fly kite! "Paste & Leaving" - @ IMM. Wah.. This ID also very Tok Gong. Have many ideas to do up your dream house, can immediately sketch out the some design. Seems very busy, call a few time then arrange to meet up. 2nd meeting, went there WITHOUT quotation, discuss what? Again, sketch some design, show us some premium material and tell us he can do it within $50K. Promise us he will email us the quotation and drawing, but till today, my spam mail also don't have his quotation. Waste time! Emm.. maybe our budget too low for him to consider ba.. "Bend Dsign" - @ AMK. Introduce by a friend. Waited one solid month for meeting the designer ONLY. During our 1st meeting, 1st thing he tell us, "Please don't introduce people to me liao, we are very busy! Your case is the last reno project I am taking" Wah.. This guy got style hor.. Quite a friendly guy, but very very busy. Promise that will do a good job and quality work for our project. Waited another solid month for the quotation, follow up with few SMS, finally quotation is ready. Run through the quotation, price a bit steep but quite a detailed quotation. Asked him to re-quote a few item and work towards our budget. Under consider list! Despite waited two months for the quotation. Guess gonna wait again.. "Noff Where" - Quite a hardworking young man. Quotation ready in a week with space planning drawing. Design not bad, can also meet our budget. But call him a few time, he is always in Malaysia. Concerning if we engage him, got issue wanna find him, gonna wait for him to clear custom. "Wait-Can" - Initial quotation close to $70K. Design also not bad, but seems a lot of hidden cost. Scare.. Scare..

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Gd luck bro! Huat ah! Maybe also too many owners renovating (resale, BTO, SOBF and others), ID / contractors also very busy with many jobs. I encounter a few Ai Lai Mai Swah attitude ID. During our selection of ID / contractor, when they know that your's is an EM, they say must prepare min $60K - $70K to SIMPLE renovate an EM nia..

Thanx adidaem. As we are getting bank loan, $42,000 (5% of valuation + $12K) is used for the purchase. Plus renovation, furniture and electrical appliance.. Our saving all empty liao.

Bro, dun worry. This coming Wed zhun zhun strike 1st prize, swee boh?

Thanks. B.Batok Street 52, near Bukit Gombak MRT

Hi FatFatFamily, looking forward to the transformation of your EM..

wow! Remember to buy your unit number, see if Singaporepool can subsidy some of your renovation cost...

Hi spikedoll, congrats on getting an EM in a good location and a nice layout. Looking forward for your transformation.

Looking forward for your renovation in Dec. Mine renovation only starts in Jan 2013, target by early Apr finished my renovation.

Wow! Nice skylight, glass stairway and lighting...