Looking Forward To Our First Home...

[gaku70 0]

But Joseph still told me costs for additional stuffs, do liao den say.. I'm very scared now, I scared later end of the reno, bill me alot mroe extra.. I told him I wanted to know before works commence, but he told me uncle too busy, no time to quote us back.. -___-" i'm gonna haggle alot once VO comes.. Hahaha..

Metal, just to let you know I negotiated with uncle before commencing VO. He told me that he will calculate accordingly after VO finished but I insisted on the negotiating on the psf price b4 commence. I told him frankly I do not have $$ to pay if he charge more than that.

[Metalsubzero 0]

Any Ah Soon fanclub members who did cove lights care to share how were u charged for one row of cove lights? Is it 1 lighting point per row as per Ocheeeng or 1 lighting point per T5 light.. It makes a lot of difference..

[familyof4 0]

Any Ah Soon fanclub members who did cove lights care to share how were u charged for one row of cove lights? Is it 1 lighting point per row as per Ocheeeng or 1 lighting point per T5 light.. It makes a lot of difference..

i went thru my inital quote and saw that there is no indication. best to ask joseph or uncle.

For my points, total is 40, and uncle will deduct if at the end of the day less then that, more he will give me FOC. so i have no idea until i see him probably on monday then i can ask.

[Metalsubzero 0]

Sigh, Joseph says mine quoted for 32 points.. Mine is 42 points already.. -__- And he told me must top up for the balance..

[preciousjam 0]

Sigh, Joseph says mine quoted for 32 points.. Mine is 42 points already.. -__- And he told me must top up for the balance..

42 lighting points?!!

[guy77 0]

metal: yup. yesterday the electricians were at my place. keke. today they were at urs i guess, cos mine no work today.

[kru 0]

Hi Metalsubzero,

I think we will be neighbours when u move in. I jus moved into blk229 last year. Area is quite convenient. Close to ammenities

[Metalsubzero 0]

Hey hey! Yeah, gonna be neighbours soon! Hahaha.. Hope to see u around the neighbourhood..

Yeah, quite convenient, middle of everything, near rivervale mall, rivervale plaza, near compasspoint! Hahaha.. Middle of everywhere, and below my blk is 7 eleven liao.. In fact there are 2 7 elevens.. Wat blk is the other 7 eleven at ah? Hahaha..

[kru 0]

Hey hey! Yeah, gonna be neighbours soon! Hahaha.. Hope to see u around the neighbourhood..

Yeah, quite convenient, middle of everything, near rivervale mall, rivervale plaza, near compasspoint! Hahaha.. Middle of everywhere, and below my blk is 7 eleven liao.. In fact there are 2 7 elevens.. Wat blk is the other 7 eleven at ah? Hahaha..

Ya 7-11 is convenient for buying anything late night. Rivervale has NTUC/wet market for day to day marketing while Compasspoint is within walking distance to big retail outlets and restaurants. It's one of major reasons we picked this area of SK. Actually looking at Hougang to stay near to parents but can't afford the high COV in the area there last year so had to go plan B. So far ok.

Hope your reno goes smoothly. I am also looking around this forum to get ideas for my house. I did not do much reno when I moved in. Still have curtains and some furniture to slowly save and buy.

[Metalsubzero 0]

I thought so too.. Primarily the main reason we bought this unit.. It's located somewhere center of all the amenities in Sengkang area.. All within 10 mins walk, Rivervale Mall - 6-7 mins, Rivervale Plaza - 10 mins, CompassPoint - 8 mins.. What's more 7-Eleven below

Thanks for your well wishes..

[Metalsubzero 0]

Been so long since I've updated this blog.. Have been really busy.. Reno, work and scouting for a new family car.. Hahaha.. My reno's been dragging on for so long.. It's already 5 weeks+, I'm not doing a lot of things, so duno why the delay.. Initial handover date was 27th June, now the carpentry is not even up.. Sianz..

I told Joseph I need the house by 27th, but apparently, things are still moving at snail pace.. I'm renting my friend's place and he needs the room back on the 28th, so currently, I'd be without a place to move to.. Hope my friend will let me stay for a few days more.. I've already extended my stay for a week plus.. -___-"" Sometimes I just feel they don't understand the word urgent.. I'm really very tired to have to pacify my wife and on the other hand have to chase after them.. Sianz..

I shall be frank with my comments.. Things I like I will praise, things I don't I won't.. I understand that they have a lot of works going on, but sometimes when they tell u Monday they will be doing this and this, and when I get to the house at night to check out the works done, it's still in the same state as before.. That really pisses me off.. No one gives me a call to tell me that things will be delayed.. Instead, me or my wife will have to call Joseph to ask him why there are no works done for the day.. And usually they will say the group of workers (say, the most recent one is the electrician group whom will be fixing our lights and switches) is at another unit and can't make it back in time.. It's been at least the 3rd or 4th time I heard this..

Sometimes, they can do only one thing for the whole day.. Which I don't understand why.. Hai..

I just hope I'd see the HO soon.. :/ Wish me luck..

[familyof4 0]

u are back in action, bro....

hey, the tricks didn't work? tell joseph or even call uncle to tell him if no HO by 27th july. the o/s are carpentry? chase chase and chase!

[Metalsubzero 0]

Didnt work leh.. Hahaha.. O/S is more or less carpentry.. Yesterday they told me they will install the lights.. But when I went down, the only thing done was the rubbish being cleared and painting for my pipes and touch up for some areas.. That's all.. Imagine I travelled out of the way to Sengkang to find this.. When my wife called Joseph, all he could offer us was that they were at another unit and can't make it here in time.. But is that my problem? Why make your problem my problem? One day wasted means handover is one day later..

Hai, I chase until I also paiseh liao.. I think Joseph see my hp no. also scared liao.. But den again, I'm more relaxed, my wife wasn't impressed.. If giving them leeway to do their own things results in things not getting done, den I should really give them more pressure everyday until HO.. It's starting to become a nightmare for us..

My friend ("Landlord") told me to throw the ultimatum (like what u suggested) that I will bill my hotel charges to them if I don't get my HO by 27th.. Joseph already told me it's impossible.. Ah Wei will be doing the carpentry only tomorrow.. Then after that there's still the granite top and solid surface.. Haiz.. Thinking about it just makes me more sianz..

[mrspiglet 2]

i understand perfectly. Its like they promise HO this date, but u see things arent moving at all.. and when u chase after them, they postpone the HO date again. The most frustrating part back then for me is... there can be many days that ZERO work is done!

Hang on there... coming to an end soon!

[Metalsubzero 0]

To make things worse, I heard from someone whose works are about twice as much as mine completing within 6 weeks.. Dunno why mine with so much lesser stuffs takes more time.. 6 weeks and can't even HO.. Sianz.. I'm hanging on.. I hope when I get down there later it won't be in the same state as yesterday.. :/