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HI SarahC, I think i kinda rem the layout at 137, we saw one unit for sale on the #07, i rem its 141sqm, also quite big unit ya? Most ppl will make the bomb shelter into a walk-in-shoe cabinet if its just behind the maindoor. Then u can put many many shoes!!!! Who u engaged from Ideal House? I'm sure the design will turn out good! My reno will start on 2nd May. I just chose my tiles last sat, really super rush job, havent even confirm on my 3D drawings yet due to the rush timeline, we can only review the 2nd 3D draft after they start hacking the whole house. What abt u? when u starting ur reno? u hacking all floors as well?

HI 'bluberi' Saw ur blog, ur curtains for ur balcony very nice! The price u paid back then really very good price. now already make money cos valuation for SK EAs approx $400k now. My ex-owner said he bought his unit direct from HDB wen it first launched 7yrs ago at about $470k, he is sellin at a loss, if not for the fact tat he's retired, cant cope with the HDB instalments n wish to downgrade to smaller flat cos one of his two daughter marrying soon.... he also dun wanna sell cos he's grown really attached to his house. Still recall that each time we visit the flat before keys handover, he will be nearly in tears wen he kept tellin us that "this flat very good la....he cant bear to move la... and u all must cherish n take good care of the flat after u take over"....blah blah blah... Me so paiseh even to tell him that we are hackin down everything after we take over....

hi Lin, Nice Chandeliers u have for the dining area. I was actually looking forward to get one for my dining area, i saw one that i really like to buy from the STRASS® Swarovski® Crystal collection - 50cm diameter round black shade with many many crystals hanging under... however it cost $1388 from Lumiere, very ex lor. if buy that plus all other necessary lightings(proposed whole house false ceiling PLC + T5 L-box + cove lights), our tentative quote from that shop would cost us approx $5k for lightings! Gosh... budget super blast oredi. However K also recommended Chelsea cos he said prices very good, will probably drop by the shop this comin weekend n see if can find cheaper alternatives. On top from the $55k+++ payin to ID, we are looking at at least another $30k for all misc stuff. think must really KIV on certain items, otherwise total cost for doing my house will burn BIG BIG holeZZZZ in my hubby's pockets . Must rob bank liao. Yet to see your new 3d for ur kitchen.... saw the kerb they built for u, i will be having similar one @ my service yard for my 2 doggies. Look forward to seein more pix on ur reno job, will post 3d for my house once K fixed up the first draft. All the best

The ex-owner told us the batch of flats(blk 119ABC & 120ABC) under "Special Design and build" scheme lei.... How much did WIS offer back in 06? i tot WIS prices should be quite reasonable right? If u buy that time, u make money liaoz.... We "shopped around" for EAs in Sengkang for abt 2 months, at the time, we were torn between EAs at block 315/7 that side and here, one reason why we bought here was due to it being 142sqm, high-flr, bomb shelter in kitchen, the river, nearby amenities and the basement carpark. Asking price compared to blk 315/7 that side also slightly lower, i rem for a #09 unit at blk 315B asking for $500k, Valuation $400k! We bought ours resale at $450k back in Oct 07 during the property SuperPEAK time, Valuation is $395k. Luckily we managed to sell our 5rm flat @ Punggol for very good price or else sure pay the COV til siaoz...

measured oredi, can only put really small bathtub...length max 1.40m tub. Due to the fact that i dun like to sleep in room facing toilet or near aircon ledge cos i'm sensitive to noise from the compressor (me already suffer from insomnia, little bit of noise also cannot fall asleep ), also dun like to have wardrobes built all around me... we decided to put our kingsize bed in the 2nd bedroom. so as to accommodate more wardrobe storage space in the MBR. Most HDB toilet can really make one feel claustrophobic Since we already sacrifice the whole of our MBR hence we decided to go for an open concept bathrm with no doors, that also mean moving the vanity out and make the whole toilet to be part of a ridiculously big Walk-in-wardrobe (or i shld say the whole WIW part of big toilet ) I hope I dun regret this space-plannin....in future when have kids then must reconfigure the rooms again...

the unit not that big, i feel that lots of space wastage at all the bedrms window that area.... Not really facin canal lor....only the main door and corridor window can see the river....my balcony cannot lei:( but luckily our unit on almost top floor....so it kinda compromise the fact that the view from balcony not so good lor. We waited quite awhile for available units for sale cos these few blocks hardly ppl wanna let go, hence the moment theres an ad on this block, we grabbed lor Being one of the blocks facing the river, the prices really high lor. Recently another unit on the 10th flr with balcony facing the river is asking for $600k!!!!! thats like almost $200k above valuation, can buy condo liao...

already PM u!

Thank You My doggies...one boy (cola) and one girl (wawa). Both Maltese, Cola is 9yrs old, Wawa is 4yrs old.

HI Mocchi, already PM u Mr K's contact! cheers

saw ur layout in ur blog, ur masterbedrm very big.... think your house layout better, much more squarish... My hackin shall start 1st week May, maybe can drop by each others house to look look see see since all in SK.

HI, yeah...i tot the house looks strange with so many odd corners, that block theres only 1 unit on every floor that's with this layout... kindof eats into the total space.... however luckily we managed to come up with a good space planning. As we are hackin away the study to make it into part of open concept kitchen/dining (with WET n DRY kitchen cos i love to cook ), we managed to squeeze the study at the middle of the hall....at least it kind of make the overall LVR looks squarish instead of wasting more space....Lots of Hacking involved this is it..... We are choosing tiles this weekend cos hackin starts 1st week May, hence 3D drawings will only be confirmed on the same day we choose tiles.... very rush job lor....

Thanks 4 droppin by! Which blk u at? Ur reno starting soon? Let's keep in touch!

Hi All, Finally managed to kick start the beginning to create our comfort zone, a resale unit at Rivervale Dr... waited almost half yr for the resale transaction to complete last week. Now the journey begins... Thanks to this forum, I managed to find my ID company. We only managed to contact and confirm our ID firm 2 weeks ago and my reno is scheduled to start early May as we need the house ready by mid June... Was glad to engage Ideal house - Kenneth as our ID. I must agree that he's really great at his job. Floorplan of our home...

HI Lin, mine starting on 2nd May.... will try to start a blog wen i hv the time. keep u in the loop! cheers

HI Lin, managed to look thru ur 3D drawings for ur house. very nice indeed! cheers jen