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29 July - Vanity Cabinets up! I'm stoked to see what it will look like after everything is up!

Hi forkel, We did buy track lights from Taobao but the track seems very flimsy. My contractors and even the electrician suggested that I don't use Taobao for electrical items that will be fixed permanently. Another owner used taobao, and not even one month after the renovation, the lights started to flicker. He even had a video to show me... At first we were very skeptical... Maybe he wanted to introduce us some local shop and earn our commission. But he didn't. He didn't even have any shop to recommend but he just suggested that we don't get lights from Taobao! So... to answer your question, we got it from a local shop (:

Hi Kimi09, I've PMed you. Yes they are the popular ones around, and it's really no surprise why when you see their carpentry workmanship... (:

Hi shiwei71, Yeah he is... J+E did suggest self leveling screeding but the height of the screed cannot be changed anymore since it was already done, and it was the highest that they can go already. Plus, self leveling cement is very expensive! hahaha! (:

Here you go! Hope this helps! (:

Hi Shiwei71, I didn't hack anything. Actually, I still find it very small... It's really probably the lighting. Once the light was fixed, we were all wow-ed by the kitchen! Before that it looked really dark and small... Hi babymonsta, Thanks a lot (((: I will do so when the glass backing and the quartz top is up, which is next Monday (: Done! (: Hope this helps (: Thanks a lot! (: PM-ed you already!

PM-ed you!

Hi peachpokka! Oh trust me, We forwent our sleep in order to choose the laminates, and personally, I still regretted my decision to do such a complicated pattern for our bedroom wardrobe... For the Bedroom Wardrobe, we chose WY 1248D, Gomera Nogal Horizontal for the border, and it's brother WY 1247D, Costa Nogal. For the dresser, it's WY 1248D. For the kitchen cabinet, it's Alfonso Noce Roma, WY5241D. Hope this helps! (:

Hi Philippian and vi3ir4, I did not engage contractor A! I engaged contractor J + E. But if you want contractor A's contact, I will PM you tonight. (:

Hi dfarvin, Okay! Will post it up by next Monday as I'll be busy for the next two days! Hope it won't be too late for you! (:

Pm-ed you!

Done! (:

Hi KenCan, Nope. Our flooring (Bedrooms + Living Room waterproof laminates and Toilet/Kitchen italian tiles) itself was about $5000. (:

Hi! For J + E, because they are in demand, our house can only be completed by the start of August though we contacted them end May when we collected our keys. Its $32k now including electrical works. They overlayed our toilet and kitchen wall and floor tiles for us, we provided the tiles. We outsourced our living + bedrooms flooring as we got laminates! (they only do tiling) (: Hope this helps! (:

Hi! My contractor did it for free for us! (: If not, I think the price that he wanted to quote us was $400 ):

PM-ed you! (:

Hi Chower! Yes I'm doing laminates, which is 11mm thick. I got HDB to do screeding for 50mm height, which is 10mm more than the standard. I paid $550 for it and they used prepaid cement for my house. We did give the workers some additional money but it didn't work. We merely gave them the chance to tok us. Just call the supervisor if it's not smooth enough. Their supervisor's word has more power than money. Depending on your district/estate, the allowance for bumps is 2-3mm or 3-5mm. Unfortunately, for Ang Mo Kio Town Council, 3-5mm is their allowance. So if we have bumps within that range, it is still considered smooth. Hope this helps! (:

Thanks once again! (:

Pm-ed you! (:

Pm-ed you! (:

Hi! Yes it is. Opps! Just realized that it's not inside. We did a total of 13 feet bottom cabinets, about 9 feet top cabinet and 2 feet full cabinet!

Hi Weiyan, Thank you so much for the advice. I was thinking I'll probably not get many replies and then it will still boil down to my own preference. There are too many posts and since I'm so occupied with the renovation, it's tough to scroll through the many pages and check out the details. Nevertheless, I'll do so next week when I have time. After all, it's a decision i'll have to face all the way till I decide to move out! Thanks! (:

I have no prior experience in renovation too. If you are sure about what you want, working with a contractor will be a breeze. Even for a fickle minded person like me, I still find it manageable. Though hiring and ID will probably be 10 times easier... IDs don't require your approval on every single detail. That's the difference I guess. Yes, 1 year warranty. If anything is spoilt after that, can also contact them to access the root of the issue.

Hi dfarvin, 11.5 Feet (: