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Hi, thank you so much! I engaged contractor instead of ID.
On 12/12/2016 at 4:43 PM, kachan said:i am seriously in love with your kitchen and those kitchen cabinet paint is VERY SCANDINAVIAN! well done to you and to your ID!
Hi, I chose aluminium door instead of metal door. Thanks for sharing your personal experience with me.
On 12/28/2016 at 10:07 AM, tomasulu said:I'd stick to your design ideal and go with the metal frame. I did ALU doors myself - didn't know better - and yes the frames are thick and not as nice. I have a metal gate for outdoor and it doesn't rust. And even if it did it's just a simple paint job to cover it up.
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All PM sent.
On 1/7/2017 at 6:48 PM, Wizgal said:Hi,
can pm me yr contractor's contract and yr reno cost?
On 1/6/2017 at 4:11 PM, bluehorizon said:Hi there,
could you PM me the contact details for Contractor 1 and 2? Thanks much!
On 12/22/2016 at 11:15 AM, ddycanne said:hello
loving your house design! may I also request for your contractor's contacts please?
On 12/11/2016 at 0:10 PM, ahmiu said:Hey Nestlee,
didn't get your pm; could you resend again?
On 1/8/2017 at 10:56 AM, Seira said:Hi,
Could you PM me the details of the contractors E, 1 & 2? TIA.
On 1/8/2017 at 7:17 PM, Ecnalx said:Hi
Appreciate if you could PM me the contact for Contractor 1 and 2. TIA.
2 hours ago, ahjack said:Hi
Can pm the contact of the contractor?
My key collection is on end March .
thank You.
15 minutes ago, nettienette said:Hi nestlee, looking to renovate my place after CNY, mind sending me your contact for your contractor?
looks like you guys had a great experience with him!
please send to email nettienette@hotmail.com or PM me? thanks!
Hi
My flooring finishes are not from evorich. It's done by my contractor. The living and 3 bedrooms cost about $5000.41 minutes ago, Jedicat said:Hi, whats the price you paid for the evorich flooring ?
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RENOVATION WORK- Part 10 Chemical Wash
Hey guys! We are done with renovation. These are the pictures taken after chemical wash.
This is how the door look like.
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Omg! I love the design of your house!!!
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Both the black fans for the living room and grey fans for bedroom are from Elmark, bought from Tampoi Malaysia. The grey one is Elmark Case 48 if I don't remember wrongly! They customize it with LED lighst under the fan.On 12/6/2016 at 7:36 PM, fifteenmay said:can i know the brand of the two grey fans pls?
Hey guys! All PM sent! Let me know if you did not receive.On 12/6/2016 at 9:58 AM, muffball said:Hi! Could you share your contractor's contact and approx reno quotation? I tried to drop you a pm but I think your inbox is full
thank you!
On 12/3/2016 at 11:57 AM, papermotif said:Could you pm your contractor's details please? I'm really impressed by how you've designed your home on your own, especially the kitchen.
On 12/6/2016 at 1:39 PM, fye said:Hi, really like your new place. Is it ok to share the list of contractors with me pls?
On 12/6/2016 at 7:37 PM, gxf81 said:HI,
Could you pm your contractor's details please?
On 12/8/2016 at 4:48 PM, ahmiu said:so nice you guys can do some parts of the reno yourself! I don't think I can do any other than shifting things around haha
Could I have E and your contractor's contacts? Wanna ensure E is the contact that I have.
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PURCHASES
Washing Machine-
Samsung WD80 Combo With EcoBubble, 8kg
Our family used to use top-loading washing machine instead of front-loading. However, we learnt that front-loading cleans better and are gentler than top-loading. It uses less water. The only thing I don't like about front-loading washing machine is it takes longer washing time. The size is also suitable for washing curtains! This is a gift from our close friend, so we will take it!
TV
Samsung 55” SUHD 4K Curved Smart TV KS7500 Series 7
I don't think we need a 55'' TV because our living room is so small (about 3m). Personally, I prefer a decent size of 50'' but my husband wants a big TV. Sorry I'm not very into those technical purchases. Samsung TV's colours are too vibrant for my liking. I'm a SONY fan. I also don't like curve TV.
Nevertheless, I must say we bought this during Sitex 2016 at a very good deal!
Fridge
Thanks everyone for giving me suggestions!
We have decided on the Mitsubishi 418L MR-V50E-ST-P 3-DOOR FRIDGE. Previously, I was saying that I would not consider stainless steel fridge. Now, I feel like slapping myself. We saw the stainless steel version of Mitsubishi 418L MR-V50E-ST-P 3-DOOR FRIDGE. It looks great and more atas! In fact it's more expensive than the black version (like $50 more). However, the stainless steel version was sold out! The next stock was arriving in end Dec or early Jan 2017.
The sales person at GC said there will be an upcoming expo show and they are expecting some stocks coming in. Ohhhhhhh yes!
He was not able to confirm the actual pricing as the promotion details were not finalized. He said he message us once the details is finalize. Okay! We were very excited when he said there are ready stock! When we asked if he is able to reserve one for us, he agreed. The next day we messaged him and he told us there are SOLD OUT. The stock will only arrive in Jan 2017!!! SO ANGRY. He promised that he can reserve for us now he said SOLD OUT. 
We went try to ask at all other stores but it seems like this model is all sold out. The next shipping will arrive in Jan 2017.
We wanted to shift to the new house in mid Dec so we can't wait for the fridge. We tried to ask for assistance from the same salesperson that we bought the TV. We went to the shop and he introduced us another model.
Panasonic NR-BX468XS 2 Door Refrigerator
It's a 2-door fridge comes with a very simple and clean design. No handle, bumps or frame. Looks aesthetically pleasing.
The freezer is at the bottom of the fridge. The advantage of having a bottom freezer will leave room for all of the fresh foods and beverages being refrigerated at eye level.
There are 3 separate casings for the freezer to prevent mixing of odours. The most important thing is that energy efficient! It scores 3 ticks for the energy efficiency rating! The best score for all the shortlisted fridge. Ok! We have finally confirmed the purchase of the fridge! -
RENOVATION WORK- Part 9 Kitchen Glass Door
Hey guys! Sorry for disappearing for a while and replying late. Renovation and furnishing is really very stressful!
Remember the glass door for my kitchen that I mentioned in my first post? The initial idea is hack half wall and the kitchen will be partitioned from the dining area with black think frame of Aluminium fixed window and swing door.
In the end we hacked the whole hall to make the kitchen look more specious. But the problem is..... we will cook often! AND..... we already bought a fabric sofa.
So now, I wanted to stick to the original plan of having a glass door. Everyone in the family has different opinions.
It's really a love hate situation! My husband loves the openness of the kitchen and against the idea of installing the glass door. But I hate to have the smell in the living room, especially on fabric sofa. Even my contractor said the kitchen will look ugly with the glass door! He suggested us to stay in the house for some time before we decide if we should install the glass door. It's really a dilemma.
I started to research online on different types of glass door that suitable for our house. Omg! These black frame of glass door looks so pretty!
We asked my contractor if he can do this for us. He said that if we want to have this kind of thin black frame, it is made of metal instead of aluminium. Although it looks very sleek, the metal frame will turn rusty over time. It is heavier and more costly than aluminium door. But I really love how it looks!!!!
After hearing his opinions, I started to look for aluminium black frame door design. This is the most ideal aluminium black frame what I have found and I showed it my contractor.
My contractor said if I want to do a similar door like this. He can make 3 panels for the glass door. One panel is fixed and two panels are sliding. Seriously, I couldn't imagine how it looks. So I drew out the doors myself using my very lousy skill to get a better understanding of what he means..JPG.aa606fb90d23a322d4824f186f0c655f.JPG)
Yeah, so this is how it will look like. However, the contractor warned me that the black frame door is made of aluminium door so it will not look so thin. I kept asking him if it's possible to make it thiner but he said the thickness will be about 2.5 to 3 inches. The thickness of the aluminium is essential to hold the glass. -
Hi 81chimphua,
Yes. The surface of the black fridge is something like shiny black diamond which make it looks more atas! That's why I also love it!On 11/23/2016 at 2:23 PM, 81chimphua said:I like the black color, its just me , kinda unique to me
Hi Ventot! Thanks for sharing with me your opinion!
On 11/23/2016 at 3:43 PM, ventot said:i vote for black mitsubishi too
Hi Kingandbin!
Thank you very much for your kind compliment! I was so stressful when I need to choose the colour for the wall and the laminates, the type of tiles for toilet. I'm glad they turn out well.
You really know me well!! I can't agree with you more on the choice of the fridge. I think we will decide between black and white rather than stainless steel as our ultimate choice. I love the hitachi fridge in white tempered glass and it really blend well with the marble backsplash and countertop! We were ready to make the purchase. When the salesperson said the plastic area will turn yellow over time, we were completely taken back.
The black one is really more stylish and sleek. This is how it looks like in reality. My only concern is that I afraid it may make the kitchen too dark!
We will go down to check out other shops before making the final decision. The more choices we see the more confused we are!
On 11/23/2016 at 2:47 PM, kingandbin said:Your home is looking super gorgeous and I really love your kitchen and toilets! The knight grey wall @ your dining area matches the kitchen cabinets well.
If you decide to go for the hitachi fridge, I'd vote for white! It'll match nicely with your marble backsplash and countertop. But if you're going for the mitsubishi then maybe black seems more sleek. Try and see if you can find the colours for these models in person cause grey/stainless steel for certain models may either turn out shiny or matte and the look can be quite different from photos!
hi cancan83! Yes. My uncle's current fridge is stainless steel. Some of the parts are scratched due to daily usage and it turns rusty. I think I will go for either white, black or grey fridge to keep the colour consistent!
On 11/23/2016 at 4:42 PM, cancan83 said:I like the stainless fridge but over time there's a tendency of color fading..
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Hi pipsqueak!
Thank you so much for your compliment! :
The legs are made of steel/metal while the surface is made of "fake" marble. It's a steal as I bought it at half price from Lifestorey. I had headache finding the dining table.
The size is 140 x 90 and it is rather heavy and bulky! My mum keeps complaining to me that it is too big for my dining area.
I like your marble dining table very much! I saw it at Crate & Barrel right after I bought my dining table. I preferred your legs as is slimmer and the marble is more chio but the cost is also quite expensive!
On 11/23/2016 at 9:01 AM, pipsqueak said:I LOVE YOUR KITCHEN!!!
looks like a dream!
where is your marble dining table from? i can't see clearly if the legs are wooden or steel?
Hi Edger03
It's homogenous tiles! Real marble is more difficult to maintain as it will get stained easily.On 11/23/2016 at 10:34 AM, Edger03 said:Nice kitchen back splash you got there. Is that marble or homogenous tiles ? Thanks
Hi Pes
Thank you very much
The kitchen laminate is called Oceanic. Looks like bluish grey to me. My contractor used black laminate for the edge of the cabinet. This is a photo with closer look.
On 11/23/2016 at 2:13 PM, Pes said:couldnt agree more! love your kitchen super! is the cabinet color, dark blue or black???? it looks really nice! the color combination is spot on!
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PURCHASES
Fridge
Shortlisted the list of fridge. Every one introduced us different brand for different shop we went. We are really noob and know nothing about the electrical applicances. It is really a headache to choose the electrical appliances.
1. Hitachi R-V480P3MS
The sales person said Hitachi is a good Japanese brand. The tempered glass is better than stainless steel as it will not turn rusty and easier to clean and maintain compared to stainless stain. We really like the clean look. It comes in white, grey and black for thee Tempered Glass. We were deciding between the white and grey.
2. Mitsubishi 3-Door Fridge MRV50E2G
Before we confirm our purchase of the Hitachi fridge, we went to another shop and another salesperson introduced us this Mitsubishi model. He said that Mitsubishi is well known for its air conditioner system and therefore the same system is used for the fridge. It is a 3-door fridge and the height of 180cm is a good fit to our kitchen cabinet height of 187cm, leaving reasonable space for ventilation. He also shared that the fridge can be placed near the kitchen wall as there are not protruding parts behind the fridge.
The original retail price is about $1,300 ++ and now is selling at $1,100 ++. The price seems to be a good deal since it strongly recommended by the salesperson. I very excited to show the fridge to my mum. However, it seems like old folks don't like dark colour. She asked me if there is stainless stain colour or grey colour.
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I managed to find the stainless stain version! Which one is better? Any opinion?
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TV
Any one has any recommendation for TV? We are looking at Sony, Samsung and LG.
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Hello @lalashir
I realized that we had a lot similar purchases and really love the design of your house!
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RENOVATION WORK- Part 8 Lighting
This the lighting plan. We will be using track lights for living room and kitchen without the need for false ceiling. Most are the standard lighting points provided by HDB with minimum modification.
Black Fans and long track lights **** room and a shorter track lights for the featured brick wall. Personally, I preferred white track lights than black track lights but my partner said there is no contrast. Btw, any suggestion for placing the angle of track lights?
Track lights for kitchen and LED lights installed under the kitchen cabinets.
Pendant lights to pair with our marble dining table and corridor along the bedrooms.
Lights at service yard.
Lights at toilet.
Fan with LED lights at master bedroom.
Fan with LED lights at bedroom 3.
Revised Lighting
My aunt visited our new flat last week. She shared that we had too much lights in the living room. It is not good for fengshui as it is too hot and fierce for the house. She also commented the color we chose is too cold.
Will blog in a separate post on fengshui for our house. After hearing their comments, we reduce the number of track lights. 
Now the track lights is reduced from 6 to 4 for living room.
The track lights is reduce from 5 to 3 for living room. I think we bought too much extra track lights and we still have about 8 track lights. We are considering to sell the extra track lights.
OH NO!!
We installed the Elmark fan with the lights at the bedroom 3 and master bedroom on different days. We didn't realized the lights for the bedroom 3 and master bedroom are of different colours!
It is very obvious and ugly and totally not acceptable.
The one in the bedroom 3 is of warm lights but it is very bright. However, the one in the master bedroom is white light but it is very dim! We tried to see if we can adjust the colour of the lights but it didn't work!
Maybe we should contact the salesperson at Tampoi to see if he can help or exchange the lights.
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The doors were from the supplier of my contractor. It is a love hate relationship with door. I really louvre design but it was very noisy whenever you close the door. It is also very difficult to maintain and clean due to the louvre design. All my family members don't really like the door because they said this bi-fold doors is not lasting.
On 11/15/2016 at 11:59 PM, d3n said:i like your toilet door, may i know where you bought it and how much?
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Thanks for sharing. I didn't know this is the kind of door of toilets in US.
On 11/17/2016 at 3:36 PM, Pes said:This is usually the door of toilets in the US i just realised
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Hi pipsqueak
Thank you for your suggestion!
I installed the gold handles for my grey kitchen cabinets and black handles for my white wardrobes! 
On 11/21/2016 at 4:35 PM, pipsqueak said:ahhhh i just saw your kitchen and i love it! navy cabinets are really classy and pretty. i've seen some homeowners installed gold handles and they really add glamour to the whole look! whatever your choice, your kitchen already looks gorgeous.
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Pm-ed you.On 11/14/2016 at 8:02 AM, levis said:Awesome progress!
could u pm me the contacts of the contractor u are using now plus the ones u have considered?
On 11/14/2016 at 9:59 AM, hellocupid said:Lovely place! So excited to find someone with finally the same layout as mine! Mind sharing with me your contractor's contact please? Many thanks!
4 hours ago, versus said:Hi Nestlee,
Can pm me your ID contact. Thanks in advance.
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RENOVATION WORK- Part 7
Heater
Heater
We were just considering between instant and storage heater, in the end we settled for storage heater. Because we just do not want the instant heater to be mount on our marble wall, thus storage heater is the way to go. After purchasing the storage heater, we realised the outlet was just above the toilet bowl which happened to be equally eye sore for us. We made a little request to the plumber to relocate the tank at the service yard, we thought it will be a piece of cake, however we were wrong.The process requires the plumber to bend the thick and sturdy pipe several times, he could have went with what we suggested in the photos using the lines route. But he suggest that he does the piping his way so that they will be close to no pipes exposed after we cover it up with acrylic panel. To bend the cooper pipes is really tiring and it's a lot more effort, but we are very grateful for his effort.
The end product-heater at service yard.
Air Conditioner
We worked put the final plan of the air conditioner for our flat. The placement of air conditioner is quite straight forward. We have considered a few location to install the air conditioner for living room.
1) Brick wall at the living room (Drop this idea as it is quite ugly to place the air conditioner there. Waste my money for brick wall)
2) Wall outside bedroom 3 (my ideal location but it was not advisable as the cool air will blow towards the kitchen area instead of the living room)
3) Wall at the dining area (This placement will allow the cool air to blow towards the living room and keeping the dining area cool)
The air conditioner at bedroom 3. We will paint over the air conditioner casing using the same colour as the wall.
The air conditioner at bedroom 2..JPG.4fdfe971db30e27d9c155a7e95fea8fc.JPG)
The air conditioner at master bedroom.
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PM-ed you.
On 11/6/2016 at 1:41 PM, Ace55 said:Hi,
can on me the contacts of your contractor?
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hi bykaraanne, I have been a silent reader of your Little London. It's very nicely done!
I'm not sure if the paint is matte or glossy. Here is another picture of the door. It looks glossy to me.
20 hours ago, bykaraanne said:Very nice!!!
Can I know if your doors are painted matte or glossy white?
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RENOVATION WORK- Part 7 Carpentry
More pictures of the carpentry work. This is for common toilet. We chose the same color of laminate as the kitchen. They have install the Quartz too.
This is for master bedroom toilet. We made a cabinet under the original HDB basin.
They installed the quartz countertop. Lucky it goes well with the backsplash. We also install sink and hob. Now, we are thinking if should install handles on the cabinets or we should keep it simple without any knob or handles? I worry that it will not turn well
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Going to buy some potted plants and nice bowls to decorate the shelves.
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RENOVATION WORK- Part 6 Carpentry
Finally, the most looking forward part of renovation!!!My wardrobe for master bedroom. Pardon we haven remove the ugly sticker for painting.
Doors are done too!
Installation of kitchen cabinets.
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Hi slashmylove,
I didn't notice any "crack lines" on the exterior. Maybe I go check carefully again this weekend and let you know again.
My fans are Elmark , bought in Malaysia, Tampoi. I forgot to take picture of the model and threw away the box. We wanted to buy KDK in the first due to it's durability and reliability. In the event we chose Elmark due to the colour.
13 hours ago, slashmylove said:My blanco sink's exterior sides had little ugly "crack lines" that aren't actually cracks.. donno if you know what I mean.. care to share if it's the same for yours?
Btw your fans look great! What brand/model is it?
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RENOVATION WORK- Part 5
Yeah! Finally bought the kitchen sink!
The Vinyl is done too! Love the colour so much. The workers are so efficient. They did it within half day and there is no obvious joint line between each piece of vinyl.
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We are doing the electrical works ourselves. Bought a few track lights to try the effect. We really have some concern about installation of track light. Saw some reviews online that there will be dark spots and it will heat up the room. Oh no... It really have patches of lights and it is more obvious in the photo. Don't know if it helps if we install more track lights.
We also install the fans in the living room and one bedrooms. Black fan for the living room.
Glad that we found this grey shades of fan for the bedroom. Since we are installing the ceiling fans for the bedroom, we chose a fan that comes with LED lights. Save the trouble to install lights and fans separately.
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Hi Blue8179, Thanks for sharing. I'm so glad that ours is at a good price.
On 10/25/2016 at 5:29 PM, blue8179 said:Hi nestlee,
I think is good price. My contractor quote me 2.7m at $2k
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Hello Sunnyscandi
Woah! Looks good! Yours is Naya 8 right? I made a horrible mistake!!! All along I want to get Naya 6 but I get confused between Naya 6 and Naya 8. I even gave the dimension of Naya 8 to my contractor for the kitchen cabinet. Luckily I found out before they do the kitchen cabinets.
What is the colour of your sink? Is this rock grey or Alu-metalic? I bought rock grey and it seems to be a bit too dark. The water stain can been seem easily!
On 10/16/2016 at 10:42 AM, sunnyscandi said:blanco naya 8 sink at my current home. good
Clean Scandinavian Design 4-room
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The fans are Elmark. We bought in JB, Tampoi. Hope it helps.