I have been lurking around the forum since we started our house search... and after a long, long search, we finally got our new home early this year And after another long wait for the HDB appointments... the renovation finally starts End April 2013. PS : Well... alot of patience is required to search & wait ... Patience is a viture ... I totally agree now... To kick start, here's the layout plan. To cut the long, long story short... we didn't spend a lot of time searching or talking to IDs/Contractors, just met up with a few and confirm with my current ID. The "ultimate" selection is all about whether there's chemistry, we confirm with the current ID because our thoughts/ideas gel together pretty well and we can accomodate to each other requests . Well.. my wishful thinking was ID will do "everything", I just make decisions will do ... as the reno progress, there were tones of decision to make/tones of things settle Tiles selection was a breeze as ID has shown us the 3D and we have in mind the type of tiles of we wanted. First visit to the house after reno starts and we were welcome by these debris as we turn into the carpark on first day of reno... Begining of demolation... The partitions & laminated flooring all removed... kitchen hacking also started... And it continues... More hacking done... We are really excited to see things progressing...