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hi ykrl, ekrose, check ur pm. !!

share ur quote fr johnny? thx. my pool table is 8 ft. but normally most ppl get 7 ft for their homes. but no matter how many ft u gettin, best is leave another 1.5m ard the table for playing. coz tats the length of a cue. but u can use a baby cue to play if reali not enough place. hope u get wat i mean. if u not sure feel free to ask me. no worries. as for the quote, i do not hv the soft copy. jus roughly tell u wat we did for reno. we did carpentry for the whole hse except 2 bedrooms like kitchen, hhs, suspended bed, wardrobe 10ft, vanity 6ft, shoe cabinet 5ft, altar 5ft, swivel tv feature 8ft...flooring for all hse, overlaying 2 bathroom floor n wall tiles, false ceiling, feature wall for pool area and seatee (foc), dresser... we oso use quite a lot of mosaic at the foyer, kitchen entrance, skirting and bathroom. and oso black glass n tinted glass at a few areas.. spend ard 40k for reno. but tats the lowest quote i got !! u can check out at my blog below to view my reno.

ya i think it's true coz johnny oso did mention to us when we ask him bout tis.

ya we oso love them a lot. its our fav. lights... finally can on the lights liaoz and they reali look great. will post pics soon. just went back to new hm just now coz johnny told us to be there to check for defects. veri funny coz not much defects and yet johnny so gan cheong keep asking us to check. we felt tat we already go through the workmanship carefully but johnny dun seems to believe. keep checking this n tat. preparing to note down the defects. but frankly reali not much defects so we just hv to get more fussy and anyhow point jus to entertain him. but anyway reali appreciate his attitude towards his work. and oso reali worship the carpenter coz he reali did a great job. it seems so difficult to spot the defects. kudos to him!!! anyway tomo air con contractor comin up to replace the compressor. johnny will be there to supervise them. so guess should'nt be any prob with him ard.

thx. same to u!!! i got them from poh joo at jalan besar. hood n hob from rinnai and oven from cuzino.

i agree tat most forummers here would like to look at pics. pics alone can save us from all the typing.

ya i agree... it's reali difficult to get cheap n gd id. source ard for ids and compare their quotes. beside the quote u muz oso be comfortable with the id u engaged. u can try to approach some ids tat are recommend in the forum. as for me, i approached a few before i engaged my current id. wat i do is compare quote, listen to the designs the ids propose, and also the feeling the id gave me. from there i managed to find my id and luckily i made the right choice. if u want u can also try to approach my id. so far i find his quote veri reasonable. u can also check out my t blog below. be patient n i'm sure u can get a gd id with reasonable quote.

like ur kitchen n master bedroom. they look great. look forward to ur reno pics.

hi silver88, u r in gd hands... ideal hse sure live up to its reputation. my id also fr ideal hse. he's johnny. goin to hand over tis friday. so far find them veri gd. u can take a look at my blog. look forward to more pics fr u!

at first we thought tat our false ceiling will be too simple. but johnny told us tat we got enough carpentry features in our living so its better to keep our false ceiling simple so tat the feature walls get all the attention if not the attention will be snatch away by the false ceiling. and also at the same time he said tat we can save money on downlights. just get fluroscent tubes for the croft lightings will do. so in the end we oni spend money on 6 downlights for the whole hse. reali save alot $$$. think its reali a gd idea! anyway this friday will be the hand over. reali look forward to see the complete carpentry work. sunday will be moving in our things. so guess its another tiring day. hope can finish packing by CNY. furniture will be in on next mon. will post pics again and also on the completed work.

our master bathroom: door for master bathroom: our swivel tv feature: our hhs feature n altar: area w/o laminate is for tinted glass. our kitchen from entrance: area w/o laminate is for black glass. our shoe cabinet w/o doors: now with doors: area w/o laminate is for tinted glass. behind swivel tv which is the pool area: our false ceiling:

hurray here's the pics of my carpentry. veri happy with the design and also the workmanship. can see tat the carpenter reali enjoy his work. me n my hubby were there almost the whole day. n the carpenter always proudly shows us his work when he's done. can see tat he has absolute confidence in his work. keep asking if we satisfied with his work. a very nice guy. but jus got a cal fr johnny telling us tat the aircon contractor veri jiat lat. here's the story.... johnny found out tat the aircon contractor has fixed a compressor of 18000 btu for our living. which actually we pay him for a 24000 btu. when johnny cal him, he actually said tat the window in our master is too small. so he changed to another smaller compressor of 18000 btu and he forgot to inform johnny. johnny scolded him like **** and insist he changed to a 24000 btu no matter wat. johnny suggested to him tat he can fixed the compressor from the kitchen window. he even ask the contractor to inform him when they r coming so tat he will personally supervise them. we didn't expect the contractor to be so dishonest. luckily johnny found out if not we'll nvr know. okkkk...will stop here... now talk bout happy things. so far as i can see, i find tat the design n workmanship veri gd. although there's always some prob during reno. but for our case, so far so gd. nvr reali face major problems. all are minor ones... all thx to johnny. reali glad tat we can hv him as our id. he always there to solve all the probs. anyway here's the pics.... master wardrobe: tis is the one i'm talking about in my previous post. johnny took the initiative to use the 3D purple laminate for the wardrobe. as for the sliding door, he uses black glass and 3D laminate w/o our knowledge. we let him design and do it w/o the need to show drawings. we got absolute trust in him. reali glad it turn out to our liking... view from our bed: our bed:

check out my t blog below...my hse finally going to hand over this friday. anyway really kudos to my id, johnny. he reali did a great job in terms of workmanship, designs and service.

hee... glad tat u like our hse... we like mosaic alot. actually we did a lot of carpentry and heard fr our id tat the contractor charged him quite high for the workmanship for laying mosaic. so i guess both of them play a big part in the quote. n oso we use glass n tinted mirror on a few area especially kitchen. kitchen no mosaic onli at the entrance. aiyah, shld hv put oso... btw jus went to look at the carpentry. up to date, onli kitchen n master are half way done onli. One thing is that in our master bed room, the side of the wardrobe faces our bed. We expected to use normal wood color laminate for this area of wardrobe. Johnny took his intiative and changed the laminate a SPECIAL kind, the 3D laminate which comes in Purple color and matches well with room's color. We were so suprised and glad he did that. Cheers to him. !! I'm also extremely pleased that during the course of the reno that johnny came to learn about our likings and took the effort to present it in our renovation. Thats another Big cheers to him again. We went up our house today and found the stove area slightly misalign to the hood. Thats when we inform johnny and he immediately rectify it. I guess thats wat happen when everyone is rushing to move in before chinese new year ba. The carpenter also hay wire liao hehe. Anyway today forgot to bring camera, will take some more pics this weekend.

we just leave it there. but the workers know wat to do one coz they always hv owners leaving the kuay n pineapple there. during the progress, they will just place the items at the other area not affected by the reno. but oso depend on individuals bah. maybe for ur case no need bah. so dun worry!

ok thanks... will go see see... today carpentry up. but no time go over. so will be going in another few days. stay tuned for the pics

tats interesting...maybe in the future u can find new owners using nian gao liaoz.... but btw ppl told me not to clear the huat kuay n pineapple until the reno complete. need to leave it there to huat. so till now more than 1 mth our kuay n pineapple still there.

wah i nvr know got so many things to do. reali appreciate ur info...sometimes better to believe. anyway nothing to lose mah. but i need to stay at my new hm for a few days to unpack my stuffs. so will be spending the nights there. so can i spend a few nights there to unpack before the officially move in? or i officially move in then unpack my stuffs? and oso u said tat everyone muz carry something? so can be anything we like?

congrats on ur new home. me oso staying jurong west but mine at st 25. got to spend money wisely coz it reali cost a bomb for a new home. my reno alone alreadi costs me 40k. and another 23k on furnishing and electronics. always end up buying more than we expected. ya i agree... buy things tat need to be installed during reno. other things like electronics and furnitures can wait. hehe. everything oso money....

hi whyelun, hv pm u...check it out.

welcome my faraway neighbour. me too oso from JW. but mine is st 25. so hv u got an id? reno is a tedious work but try to enjoy!!! so for ur door opening did u roll any pineapple into the hse b4 u go in? for us, we r told to roll a pineapple into the hse and oso to place a fa kua nicely in the middle of the living rm. but my this hubby not onli roll the pineapple. he roll the fa kua as well. so when the old folks came, they wonder how come the fa kua collapse at one corner of the hse. so maybe take this chance to remind other new owners not to make this mistake. but anyway congrats on ur new home.

hi just bought my lightings yesterday at $998...at first was quoted $1073 after discount but after some bargain and we managed to cut another $75. total damage $1400 for all lightings for the hse include the lightings for the pool table. let's see wat i bought: -15 fluroscent light T8 4 feet loose fitting -6 downlight c/w mrc ballast -3 twin halogen lights -5 normal looking lights for kitchen, bedrooms and balcony -2 round lights c/w atco ballast for bathrooms -2 lights for pool table is the price reasonable coz i feel tat they are just normal looking lights, dun look special to me. so dunno got kena chop or not? anyway tonite goin new hse to put my kitchen sink n mixer. coz we cash n carry. think will be installing soon...hope to see something different tonite. hv not gone back for 1 week liaoz coz quite busy. tat time we go back 3 times a week. so now not yet see our laminate flooring but i would prefer to see my carpentry. hope its up... but luckily still got johnny to oversee the reno if not i surely more gan cheong one. he like one busy bee. like everyday go there check this check tat despite his busy schedule. reali appreciate tat. btw hv oso arrange WC, sinks, hood n hob, oven, lightings to be sent over on next sat. hope reali can complete b4 CNY. time is running out. think its time to arrange furniture n electronic to be sent over. but most important is the hse mover. coz at least we got our things at our new place so not so sianz when we wait. especially my mattress...can sleep while i wait for the furniture. reali scared my sofa will be delay coz heard a lot of bad reviews on red apple delivery in this forum. but the salesgirl had reassure me a few times so hope they really mean it. just pray tat they hv make improvement on the delivery thing. oso i got some queries... as i am abit ban tang, i would like to choose a auspicious date to move in. so are there anything we need to do at the officially move in? like any customary? and oso how to consider as move in? izzit the first nite we spent in the new hse or izzit the day we got the mover to move in our things? reali blur on this. !!

hee... think the ppl who say the "wat if" includes ur PIL... me n my hubby oso agree...best is we muz feel comfortable. anyway it our hse. better dun tink too much. if not will get influence. hacked liaoz then bo bian mah. now i left with 3 rooms now. already hacked one away for my pool table. so now left 3. 1 for guests or my FIL if he come back coz he staying in thailand. 1 is the master and the other is a study room. wait till got kids then maybe convert one of the rooms to kids room. the study room at the living makes the place look smaller. so guess its a gd decision make to hack... !!

maybe u can just bring ur hubby to LV shop and pester him....tis is wat i did and it works. !!

hi ahko, saw ur 3d drawings... we got almost the same kitchen. also got backsplash at the sink.hehhe... anyway look forward to more pics...