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I've checked with my ID. The trunking above my wardrobe are the electrical wiring. There's another trunking for the piping inside the bathroom. So no issue here.

$7 per sq ft including labour? Guess u'll have to read up the pros and cons to decide which flooring is suitable for your needs and theme.

Mine is 7mm high end resilience flooring . So it's more expensive. It's $6.80 per sq ft.

Ocs doesn't offered vinyl flooring. So i get vinyl coy to install.

Vinyl floor... Shower panel bought from taobao.

How about replacing the wall between bedrm & living rm with full height wardrobe? Half of it for u and the other half for your son. Also, u can consider expanding your son's space a little bit by moving the wardrobe more towards your room to maybe fit in a small desk?

Would it be better to place curtain instead of transparent wall to divide the room? At least your son can have some sort of privacy.

Hi 2Roomer, Thanks for the advice. I'll have to check with my ID on how to workaround regarding this.

Yeah... personally, i'll try to avoid placing bed on against wall or on platform... felt that changing bedsheet would be a chore...

Have you collected your keys? For me, i've intended to place my wardrobe same as yours. But i couldn't do full height because there's where hdb leave opening to lay aircon trunk. And my id advice me against drilling a hole in bathroom and lay from there. Flooring depends and your budget and preferences. Have to google for pros and cons of different flooring before making a decision.

Its rough... i only do one wall... so cleaning should be fine...

kitchen screed wall Overlayed bathroom tiles.

Hi mm, If she's in no hurry to start reno and move in, think it's fine. Heard that the queue for defects is 50+ as of ytd. It'll take at least 2wks to clear defects. Lucky for me that mine don't have alot of defects and all are minor ones. Here's my reno plan: Kitchen: wall screed, 9ft bottom cabinets wif silestone worktop, 7ft top cabinet (am leaving half of the top wall empty to install open shelves bought from taobao) Living + Bedrm: - 5ft wardrobe, 5ft bookshelves/storage, L-shape table, 4ft wall mount display shelf with enclosed tempered glass × 2 - shifting of bedroom entrance 20cm to the left (to make room for relocate switches) - moving bedroom entrance sliding door from living rm to bedrm - floor screeding and vinyl - wall murals (1 bedrm wall + 1 living rm wall) - replacing bedrm door with barn door with mirror Bathroom: - replacing 2 bathrm doors with tempered glass door (1 bi-fold, 1 swing door) - overlay one side of the wall tiles - install sliding shower screen Think that's about all. Total reno cost around 25-30k

As advice by mm, it's cheaper to buy study table off the rack then customized. For my case, i have to customize because i couldn't find the table with measurement that i want. And my id quoted me closed to $2k for the table. Just wanted to share some cost saving tips. If your id quote you too expensive for some of the items, you can actually find your own source and some ids does help to do the coordination. For my case, i get other companies to do flooring and wallpaper.

Ello all, Had just collected keys last week. Am starting with the renovation soon. So many hurdles to cross as my desired layout is not the typical hdb layout.

Hey ryan, For the tv wall length, it should be 1.5m according to my bto floorplan. Just enuff to fit a 55inch tv. Didn't add the lightings in the planner 5d coz i lazy to do that and my lightings will be ceiling fan attached with simple cold led lights. Probably throw in some light bulbs to make certain area brighter. Am not really particular over ambience lightings. I'm really lazy, didn't think i would want to walk so far to change cloth. Would rather had super single size bed which is already an upgrade of my current single size bed. Also, had invested in a red color mini massage chair to be placed in bedroom. My new house is going to be a haven and i've told my friends they'll probably hardly see me after i've moved... My ids had warned me abt the cracks regarding cement screeding wall but i think it's fine since it's only hairline cracks and it'll add characteristic to the industrial theme. As for the re-piping, had already went thru a round of discussion with the IDs regarding this. Can only make some concrete decision after key collection. P/s: wouldn't exactly label myself as a musician. Piano playing is just something i've picked up in my twenties but seldom touch it nowadays. Just that the piano in my current house had to move wif me to my new house.

My id told me that usually for vinyl flooring, you'll need to lay a layer of some thin material to avoid the hollowness. Am just puzzled that why different ids could quote me so differently for the same area and using the material from same supplier. That's why i've decided to contact the supplier myself and hope to save some cost then.

Hi ryan, Yes, am using planner 5d! Didn't aware the app can do virtual tour of 3d plan. Here's the link https://planner5d.com/view?key=952b7624e2e193d5ae0190640b250473 The L-shape table would be my dining + work area. And the armchair as well. I like to eat while watching tv. But since i couldn't find any L-shape table that fits the required measurement, i'll have to custom made. I'll have to do some re-piping in bathroom area coz the sink is nearer to kitchen and shower fixture is opp toilet bowl in the orginal hdb proposed layout. I would preferred moving the shower area nearer to kitchen even if i could not do wet/dry. Also, i've requested to patch the bedrm entrance and both bathroom entrances to narrow down the width from original 1m to 80cm. Coz i've wanted to create more wall space to fit in 6ft wardrobe and piano + shoes cabinet. Also, am going to cement screed some part of the kitchen wall as proposed by one of my ids to create raw industrial look. As you can see, due to the amt of carpentry and works, some of my ids quoted me very high. The total amt of quotation ranged from 20k to 35k excluding electric works. So wanted to do some research on the market price first before comitting to an id. Forgot to add, As for flooring, am intending to go for evorich herf but the ids gave diff price range from 1.7k to 3.1k. So i've contacted evorich directly and requested for a quotation. Will be heading down to their showroom directly to discuss further.

Hi Bunny, Sorry too many bunnies, i've lost track of who's who... Thanks for the feedback. Definitely help in my decision making. Icic... one of the ids told me sometimes hdb cement screed is not flat and it could be patch. But however, if they do that, it'll caused some bubbles in between and eventually the floor will crack after some yrs. Not sure whether this is true or my id is just trying to scare me into engaging their service.

Hi mm, It's been a while! How's the quality of cement screed fron hdb? Coz some of the ids had advice me not to appeal for hdb screed because of quality and thickness. But the quotation they gave me was ranged between 1.3k to 3k... so wanted to get some feedback first before making a decision.

Hi all, My bto is very near to completion (ard end dec). Am in the middle of selecting IDs for my reno. Would like to check what's the quotation like for those who had done their reno. Please help to advice on the items below. Thanks a lot.. 1) Cement screed flooring (bedrm + living) 2) 6ft wardrobe 3) 9ft kitchen bottom cabinet Sample floorplan layout 3d rendering of kitchen cabinet

Hello mm and the gang. Sorry have to exit the whatsapp grp coz i have brought the dreaded note7 and wanting to save some backup time by exiting long group chat. Wish you and the rest have a wonderful 2017 ahead of you

Moi also couldn't join. Enjoy your first outing to empty and dusty tour...