MrWhiteKnight

Still undecided to get a glass hob or a stainless steel hob. Pros of glass: inner flame & looks nice Cons: Scared it shatters or crack under heat or weight Pros of SS: Easy to clean, safety issue Cons: No inner flame for the brand i'm interested in, not as good looking as glass hob.. Decisions.. decisions.. one after another

So my renovation progress kinda slow down as now i have to plaster, patch, smooth and render the whole house before proceeding any further. Anyway is it normal for the workers to be working till about 3 plus? Since the start of the reno, i've been going down at about 4plus 5 and they already lock up the place and left. My ID said everything is on schedule.. However, yesterday i reached at 3plus and nobody was around! I must say though, when i went down on Sat 3.30pm, the workers and the project mgr was around doing the electrical works. Just hope things will start progressing...

Mine PM me ur LED distributor contact? Appreciate it very much (:

Woke up on Saturday to hear some bad news from my ID. After removing the current cornice and false walls for re-wiring of the electrical works, he saw that my original walls is in bad shape. Lots of chip, holes, uneven surface! the previous contractor merely plastered the areas that were not conceal and areas that was gonna have build in cabinets or false wall he din bother to patch up or plaster. they were all covered up giving us the impression that everything looks good! Now my ID is suggesting that we plaster up the whole house otherwise just trying to render n smooth will not be good enough. Haiz.. $$$$$ again

OMG! Really?! Will go check out self fix soon since my ID promised to help me install FOC as long as i provide him the brackets

I think u can delay payment till he settles everything for u.

Really nice paintings! I'm going for good ole white paint for my living room too so that i can add in colors here and there. Your's really assured me that I'm making the right choice (:

Love a beach theme!

Welcome! I did HIP & Reno too. Just some friendly advise, don't start reno immediately after hip. Take at least 1 week to slowly check for defects especially the waterproofing if not once u box up the waterpipes, its gonna be troublesome and also once u start ur reno hdb contractors will just bo chup much. (Happen to my neighbor) I spent 2 weeks slowly rectifying the defects n sloppy work done. But overall still ok, they were prompt to come each time i informed them of the defects or issue.

Hi, u may want to try using good quality microfiber cloth for cleaning as they are good for trapping dust and dirt. I use it to wipe my homo tiles after HDB's toilet upgrading n my tiles dust n dust stain came off. Can pm me if u need contact to get at a good price

Nice! thanks for sharing, i'm looking for one too. so far only saw tilt up n down ones (:

WOW! Awesome! Good luck! Looking good

Went home and saw the workers cementing the fabricated concrete wall slab and laying the tiles for the bedroom. The tiles design mixed with streaks of cement on it made me doubt my choice of tiles. As I was still in the vicinity in the evening, i decided to go up to see how's the progress for the day. I am very surprised to know that the workers have left the premises before 5pm. Most of the tiling have been done except for the MBR. MBR tiling to be continue tomorrow My pseudo marble flooring, this photo doesn't do it justice as the grout lines have not been filled. The actual end product looks so much better! As of now, things are on schedule. Electrical works will start tomorrow with the re-wiring of the whole unit, setting up the electrical points and running the air-con piping. I guess it will end by mid next week before we can proceed to cornice, painting and the measurements for carpentry works.

Love your house look! Esp the blue color wall of the living room

May i know where u bought the tiltable bracket? it can tilt left and right right?

Pink walls look nice! something refreshing.. if my mum is to see your pics she will surely pester me to give in to her pink fetish =D I getting my curtains/blinds with EcoHaus at promo price when met the guy at a roadshow last week. Non-black out blinds at $5/sqm (min.20 sqm to do) Blackout is $10/sqm Curtains non-black out also $5/sqm. Dim $8/sqm and blackout $10/sqm. No other cost like installation, workmanship etc as the above price is promo package. The guy Alex was also quite patient in answering our endless questions. Maybe u can consider give him a call and see if can get at promo price.

Hi, mine is I'm currently staying there. But from my knowledge, if yours is a resale unit it can be submitted only upon completion as then the house is under ur name. Applying for permit needs to be in the name of the owner. HTH

After some miscommunication with our ID, we finally had HDB's approval and permit to go ahead to carry out the renovation and hacking! So it begins... We thought we could save cost when HDB didn't have to hack our Lbox away when they upgrade the sub electrical mains, however as advised by our ID to change the electrical wirings and rewire them so as to have a safer environment we still have to remove the Lbox. Thankfully though, this time I am pretty sure that I do not want the idea of "L-Box with LED down-lights". We will see what can be done after removing the L-Box, perhaps just leave it or make do with some cornice. My dad did some soundproofing works on his own previously when I complained that he on the TV too loud and it was disturbing me from sleeping at night. Apparently it isn't 100% effective at all and because he had alter the SCV point there, the signal was really weak. Removing it to make way for a custom make TV feature wall. Gonna build back the wall in my room which was hacked away by the previous owner and my dad only used a partition board on it and use the wardrobe in the MBR to hide it. Works to be done for all three bedrooms: Hack the existing floor tilesLay homogenous tilesHack existing wardrobe and cornice (affected when we hack the existing floor tilesBuild & fabricate a new build in wardrobePlaster in new cornice I think tiling is gonna start tomorrow! Looking forward to see how the floor will turn out, as I spent lots of time researching and browsing through renotalk before choosing the tiles at Hafary!

Looks good!

Thanks! Really helpful as i went to the stores to take a look. either the salesman couldn't be bothered with me or they were pushing Starmex and Toshiba to me. I like the human activity detection function too! As my brother have the bad habit of leaving the aircon on even if he's not inside. =D

I am still contemplating between Panasonic EcoNavi System 3 or Mitsubishi Starmex. I am drawn to the EcoNavi feature as well as it's more streamline design as compared to Starmex's bulky fancoil unit. However, my mother pointed out to me that Panasonic's blower vent when on, it sticks out like a sore thumb. What was the pull factor that attracted u to Panasonic? If u dun mind sharing

More or less confirm with the design with the exception of MBR wardrobe design. Despite spending an hour with him choosing laminates and showing him some designs that my mother likes, he came back with the exact same design as the first draft with only the change in the wood color. =.=

Any updates? How did the reno go?

Good luck on ur reno! and a wonderful start to a new beginning with ur son. small budget also can work out something good

So our finalised quote is as follow: Living Room Full height shoe cabinetTV feature wall with suspended tv consoleFull height display cabinetL Box with down lightsKitchen Remove and rebuild existing L-shape top & bottom kitchen cabinetsFull height display cabinetBedroom 1 and Master Bedroom Hack existing ceramic floor tilesLay homogenous tilesHack existing build in wardrobeBuild and fabricate new build in wardrobeBedroom 2 Hack existing ceramic floor tilesLay homogenous tilesHack existing build in wardrobeBuild and fabricate new build in wardrobeHalf height 3ft TV feature wall Base on our simple brief of Cosy Modern, ID came back with these proposed drawings and layout. Our comments and feedback in red. Shoe Cabinet at foyer TV Feature wall with suspended console and full height display cabinet Kitchen We wanted top & bottom L-shape cabinets but he proposed this to allow more natural lighting in and to make the kitchen look bigger. We are still undecided if we want to go with Black counter top or White counter top. Only change here is to change the see through glass doors to only 3/4 as base on our usage and functionality, the bottom of the display cabinet will most likely place dry food stuffs, hence it will be abit untidy and unsightly if it is to be glass doors. Master bedroom My mother is not pleased with the wardrobe design, in her own words she said "this design so common, looks like bought it from a furniture shop. Then what for i ask him design one for me?" So we showed him afew designs that my mother like and ask him to come up with something. I feel most of the designs i like mainly have some mirror or glass but my mother doesn't like mirrors or glass reflecting her. Have requested him to used glossy and shiny/bling laminates in his design instead. Bedroom 1 Simple but nice, find that it quite matches the theme of our living room. No changes required except to choose the laminate for the wardrobe. Bedroom 2 My bedroom! Love the idea of the black tinted glass, feels quite classy. But I don't like this pattern of the laminate. Chose a black theme instead. Dislike the 2 white pieces of board there as the mini console. Feels kinda ugly. Showed him a design that was simple yet classy i found online, however that design is towards the left side of the feature wall, which my ID said my left side is already the window wall, hence he will design something similar towards the right side. Looking forward to the see what he can come up with!