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    hey mellenur, did u like it? we chosen this Oak Light too!! was deciding between Medium Oak and Oak Light tho.. hee hee...
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    LOVE!!
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    We are kinda looking for black framed glass doors to replace the Bedroom 3, which will eventually become our study room.. It can be sliding doors... or fixed panels... more likely, we want it to be sliding, so that we can enlarge our living room when we have guests... I saw this in one of our fellow renotalkers vicx1234's t-blog, and it's soooo beautifully done! She has shared with me her contacts, i.e. "Wellmax Metal Works", apparently, there were mixed reviews about their service and works... so we are still thinking... and another thing on my mind is, now that we are getting my own electrician and own flooring, I'm worried that if we get too many sub-cons, we may get too busy overseeing each and every of them?? Our jobs may not allow us to keep taking leave to during this renovation process... I wonder if Mr K can help to oversee their works.. Hmmm....
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    We started thinking about kitchen instead of living room, because kitchen requires most carpentry work to be done.. and this is my PERFECT IDEAL kitchen. The thing is, we don't get wood solid tops in Singapore. Unless we go for laminate tops, which everyone has been discouraging us on that idea... so maybe we will go for all white.... or, light oak cabinets and white top. hee...
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    oh, thanksssss so much, vicx1234!
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    And... I will take this as the Day One of my house renovation. 開工大吉！ Walls hacked!! After hacking, the concealed power points look like these... so cute~~~ =p One thing to note for all new home-owners, please remember to activate your SP Services account before your contractor starts work! hahaha... we forgotton all about that, and Mr K had to call me in the morning to ask me to do that... =p
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    Some Before & After pictures... The Main Bedroom New owners, take note of such uneven sink-in holes in the wall, there's an exactly same thing in the living room too... grrrr.. now we have to spend extra $ to box them up... :S Bedroom 3 Main Bedroom After free cement screeding by HDB contractors Last look before hacking...
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    Hi elin1029, thank you!! yea.. it's Mr K after all.. didn't have much contacts with contractors... haha.. Wow.. 4.3k just on electric works? omgggg... i hope this issue can settle fast, so that my renovation can really start!
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    Hi vicx, I went down to visit the singapore safety system windows & sliding doors, and to my disappointment, they look quite filmsy, and plastic-y looking.. definitely don't look as good as your.. is it possible you get the contact from your contractor? Btw, SUPER NICE WIW!!! i so envy!!!
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    Like most of us here, we were being introduced to Renotalk T-Blog when we got our own flat. Waited for 3 years, we finally collected our keys.... and stepped into the cement floor of our house. No, it's not a home yet, but it's our house! Yay!! Here's our typical 4-room floorplan. and again, like most of us here, we read up a lot in renotalk, and got to know about Mr K, The Contractor. The Hojichas think it's a waste of money to hire an ID since we have our own designs already.. so we decided to go with Contractors. Back in Mid-November, we collected our keys and quickly made appointment to meet up with Mr K, so excited about it... he was pretty tied-up and busy rushing projects before CNY, so the Hojichas decided to start our reno only after CNY.. Of course, in order to work with Mr K, we took it reallllyyy slow.. some of our neighbours already moved in! In the meantime, we met some others (e.g. The80sStudio, and some other contractors) and received many quotes as well. The strange thing is, the quotes all came back around the same price. How to pick?? So we are stuck.... * fast forward * anyways.... in d end, we signed with Mr K. I still believe if he wants to do things fast, he can be super fast, coz due to permit issued dates pressure 3 walls were hacked within a day, but now we are kinda stuck with the next problem, the electric works! Here comes the lil' story... sorry if it's a bit too lengthy and wordy.. The amount of electric works we required was first quoted to us as $2100. But we find it a bit expensive, and requested to see it in breakdown by points... so he replaced the $2100 with points unit price.. and we signed on that, coz when we calculated on our own, it's below $2100. Then after all the hacking of walls, it's time to work on electricity, so K brought his electrician up to our place to see, and this time, his electrician came back with a $3200 quote. >_< It's only now then we know, shifting concealed switches/points/fan points are separate charges, not in the breakdown K provided us with...... and installation of hanging lights Vs. normal lights have different price tags too! Mr K told me that if we are not ok with this quote, it's ok, we can find our own electrician....... so now we are in the midst of requesting for quotes from other electricians for comparison. Renotalkers, if you have any good recommendations, pls intro to us. Thank you very much. Story to be continued..... wish us good luck!
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    Thanks for your reply! So you also didn't see the frames until they were installed? I was thinking whether I can visit my contractor's supplier to take a look before they install or not..
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    Can I ask where you got those gorgeous black panels and kitchen folding doors, and also your shower black framed shower screen? I'm doing these for my house too, but worried about the black frames may be too thick, yours look very gorgeous!
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    Oh! u use Bedroom 2! I have the same intention toooo, but hubby banned this idea... he says must leave the bedroom 2 for baby in future. so now we are gg to squeeze a small L-shaped wiw into the MBR........ so looking forward to your pictures, would love to see how it looks when it's being done.... even tho i can't do it. Anyway, good to hear that on HERF, coz we are going to use HERF too!!
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    Yup, yup... thanks so much... because I'm interested to see the real thing of a walk-in wardrobe in the MBR, what's the amount of space left to walk.. =p
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    Yah! Seems like you are quite a master on the "remind him again and again and again" by now.... I must learn this skill if I ever sign with K. So you didn't really meet him until after sign ahh... oooo.... that's valuable information. probably that's why he is not free to meet us just for clarifications. but my hubby and i prefer to talk to him in person la... easier and saves more time. no need to ping pong emails to and fro and wait for a few days for the next reply. we are interested in wiw projects but K says he don't have any on hand now for us to see
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    Jacify, my quotes are still not complete, that's why we are pending clarifications with K, don't think I'm ready to send out my quotes yet, sorry about that, maybe after I confirm and sign. I think every one's design varies, from what I read from the tblogs here, it probably can go from 30k-40k to even 60k, depending on your flat size, and amount of work you do. hi elin1029, thanks for replying me. Well, in life, don't regret your decisions, all the best to your renovation!! no longer "fast and good", then hope the "good" is still there! Tho i've talked to other contractors (we not considering ID), some of their prices are around the same as K's quotes too... but none of their portfolio is similar like K's work we see in here, sometimes I really wonder where else can I find contractors who do such work with scandi design?????
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    To all fellow K's customers, I've received my quotes from K, but still pending some clarifications to meet up with him, so that we can sign and confirm him, and stop meeting/looking for more contractors. So anxious, we want to quickly confirm so that we can start the reno after CNY. but he's never free to meet us, how to sign??? I was wondering if he can bring us to see any of your projects he has on hand too... Can't help it but feel that he is not keen to close this deal with us. Is he also like that before you all signed with him?
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    Hi Greg, can PM me who is your contractor? TIA!
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    May I know where to get the blinds? They look gorgeous!
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    Thanks for the info!
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    Thanks! Can share how much does that cost, and also if possible, do share the final look with mattress too.. =D
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    Hi YTMO , that's cool! do share your wiw room!
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    hi! the shelving looks nice! is that laminates as well?
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    Thanks!! All the best to your reno!
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    Thanks! Any idea when he's returning?
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