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Thanks for the reply! I suppose the shutter and bottom casement windows option will be alright. The full height casement windows would have looked pretty and it will let more light in as well. This needs a bit more thinking haiz! Yes, exactly! I would rather not have a hood (saves money as well ) It's nearer to Woodlands MRT and in the 800s. I see you're in Woodlands too. Which part are you in? And no bomb shelter.

Hello everyone, I'm very new to renotalk and we recently purchased an EM at Woodlands and will be getting the keys around this month end There's a lot of pages to read here and looked through very briefly. I have some very pressing questions so hopefully somebody can help enlighten me 1) We would like to cover up the balcony area's huge gap and currently there's nothing; no windows, no grilles. So our options: a) Place one of those automatic shutters to cover up when it rains b) Have casement windows so light still gets through when it rains. Since the compressor will be within the balcony area, my question is, is it practical to cover up the balcony? We would like to use the balcony for gatherings so covering it up does seem attractive and currently leaning towards casement windows; just don't know if there's a downside to this. 2) The kitchen isn't exactly big, especially with the toilet in it, so I need lots of cabinets for storage. So my questions is, is a hood really necessary for cooking? I foresee medium cooking on most days with heavy occasionally. I would love to have a hood if it will actually serve it's function well but I've hear horror stories in which hoods just seem to circulate hot air around the kitchen so after some time, people just stop using it. I don't want a hood sitting on the wall looking pretty when I can have cabinets in their place for my precious storage. That's it for now and any help will be greatly appreciated!