DaddyWinter

Introduction Hello everyone, been lurking around this forum for 2months to get a better idea on renovating my new home. TBH, I am a 1st time owner and have little to no knowledge on how to go about it, esp on a tight budget until I came here to read up. *Thanks all bros / sis for sharing!* Anyway, we have finally gotten our keys around end of August, thankfully, my flat is not 'bestowed' with tons of defects. Before getting my keys, have read a lot of bad reviews online for HDB optional component scheme and alas! I had opt for all the options. For 3 years, not sure if my decision to get OCS scheme was right and keep worrying that HDB might get me a lousy quality flat. Luckily, so far so good, only submitted 2 lines of defect, main door + 1 light switch. Others are checked by my I.D, he said, one of the best new flat he had inspected. (Some were no-eye see) Just pray a few years down the road, no funny tiles popping or such happen. *touchwood* Here's my floor plan, as my topic suggest, it is itsy bitsy teeny weeny ! But my wife and I are contended. It should serve our small family of 3 well I laid the structure of my furnishing on the floor plan, it is not drawn to scale cause I drew it myself on the paint app and my art is bad. Would like to share the journey of my renovation to all future flat owners on a tight budget and hopefully to learn something from the experienced ones as well. I.D sourcing with a 18k budget Most of the decent designs (even 3-room) which I saw online, cost around 40k+ without any furnishing, that reminds me why there are so little 3-room portfolio design around. I mean... if you are someone who can afford a $40k+ renovation, you probably have opt for a 4 or 5 room, make sense isn't it? lol Well.. many friends & relatives are aware that we are getting our new flat soon so they cannot wait to share their recommended I.D/contractors to us. With these contacts, we have met up with quite a number of them. I do not want to mention the I.D(s) which I did not shortlist. But one of the main reason is that they cannot work within my budget well even though they said they had tried their best. Most that I met up with are with positive attitudes though and I appreciate that, probably had my wallet to be blamed. So finally, I had decided to go with my friend's relative whom they themselves and a couple of our cliques had engaged him before with positive feedback. He offered me some advice to do away un-necessary wants, and focus on my needs such as excluding shower screen in my already usable toilet and common room wardrobe since my baby is still small. So we redirect the budget to my MBR which he proposed as it is our resting corner and we should make it as comfortable as possible. In general, we skipped all the costly stuff for living room like L-box false ceiling, cove lights / down-lights etc which will also incur more cost on your electrical works. Electrical works can be a killer for my pocket so I try not to install additional points. Squeeze budget! Final quotation Hacking works1 Haulage & debris removal Masonry Works 1 Supply labour to construct kitchen base Plumbing Works 1 Extend piping for kitchen & washing machine 2 Labour to install kitchen sink 3 Labour to install connect storage heater 4 Run & connect all inlet and outlet pipe Kitchen 1 Fabricate & install 11' bottom kitchen cabinet laminate finish 2 Fabricate & install 8' TOP kitchen cabinet laminate finish 3 Supply & install 11' solid surface worktop 4 Fabricate & install Full height Cabinet for oven 5 Supply &install 2x 11' tempered glass backing 5mm Living room 1 Fabricate & install 8' L full height shoe cabinet Master bedroom 1 Fabricate & install platform bed in selected laminate finished with drawer 2 Fabricate & install simple bed headboard 3 Tv feature wall & Ledge 4 Install false ceiling as proposed + 5 light point + 4 led light fitting + 2 T5 light 5 Fabricate & install casement wardrobe 6' L full height Painting works 1 Labour & material to paint whole house ICI / Nippon paint emulsion 5 colours Miscellaneous 1 Provide general washing upon completion 2 Provide floor protection with corrugated paper roll OPTIONAL (Included) 1 Fabricate & install 5' TV console & half height feature-wall with T5 lighting 2 Supply & install aluminum powder coated window grille for kitchen, living, 2 bedroom & service yard - Middle portion only 3 Supply & install sliding window at service yard Total $ 17,290.00 ALL CARPENTRY WORKS BASED ON SELECTED LAMINATED FINISHED C/W SOFT CLOSING & ABS TRIMMING INTERNAL WHITE PVC FINISHES unless otherwise stated Quotation still yet to include electrical / lighting installation works. Update 8th Nov (handover date) Electrical bill adds up to $860,thus totaling my renovation cost to $18,150

please pm catalogue for ceiling fan, best if price included. Thanks~

Cadence123 I think you are being too nice, should have go to their FB and expose him, it will save a lot of people from signing up with them. Make them pay more by losing customers just because they want to take a little from you. Threaten them that u will file a small claim against them, go to their showroom and scream u want to speak to their boss. If your case is genuine, there is nothing they can do to u except watching their business shrinking day by day.

Hey HappyCouple, Congrats to your new home, like you, I am an excited owner-to-be for a 3-room flat. This quotation, I cannot compare all especially the tilings and such but most of your other items like cabinets, wardrobes & cleaning all cheaper than mine. So yup, should be quite cheap! Anyway I believe the trimming on your quotation should be ABS Trimming

hey bro, looking for a ceiling fan for my new 3-room HDB BTO living room. Can you recommend me some of the good choices and price? Thanks!

hi Snorlax85 please pm me your contact. hi Aki0124, mind sharing your ID with me too? please pm me thanks!

Hello, please PM me the contacts too.. Thanks in advance!