Mr Lim's New Family

[jeremylm 0]

We have just got our Home sweet Home in the heartland of AMK. We have been hunting for our nest for the past 6 months thru ballots and agents and finally found our place in AMK. We love the place coz of its location as it is just opposite AMK hub only. Its a 30 year old 4 room flat.

Currently we are look for contractors. Pls PM if u would like to recommend ur contractor. We have a tight budget of about $18k (Just mainly for the contractor only), price of accessories(Lights, toilet bowl, basin etc...) is not included.

These are the things that we would be doing for our house;

1. Hacking

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a. 2 Toilets

b. 3 bedrooms

2. Painting

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a. 3 Bedrooms

b. Living room

c. Balcony

d. 2 Toilets

3. Tile works

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a. Hormogenous Tiles (Living Room, kitchen and 2 Toilets)

b. Laminiated flooring for 3 bedrooms

c. Raise platform for balcony

d. Mosaic for walls of toilet

4. Carpentary Works

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a. Cabinets for Kitchen

b. Wardrobe for MBR

c. Bar top (breakfast table) to separate between the dinning area and kitchen

5. Lights

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a. Lights for whole house

6. False Celling or L celling

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a. MBR

b. Living room

7. Electricial Works

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a. Need to relocate electricial points

b. Need to pull network points

c. Need to relocate telephone points

8. Doors and Windows

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a. Varnish existing doors

b. Change main gate

c. Sliding glass door between living room and dinner area

d. Plastic folding windows for both toilets

e. Glass doors inside both toilets

Please advise if with this budget, can we get those things that i have listed above done??

Attach is our floor plan

[redknapp39 0]

I think the budget is very very tight. But u can try sourcing ard to have a feel wat the std market rate offers

[jeremylm 0]

Hi,

Thanks for the honest reply but what would be a reasonable budget for those things that i have requested for?

Thanks!

[redknapp39 0]

I also not sure. Maybe 25-30K.

[Melissa Ng 1]

I also not sure. Maybe 25-30K.

yeah i agree, esp the flooring & carpentry will cost a lot. Anyway welcome to renotalk & all the best in building ur new dream home

Edited May 19, 2008 by mel

[jeremylm 0]

Hi,

But for my house, i will not be doing alot of carpentry works, only the kitchen cabinets and wardrobe. Flooring wise, the bedrooms will be using laminated flooring hence i hope i can save on the hacking cost.

Thanks!

[Zen2008 0]

Hi,

But for my house, i will not be doing alot of carpentry works, only the kitchen cabinets and wardrobe. Flooring wise, the bedrooms will be using laminated flooring hence i hope i can save on the hacking cost.

Thanks!

welcome to RT... i tink it's quite diff to gv u a quote as we are not contractors... hmm~ mayb there is, i duno however, wat we can advise is u brg ur flr plan, so some legwork b4 u put ur hard earn $$$ down... hope u got a gd deal~ dun 4gt to post pic wor...

[jeremylm 0]

Here is some pics to share.

This is the orginal condition of the house.

Balcony

Bed room 1

Bed room 2

Common Toilet

MBR Toilet

Enjoy!!

More Pics

Storeroom

Living room

Kitchen

Enjoy!!

Pls do drop ur comments!!!

[yokine9a 1]

This kind of house decor is very old style liao

Got to undergo a major makeover leh

[Jessie 0]

hi hi,

congrats on getting your love nest!

AMK,...good location!

honestly, i don't think u can work within 18k,...unless you are not doing many things.

if you mentioned abt hacking and doing floorings + carpentary works,.....it shld be ard 25-30k.

[BunBun 5]

Now renovation prices going up, it is better you adjust yours to 25k max and a few k set aside as buffer for your reno.

If you don't do any carpentry or very little, you will save some costs for your other important piorities, ie; kitchen, flooring first.

For eg;

Cost for tiles will vary depending on what range are you looking at, ie; $2 psf? $2.5psf? (see the cost of sand too if any)

Toilets will cost about 2.5-3k each to hack and lay tiles including waterproofing, paintworks about 1k+ if going by market rate i think.

False ceiling is about 800-1k le, electrical works depends on how many points and whether you want to change its location etc etc. Im not sure if prices are the same now due to increasing costs. This is as of what I know back then.

Carpentry is most ex, will take up the bulk of your reno cost, besides the toilets & hacking that is..

Gives you an idea of how the costs breaks down, so be sure to get a breakdown of the costs for the quotes you get.

Edited May 20, 2008 by BunBun

[applefreak 1]

congrats on your new place

think can be done but the mosaic for toilets are a no-go

also, there are some things that you might want to forego or DIY

e.g. painting (DIY), raised platform for balcony (can be done later on)

[OnePostWonder 0]

Hacking - $1000 up

Painting - $1300 Nippon 4 rm package

Lights - Can be below $1000 (I did my whole house @ $700+ only)

Electrical works - $1500 up

Glass doors - 1 door cost $700 up

The other items, I'm not too sure... Bear in mind the cost of sand and cement

Edited May 20, 2008 by OnePostWonder

[jeremylm 0]

Hi,

Just like to check y mosaic for toilets are a no-go?

Difficult to clean?

Thanks!

congrats on your new place

think can be done but the mosaic for toilets are a no-go

also, there are some things that you might want to forego or DIY

e.g. painting (DIY), raised platform for balcony (can be done later on)

[applefreak 1]

mosaic tiles are expensive

normal toilet wall tiles are usually around $2-$3psf, while mosaic tiles typically cost $15psf