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Thanks Klimoo! Appreciate it

Hi inthechouse, From what my contractor told me, they will box up the area and put tiles over it to protect it from all the moisture/dampness in shower area. However, he did point out one disadvantage of boxing up pipes. That is in the event HDB were to upgrade the pipes or to do any repair, the box will have to be removed, which I seriously cannot imagine how messy it will be. Which is why we have not finalise on what we are going to do for our common bathroom.

Hi IntheChouse, Perhaps you can box up the pipes? Will that be better? Then you probably will not have to face to unsightly pipes during shower. I am facing the same problem with my common bathroom but yet to decide on the final solution as we have not gotten our keys yet. However, you will need to take note that your rain shower cannot be too long or else you may bang your head against the shower disk.

Hi Klimoo, Your place is coming together nicely Love your platform! Did you use laminates on it? Mind if i ask what laminates did you use? Thanks in advance

Hi Woodywood, Yep you are right. For the kitchen appliances that I bought it is is truly a pity the warranty is not valid in Singapore as I received extended warranty for them Crossing my fingers and hoping all the appliances will not give me any trouble Now sincerely hope my BKK trip gets cancelled so that I can go in JB this weekend to check out the fair

Hi Asking4Help, thanks for dropping by my blog. Hmm, that I am not sure. I think you will need to check with the individual supplier. However, has read from other threads on the blog here that some furniture shops do include delivery (of course la, if not ask me ship in myself i will go crazy liao. Unless i own a trailer, it is not possible for me to deliver it in ) Do take note that some of them will charge a delivery fee and you will need to pay 7% GST for the delivery. Also, some of the bloggers here have shared their woes that some of the furniture shop were very irresponsible with their furnitures hence please be careful and do not make full payment when ordering. BUT!! as mentioned in my earlier post, the shop where I purchased my kitchen appliances from, does not provide delivery. So, i have garnered quite some muscles bringing those things in when the man needs to work on weekends Hope the above helps

Hi Redder, Any inputs to share after calling citygas? If possible I will also like to install that as I find the water tank too bulky for my liking. However, am concerned on the consistency of heated water during showering Thanks!

This is for the readers who are planning to go JB this weekend to shop for their house stuff. JB is having a HomeFair"13: Year end sales, 6-8 Dec @ Persada Johor. Find Mattress, Furniture & Electricals all under one roof! I literally typed out the message the man sent me Good luck hunting!

Met up with a granite supplier last night over dinner, courtesy of both drunkenchivas and vanessa. The price that he quotes was really attractive!! Makes me wana use granite instead of kompactop for which my heart was set on. However, other than black granite, other colors will not make the cut to the man. He will probably me if i were to choose the other colors, which the granite supplier also agreed they are pretty old school and can be found in our parents' kitchen. But black will not fit into my theme of woody-white theme for the entire house... so.... have to say a sad bye to granite So, decided to go back to kompactop. Just have to be more careful with it and give it more TLC. Ok, one thing off the list! Hope to be able to go jb to buy lights this weekend if possible. Actually, already booked a trip to bkk with my colleagues but with the current political rally, it looks like my trip may be in danger of being cancelled! I am partially hoping for the trip to be cancelled, as i am seriously running out of time to buy my lights, rainshower system and water tank! Stress stress!!

Oh, Aki is just tooo adorable... Hmm, maybe i should try to charm my man more to persuade him to allow us a pet, with no aquarium and no tortoises! wish me luck!!

Hi Greglhc How is your kompactop thus far? Any problems with it? Sorry intheChouse to hijacked your thread to ask about kompactop

Hi intheChouse, yep that is exactly what I intend to do Have to protect the countertop or else i will heart pain if see the countertop stained

Hi Redder, Do you mean city gas heater? Have considered but according to my contractor, (he is using it himself), he said during bathing, he often got "shocked" by the sudden change of temperature. He said," Awhile hot water, a while cold water. Ok la, if you do not mind getting shocked to be awake" So thats why am considering a water tank. Also, I think its a pity to waste my kitchen mixer when I have already bought it if I just use instant heater in my bathroom. So, bo pian. Gotta buy water tank lor..

Hi Zihui, Oh yes your blog really deserves all the praises. Love your quote of *facepalm* and "running of face space to *facepalm*". That really made me chuckled hahahaha Have tried pyscho-ing my hubby many many times and although he generally lets me have my ways in alot of things, this is one matter he refused to budge. He only relented by saying,"ok, you have to make sure the doggie stays 3 meter away from me and no asking me to bring him/her out for a walk, no asking me to clean up his/her poop.. and the list just go on and on I usually turn on the lights and a night light when the man is away on business trips and over time, i have gotten braver to stay alone Hope you will be able to kickback, and enjoy your stay in your beautiful new home! I can't wait to start the renovation process but at the same time, and nervous about it as well. Wish there is fast-fwd button where i can just skip the process and end up in the after-process of moving in and enjoying my new home All the best in your exam! Fighting!

Hi Linakua, What is a multi point heater? Does it work the same as a water tank? Sorry ah am very new in this so do not know about all these

Hi Zihui, yes you are the blogger I am talking about Told my contractor and even showed him the picture so he knows what I am talking about to avoid the same problem as you. I love your place. And on your blog. Love to read coz you are very funny and good in writing a blog. Always chuckled to myself when I read your blog and the man is always asking me,"What are you reading? You ok or not?" Have you finally settled in? Love your puppy!! too bad my man doesnt like to have pets. The only pets he allowed is "one aquarium, 2 tortoises in it" I love dogs so sad that I cant keep any pets in my place

Need some advice from the experienced home owners here. Am thinking of fixing rain shower for my bathrooms hence will be installing a water tank. Do I need to install a pump in my water tank to ensure bigger pressure on the rain shower? The salesperson for the water tank told me no and the pressure is dependent on my home's water pressure. Not sure if this is true. Anyone has experience on this and can advice? will really appreciate it

Thanks Redder! Finally someone who agrees with me! My man and the contractor both choose the grey laminates but am afraid will make the whole house looks duller

On a lighter note, we saw this tv console and coffee table and have shortlisted them for our selections! Pardon my hubby's sexy hairy leg Love the nice white with wood. Goes with my theme!

Over the weekend, we went to Kronotex to choose our flooring laminates and we were quite overwhelmed by the choices that they have. After many rounds of selection and eliminations, we finally decided on these final 2 contenders: The middle darker will be used for our platform in the balcony while the lighter color ones will be used for our living room flooring. I am more inclined towards the whiter cleaner look p the left while hubby favors the greyish one on the right. What do you think? Am concerned that choosing the greyish color will not go with my woody white theme. Hmm.. decisions decisions decisions...