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Hi Joanne, yes I am able to lower to the maximum, no issue at all.

Hi Blueygirls, Sorry I do not know the code for the tiles. I saw it at hafary at Eunos. You should be able to find from there. The cement screeding is not even. I had to TOP up to self level it so that I can do my vinyl at the bedroom. I saw from my project Facebook that you can ask the hdb contractor to do it for you too at an extra cost. Maybe you can check out both the price from your ID and the hdb contractor and compare.

Hi Casey, Mine is about 2 CM. I heard from uniarm that not all will have this problem. Some of the people in the same project does not have issue. I Guess should be based on luck. My ID is Eric and Ben from Simplicity Interior. You can check out their Facebook.

Hi Bearbear, I had sent you a message. Enjoy your renovation journey

After handing over, it is time for cleaning up. We had spend some time cleaning up as we are a clean freak. After cleaning up, I had been busy arranging all the furnitures, the curtain and storeroom rack to be in. We got the rack from rack.sg. They had been prompt in replying. The guys are very fast and helpful. They came early on the day of installation, I had not cleared up my storeroom. They help me to shift everything one side and wait for me to clean up before they install. Within 10 mins, all had been setup. The curtain was install on Friday. As this is the first time installing blind, we had a lot of questions. The curtain maker had been very patient in explaining how to use the blind, the maintenance and how to clean them as well. Thumb up for his service. My renovation journey had come to the end. Some feedback about my ID. He had been prompt in replying my Watapps, accommodating toward my ever-changing ideas, he had also help me to fix up some items bought at ezbuy on goodwill. Though there are some hipcup here and there, it had been recitify within a reasonable time. I will definitely recommend him to my friends and relatives. It is photo time. I am very pleased with the end result. My ID requested to take some photos as part of his portfolio. We agreed and this is the end product

Day 27 The carpentry is almost completed. I will say it is up to my expectation. My girls are very excited about their platform bed. The vinyl will be install tomorrow. After which, the toiletries and the lighting will be up as well. The Gain City went up to install the aircon. They went for two trips, 1 is the installation of the aircon piping and today is the installation of the aircon. I will be seeing a more completed look next week. After that, will be the most tedious part, washing and cleaning the house. Luckily, my girls will finish their exam next fri. We are going to have our family outing at our house, cleaning for the house as our activity. Lol The living room The shoes cabinet The dining table Kitchen The girls room Master Bedroom

Day 18 to 22 The gas piping was installed last wed. The gas heater can be installed near the toilet which mean I am able to stack the dryer with my washer. So there is a hole in the place which I originally plan to put my dryer. Therefore I intend to put the laundry basket there. I meet the curtain maker on sat. I will be doing Venetian Blind in the living room, night curtain in my girls room and day and night curtain in my room. Total damage: $930. Below is the material chosen for the night curtain. Uniarm was installed on my main door on Sun. Thumb up for their service. They are punctual, able to give great advice and they are very fast. They have to do a little hacking as the GAP wasn't big enough to install. They wanted to ask my ID to do if they do not charge. Anyway, to save the hassle, I get them to do all instead. My ID had revised the 3D for the TV console and the shoes cabinet. I had decided to change the Colour as I wanted to keep the Colour simple. I had been bombing lots of photos from renotalk to my ID and had been changing the design again and again. Haha my ID is very accommodating and did not complain at all. The end result is what I wanted. I am very satisfied. I am able to see the end product very soon hopefully by this week. Painting was completed on sat as well. Very efficient. I am very pleased with the Colour we chosen. Haha forget to take the photo though. The Reno will probably be completed in 2 weeks time

Day 9 - 13 Installation of aircon piping, electrical wiring and window grille in the girls room had been done last week. Only intend to do window grille in the girls room as they have platform bed in their room which will be quite dangerous if we don't install. Unless we get nagging from my inlaw, if not we shall not do the rest of the window, LOL Below is some photos update. Day 16 As we are using tiles in the living room and vinyl in bedroom, there is an uneven (tiles are thicker than vinyl so the height different) between the bedroom and the living room, thus we need to do self levelling before putting the vinyl. So workers are here to do the cement screeding for the bedroom. We will have to TOP up for that. The ID mention that there is unevenness in the screeding done by hdb and it will cause problem later on if we don't do self-leveling. The other cheaper alternative will be putting a cap in between the living room and the room which we do not want. No choice Day 17 The Citigas people should be installing the gas piping yesterday. There were some miscommunication on their side and they did not bring along the gas heater so they left without doing. Luckily they had reschedule tomorrow, the appointment now is schedule till June, faintz.... I understand from my ID that they are doing the partition today. I might probably drop by this weekend to see the progress. The schedule next week will be painting and carpentry if nothing cropped up. We are on the right track, I suppose we will be finishing latest by mid May. Putting my finger cross.

Hi, I got the tiles from Hafary. This was recommended by my ID as we wanted a 'hotel' feel for our toilet. We love them too. The actual tiles look like this.

Day 5 Tiiling work is almost completed. I love my tiles for both the toilets and the living area. They will wrap up everything tomorrow. Electrical work, installation of aircon piping and installation of the track for my girls bedroom sliding door will be schedule next week.

Day 3 Tiling in progress. The tiling work might complete this week

3D Drawing My ID sent my the 3D drawings today. I love my girls' room and the dining area. However, the colour combination of the TV console look weird. We had a long discussion and concluded that it might be the tea colour glass shelving or the horizontal line that made it weird. It look perfectly fine on the shoes cabinet area. He will be making amendment. Putting my finger cross that everything will turn out fine.

Finally, the cement screeding is completed on Saturday. Hooray, the renovation can finally start. Day 1 The renovation officially start today. They start with doing the mortar base for my kitchen. They will be starting laying the tiles for living room and toilets tomorrow.

Some updates over the week. I had finally place the order at ezbuy for all the lights, some toiletries, dining chairs and some decor stuff. I had purchase my Queens size storage bed and mattress and my girls single mattress from slumberland. We had a meetup last week with my ID to select the carpentry laminates. He had given us many ideas and was patient as we were indecisive which to choose. He say he will provide us the 3D drawing early next week. HDB promised to do the cement screeding on Mon. I got a call from them last Sat to inform that they will be loading the material to my unit. I went over on Tuesday, nothing was done, not even the material can be seen. I called the officer in charge and she say she had mistaken me as the other block. Oh my, I had arranged the renovation to start next Monday. The 开工 schedule on sat. I called the officer now no answer and no reply of message. My schedule going to delay again.

Items Shortlisted I saw their sofa and dining bench online on Castlery. I had yet to go down to see the actual item. What I like about the sofa is that all covers can be washed and it is not too big. My ID say the longest I can get is 1.8M. Electrolux Washer / Dryer I am looking at 9kg washer (EWF 12933) so that I can wash my Queens size quilt. I am in a dilemma which dryer to buy: heater pump dryer (EDH3786GDW) which is more costly but save electricity in the long-run or the condenser dryer (EDP2074PDW) which much cheaper. Anyone have any review about the Electrolux dryer? TV I had shortlisted the LG UHD SMART TV 49UJ632T. My girls love the smart tv as they can watch their youtube and toggle on at the TV. The mouse type remote is also the reason why they love this TV so much. I will get it at one of the neighbourhood shop as it is much cheaper. Cooker hob, Cooker hood and Oven As my mum's house is using Fujioh Cooker hob and hood and it is of a more affordable range. I didn't research much. I just buy SLM-900 (hood), FG2792 (hob) and FV-EL51GL (oven). Ceiling Fan We saw the fan in the toiletries shop, the wind is quite cooling. My ID say that the fan is good so we didn't research much too. It is the Amasco Fan with light. We bought 3, 1 for the living room and other 2 for bedroom. The living room one is the one with 5 blades, the bedroom is with 3 blades. Toiletries I bought the toiletries with my ID at a shop he recommended. We bought 2 stainless steel basin cabinets, 2 single glass shelf, 2 toilet paper holder, 2 towel rack, 2 rack to put shampoo, 1 rainshower, 1 kithen sink, 1 sink tap, 3 ceiling fans, 1 cooker hood , 1 cooker hob and 1 oven. Total damage is $3,700. Beds I am very headache over what brand of bed to buy. We shortlist one from the Singapore Expo fair, went back and research and find many bad reviews. So back to square 1. Haiz..... Lightings We will be buying all the lights from ezbuy. I had already shortlisted what I want and will buy it soon. There is a long list of items so not going to list them all there. Gas Heater I had just submitted the order for ferroli PRIMA FE 10 from the citygas website and had arranged online appointment, will be waiting for them to call me to arrange a date for installation. Air-con We got our air-con from gain city. We are looking at the Mitsubishi starmex, but it is out of stock. The next batch will be in mid june I think, we cant wait for that long. No choice, get the Mitsubishi heavy industries which are equally good according to my husband's friend from gain city. What did I left out to buy? I will not be buying fridge as I will be using back my old fridge, old TV also for my room. The new one will be place in the living room. My fengshui master also get back to us to 'start work' on 7 April, sat.

Tiles Selection I went to Hafary yesterday for tiles selection. Wow there are so many different types of tiles. My ID helps us to filter to the ones that are suitable for our theme. We had a hard time choosing. I will be doing tiles for living room and Vinyl for bedroom. The kitchen tiles and wall tiles were leave it as it is. I will be overlaying both the wall and floor for both toilets. Living Room Tiles Bedroom Vinyl Toilets Wall The toilet wall will have 2 different types for tiles. One will be of a darker shade for 1 side of the wall, the other 3 sides will be lighter shade. Toilet Floor Table Top for Kitchen Table top for our customized dining table

I just got the rough sketch up from ID. I wanted to do a feature wall to coverup the beam in my master bedroom, it seem that it is a bit out of my Budget as it include a feature wall, bed frame and 2 side tables all customised. My ID suggest to save cost can go buy off the rack bedframe. I might need to start searching for 7 inches thick headboard bedframe. There will be a home fair and a electronic fair over at the Singapore Expo this weekend. I will probably drop by to see if there is any good deals. Will be comparing the cost saving if I will to buy off rack.

Yes, I love my door frame too. Kinda of unique to have for hdb bto.

Thanks I will be starting soon at beginning of Apr after HDB complete the cement secreeding. And to get a 开工 date from my fengshui master.

Actual Photos We went for joint inspection today. The contractor say that it will be rectify within a week. Hooray!! The cement secreeding is schedule on the 2 April which mean I am so near to start my renovation soon. I will have a meet-up with my ID over the weekend for tile selection and buying of toiletries. Waiting for the sketch up from my ID as well. I will share the moodboard and the items I shortlisted from ezbuy over the weekend. Busy busy busy........ I managed to take some photos this time round. Kitchen Living Room Master Bedroom Common Toilet Master Bedroom Toilet

Hi Matchalatte, yesyes, not from Skyline. I am from West Terra. I just collected the keys 2 weeks ago

Thanks Andrea. Yes I will be uploading the mood board soon over the weekend. I engaged someone that is not well-known in this forum. haha. It is a referral from my friend. PM me if you wish to know. I shall not disclosed first in the forum until the renovation is completed ba ..... Keeping my finger cross.

Renovation Ideas I had been looking through various websites and youtube to have some inspiration. I was inspired by one of the Taiwanese variety show. The theme is Santorini / Greece. However, my husband wasn't keen. So we settle for Scandi Minimalist. The overall look will be mostly white, light woody. Below are some of the random picture that were saved for our new flats which will be subjected to slight changes. Dining Area Since the area is very small, we decided to customized the dining table that look something like this. The colour will be white and light woody. Daughters Room It is a challenge to have 2 single beds, study tables and wardrobe in the tiny room. Our ID suggests to raise the platform and have tatami beds with storage. I suppose the end product will be something like this. Master Bedroom After much discussion with my husband and reading up of toilet in the center of the room, we decided not to seal up the toilet bowl. We have 2 girls in their upper primary, it will be a 'toilet fight' every morning if four of us are going to share the common toilet. Either some of us have to sacrifice our 'beauty sleep' to wake up earlier to use the toilet. Moreover, it will be a hassle to make back if we need them. It will also be difficult to sell away our house next time. Most people has this problem as this is pretty much a common HDB floorplan. Most of the people will make an extra effort to close the toilet door after use or to do up a feature wall to 'hide' it completely. I had forwarded the below picture to our ID. He says that he complete the sketch-up sometime next week. We shall see what he proposed.

Hi, we applied our 3 room BTO through the SBF 2 years ago in May 2016, we didn't manage to get a good queue number. There wasn't much good selection of units for the project we shortlisted. When it was our turn, all the good units were snapped up. We are left with those units that were south-west facing which mean that we will have slight west sun, the only consolation is that we are still able to secure a high floor unit. It will be our home sweet home for my 2 girls, my husband and I. I didn't have much budget to renovate my first home then. So, I am pretty excited this time round. Since we apply the SBF 2 years ago, I had been a silent reader of this T-Blog. After a long wait, we finally collected the keys on 6 Mar 2018. We had 'opening door ceremony' on 7 Mar 2018, didn't take any photos as I did not intend to write the T-blog back then. Haha, regretted now, should have taken some photos. We decided to engaged someone to see the fengshui. This fengshui master was highly recommended by my sister who engaged her 2 years ago. Madam 9 helps us to do the ritual and the 'opening door' ceremony for us. This house is overall good for us which is a much relieved (we were worried as we didn't have much choices back then, it was like a less ideal unit as it has some west sun). We requested our ID to be around on the door opening day as the fengshui will affect the overall design of the house. He mention that he will be checking the defects for us on that day. Luckily our ID was there, the fengshui had posted some challenges on the design. Firstly, it is the kitchen, she couldn't find an ideal space to place the cooker hob. When she finally found one, the hob needed to place 20 degree slanted. We were like 'huh', I didn't see people placing the hob slanted. Secondly, it is the master bedroom toilet. The toilet was right in the center of the room, no matter how we place our bed, it will still be facing the toilet bowl. Madam 9 suggest to either always close the toilet door and the close toilet bowl cover or the best ideal way is to completely don't use the toilet. We were like 'huh huh again'. My husband decided to heed her advice not to use the toilet as in seal up the whole toilet bowl. Lastly, there is a beam in the direction of where we need to place our bed. So we need to avoid that beam. The last one is less of a problem, as we can do up a feature wall / headboard to avoid it. After Madam 9 left, we had a long discussion with our ID. He told us that he had done before a project in which the cooker hob is slanted as well. He say that he can do up a wavy / so called a curved. He even showed us the photos of it. We are like 'wow' it does not look weird at all. So that is not much of a problem as well. The biggest challenge is the toilet, my husband was insistence to seal up the toilet bowl and I was hesitating. So, our ID proposed that if we wish to seal up the toilet, we will do up a dry area with the vanity top for us to washed up, the other part of the toilet he will do extended wardrobe area right inside the toilet. We didn't have much defects, pretty minor ones. I didn't know that we need to book an appointment date for joint inspection. I thought we can just submit the form. The earliest appointment is on 20 Mar which is next week. I also applied for the cement secreeding at the Bukit Batok HDB branch. We had yet to receive the call from the contractor. So I reckon that the earliest we can start renovation will be in early April. Below is the floorplan. Our theme will be Scandinavian & Minimalist. The colour will be white and light woody colour.