steffie

Watching the carpentry come up was so exciting! I was very excited and full of anticipation. And thanks to Ronald, the cabinets were a perfect match for my door. I absolutely loved how it turned out. I couldn't take a lot of photos as the electricians were there installing the lights and I didn't want to be in their way. Here's a preview. I am so happy that Ronald was able to achieve what I had wanted. They were exactly as I had imagined and seen from his drawings.

Hi there, I've emailed you.

How time flies. It's already been a month. I am so glad I learnt of floor buffing after reading all the posts on Renotalk. Such an economical alternative to hacking my floors and getting it re-done. Saved me thousands! Admittedly the floor is not good as new as how I had it when I first moved it, however, for the amount of money I had saved, I can most certainly overlook the imperfections. I contacted a few floor polishing guys and decided on Jin Brothers. Not only were they the cheapest, they were also the only one that called me back to ask me more details. Therefore, I felt very reassured. As I had gotten new vinyl tiles for the bedroom and the bathroom was an overhaul, only the living/dining room homogenous tiles and kitchen ceramic tiles need to be buffed. And I was glad I had not misplaced my trust. Their follow up was very good. They were very accommodating to my renovation schedule and changes, texted me 3 days before to confirm the job and also called me the day before. They arrived on time at 9am, did a check of the area, immediately reported tiles that were broken and after the job is done, sent me photos of what they could and could not remove. Very honest people.

I had met the painter, Frank to run through the colours for the walls. Another contact that I got from Renotalk as well, recommended by Joemit. I must agree that Frank is a really nice guy, and very experienced too. He offered very useful advice into the type of colours that will match. He also patiently explained what needs to be done, especially for my new wall and door frames. He must be really popular as he mentioned that he had to stop taking in new jobs as his schedule for July was already full. Thankfully, I was KS and had booked his time early. He also mentioned that the plastering done by Ronald was very good, especially around the new door frames.

The renovations are slowly coming to shape. Although there were slight delays in the tiling, we are back on schedule. I really appreciate meeting nice people in my renovation journey. I had arranged for the door guys to swing by to take measurement for my doors when the door frame was up. It was only then that I learnt that not only the door frames need to be up, the bedroom floor will need to be installed as well. And because the doors needed 10 days to be fabricated, the vinyl floor needed to be installed earlier. As a result, Ronald had to re-look at the schedule again to to let me know the best time for the vinyl floor to be installed, I had to arrange for Arc Floor to install the flooring 2 weeks earlier than scheduled and door guys had to make a second trip down to measure for the doors again. I am grateful that everyone was tried their best to accommodate these last minute changes without tempers flaring or any unpleasantries. Today will be a busy day at the house with Arc Floor coming to install the vinyl floor, Ronald getting the plumbers to do the plumbing and CityGas coming to re-position the gas pipes.

I'm glad to finally have a real wall back. Kinda regretted it at one point because the extra space was not really utilized. It was just to make it more spacious and have more walking space. Other than a TV console, bed and wardrobe, I didn't have anything extra. Yes. I absolutely love glass backsplashes. I will be doing a black glass backsplash for my kitchen cabinets to match the black solid surface top. Can't wait to see how it looks.

That's a good idea. I'll check with him.

I have PM'ed you.

Spoke too soon..... "Murphy" decided to visit on Day 13! Went shopping in Ikea and decided to drop off the items at the house since the contractor would need to install it later. It wasn't a planned visit since I was there just the evening before. I noticed that more work was done to the bathroom floor as the cement was a darker colour from yesterday. And horrors of horror, I noticed that the drainage in the common bathroom was created at the wrong location. I immediately texted the contractor to have him locate it back to where it was intended to be at. He told me honestly that I can insist on locating it back but it would mean delays as they would need to hack and re-waterproof the floors again. To be honest, I wouldn't have minded the delay but I figured had I insisted on it, it would mean inconvenience as well as cost incurred for the contractor. He offered to rectify the problem by contacting the aircon guys to return to re-do the piping as well as build a kerb around the water pipes to ensure water will not collect around the water pipes as they flow towards the drainage. I must admit that I was disappointed since it was one of my must-have items. But I guess I can learn to live with it, plus I do really appreciate the contractor's effort trying to rectify the issue immediately. Let's hope the outcome of the kerb will be a good one. Fingers crossed!

So far everything seem to be on track. The contractor did pre-empt that there was some delay in the tiling but they should be able to complete on time. According to the schedule, tiling works in the bathroom should be completed by Day 17. It's Day 12 and they seem to have almost completed it.