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    If you need any help with defect inspection, you can refer to the link to understand the details or download the defect inspection checklist. Hope this is useful to you!!! http://ngidstudio.com/defect-inspection/defect-inspection-checklist/
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    Wet Kitchen We do not really cook so we just get a cheap functional but yet classic kitchen hood to go with the kitchen design Area for our fridge which is also easily accessible from the dry kitchen on the left The sink area at the window area facing down into the common corridor Wifey catered for cove lighting into the kitchen space to create a warm feel. In addition, we can always switch on such cove lighting instead of the usual down lights which may be a tad harsh when we need to go into the kitchen for a drink in the middle of the night. Taken with only cove lighting on
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    Hey @liyahajis, I had PM you the quotes!
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    @seal33, these containers are from Diaso! Actually we factor all the relevant measurements in mind when doing up the shoe cabinet. @liyahajis, would check and come back to you on the cost when I am home later. All the glass works are done up by Bernard (our contractor).
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    @seal33, as requested. Upper tier shoe cabinet when fully opened. Right side for me... and left side for wifey... Sharing equally is only as far as the top tier is concerned... Wifey took up the whole lower tier... Wifely wanted a single panel across the whole length of the shoe cabinet to create a more continuous feel and as such the cabinet door is actually heavy. Given the opening action is downwards, the weight of the cabinet door would actually cause the piece to slam down if your hand is not holding on to the door when opening. The solution to this is to install hydraulic lever on each end of the cabinet door panel to ensure a smooth and gradual drop from a closed to open position. Basically we just need to pull down the door a bit and the levers would bring the panel down on its own. Closing is similar in a reverse direction but using the anti-slam hinges to close the door fully.
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    @trcd, I am not telling her this otherwise she wld go ya ya papaya... Hahahah I do admit she does has better taste than me and well, runs in her blood I guess. @seal33, thanks for your compliments. Let me do that when we are back home later tonight.
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    Hey @Raylowwl, door is from our contractor directly while we sourced our gate separately. The gate supplier had since retired... PS: We did up our place few years back so we are posting retrospectively and it's a shame that this gate supplier is getting old and his next generation wanted to move on to bigger things in life and not take over the business... @Everdeen88, wld PM you in a bit! @trcd, the main door is full solid timber door stained to the tone/colour that my wife wants
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    The Door & The Gate
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    Hey @JohnJohn and @El LoCo, thanks for your kind compliments. It's more of my wife designing all these rather than me though
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    Dry Kitchen (continued)
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    @trcd, I rather the tiler take their time to lay the tiles properly, screed the area well than for them to do a sloppy job which would come back to hunt us down the road with cracked/popped up tiles and worse water seeping etc... Could see your reno progressing fine so keep it going!
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    Hey @trcd! Thanks for your kinds words. Actually, we did the bare minimum for balcony because we wanted to keep the cost down. Yes, chilling out there with beer or even wine wld be nice just hope not drunk enough to drop those down... Hahahahah
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    Dry Kitchen The wall we hacked and replaced with a shoe cabinet and a dry island Our over-mount square sink with our ceramic induction hob Love the running wood grain for our countertop
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    Balcony Original intention is to have the top and inner side of the parapet wall tiled with white craft stone but eventually we decided to leave it bare to keep the cost down as well as more of a practical sense as we do not want to spend time maintaining the area. The eventual idea was to just do enough but with the possibility to do more in future... Timber-like floor tiles No lamps, just cove lightings. Maybe in future do up a bar area here with high chairs (too dangerous???) or even convert to a green corner with creepers up the wall to double up as feature wall etc... Till then, the balcony would just be a balcony with a view.
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    Hi @yellowteacups! Just PM-ed you the address!
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    Master Bedroom Toilet (continued) Combination of glass and mirror to open up the space as well as cove lighting to add a warm touch to the area Reflection in the mirror is actually that of our wardrobe.
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    Master Bedroom Toilet Our open concept toilet on the right Our rain shower mixer - bargained with wife down from a bath tub Even shower head need to negotiate down from a higher end series... Every dollar count... The walls we hacked Even wash basin is transparent
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    Hey Stray, of course! I had just PM you the address!
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    Sink and tap installed at the common toilet. Mirror wooden backing also up with cove lighting to create the warm ambience feel. In the master bedroom toilet, space constraint is made worse by the angular walls. Here, tap and toilet bowl also installed with the mirror plus cove lighting still in the works. Went to our usual supplier at Jalan Berseh to get the handle for our big wooden door at the kitchen. As well as the handles for our main door! Initially we wanted a sleek balcony door frame but this comes at a higher price so we decided to go for second best which is the black frame seen in the photo above.
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    Hey @Starrain, in general the downside to spray paint is the cost. It requires a certain level of skills/workmanship with the appropriate equipments so they do not come cheap. To put it bluntly, either the contractors do not have the workers with the skillsets or equipment or simply think the profit margin is just not there. However this being said, the other reason is all the downsides of spray paint which for example include the use of MDF boards as material to fabricate these carpentries as paints tends to stick better here than the better quality plywood. However, there are IDs and contractors whom believe in detailings and had found ways to circumvent some of these issues like waterproofing, durability by using paints identical to what we used for automobiles. Looking at cars where paint remains in immaculate condition despite being exposed to the elements of nature is enough said about how such issues had became a matter of the past. But long story short, the reason why laminates are so wildly popular is the variety of choices, the textures, etc... And the low cost, durability and so on. Just imagine if I asked Bernard to spray paint my carpentry to a certain wood grain pattern with a certain texture, he would probably just think I am mad here... Hi @El LoCo, when you use laminates the carpenter would cut the laminates to size which is why you would see lines where one piece meet the other. With spray paint, it is just one single paint work around the piece of carpentry. To be frank, I am not exactly close to the spray painting process to know exactly how many layers of paint is required (nor Bernard when I called him earlier... Guess he probably need to ask his guys at the workshop after the weekend..)
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    Hey @Starrain, spray paint carpentries are nothing new in the industry, just that they tends to be on the high side in terms of costs. Just like different grades of laminates, spray paint has its own merits and downsides. In our case, we chose spray paint for dry island and shoe rack due to its aesthetic feature in a highly visible area of the house. When I meant aesthetic, I was referring there is no laminate lines etc and basically it boils down to fine detailing.
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    Wifey wanted stainless steel for the dry island top Sink (over-mount), electric stove and oven installed Wifey insisted on spray-painted carpentries for dry island and shoe rack... This meant more cost... Gas stove at wet kitchen. Carpentries for this area using laminates though Sink at the wet kitchen side (under-mount)
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    Cove lightings installed at balcony Cove lightings and downlights all up in the living room. The original plan was to have wall tiles/feature wall on this side of the wall but eventually we dropped that idea to keep the cost down or at least that was my intention though I faced a lot of resistance from the wife... We went for a darker color for the wall near the dry island to create a bolder impact around the space here We also tiled over the box up of what used to be exposed pipes
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    Carpentries - Wet Kitchen View of the wet kitchen carpentries from the service yard. Front view of our carpentries at stove area Front view of wet kitchen looking in from the dry island side. Remember our windows at the wet kitchen side overlook down to the common corridor pathway so anyone whom passed by can actually look through our house from there if they are tall enough To create some privacy, we fabricated a big wooden door to close up the view when required. This also separates the area between dry and wet kitchen.
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