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Flash to the Past Part 3/3 [http://jumbobnb.word...sh-to-the-past/] Lots of work to be done! Exciting!

Flash to the Past Part 2/3 [http://jumbobnb.word...sh-to-the-past/]

Flash to the Past Part 1/3 [http://jumbobnb.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/jumbo-flash-to-the-past/] The house when we got the keys – Iron Window and Door Grills, Sturdy Solid Doors.

Floorplan and Challenges http://jumbobnb.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/floorplan-and-challenges/] As we have learnt a lot and received lots of help from the wonder people in Renotalk Forum, we decided to share our own renovation journey with everyone! Going to start with the customary Floor-plan! Being an sucker for details and precision, we actually used MS PPT to resize our floorplan to perfect scale and added 2 rulers on the X & Y Axis. Smart right!? These came in real useful when speaking to IDs/floor laminate guys etc. The few major challenges we faced were: 1. We wanted to convert the 2 BATHS into attached TOILETS to the master-bedrooms. This would require submissions to HDB and NEA (for the additional toilet bowls and waste piping. This would also mean that we will have the world’s tiniest toilet. 2. The units are North-South facing: GOOD – no afternoon sun, BAD – can be rather dark. 3. Low Ceiling. As this is a very old unit (40+ years), the average ceiling height is only about 245cm. This means (a) ceiling fans can be dangerous and is limited to a few models (b) it makes our house appear even smaller and darker © false ceiling is out. We didn’t even consider this as it would make the ceiling height even lower. While L-shaped box was considered, we decided against it because of the theme we chose. 4. Crooked/slated walls. There are no straight wall/floor/ceiling in the entire house! This means that the piping/trunkings/tiles/wardrobes will all look slanted. When installing fixtures, you have to decide whether to take dressing from wall/ceiling or floor. We decided to go for a “Scan-dustrial” look. Industrial - exposed trunking/pipes as a design feature (due to the lack of false ceilings) + track lights. Instead of a cement screed for the entire living room, we chose cement tiles to avoid possible problems when the cement screed were to crack (a very common problem) and when cleaning the house. An additional perk is we have the excuse not to clean up our house regularly so as to be in line with our theme. Scandinavian – As we prefer a bright house to a dark gloomy one, we needed to augment the industrial look with some Scandinavian characteristics i.e. (a) lots of natural light – clear glass windows, (b) some wood and natural material furnishings © light/white colour doors, door frames, windows. As mention in the first post we are also heavily drawn to the Cafe & Hostel look! Colourful Accents – So that Jumbo wouldn’t be too dull and white, we deliberately added splashes of colours in the house – including my fav birdie chair, iron man, signboards and sofa cushions. Haha so many things to do, so little time!

Presenting Part 4... [http://jumbobnb.word.../20/presenting/] Toilets (s)

Presenting Part 3... [http://jumbobnb.word.../20/presenting/] Room (s)

Presenting Part 2... [http://jumbobnb.word.../20/presenting/] Dining Rooms(s) Kitchen

Presenting... [http://jumbobnb.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/presenting/] Thought we would document Jumbo before we destroy it. After more than 3 months, here is our final (more or less) product – Many thanks to our photographer for taking the photos! Living Room (s) Blinds Up, Blinds Down:

The Search [https://jumbobnb.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/jumbo-bnb-2/] Welcome to our Blog which records our journey which started from the search of a HDB Resale Unit to finally the purchase and renovation of our Jumbo BnB! Our initial 3 main search criterias were: 1. LOCATION – Close proximity to MRT as we do not own a car and are too lazy to walk long distance. We are willing to pay a premium for location as we see it as savings from not buying/maintaining a car. 2. HIGH FLOOR – Great view, more windy, less insects, less noise from playground and void deck activities. If you get the top floor, you have the added advantage of not having to deal with waste pipes! In all honesty, for greater privacy, 5th floor is the lowest recommended before pedestrians can peer into your house from the ground level. Another consideration is that low floor units are too close to the base rubbish bin in the chute thus every time you open the chute, it is like you are under a chemical attack. 3. Non-Corridor Unit - For greater privacy. Our other concern is that we might get evicted by our neighbours as we are noisy… ok very noisy, not us actually but our Home Theater System and propensity to watch action movies… Using the above 3 search criteria, we spent 3 months scouring the TPY & Bishan areas. The prime candidate was the Blk 79 A-E series near TPY MRT. However the COV and valuations were crazily high. But we must admit the view from those above 30th floor was crazily good! To cut a long story short, we settled for a 5-room unit near Braddell MRT. It only fulfills one of the above 3 criterias (i.e. location); it is a low floor and corridor unit. However it has one unique feature – it is made up of 2 adjoining 3-room units (total 6 rooms if you count the 2 added utility rooms) – which makes it very exciting to do up! =) Being travel bugs, we love hostels and this unit offers us the chance to do up our house like a hostel… hahhaha it wld be like living eternally in a travel hostel. We made an offer to a very nice lady and her mum on the 2nd day and ta da – the Reno Journey begins! PS You cant actually rent your HDB out as a BnB as it is against the regulations and you might lose your unit. Read http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/two-lose-hdb-flats-renting-them-tourists

Item Description: Brand New EubiQ Tracks & Additional Adapters/Sockets Condition:10/10 (Brand New) Price: (A) E-track (Normal- E-TRACK SL-600): $80 each (B) E-track (White with Blue Lights - E-TRACK WH-600): $90 (one only) Additional Adapters/Sockets: $15 each(BS2 British Compact) Contact: 91913751 (please sms) Location: Cash and Carry near Braddell MRT Remarks: I have a few BRAND NEW Eubiq tracks for sale. Brought them for my new house but decided not to install them For more details and pictures pls visit: http://jumbojunkyard.blogspot.sg/2014/11/wts-brand-new-eubiq-tracks-additional.html For all items, visit: jumbojunkyard.blogspot.com Items include: http://jumbojunkyard.blogspot.sg/2014/11/wts-yamaha-hs-5-studio-monitor.html http://jumbojunkyard.blogspot.sg/2014/11/wts-onkyo-ht-s3100-51ch-home-theater.html http://jumbojunkyard.blogspot.sg/2014/11/wts-3m-filtrete-fap02-air-purifier-1.html http://jumbojunkyard.blogspot.sg/2014/11/wts-3m-filtrete-fap03-air-purifier-1.html Thanks! =)

Hi Huiqing, I love your 3D drawings too, and your kitchen with the two-tone cabinets. Is it Kompac plus Top? We got Kompac plus Top too for our kitchen, but we chose 10.40 shade cos the 10.30 one was out of stock. I think 10.30 is quite hot. But we are quite happy with 10.40. In the end we chose to stick to our ID's electrician cos as the work continued, there were some adjustments, cos we wanted to add additional socket points, and bought additional wall fan and more lights after the electricians came the first time, and the painters already came, so the electricians had to come back again, and the painter to do touch up work and the ID had to coordinate all this. If we had our own electricians, it would be crazy coordinating the timing. Have you found your curtain contact? I can PM you mine if you havent found any. He has good service and their mechanism of the blinds is quite good quality. I did Venetian blind in the living room, and the plain blinds in the other rooms. Let me know

Hi nichsua, happy that you had a smooth reno process. We also got venetian blinds for our living room, its white, and i am worried about the cleaning. relieved to hear that its not as bad as you thought. Looking forward to more pics