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Congrats All the very best for the Reno... House looks good

Thanks to RT You guys helped me in many things.... Learnt about Tiles, taps, where to buy, what to check.... Now even in the Aircon Selection ID's Aircon guy was very costly... $800 more Bought the Aircon from Aron Putt Mit Elec System 4 (4A38VA + GE26VA + GE13VA + 2 x GE10VA) with 1/2" insulation and G22 Copper Piping = 5020 Hope the workmanship is good. Waiting to see how it turnsout

Reno .. as Usual is not without upsets Went to the house to view... Wify's insistence.... Turnedout to be good we were able to identify the issue early.... Planned for a Vanity Washbasin in the Dining.... But When checked No provision for water outlet Called the ID and asked if he is planning to run the pipe by the wall... Again a good guy... din give any BS... said... the Workers forgot... will redoo

Finally got some time to upload our renovation Photos Apart from the Marble cracks Horror.. we are very happy with the way things are turning out to be.... MBR Bathroom.. we chose a granite like tile. the front will be Glass. Chose all white Washbasin (Floor standing) and Geberit Monolith WC (white). Should look good Hall and Kitchen is very Bright due to the color of Marble and tiles that we chose

Got some time.... So thot of adding info here.... Reno started... Wll post pics tmrw This morning went to the house... They started laying the marbles for the hall... What started as a pleasant surprise became a major upset One of the best pieces was broken into two pieces during the lay... The worker still continued to lay the marble.. But what was more upsetting is that there were some pieces with deep crack lines that I am sure I did not choose during dry lay. Wify is so specific that she rejected all pieces with cracks during the dry lay. But we say more than 12 pices in the 112 pieces so far that are cracked. I told my ID... Woke him up from his sleep ...poor guy.... He said cracks in marble is normal.. I told him ... I know that but what I am saying is that I did not choose those pieces Lesson learnt... If you buy marble and select pieces during dry lay... Do not leave till you sign them with a marker yourself so that you are sure u will get the same piece that you selected My ID Jason from 3D Innovative seems to be a good guy... Has arranged with Hfary to bring 15 pieces on site so that we can reselect pieces instead of the broken ones. Fingers crossed

Hi Aron I signed the quote for a system 4 MIT elec. with ur company. Good deal. I decided against gaincity even though I got the same price due to the feedback on u guys here at RT Hau boon had responded to my mails within a day for all my qns. However my only complaint is mr. Boon is too busy and never been able to get him over the phone. I tried even today to link him up with my ID to start the work. No response. Sent a mail... Need to see if he responds... As need to meet him at my Reno site to explain the blower installation location... Please let him know or respond if u r in town

Other way around in my case... My I'd told me to boxup the pipes in MBR bathroom .... Quoted 400 only... I din wanna do it ... Afraid if the board would warp.... He assured it is solid silico board.... Will wait and see

I would choose Layout 2 but with the hob n sink swapped... Somehow used to the sink on right hand side Layout 3 would feel like you hit an obstruction ( restricted space) though functionally ok as wm can be kept behind... Just my thoughts

Went to universal union Ordered all the sanitary. Met a nice chap called Moorthy.... He helped us with a lot of brouchers ..... Burnt a BIGGGGGG hole in the pocket..... 13 k worth of sanitary items....wify selected all hansgrohe and geberit Next search is for aircon...... My IDs aircon guy , fusion aircon Ang mo kio, gave a quote of 4.4 k for a 2x10 + 1x 13 + 1x 24 k btu with 38va outdoor unit + class 0 thermaflex 3/8 + g23 pipe... Still thinking

Tried Helping Hands? We are planing to use them for ours...

Nice Perspecitve drawing. Good Harmony in colors..... Wish you good luck....

Our ID sent the First 3D View of the Hall. Sans the furniture, we intend to give Hall this look.

All the Three Bedrooms

More Photos Wify and I went to the House. Thought We take the photos before reno.... Living Hall from Entrance Living Hall from Balcony (Facing the Road) Kitchen Dining Hall (Study in the original Floor plan.... Whoozz going to study

Have been silent for some time..... Thought will share some news GOT Da Keeezżzzzzzzzzzzz

Nice one. Good choice We saw many pieces too... Finally settled for a Hitachi RB-6800..

Received the message from HDB. Our second appointment is on 25th March. Wify and i did some shopping As mentioned earlier Decided on 2 Mattresses (Dunlopillo Gemillia Luxe and Acquario Plush) each with 4 Pillows, protector and upholstery as freebies. Courts Went to Harvey Norman - Kevino Marble Dining Table and Coffee Table with 6 Garda Chairs. Need to go to their at Jurong to select the actual Marble Stone Piece Bedrooms Flooring - Burmese Teak Timber strips ( 73mm 1f-4 ft random length) Selected a Turkish Marble for the Living Hall Flooring. Feature wall - India Teak Sandstones (18 ft run full height) Bought a Hansamurano Tap from Amazon for $600 (Local selling at 2500. Saw some knockoffs as well) To Do list Need to Get 2 Bedframes - Thinking of Summit House Furniture (for Custom Made Teak Platform Beds) or Ethnicraft (have appntmt this weekend) need to go and see Sofa - Locus Habitat. Went and saw. liked the design. Need to finalize Taps - Hansgrohe (thinking of Radiance Allrounder Shower and Puravida Taps and Shower System) Washbasins - Saw a Hatria and Arino standalone (polygon shaped) for the MBR Aircon - kind of leaning towards Starmex System 4 (24K+12K+ two 9 K BTU) Switches - Legrand Arteor (went to Veerasamy Road - Kim Siah - Nice switches but costly. But have to buy cuz wify likes ) ........List keeps growing Will post pictures as we get the items **will blah blah****

This is the floor plan

Only doing window shopping so far Went looking for mattresses at furniture mall, ifc, harvey norman... You name it We went to courts just for the heck of it.... Ended up paying the deposit for 2 mattresses .... Dunlopillo Gemillia Luxe ... Merino wool top with latex Dunlopillo acquario plush... Organic material top with latex Have to say ... We were king of put off by the sealy sales guy... Kind of pushy.... Considered slumberland, Simmons n tempur as well Dunlopillo sales guys explanation and the comfort we felt on these mattresses sealed the deal.... Cost a bomb.... 8.5 k after discounts with 4 pillows each and protector and upholstery A little worried.... Cuz I dun see these mattress ranges in the dunlopillo site.....

Thank you. Yes I can see the growing interest.

We have selected the ID We visited many, consulted a few, chose 3 and selected 1 ZQStudio - Our First visit to the ID - Our Intial budget 30-40K . But the guy clearely told us not possible for an EA. So just Dropped Ideal Design - Spent almost 2 hours explaining our requirements. The guy promised a call back (cannot send the quote through mail as it is their company policy so will meet in person). Never heard from him again Inside Living - Result of renotalk research. The lady came across as very friendly and promiseed to meet us after generating th quote. No Followup. A month later, another lady mailed us, wanting to meet. I told her that we met with her colleague, we are happy to meet her to discuss. No followup Montella Design - The Guy was very helpful and understanding. As usual we explained in detail our requirement and our choice of material for Kitchen Table, Ligiting, Aircon etc. But when he brought the quote we were disappointed to see the material selection. Nevertheless, he is the only guy who showed as a 3D drawing even though we were meeting for the second time. Summit Design - I really wanted to engage them but the Quote was not only higher but material selection was not what we wanted (yet the cost was very high) 3D Innovative - Constant followups, kind of hit-it-off well in the first meeting itself. Drew the perspective drawing on the spot for some of our requirements. Gave some valuable suggestions as well for the Balcony. Was quite insistent on using a specific Tiles shop. But we chose another. He said no issues , he only suggested the previous because there is a company wide tie-up for the tiles hence will get some good discount We have now signed 3D Innovative. *Will blah blah.............

My First Blog. never had blogged. No facebook account, no tweet no linkdn.... nothing. Just curious to share my experience as we go along.... Learnt a lot from renotalk .. Searching for IDs where to get taps .. sanitaryware... tiles.. what is parquet (never heard of it before So this is ... doing my part to share our choices and reasons behind it Bouth an EA (700 Series Pasir Ris Drive 3 - Err St 72) Roamed around a lot.... disturbed many people during sat and sundays Most of the agents gave up... us Then we got lucky..... Had our First Appointment on 14th Feb Signed the Reno Contract on 20th Feb *Will blah blah.....

Lolz... OK... As you would see.. I am very new to blogging.. I created a Blog here and was wondering why no one bothered to comment .. then realized t-blogs are the way to go .. Just copy pasting what I posted in my so called blog

Nice!!!!!!!!!! Especially the Kitchen... And Congratulations... All my 6 years in singapore, stayed in Tampinies (near to Pasir Ris) and Pasir Ris Drive 3. Luv Pasir Ris We bought an EA too.. Pasir Ris Drive 3 (more of St 72 - 700 Series) I have started my Blog too.. will share pictures... Congrats again

Hmmm Seems to be a trend Courts and Taks advertise some of the models (Ariete, Acquario Plush, Gemillia Luxe, Tuberose, Bilancia etc) I cant find any of these in their site. Just wondering if these are very old models/ranges.....