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i using 24w for all bedroom haha

depending on your requirement (do u have alot of carpentry works?)... i actually signed with Carpenters SG. their carpentry is slightly higher though.

My second batch TB just ballooned to 3 CBM!

yah, cos they charge by CBM... so... unless you ok to pay 450RMB for shipping... :x else u can use the direct taobao forwarder... see how much they charge.

yes they ship everything by sea... just need to tell the taobao seller to package the mirror carefully to prevent breakage.

yeah... that opposite side is reserved for Tengah Rainforest project. The red arrow is my BTO project.

yeah! very lucky to get this toilet tiles haha although i dun really like the kitchen tiles. now need to clear the defects, then hack wall and do cement screeding (by HDB) before reno can start! hopefully can start in mid April...

yeah! i am still worried that i will be given ugly tiles luckily not! so can save $$$ overlaying toilet tiles. i am on 11th floor... highest floor 16th, will have even better view!

Finally collected our keys today! Wasted no time to meet up with our ID to do measurements and discuss about other issues. Also met Tim Wong to discuss on the aircon piping layout. And met up with my door contractors as well as meeting 2 different window grille contractor to get a quote. Presenting our raw home! The views we can enjoy!

How to buy from Taobao? It is not very difficult if you understand a bit of Chinese. Let me SIC the step by step guide here for you! TIP: I choose a direct forwarder based in China over Ezbuy which charges you agent fees on top of shipping fee. I got this contact from another forum and quite satisfied with his services. He even take picture of my orders in his factory when requested. He is currently charging sea shipping fee of 450RMB per CBM. You will need to communicate with him via Wechat app. Step by Step guide: Step 1 : Shortlist a suitable forwarder to ship your Taobao orders. List of other Taobao forwarders: - https://www.dpex.com/ - http://amconexpress.com/ - http://www.peeka.com.sg/ Alternatively, you can always use the selected forwarders on Taobao website for less hassle (but more expensive). Step 2 : Register your account on Taobao -> https://www.taobao.com/ and use the shipping address provided to you by your selected forwarder. Guide - https://sea.taobao.com/howtobuy Step 3 : Start shopping on Taobao using the text search (english works too!) and image search (only Taobao China website can support). Once you found the item you like, add to cart. And when you are done shopping, check out and submit payment. TIP : Use http://itools.com/tool/google-translate-web-page-translator if you need to translate the whole website to English. Step 4 : Your forwarder may send you a packaging list (for my case) and you need to enter the shipment information on to this list so that your forwarder can check all items are well received before shipping your orders to Singapore. Step 5 : Once you are ready to ship all your Taobao purchases to Singapore, submit this packaging list to your forwarder. Typically it takes about 2 weeks to ship to Singapore. Step 6 : Once your items reached your place, pay the delivery guy the shipping fee (per CBM) + GST in SGD. TIP : If you are expecting huge shipment (more then 2CBM, it will be advisable to prepaid to the forwarder via Alipay as the exchange rate for SGD (if you choose to pay in SGD) is not favorable... I incur $30+ more for my second batch shipment. Repeat step 3 - 6 if you have more items to purchase!

waiting for key collection tomorrow! *excited*

thanks for the support!

yah cos read too many horrible ID stories in here... so kiasu a bit and cos our budget quite tight so we try to find a near 100% ID that suits us lol

lol yah, here easier and cleaner to keep track. today busy shopping at Robinsons again lol and posting this so no time to post on the other side haha

Hi! Sometimes I do feel that they purposely hard sell you is either they wanna carrot chop or don't want your biz haha

3D drawings from our ID Not finalised yet as we are still changing the wall colors, the laminates etc. As we do not want to burst our budget... we go minimal on carpentry. Opting for loose furnitures instead. We only did the following carpentry works: - L shape kitchen cabinet with tempered glass backing + Kompac plus counter top - Full height shoe cabinet in living room - Master bedroom Wardrobe - Full length mirror + vanity cabinet with Kompac plus counter top in Master bedroom toilet

Our online purchases via Taobao/Qoo10/Amazon As we don't print money... if everything also buy in SG... it will cost us a bomb! So most of our house items are mainly bought from Taobao and some from Qoo10/Amazon. As the amount of stuffs we bought from Taobao is quite alot, I will just post the links here instead of photos... but I may selectively post some photos of those items I feel is a good buy once my renovation completes. I will post a simple step by step guide how to buy from Taobao using forwarder (based in China) later. WARNING: Taobao shopping is very very very ADDICTIVE! I spent $3k+ on Taobao shopping... TIP: Amazon sells Joseph Joseph much cheaper than in SG! And just clock enough spending to be eligible for free shipping to SG! Taobao Purchases: Furnitures: TV Console - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=534971641480&_u=k1r036ma9922 Bedframe for guestroom - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=541771107633&_u=k1r036mae049 Sofa bed for piano room - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=520927320180&_u=k1r036ma9e28 Dresser table - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=522010704690&_u=k1r036ma2eba Vanity cabinet set for common toilet - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=544815431371&_u=k1r036mac25b Bean bag - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=40485327115&_u=k1r036ma4502 Stools - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=541853597207&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma6b6e Study table - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=534613510725&_u=k1r036macc93 Folderable table - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=522593713106&_u=k1r036maf1d1 Folderable laptop table - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=23474088577&_u=k1r036mac2a3 Wardrobe (Guestroom use) - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=547640908133&_u=t2dmg8j26111 Electronics: Xiaomi Air Purifier 2 - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=524539785138&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma74ef Xiaomi iHealth - https://item.taobao.com/auction/noitem.htm?itemid=534356463428&catid=124130011 UV handheld vacuum cleaner - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=45416113036&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma2238 Handheld vacuum cleaner - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=534675372814&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma29b5 Lightings: Pendant light - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=524722284993&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036maae57 Bedroom ceiling light - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=537989695105&_u=k1r036ma734d Philips lighting - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=37734269852&_u=k1r036ma33e9 | https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z0k.7628869.0.0.dRdXjL&id=530829999737&_u=t2dmg8j26111 Edison light bulb - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=42422091901&_u=k1r036ma1907 Light bulb stand - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=539607927795&_u=k1r036ma8cdd Toilet Accessories: Basin - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=541100262873&_u=k1r036ma056e Bidet - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=528704415792&_u=k1r036ma9120 Grab bar - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=521460219849&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036macac4 Decor/Others: Wall Clock - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=18846714355&_u=k1r036mae084 Sofa Cushion - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=37144056046&_u=k1r036ma60dd | https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=44796592614&_u=k1r036ma1dc0 | https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=37219174116&_u=k1r036ma65a0 | https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=521802378695&_u=k1r036ma5d0f Memory foam mat - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=541461843474&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma36ad | https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=43823322529&_u=k1r036maf121 | https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=19107439177&_u=k1r036ma9d7d Coconut husk mat - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=543880429833&_u=k1r036maaae8 Plates - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=18846714355&_u=k1r036mae084 Duster for venetian blinds - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=43710617110&_u=k1r036maecf2 Spray bottle - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=524332448206&_u=k1r036mad8ad Magnetic strip for Xiaomi Robot - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=538412903140&_u=k1r036ma905a Pants hanger - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=37571930820&_u=k1r036mae0e0 Oven mitt - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=41835466641&_u=k1r036ma153b Dustbin - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=40733896929&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma3af4 Cup holder - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=521807697064&_u=k1r036ma57a5 Tooth brush holder - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=528476319583&_u=k1r036mad964 Soap holder - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=525528142279&_u=k1r036madb5f Decor Frames - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=523956057294&_u=k1r036ma130d | https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=527291372049&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036mae78c Soap bottle - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=534728849114&_u=k1r036ma751f Tissue box - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=537125659894&_u=k1r036mab388 Laundry bag - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=525981856812&_u=k1r036ma7bb1 Clothes hanger - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=37928458108&_u=k1r036ma44a9 Kitchen sink drainage - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=45375246987&_u=k1r036mac9dd Suction holder - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=35615995963&_u=k1r036ma2c64 Mop - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=26593816664&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma6c88 Iron board - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=19536947697&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036mabbd4 Rubbish bag - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=520381139791&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma6189 Knife set - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=15602789801&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma631f Chopboard - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=38278165219&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&_u=k1r036ma0f4b Fire extinguisher - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=15935741143&spm=a1z09.2.0.0.701fOP&_u=k1r036ma05d8 Laundry protection bag - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z0k.7628869.0.0.dRdXjL&id=45401950129&_u=t2dmg8j26111 Cable protection - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z0k.6846577.0.0.lHpYdi&id=531803766566&_u=t2dmg8j26111 Digital peep hole viewer recorder - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z0k.7385961.1997985097.d4918997.M1708c&id=43748552502&_u=t2dmg8j26111 Stainless steel kitchen sink soap/sponge holder - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a220l.1.0.0.sii12T&id=526051289011 Stainless steel washing machine/dryer rack - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.261.oBU5MJ&id=540236876069&ns=1&abbucket=13&skuId=3239274696303 Wall mirror - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=524571186624&_u=t2dmg8j26111 Pets: Cat Bowl - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=538304257318&_u=k1r036ma612f Cat Astronaut Bag - https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=537351966486&_u=k1r036ma633d | https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.2AqFQL&id=533003263283&_u=k1r036ma22d5 Cat scratch box - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=19511566099&_u=t2dmg8j26111 Cat litter box - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=530343585155&_u=t2dmg8j26111&sm=true&smToken=0e49100ad82e441f8324ef253a1e6c40&smSign=GX6ByvAdSsentbG6yPDP4Q== Cat hammock - https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=521030848855&_u=t2dmg8j26111&sku_properties=122216750:42189993 Qoo10 Xiaomi Robot (Qoo10 Auction) - http://www.qoo10.sg/g/491787440/Q107707611 3M - http://list.qoo10.sg/item/3M-OFFICIAL-E-STORE-COMMAND-HOOKS-HANGING-STRIPS-MEDIUM-9-PC-PK/511774570?selectedOptions= Boomjoy mop (Qoo10 Auction) - http://list.qoo10.sg/item/BOOMJOY-MAXPLUS-P4-BOOMJOY-SPRAY-MOP/443428952?selectedOptions= Corelle Plates (Qoo10 Auction) - http://list.qoo10.sg/item/CORELLE-16-PCS-20-PCS-CORELLE-LIVINGWARE-DINNERWARE-SET-FOR-4-HOME-KITCHEN/441953004?selectedOptions= Amazon Joseph Joseph - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00R86CD40/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 | https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AVWE7D8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 | https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01I6UG90K/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Filtrete Advanced Water Filtration - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DVW0PI/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Others Yamazaki Tosca Fridge Magnet - http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/smartkitchen/item/10005339/

Our offline purchases As the saying says.... BBBMTL! (Buy Buy Buy Mai Tu Liao!) especially when there is a sale... since there is not much of a difference if you buy now or later... since there is a sale... might as well! Especially if it is a necessity and not want for your new home. For furniture, since ours a mainly a Scandinavian theme, we go for mostly pencil leg furniture... which makes our living space looks bigger. TIP: - Sign up for Robinson OCBC card, it will be very useful especially the additional 5% cash rebates + close door sales for members! - Takashimaya vouchers is very valuable as it has no expiry date! So store it for your new home purchases! Any other vouchers like Robinsons voucher also very valuable to save further for your home needs purchase. Furnitures: 1. Comfort Design Furniture - http://www.comfortfurniture.com.sg/ We find their prices slightly more competitive than Castlery. Quality wise is still very decent for this price. We bought our Sofa set, Dining Table set (bench + 2 chairs), small coffee table. 2. Scanteak - http://www.scanteak.com.sg/ This is more of a want... as I quite love the solid build of their furniture, so decided to splurge on their bed frame for the Master bedroom and also a small sturdy table that is on sale to hold my dry cabinet of my precious camera equipment. 3. Muji - http://www.muji.com.sg/ My wife love their stand mirror (full length), since we got a $30 313 voucher which we got from the purchase of a Sony TV, might as well! 4. Robinsons - http://robinsons.com.sg/ We missed out on their black friday sale to purchase their Simmons backcare 4 series mattress which goes as low as $3.2k after discounts and members rebate as my friend's card limit wasn't enough, and that pushes me to go apply the card myself lol. We placed a $200 deposit with Robinson Bedshop (look for Sheila if you want to purchase Simmons mattress) at their Heeren branch. This effectively locks their price (which ever is lower when there is a promo). So as of now we are still waiting for their additional 10% card member rebate... We also bought loads of other stuffs which I will cover later below. 5. Inkagu - https://www.inkagu.com/products/shin-ju-mattress Always see their special price mattress ad on Facebook and since it cost only $299... so BBBMTL, this is for our guestroom. 6. Ki-mono - http://www.ki-mono.net A pity they are closing down... they have very nice japanese theme furnitures which we can match our Scandinavian theme. We bought a rack for kitchen use and also a clothe rack at very attractive closing down sale price. Appliances: 1. Sony store @ 313 Just happens so... my buddy's wife works at Sony so yes! we can get staff price. Bought Sony TV KDL-55W800C at $1.2k+! Cheap right? 2. Heritage Bathroom Gallery Ironically we didn't buy any bathroom stuffs from them but bought from them a Fujioh hob & hood set and Bosch oven ($50 cheaper than other shops we went!). 3. Gain City Initially we wanted to buy our Electrolux washing machine & dryer from Paris Silk but they cannot hold stock for us too long... so in the end we went to Gain City to buy from them. Price slightly higher than what was quoted by Paris Silk. 4. Tim Wong (Aircon) - I guess everyone know who he is haha. Yes we bought our aircon from him after checking out CoolServe and other vendors. His price is quite competitive and I guess he is the right person to buy from. 5. Mega Discount (Kallang Leisure Park) - https://www.megadiscountstore.com.sg/ Initially we are eyeing a Hitachi or Mitsubishi refrigerator but after the sales person show us what a Samsung fridge can do and the build quality + door test... we are sold! Just hope that it doesn't *chibaboom* later! lol 6. Robinsons Used my wife's vouchers ($350) to buy Zojirushi Induction Heating Rice Cooker NP-HBQ10 which is at promotion price $489 but we only paid $139! Got a free rice stocker as well. 6. Philips Carnival Sale (once a year!) Bought some stuffs during the sale last year, steam garment iron + iron + toaster + kettle. 7. AOSBath - https://www.aosbath.com/ Bought a 40L digital model storage heater (AO Smith) for convenience and electricity savings. 8. HT Lighting (Johor Bahru, Permas Jaya) - http://www.htlightings.com/ Bought ceiling fan Aeratron AE3 50' Light Oak color for 1480rm, SG selling this for $1099 SGD! If anyone need their sales contact number (via whatsapp) to check price before going in to buy let me know! Others: 1. Hansgrohe We bought a bundle deal during their warehouse sale last year October. We was given a 25% voucher which we went to buy additional Tap and shower set for the common toilet. 2. Robinsons Too many things to buy here especially kitchen use... Le Creuset, WMF, Corelle, Lock & Lock, Bodum, bedsheets etc during their member or public sale! We also make use of my wife's Citibank redemption of Robinson vouchers as well. I also got my NS voucher which I am keeping to buy the Simmons mattress haha 3. Takashimaya I accumulated $230 voucher prior to this... bought a tefal air fryer on promotion at $279... so we only paid $49 for it LOL 4. IKEA Bought their pull out cabinet to be integrated with our kitchen cabinet. Also bought accessories for kitchen use. 5. Hoe Kee They are the only one carrying Blanco brand for kitchen sink in SG, so not much of a choice! 6. Big Bath (Johor Bahru) -http://www.bigbath.com.my/ Since we went to HT Lighting to buy ceiling fan, drop by here to bought some bathroom accessories from them, automatically given discount without asking haha. Let me know if you need any details of our purchases above. Too many purchases to go into detail here

Finally! It is our turn to contribute and start a T-Blog in Renotalk. Been reading quite a few T-Blogs since mid of last year to understand the renovation journey, tips etc. Not a wordy person, so I will not type a long essay and just go straight to the point but sometimes I may edit the contents of this T-Blog periodically so do check back if you are interested! This is our floor plan, a humble 4room BTO in Jurong West : Although our living room (TV/Sofa area a little small) seems to split into two because of the bomb shelter, we are blessed to have a long kitchen and we are going to do open kitchen concept which will effectively turn the whole area to look spacious! The bedrooms size is decent enough, except for the second room which seems to be quite small. Initially we wanted the third room to be our piano room but in the end we decided to use the second room instead. So the third room shall be our guest room for now. Our milestones: May 2013 - Apply for our BTO flat, we are lucky to get a very lucky queue no 71 to select our flat! Oct 2013 - Selected our unit and paid for the 5% down payment to HDB and the long wait for key collection begins... -_-" Mar 2016 - We done our customary wedding. May 2016 - We had our first honeymoon in Melbourne and truly enjoyed it as it was my wife's first time to visit Australia! Jun/Jul 2016 - Can't remember the exact month but we decided to kickstart our ID selection earlier. Visited quite a number of IDs before shortlisted our preferred ID last year Nov 2016. Oct 2016 - I know we are kiasu as we started purchases stuffs for our new home as early as last year October since there is quite a number of sales! LOL Feb 2017 - Our HLE auto approved! Mar 21st 2017 - Our key collection day! ID, window grille contractor, bedroom door and toilet door contractor came down to do on site measurement. Tim Wong also came down to do planning for aircon trunking installation. Mar 24th 2017 - Took 1 day leave to do through defects check with my wife. Submitted defect list to BSC for rectification. Mar 25th 2017 - BSC came down to our place to perform rectification. Window blind contractor came down to do onsite measurement. Also selected our window blind materials and given quotation. Installed shelving for bomb shelter. Apr 1st 2017 - Installed Varm on main door to allow 90 degrees opening without door stopper. Choose our wood material for our carpentry works with our ID and also finalise our laminates design for our carpentry works and wall colors. Apr 4th 2017 - Hack permit approved for hacking of kitchen wall. Apr 6th 2017 - Aircon trunking installation (1st installation). Apr 10th 2017 - ID sent us finalised carpentry works measurement and design. Apr 12th 2017 - Kitchen wall hacked. Apr 15th 2017 - Electrical works for power sockets. We didn't engage our ID's electrician as we found that his quote is quite expensive so found Mr Sim to do the electrical works for us. Apr 18th 2017 - Cement screeding for our flooring. Apr 20th - 22nd 2017 - Kitchen cabinet base / Shower kerb. Apr 22nd - 23rd 2017 - DIY painting (door frame + bomb shelter) Apr 22nd 2017 - Carpentry work fabrication Apr 24th - 26th 2017 - Painting for whole house. Apr 29th 2017 - Lightings & ceiling fan installation / Gas pipe installation / Aircon second installation. May 2nd - 4th 2017 - Vinyl flooring installation May 9th 2017 - Carpentry installation May 15th 2017 - Window grilles installation (Living room + Bedrooms + Service yard). Bedroom doors installation. May 20th 2017 - Blinds installation. Toilet doors installation May 27th 2017 - Taobao 2nd batch orders delivery. Jun 1st 2017 - Piano delivery. M1 Fiber broadband activation. Guestroom mattress delivery. Jun 3rd 2017 - Storage heater installation. Master bedroom mattress and bed frame delivery. Dining bench & chair (table left out!)+sofa+coffee table delivery. Washing Machine+dryer+refrigerator delivery. Jun 8th 2017 - Main gate installation Jun 10th 2017 - Gas activation. Dining table delivery. Tempered glass installation. Jun 12th 2017 - General cleaning. Kitchen mixer installation. Remaining switches & sockets installation on kitchen cabinet. ID handover! Jun 15th 2017 - Moving our stuffs to our new place. Jun 16th 2017 - Moving in to our new place! ---- Moodboard: We like Scandinavian themed homes very much as it is simple and not too old fashion (sorry to those Classic theme lovers!)... at the same time we want to throw in a bit of Industrial look to make it look more interesting... but instead of the usual black,white and woody feel, we want to throw in quite a large portion of grey (industrial feel) for our flooring and pastel colors to liven up our new home. Initially for the living room, I wanted some yellow as this color seems to be often overlook by other home owners ... but then I realised the exterior colors of our BTO is made up of grey and yellow... so... no go in case our home looks like representing our BTO lol For master bedroom, we wanted blue as it looks more calming. For piano room, my wife like sea green color. Some colors we like for our new home. We will let our ID to help our select the appropriate colors as we are not too good at matching colors. Table of Contents: 1. ID selection process 2. Our offline purchases 3. Our online purchases via Taobao/Qoo10/Amazon 4. How to buy from Taobao? 5. 3D drawings from our ID 6. Defects check We use this link as a guide - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7KsvqdzcsrpaW5kVEUwVEZqX2M/edit | Mainly defects found includes: - choked pipes (TIP: once you found one, just declare all and don't be surprise BSC can clear one bagful of debris!) - loose window handles/hinges - rusty hinges - masking stains on walls - uneven paint marks (those teardrop paint marks) - Spotted a "potential" leak issue... but seems to be ok after BSC checked. Our neighbours (3-4 of them) found this pest issue with the floor skirting. 7. Renovation progress Carpentry material selection / Wall color selection Aircon 1st installation Carpentry measurements Wall hacked! Electrical works (sockets and switches) Cement screeding by HDB contractor and a bit of hiccups... Tiling works DIY painting (door frames + bomb shelter) Painting by ID and some hiccups... | Painting completion! Carpentry fabrication Gas pipe installation Aircon 2nd installation Electrical works (partial lights installation) Vinyl flooring installation Carpentry installation part I Carpentry installation part 2 Carpentry installation part 3 Carpentry installation part 4 Bedroom barn door installation part I Window grilles installation Bedroom barn door installation part II Toilet lourve door installation Blinds installation Kompacplus top installation Plumber works AO Smith digital storage heater installation Main gate installation Tempered glass kitchen backsplash installation Gas activation It's a wrap! 8. Renovation completion Sneak peek of our love nest

my friend's hubby also gave us this advise... to run the wiring piping before cement screeding covers it. did u change your points very drastically?

Hi all, Those who have purchased TimWong's Groupbuy Aircon, please kindly post your reviews and also photos of the installation if possible. TIA!

Hi Fei, Care to share esther's contact?

Hi, Can pm me your quote as below? Brand : Mitsubishi Starmex (2 ticks) - Do give me Daikin as alternative quote System : 3 Cooling Capacity : 9K BTU for all 3 bedrooms Property type : BTO (4 room)

2rm?

where u get the pd door from?