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Tiles and mosaic tiles @ Yishun Greenwalk page I don't know about other residents at Yishun Greenwalk, but I totally hate HDB's tiles and mosaic tiles at toilet area. Firstly, the colour is off, I think it's quite difficult to match with most themes like scandi, industrial? Actually, after talking to my friends, the colour is still bearable. One of my friends was telling me her tiles are "kertupat green colour" so she have no choice but to overlay her toilets. Secondly, the workmanship is bad, especially the toilet areas. some of the mosaic sinking in and some popping out. Any fellow Yishun Greenwalkers here? Do you guys like the tiles? so as part of our reno works, I insist all the tiles have to be removed. Unfortunately, when the tiler came my place, they told me the toilet tiles are too near to the water pipes. So if he remove the tiles, the pipes may be affected. So cannot remove the tiles Due to budget constraint and we think it may not be durable to overlay the tiles, we decide to keep the mosaic tiles lo.. But they manage to remove the kitchen tiles! some photos to share... Before photos - Hate the colour! And they are gone............. After photos- used the tiles of my kitchen backsplash. too bad, the tiler has to cut the tiles. otherwise it will be much nicer

Thanks JohnB! More updates.... Mini crisis 1: False ceiling at Living Rm (termed "mini" as it has been resolved) Our contractors told us they could not relocate the lightining points in our house and asked if we would like to install black conduit to hide the wires. But my bf does not like black conduit running along the ceiling. So the solution offered by our contractor is to install a very thin false ceiling (< 3 cm) to hide the wires and stuff. I was hesistant on it as I do not wish to have a lower ceiling which may make the room look smaller. However, we decided to go along the approach as they persuaded me that the effect will be negligible since it is juz a mere 2/3cm. However, when we went inspect the works, I went My false ceiling seems to look so much thicker! so i panicked and quickly borrow a measuring tape form contractors doing works next door. Indeed our 2/3 cm false ceiling has turned to a whopping 8-9cm! I was so upset and shocked! So I called Mr E, told him what happed and arranged to meet the next day. somemore it was my bf's birthday. after we see the thick thick false ceiling, we already sianz 1/2 and no mood to celebrate. we also told our friends who recently completed their reno and they prep us on what will likely happen based on their experience: our contractor will somehow manage to argue that we wanted it this wayhe will somehow argue there is some site conditions and the false ceiling turned out like it. So we just have to accept ithe will acknowledge its his fault but the work is already done and rework is extensive so they will offer me a discount to swallow.Some of them signed up with branded ID firms. frankly, i wanted to cry when i see what my friends told me all these. i know things won't be perfect but a thick false ceiling is really something I do not want. Even if it's free, I also don't want. On the next day, Mr J came our house. Mr E told him the ceiling is indeed 8-9cm. Anyway the sub contractor's story was our ceiling is not levelled, so if he does a 2-3cm ceiling, my ceiling will look unlevelled. Mr J just smirked and tell Mr E to inform sub-contractor to redo the whole ceiling. Any areas "not levelled", ask the sub contractor to call him down see. So we were happy the "mini crisis" is resolved. More glad that Mr J just promptly asked the sub contractor to redo the works. No pushing of responsibilities or asking us acccept works that we do not want. so thumbs up for them! Here's some photos of my rectified ceiling to end this mini crisis saga!

There's all for our first spreee..now planning for 2nd wave. Endless thing to buy for reno!

Shopping spree: Taobao 1st purchase There was the recent 1212 Taobao sale, went crazy shopping for my household stuff. This is our first time buying stuff from Tao Bao. We used Amcon for frieght service. Need to thank fellow bloggers in Renotalk again for all the tips to use Taobao and Amcon. Here's a sneak preview of what we bought, will do a review later on the items purchased. (A) Lights - this is the section I really went crazy. Bf asked whether we really need so many lights in our house. My reply was eh, dunno...buy then see how (B) chairs © Shelves (D) Odds and ends http://renotalk.com/forum/uploads/gallery_63949_622_93749.png

Tiles for our hm We choose wood grain tiles for all the rooms. Living Rm - Light grey wood tiles from Soon Bee Huat. We are worried that short plank wood tiles will make the room look small, so we topped up extra to get this tile. Hopefully, the effect will be good. The tiler warned us that there might be chances of warping for such long planks, so we are keeping our fingers crossed! Study Rm - Tiles from Soon Bee Huat. We want a rustic vintage cosy study room. We think the wood tiles pattern might be able to achieve the look. Wardrobe Rm - Almond coloured wood tiles from Harfary. this tile is much shorter than the ones in living rm. we hesitate for a while if we should also upgrade and get longer tiles for the bedrooms. But decided not due to budget and our room is sooo tiny. We thought after all the furnitures go in, no one will be able to see much of my tiles, so no point upgrading. Master Bedroom - Similar series with wardrobe rm tiles, but darker. currently OOS. will post updates later. I did not overlay my kitchen and toilets. No money liaoz as the tiles for the other rooms already cost me a bomb

3D drawings:1st draft Some 3D drawings drawn up by our contractor based on our wish list: Living Rm: Kitchen: Mt bf hates the milky off white laminiate. So we decide to go for black and white kitchen instead. Also, think our contractor got other requirements wrong and drawn a full height glass and aluminium frame. Mr J says it's nicer but I think it will be too difficult to maintain. Also, we have intention to place a kitchen trolley or breakfast nook there, so a half height aluminum frame will be better for us