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[matchgirl 0]

Hihi matchgirl,

The price to upgrade the insulator & pipes is $120. The total cost of the aircon is around 2.4k. Hb went for toshiba as he done some research and reading the reviews online. My bil is using sanyo, but he feedbacked to us that it wasn't good and he had service it quite a number of time etc, hence hb drop it off the list. The last 2 brand that made it to hb's finalise stage was toshiba & mitsubishi, and he finally went for toshiba cause he doesn't want to be reminded of jack neo each time he on the a/c.

For the btu, you may want to bring your floor plan to check with the salesman. Hb calculated on his own as the 'formula' was available online. We went for a 'larger' compressor as our mbr was quite big after the 'expansion' (around the size of my living rm). I think the btu for my mbr is 16k btu and the other normal room is 9k btu.

The salesman actually encourage us to go for non-invertor so as to save more, plus we are also not frequent user of a/c. However, hb was quite set on getting invertor as he's concerned about the noise from the compressor. So we went for the toshiba invertor.

Hi Rasp,

I bot my house aircons at the gain city in ang mo kio.. wanted to go marina to check it out but since i wanted to get all my furniture( S&C) n electricals( philips sale) tat day, i went to amk.. nearer..

im such a easily deceived person. when im at the gc, the salesman kept pushing for hitachi n said tat gc is the onli company in sin tat distributes hitachi. n he said until its so supppppeb good until i also believe le. so i bot my inverter sys3( one 12000btu, 2x9000btu) at $2709. then i upgrade the pipes( $120), then sign for extended warranty($359) n lastly the servicing for 3 yrs( $630). total damage is $39**. I forgot how he calculated but its close to $k i rem.. hahha..

they will be fixing it on tue. hope it turns out well.. anyone heard any comments abt hitachi?

[jthk18 0]

Hee.. yup. We actually had a book of auspicious dates for both of us from our fs master. Hee.. so we just used those dates for our reno, moving in, an chuang, gdl and wedding. Very useful.

Next yr June weekend... think you got to increase your speed already. Cause I think most couples booked 1yr in advance for the banquet venue.

The big pipe is just outside my flat. Hee.. I took it before and posted in the earlier post.. so after shifting my entrance out, the pipe is right outside. The space outside is quite spacious as we are door-to-door unit at the lift lobby column. Hee.. I have repost them below for your viewing convenience.

By the way, our sofa had arrived yesterday. Think our 'structure' of sofa is the same, just the cushion part abit different. So far, it look ok, except that the colour like abit sala. But hb think that should be ok and correct since the showroom was with orange downlights. Oh, how much did they charge you for the additional set of covers?

Notice your main door is very near to the staircase. R u using fire rated door for your main door? if so how much does it cost (door & frame)

[Rasp 0]

Hi, can i check with you from which dealer/shop did you get your lockset from?

Hi Silhouette,

I cant recall the shop name. We got it at the IT show that time. Hee.. I need to check the shop name on the invoice which is filed in my hb's file. Hee.. will pm you once I check with him.

Notice your main door is very near to the staircase. R u using fire rated door for your main door? if so how much does it cost (door & frame)

Hi jthk18,

Yes, both our wooden main door and frame are fire-rated. You can refer to the link below for the pic of my fire-rated door. For the cost, I need to check with hb as he's the one keeping tab of finances. Hee.. will pm you once I check with him.

http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?s=...st&p=447167

[Rasp 0]

Hi Rasp,

I bot my house aircons at the gain city in ang mo kio.. wanted to go marina to check it out but since i wanted to get all my furniture( S&C) n electricals( philips sale) tat day, i went to amk.. nearer..

im such a easily deceived person. when im at the gc, the salesman kept pushing for hitachi n said tat gc is the onli company in sin tat distributes hitachi. n he said until its so supppppeb good until i also believe le. so i bot my inverter sys3( one 12000btu, 2x9000btu) at $2709. then i upgrade the pipes( $120), then sign for extended warranty($359) n lastly the servicing for 3 yrs( $630). total damage is $39**. I forgot how he calculated but its close to $k i rem.. hahha..

they will be fixing it on tue. hope it turns out well.. anyone heard any comments abt hitachi?

Hihi Matchgirl,

Hee.. seems like you really spent on the aircon. We didnt sign up for the extended warranty and servicing. Initially, we wanted to get the extended warranty, but later we think that if we didnt sign up for their servicing, probably the extended warranty won't work well. Because there are quite a number of issues that can void the warranty, e.g. lack of servicing (if the a/c spoilt cause we didnt service), or poor servicing (the external service tech spoilt the parts during their servicing).

We cant make up our mind during the a/c purchase on whether to go for the extended warranty & servicing. Hence, the nice salesman advise us to go back and consider as the offer on the extended warranty & servicing still applies until 1-2weeks after the installation. We can call back to sign up for it later. However, once our reno starts, we got so busy that this just slip off our minds.

So I think that its good that you signed up for both servicing & extended warranty.

[matchgirl 0]

Hihi Matchgirl,

Hee.. seems like you really spent on the aircon. We didnt sign up for the extended warranty and servicing. Initially, we wanted to get the extended warranty, but later we think that if we didnt sign up for their servicing, probably the extended warranty won't work well. Because there are quite a number of issues that can void the warranty, e.g. lack of servicing (if the a/c spoilt cause we didnt service), or poor servicing (the external service tech spoilt the parts during their servicing).

We cant make up our mind during the a/c purchase on whether to go for the extended warranty & servicing. Hence, the nice salesman advise us to go back and consider as the offer on the extended warranty & servicing still applies until 1-2weeks after the installation. We can call back to sign up for it later. However, once our reno starts, we got so busy that this just slip off our minds.

So I think that its good that you signed up for both servicing & extended warranty.

Hi rasp,

hope ur reno is finishing soon.. tml my aircons will be up so i will personally go down to check on the pipings.. im worried its the short n used pipes from other works.. urgh.. if tat happens, im going to COMPLAIN. LOl.. typical singaporean.=D my current house aircons r always leaking water. so i feel might as well get the whole package with extended warranty n servicing so if anything happens, its not my prob le.. its they didn service it well.. hahaha..

btw, i tot the doors tat uncle ah soon going to fix for us comes with door lock??? y do we need to go n buy extra ones???

[silhouette 0]

Hi Silhouette,

I cant recall the shop name. We got it at the IT show that time. Hee.. I need to check the shop name on the invoice which is filed in my hb's file. Hee.. will pm you once I check with him.

Hi Rasp,

Do you mind sharing the contractor from whom you got the door and gate too? I'm keen to customise a similar gate for use, with a digital lock on main door.

Thanks!

[jthk18 0]

Hi jthk18,

Yes, both our wooden main door and frame are fire-rated. You can refer to the link below for the pic of my fire-rated door. For the cost, I need to check with hb as he's the one keeping tab of finances. Hee.. will pm you once I check with him.

http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?s=...st&p=447167

Thx Rasp, so Impress21 (Henry) is your Contractor. can u PM me his workmanship n service? Xie Xie

[Rasp 0]

Hihi All,

Sorry for all the late replies. Have been busy with our wedding preps. I have just replied all the 'overdued' pm. Hopefully still in-time.

Hi Rasp,

Do you mind sharing the contractor from whom you got the door and gate too? I'm keen to customise a similar gate for use, with a digital lock on main door.

Thanks!

Hi silhouette,

We got our main gate and fire-rated main door from our reno contractor, Henry. And the digital lock is fron Hanman International. We got the lock during one of the pc fairs so got quite some freebies & discount.

Hi rasp,

hope ur reno is finishing soon.. tml my aircons will be up so i will personally go down to check on the pipings.. im worried its the short n used pipes from other works.. urgh.. if tat happens, im going to COMPLAIN. LOl.. typical singaporean.=D my current house aircons r always leaking water. so i feel might as well get the whole package with extended warranty n servicing so if anything happens, its not my prob le.. its they didn service it well.. hahaha..

btw, i tot the doors tat uncle ah soon going to fix for us comes with door lock??? y do we need to go n buy extra ones???

Hihi Matchgirl,

My reno is already completed for quite sometime. Our contractor told us that it will take around 8weeks for everything before we signed up. By the 5th week, most of the stuff are already 7-7-8-8, so he asked us if we wanted to move back asap cause he knew that we shifted out for the reno. We didnt want to rush the workers so we told him to do it progressively instead of rushing. So the reno went smoothly and ended at around the 7th or 8th week.

Er.. I didnt engage Ah soon for my reno. All my room doors come with lever lock, main door lock is also inclusive but we got the electronic lock on our own.

Sorry, didnt follow up on your reno. Hope everything is completed by now.

Thx Rasp, so Impress21 (Henry) is your Contractor. can u PM me his workmanship n service? Xie Xie

Hihi jthk18,

I had pmed you about the main entrance. Yes, our contractor is Impress21 (Henry). The workmanship of his guys are quite good. We are quite pleased with the tiling, none of the tiles need to be replaced, no feet cutting tiles too. His plumbers are nice people, they helped us planned the piping route and its very neat. Our wire casing is already run very neatly that its hardly noticed when we didnt do any false ceiling / wall.

His service is quite good and easy to talk with. He is also very stringent about the HO date. One of the important criterias for us during our reno search as we need to move back in-time.

We just contacted him last week about some rectifications and he's going to send his guys down tomorrow to settle for us. Very responsible chap. Til dated, we are still pleased with his service and very happy that he's still very responsive though we have paid in full already.

I'll try to post some of the pics after our wedding next week. Hee.. too tied up to sort the reno pics.

Good luck with your reno!

[silhouette 0]

Hi silhouette,

We got our main gate and fire-rated main door from our reno contractor, Henry. And the digital lock is fron Hanman International. We got the lock during one of the pc fairs so got quite some freebies & discount.

Hi Rasp,

Thanks for the info. May I know how much u paid for the gate? and the digital lock? can you send me the contact for Hanman International?

Many thanks!

[Rasp 0]

Hihi,

Im back! Hee.. Happy Twenty Ten~!

[amrasenelya 1]

Hihi,

Im back! Hee.. Happy Twenty Ten~!

Happy new year to u too! and welcoming u back as a missus!

how was the wedding? smooth smooth?

[Rasp 0]

Happy new year to u too! and welcoming u back as a missus!

how was the wedding? smooth smooth?

Thanks! Everything went very smoothly and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously. In a blink of eye, the morning session was over. Was glad that one of the brothers told me to just enjoy the day as it will slip pass very soon. So I just focus on being happy. Hee.. kinda miss that day after its over.

The whole event felt so magical to me, would definitely tell all my gfs not to skip holding the customary.

Hee.. yours coming up next. Remember to enjoy yourself and leave everything to your sisters/brothers and hb. You just need to be a pretty and happy bride.

[amrasenelya 1]

Thanks! Everything went very smoothly and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously. In a blink of eye, the morning session was over. Was glad that one of the brothers told me to just enjoy the day as it will slip pass very soon. So I just focus on being happy. Hee.. kinda miss that day after its over.

The whole event felt so magical to me, would definitely tell all my gfs not to skip holding the customary.

Hee.. yours coming up next. Remember to enjoy yourself and leave everything to your sisters/brothers and hb. You just need to be a pretty and happy bride.

heheh, yah.. i think i will also miss it leh! even the preparation work... although hectic and tiring, but im happy to do it!

GLAD u enjoyed it! hopefully got pretty pretty pictures for memory keepsake..

hee yah.. im quite a control freak, so must plan everything in advance and distribute work so dat i can be a happy and pretty bride.. so ironic huh..

got any photos from ur wedding and move-in pics to share?

[Rasp 0]

heheh, yah.. i think i will also miss it leh! even the preparation work... although hectic and tiring, but im happy to do it!

GLAD u enjoyed it! hopefully got pretty pretty pictures for memory keepsake..

hee yah.. im quite a control freak, so must plan everything in advance and distribute work so dat i can be a happy and pretty bride.. so ironic huh..

got any photos from ur wedding and move-in pics to share?

Er.. actually I think don't have to plan too detailed because on the actual day, most of the things wasn't put to use. Eg. the morning session, the itinerary and timeline, we didnt really follow it, just need to know where to go and the car arrangement for the bros & sis. For the evening dinner, we totally didnt follow the timeline because the banquet manager will take care of everything. We just need to tell him how many gown change, the stuff to showcase and he will guide us along the way. Quite happy with that banquet mgr, as he got everything planned for us. Guess he's quite experience. We managed to finish the dinner around 10.15pm and no one left early.

Hee.. I think that day even if you want to be a control freak also difficult. Because morning session, we can hardly move around in those heavy gowns so most of the time is Hb going around to check on stuff. And for evening time, most of our time are spent on makeup, hairdo etc, by the time we go down, the show already began. Heehee..

I left everything to hb that day and was quite happy that he managed to coordinate everything well. Hee.. guess you can leave everything to your man on actual day too. Im sure he can do a good job.

Haven't collect the pics from the PG yet. My honeymoon pics also still in the camera. Hee.. getting lazy.. will try to take some move-in pics.

[amrasenelya 1]

Er.. actually I think don't have to plan too detailed because on the actual day, most of the things wasn't put to use. Eg. the morning session, the itinerary and timeline, we didnt really follow it, just need to know where to go and the car arrangement for the bros & sis. For the evening dinner, we totally didnt follow the timeline because the banquet manager will take care of everything. We just need to tell him how many gown change, the stuff to showcase and he will guide us along the way. Quite happy with that banquet mgr, as he got everything planned for us. Guess he's quite experience. We managed to finish the dinner around 10.15pm and no one left early.

Hee.. I think that day even if you want to be a control freak also difficult. Because morning session, we can hardly move around in those heavy gowns so most of the time is Hb going around to check on stuff. And for evening time, most of our time are spent on makeup, hairdo etc, by the time we go down, the show already began. Heehee..

I left everything to hb that day and was quite happy that he managed to coordinate everything well. Hee.. guess you can leave everything to your man on actual day too. Im sure he can do a good job.

Haven't collect the pics from the PG yet. My honeymoon pics also still in the camera. Hee.. getting lazy.. will try to take some move-in pics.

hehe actually i noe wont be following the timeline and activities much one.. when i was jiemei, i also didnt follow!

wow, ur banquet ended very early! i hope mine will end ard 10.30... cus next day ppl still have to work..

ooh where did u go for honeymoon?