Clarence Lye
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haha.. yes, the EVE shelf is very expensive.. didn't bear to buy it but just go ahead because i can't find any other better ones that are 304. And not to mention the price in SG.. it's like 3-4x more! I am in the hunt of these black rubber matte looking toilet accessories/tray like this one below, but can't find any in taobao.. How's your renogoing? never see much update on your thread.
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thanks! but looks pretty expensive . guessi will try JB.
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Taobao Purchases It's time to also update my taobao purchases, recently cart out my 1st batch - costing me ~ $1.5k! Not sure if it's too much or too little, usually taobao purchases from other t-bloggers seems to be quite high as well. Here are my loots.
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I see.. i never really explored Dulux colours. still a fan of Nippon. hahaha
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so your paint is Dulux or Nippon series? There are some lovely colours in Dulux too. We are looking to paint momento (Granite Glint MS149) for our MBR bedhead from Prestige Painting (anyone tried them before?), so it will look like this: It cost $8/sqft, my wall is about 7.2sqft x 8sq ft x $8 = $460.80. I saw a few other momento painter at carousell, but their works and finishing isn't as good as this company. If i get Nippon direct it's about $780 for one wall and i'm not painting whole wall because it's covered by the wardrobe.
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Heh.. never really "restrict" us on the colour or ask us to topup.. i hope not. Just check through the contract and it's UNLIMITED. No wonder we just select without even considering that we have colours limitation. @purplegirafffe I feel that viewing on the website is so much more easier to visualise. Cos you can click in they show you the whole wall with some furnishing. It only shows the colour creation series. http://www.nipponpaint.com.sg/colours/colour-paint-chart/colour-creations/timeless-off-whites/
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Same! But we just bite the bullet and went ahead! *haha* Was worried that the whole house will look too greyish. But i think with some mixture of different hues should be fine. Thanks! I also downloaded the nippon visualiser app and try out. Looks ok and not too overly grey. *Finger cross*
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Updates on the detail drawings, selected all the paint and laminates for the whole house. This is for our lego display cabinet and tv featured wall: Kitchen laminates and layout: Master bedroom walkin wardrobe, platform bed and toilet: Painting will start on the 18th, couldnt wait to see how the whole house will look like. The overall feel of the house will have this neutral, greyish tones aka the 50shades of grey kind with different shading of greys and wood grains finishing. till then...
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love the fino too.. can share the cost and place to buy?
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Hi @Maverik sure, PM-edyou. However if you're just doing kitchen alone ,i'm not sure if he's willing to take it up as the project/earning is too minimal. I will PM you two contact.
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We were looking for coffee table over the weekend and saw this at courts for $299. Not bad as it also function as a dining/computer table when you lift it up. Weird thing is, you have to pay $59 for delivery.. crazy. But if you buy online, it's free delivery. Make no sense at all because the sales girl told us it's because we pay for the service rendered at their store. I gave them the "are you kidding me" kind of look as there is 0 service provided. No one attended to me after loitering around the table for more than 20mins and even after we sat down the sofa. Also purchased the Eames replica chair from fortytwo as they are having sale now. $49.00 $24.90 each. No point getting from taobao because fortytwo is cheaper now. This chair is very common among many home users I believe.. Our updated 3D for master toilet is up as well, the shower featured wall looks abit weird in my opinion. Shall see how it goes. We are going down to finalise all our drawings/laminates this Tuesday and officially starting the whole reno on 18th. Hope it will progress well. Anyone know where can i buy all these black toilet accessories (it's all the smooth rubbery finish kind) like the black tray and container to put tissue or soap dispenser?
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looks innovative, but wonder how much stuff we can put on it. doesn't look that strong without a base.
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Hacking away the old ones, bringing in the New.
Clarence Lye replied to SK Hacking Services's topic in Reno t-Blog Chat
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hehe, it's working now. 1.5m in length will be quite tight for your space, but given you hack the common room. i guess it helps. I still indecisive over how the island should be made, because i want it to function as a dining table too due to lack of space.
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not really. at first we wanted to postpone and start after the 7th mth, but after thinking for awhile - since we started some reno works already, it makes no difference. But our ID slot are pretty full, so they can't slot us for any reno during 7mth. So have to wait loh. no choice.
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for unknown reason, i still can't see your pics. So with a separate dining table it would be solved. I just dont have the luxury of space. Tried taobao, but can't find anything decent. I like the eames chair thou.
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hello! Thanks! Didn't expect to see you here. Haha. My reno got delayed because there's no available slot during the chinese 7th mth prayer. So gotta wait...
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cant see your pictures.. was wondering for your island, will you be using it as a dining table as well? what is the height of your island? I'm doing island for prep table for my baking too, but the height of 80cm - 85 seems comfortable for my height. but the problem is in getting matching dining chair to suit that height. Any suggestions
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can ship the mirror from taobao? didu buy direct and ship via forwarder or via ezbuy? i tried ezbuy to buy a similar mirror but didn't went through..
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Although it's lifetime as per claimed, there is no guarantee that the company will be operating till then. But then again, at least you're signing up with a reputable company that has been around for many years rather than a fairly new company (less than 5-10yrs) that is giving lifetime warranty (if there's any)? It's more of comfort level to know at least this company won't suddenly close down? But who knows if they might suddenly run up deep into debts? Therefore, lifetime warranty = company's lifetime. So long company exist, you're still covered under their lifetime warranty. Wear and tear is definitely not covered in any kind of warranty/guarantee coverage, this is for sure. There is no room for negotiation on this. Their lifetime warranty coverage doesn't cover wear and tear, any other things are mostly covered. (key wordis mostly, will clarify with them closer to the date and make them write to me in black and white) Such as: 1) Poor workmanship on installation of items (eg your tv console suddenly drop down?) 2) False ceiling got hole, they can come and patch it up for you if it's minor. Major ofcos you have to top up some $ 3) Or if your wardrobe roller/track stuck/jam ? They can replace the roller/track for you 4) Laminates on your carpentry all start to peel after 3-5years, they can fix it for you. These are some of the things I asked and clarified with them, there is definitely more things that are in the exclusion list for sure. Well if you dont mind changing your items after 3-5years when it starts to spoil then of cos the lifetime warranty is not a factor to consider during reno. For us, we prefer to have something that can last as long as possible until it's really gone case, as most things now adays aren't built to last. Regarding the "Lowest priority", I am expecting that to happen. Usually when things happen, companies take forever to get back to you. Not just on reno, it's on everything. That's where social media and etc comes in and help expedite things. And of cos, knowing the who to go to when there's taiji also plays a part. Anyway, my reno project is under monitoring by their managing director and HR because i have made multiple complains against them. I have their direct contact if there's a need for me to blow up matters, and that's provided they would entertain a small fry like me. Just my 2 cents, i might be wrong. Alot of all these hidden prints which include terms and condition are often not being read. That's why sometimes buy thing also have to think whether it's too good to be true, especially on warranty/guarantee periods.
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hi @fingerscross, Thanks. Actually, r&r is doing majority of the reno. I sub-con out the kitchen hacking works only. And yes, their main selling point to me is their lifetime warranty which no other IDs offer. The closest i found is absolook with 5years. Given that I am intending to live there long-term, i am looking something substainable as well. I don't wish to be having any headache in years to come when things are damaged due to poor workmanship or carpentry works. Depends on how much reno you are doing and what's your budget, they can roughly work things out. But do note, it will always exceed your budget. My initial budget was about 42-45k, then time goes by, you will have new ideas/plan that you want to add/amend. That's where the cost start to snowball. But 75-80k range is on the extreme high side, and for that amount you can reno a whole 5room flat. I yet to see how good their workmanship is, so i can't comment for now. I do hope it's good given the "premium" price that we paid, compared to other IDs/Contractors.
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update on reno progress: 1) electrical works are done (wiring all pulled, re-wired) 2) cement screed done Here are some pics: a) Living area for display cabinet b) entrance switch and also laid an extension plug at the bottom c) kitchen d) master bedroom e) dining/fridge area and cement screed: a) Walkway towards the room b) kitchen view Here's a picture of my vinyl and kitchen tiles (they are leveled, heng..) Here's another picture of the vinyl and the slope kerb at common toilet:
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sure, I can PM you the contact. Reason of hacking is because i'm doing vinyl floor and I wanted my vinyl floor (living and whole house) to be level with the kitchen floor. If I overlay the kitchen floor, my overall height for the whole house will increase, therefore it will affect my entrance kerb and toilet slope kerb (because entrance kerb and vinyl is also level and i'm only overlaying my master toilet and not my common toilet.) therefore if height increased, the common toilet vinyl will sit about 5-8mm higher (because of the overlay tile height) on top of the existing toilet slope kerb created by HDB, which will can be resolve easily if you are using the slope looking trimming (which i personally didn't like.) that looks like a hump. see my below illustration for a clearer picture. hope that helps. (not to scale but the idea/concept is there):
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great tip! eventhou I signed up with ID, I am still very much involved in every bit of everything, as I don't fully trust them. I always believe that it's always better to be hands on, since it's our own home afterall rather than the ID/contractor's home. LOL on the ego part.
