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  1. Hi Ikoice, I was told by one of IDs who had quoted us that hacking the walls of our mbr will require a permit and the presence of a professional engineer. The permit that HDB gives come with a fee. I am not sure how true this is. Checked HDB website but they never mentioned anything about the permit fees for hacking of reinforced walls. Noted that the PE costs had been included in your quotation. Not sure if the permit costs will be included as well. Can't really comment on the rest of your items as I am still feeling my way around. All the best
  2. Hi all, there is a forum that talks about haulage fees. Pls see attached links http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8464
  3. Hi All, I am currently searching for a reliable ID. Boon Siew Interior seems to be reliable. To aid our decision making, appeciate if anyone here can post pics of their flat that is done by Boon Siew Interior @ Bishan or pm me your pix.
  4. Hi Ikoice and Alister, Good that you have sort of decided on the ID. We are still having headaches over the ID... So when do you guys intend to start the renovation works?
  5. Dear Neighbours, Due to popular request, here are some pictures of our house : 1) Front view of living room from the main entrance 2) Windows **** room 3) Right view of living room from the main entrance Photos of the kitchen: 1) Front view of kitchen from the kitchen entrance 2) Front view of kitchen from the back of the kitchen 3) Left view from the kitchen entrance 4) Right hand corner from the kitchen entrance
  6. Hi Doremic, I have also obtained this quotation from the same ID. They are giving us a 3D floor plan of our house based on our requirements. No charge involved though. As for this package, my friend said that its better to obtain an item by item quote for the kitchen package. With the itemised quotation, we can compare prices from different ID shops.
  7. Hi CarB, didn't take pics of room doors. But they are similar to the main door of our unit.
  8. Hi TPY, thank you very much for the enlightenment. That means we can only put the water heater tank on that wall then? Headache! Hi Yel and Yingshan, Normally when you see the message "you will be informed to collect your keys in due course" it means that the loan application letter should be sent to you within the week. That was what happened in my case
  9. Dear Neighbours, These are some photos from our kitchen. Does anyone know what they are used for? They are located next to the entrance of the kitchen. The kitchen is quite small and these two pipes seem to be blocking some space
  10. Hi alister, saw 4 room units at blk 79d and they have shower head.
  11. Hi Doremi, should be soon i think... did u check via HDB intranet... normally the key collection date will be posted on hdb intranet. You will just need to login with your singpass to view it. Hi Straberry_pear, Lazy to upload photos... you wanna give me ur email address instead?
  12. Hi Josephine, I also think you should source for more quotes before committing. I think strawberry post on the hidden costs should be read in detail before you decide on your contractor. I think every contractor will tel you they offer the cheapest but after you had engaged them, the hidden costs will come in and before you noe it, you will be slapped with a $30k reno costs I think some of the people here offered very good suggestions on how to get a detailed quote so do read their posts and decide for yourself on how you wanna go about selecting your contractors. Hi Neighbours, I had just downloaded my photos for my apartment in Blk 79c. The folder size is 14 mb. If any of you interested in the photos, pls pm me ur email address and I will email to you?
  13. Hi Vineyard, I am not a resident of Tanglin Halt. Hee... I had just received my keys of my Toa Payoh flat and I m currently looking for an ID. Anyway thanks for highlighting the dubious contractor. I guess it is usually safer to engage a contractor that had been accreditted by HDB.
  14. Dear residents of Tanglin Halt, I had just received keys for my flat and is currently on the lookout for interior designer. Is there anyone who will like to recommend his/her ID to me for consideration?
  15. really???? is there news weblink for that? Any idea what is the block number?
  16. Hi Rainbow, yes we had been to our unit. Felt that the master bedroom is quite small. Very likely that we will be hacking down the walls to our adjacent rooms so that we can build our wardrobe. Hi Shivan, Besides the probable discount, the other pro is that their workmanship can't be too lousy since they are going to showcase their work to potential customers.Personally, I will approach more IDs before deciding to take up their offer.
  17. Hi Neighbours, found this in one of the newly post items. Thot some of u might be interested
  18. Hi Doremi, Carelinwem is right. After we had sent in our loan application, I had been checking my loan application status in HDB eService and they always indicate that we had nto applied for HLE yet. I think the only time when you know everything is ok is when an appointment date had been allocated to u. I remembered that I found out about my appointment date 2 saturdays ago and the following monday/ tuesday, I received the letter from HDB informing me that my loan application is successful.
  19. Wow!! You are really so "on" to climb the steps! The view is really quite magnificient at the 40th floor. You can see the Singapore Flyer from Blk C 40th floor. There are only 4 lifts serving each blk. 2 lifts for floors from 1st to 21st floor, and 2 lifts for floors from 22nd to 40th floor, i think. Can't really remember. Not sure whether the lifts will be very slow next time Based on your experience, will there be any perks at the reno fair?
  20. Hi Darry, Just to share. Heard from some friends that its not advisable to start renovation just before CNY, as the contractors will rush to complete as they will not be working during CNY. The works might not be satisfactory. If you are really keen to start before CNY, you must inform them whether you are in a rush to get your house so that they can pace their works.
  21. Dear Neighbours, The details of the renov fair are: Singapore Home & Design 2007 Public - Free Admission Hall 6A 08-Sep-07 to 16-Sep-07 Start Time: 12:00; End Time : 22:00 http://www.singapore-expo.com.sg/others_mo...sp?MonthID_in=8 !!
  22. Hi Ikoice, We are considering hacking the wall between the MBR and the adjacent room too as the MBR is really too small Then we will use this room for the WIW and as a study room Have you obtained any quotation for the hacking of wall? We are afraid that it might be expenseive.
  23. Dear neighhours, We have got our house keys today !! Just to share some of the procedures: 1) To purchase fire insurance for the house on the same day where you get the house keys. The premium is about $10 per mth 2) Sign alot of documents with the officer. 3) Pay 3 months of conservancy charges before they give you the keys. 24 keys in total. PS : They provide a really nice pouch for us to keep the keys !! 4) Sign up for SP services. Apparently, there is water and electricity supplies at all our flats. You just need to activate the main switch. Some infor about the house: 1) Cant remove the tiles at the toilet for the next 3 years 2) There is a major defects form for us to check the house. Warranty for 1 year. 3) For those who are not married yet, we have up to 2009 to submit the marriage certificate. !!
  24. Hi Doremi, I will agree that 30-40k is rather steep. Anyway, if i do get my quotation i will share it with you. Cheers
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