Mandy & Lincoln - Renovating Our First Home

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spam spam... more pic, more pic

[mmycheng 0]

spam spam... more pic, more pic

Haha..ok ok...coming soon...must find some time to go and take pictures in the day...been very busy lately...

Edited October 3, 2008 by mmycheng

[mwerkz 0]

Haha..ok ok...coming soon...must find some time to go and take pictures in the day...been very busy lately...

omg. how did ur electrician cracked de tile man?

[mmycheng 0]

omg. how did ur electrician cracked de tile man?

He was drilling some holes for the wiring and basically didn't do it carefully, so the tiles cracked. Sighz...

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He was drilling some holes for the wiring and basically didn't do it carefully, so the tiles cracked. Sighz...

huh? drill de floors for wiring? i tot usually they drill de ceiling?

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huh? drill de floors for wiring? i tot usually they drill de ceiling?

No lah...not drill the floor, he was drilling some holes on one of the kitchen wall...I think prob to place some brackets for the wiring to the kitchen electrical points or something...

Just a very small update this weekend cos all the tiled and laminated flooring kenna covered up for the painting works starting this week so cannot take the pics.

Anyway, just 2 pics on our ceiling works to share...nothing much probably but good to capture some memories here anyway

Showing 1 of 2 strips of false ceiling in the MBR where 6 PLC downlights will be installed

Living room L-box where 8 PLC downlights will be installed

Can I ask for some opinions from you guys?

What kind of curtains do you think I should put in my MBR? Full-length, half-length, roman blind, roller blind etc..? I have some pics of my room for you to see. There are 2 sets of windows.

Bigger window in MBR (windows stretch entirely to the left)

Small window in MBR

We don't normally use aircon a lot, probably less than 1 month a year. Will that also be a consideration in choice of curtain type and material used?

Edited October 5, 2008 by mmycheng

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No lah...not drill the floor, he was drilling some holes on one of the kitchen wall...I think prob to place some brackets for the wiring to the kitchen electrical points or something...

oo. so tat is wall n not floor

[mmycheng 0]

My hb took leave today to oversee the installation of the aircon and gas pipes plus receive our order of the kitchen sink and cooker hob & hood...

It was a rather eventful day and my poor hb is tired out... hug...

Alas... some things didn't go as planned...

1. Aircon in MBR couldn't work - aircon guy says it's likely to be a defective unit so had to get main office to solve the problem

2. Aircon in MBR installed too close to the window - that made installation of curtains not possible...see how we can move it to a new position.

3. Cooker hob and hood didn't arrive! - after a phonecall...the lady made a mistake with my delivery date... she thought it was 6th Nov when it should have been 6th Oct...

Anyway... here are more pictures to capture the moment.

Aircon trunking in MBR toilet leading out to unit in MBR

Aircon trunking running along corridor into study room

Gas piping in kitchen

Edited October 6, 2008 by mmycheng

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Can I ask for some opinions from you guys?

What kind of curtains do you think I should put in my MBR? Full-length, half-length, roman blind, roller blind etc..? I have some pics of my room for you to see. There are 2 sets of windows.

Bigger window in MBR (windows stretch entirely to the left)

Small window in MBR

I had similar smaller window as your MBR at my aircon ledge. I did Roman blind just to cover everything..

And some of my friends commented it looks like a wall paper..

And roller blind for BR 2 and BR 3..

I think roman blind or roller blind would look nicer in half lengthor curtains in full length for your bigger window in MBR..

Just my two cents worth..

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Thanks porkypig! I was thinking along similar lines as well.

Any comments on whether roman or roller blinds are better?

Bad news...

Our MBR wall is leaking water!! There seems to be a crack on one of the beams and it stretches all the way outside of the flat... contacted HDB who told us that they will send someone to patch it up but that's hardly a long term solution. Our case is currently being referred to the Town Council and so we wait for the final verdict....................................................

Does anyone know what our 'rights' are in such cases where defects are structural? Are we offered compensation/free repair etc?

Edited October 9, 2008 by mmycheng

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Wah...a bourgie table lamp...nice... I love things from Kartell too!! My even fatter wish is to buy a Karte;; Black Victoria Ghost chair and a Herman Miller ergonomic chair for the study room.

good taste. But honestly, you should consider Magis as well, their chairs are actually must better in construction than that of Kartell's. You can find them at xtra where you can also find Herman miller. But then again for HM, there's many repros around since their patent expired good news for our generation

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for easy maintenance roller blind will be better ...but definitely roller blind will look nicer for the bedrooms and aircon ledge..

personally i will take roller blind cos me = lazy

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good taste. But honestly, you should consider Magis as well, their chairs are actually must better in construction than that of Kartell's. You can find them at xtra where you can also find Herman miller. But then again for HM, there's many repros around since their patent expired good news for our generation

Haha... my excuse for buying repros is so that I can change the item when new designs come in and won't feel a big burn in my pocket! haha... but the Magis chairs are nice too...are they priced similar to HM?

for easy maintenance roller blind will be better ...but definitely roller blind will look nicer for the bedrooms and aircon ledge..

personally i will take roller blind cos me = lazy

Thanks for the tip...me also very lazy one... so roller blinds might just be the solution for all the windows except perhaps the bay windows in the living room

Now my only regret is the aircon position in my MBR...it's placed too close to the window ledge leaving too little room for installation of any curtain... my hb said gaincity will charge us $189 for shifting of the aircon position...now to do or not to do??? sighz

My carpentry has finally begun! The HOUSE is beginning to fill up and I await the day I can finally call it a HOME. Yay!

Partially done feature wall in living room

Partially done WIW and other loose parts awaiting installation

Finally, aircon problem is fixed and everything is working. Pic shows aircon compressor

Plumber changed all the ugly PVC pipes to stainless steel type. He even installed a tap for the common shower head. All these weren't in our original quote so we're happy for the little extras.

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Carpentry is the exciting part, waiting for more pics.