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[sohck 0]

Not sure what went wrong, but the Roomba is still charging.

Will try it for another night - if it is not working then I will have to bring it back to the distributor.

Ok, found out the problem. I didn't remove the battery tag completely so there is still a small piece of plastic at the battery contact. That was what prevented the battery from being charge. I took out the small piece of paper last night and the Roomba is now fully charge. Later when my son is back from tuition we can have the 开幕典礼

My wife normally cleans house on Sunday. Since today is Mother's Day (right?) the robot can do the cleaning on her behalf.

[sohck 0]

This is the existing living area - photo taken off the valuation report.

The owner has taken out the door separating the living area with the balcony and installed windows and grilles on the balcony, thus making the balcony an extended part of the living area. Flooring is marble, and ceiling is quite low (maybe already have false ceiling).

Our plan:

- build a platform on the balcony to create our cozy corner and remove the grilles (so that we can have a better view of sunset)

- put up feature wall and a TV console (like everyone else)

- get an L-shape sofa set so my girl can lie down on the long sofa to watch TV

- depending on the condition of the marble, we need replace it with homogeneous tiles / lay laminate over the marble or just polish the marble

- can't decide where to put the dining set - either behind the sofa or closer to the kitchen

[Smallboy 0]

That space looks big. If you have marble flooring, very waste to hack away. But again can't tell the condition from photos alone.

[sohck 0]

That space looks big. If you have marble flooring, very waste to hack away. But again can't tell the condition from photos alone.

That's what everybody told me. Is marble flooring very expensive?

[rdnest 0]

Hi, hope me nt too late to spam ur t-blog

agree tt marble flooring is really ex to hv leh.

mayb u can polish it to give it a new life

hope to see more pic soon

[guy77 0]

marble flooring very ex. if in good condition and can keep, should keep.

[sohck 0]

Hi, hope me nt too late to spam ur t-blog

agree tt marble flooring is really ex to hv leh.

mayb u can polish it to give it a new life

hope to see more pic soon

Hi,

Thanks for visiting.

I am getting my keys on 2 Jun 2009, so right now the only pictures I have is the existing house. Besides the one that I posted this morning, I have three more, one each for kitchen, master bedroom toilet and the master bedroom. Will post it later on.

[sohck 0]

Ok, found out the problem. I didn't remove the battery tag completely so there is still a small piece of plastic at the battery contact. That was what prevented the battery from being charge. I took out the small piece of paper last night and the Roomba is now fully charge. Later when my son is back from tuition we can have the 开幕典礼

My wife normally cleans house on Sunday. Since today is Mother's Day (right?) the robot can do the cleaning on her behalf.

Just started the Roomba, it is cleaning my living area now. My kids are running around together with the iRobot. They are having more fun than my wife, for sure :-)

[sohck 0]

This is the existing kitchen.

The existing owner has put up a wall separating the kitchen area from the washing area. We are going to remove this wall as we feel that the space allocated for the washing area is too big. We have a couple of big items (big fridge, breakfast counter) so we need to maximize the space we have.

In order to cut some cost, we are not planning to have the fridge and washer bases as we felt that there is no much purpose (we seldom wash the floor, maybe once in a year or two). We will probably not going to put up kitchen wall tiles too - after deducting the space for the kitchen cabinet, toilet door, kitchen door and windows, we feel that paying $2,000+ for the remaining wall is too much, so we will live without the kitchen wall tiles.

Other than that, we will hack everything and replace the kitchen floor (with homogeneous tiles), kitchen cabinet and common toilet (wall, floor, shower screen WC).

[Jann 0]

Took advantage of the 3-day Mother's Day promotion and bought this for $728 yesterday. Usual price is $788.

This one will lessen wifey's load on house cleaning, plus double up as Mother Day's gift and her birthday present.

The sales person was helpful and knowledgeable. The unit is still being charged since last night.

Hi sohck,

I intend to buy a i-robot as well, can I know is your i-robot do only vacuum?

[sohck 0]

Hi sohck,

I intend to buy a i-robot as well, can I know is your i-robot do only vacuum?

Hi Jann,

Here's the different iRobot sold in Singapore:-

Roomba Silver Junior $398

- Robot, 1 charger, 1 virtual wall

Roomba Silver $538

- Robot, 1 charger, 2 virtual walls, extra brush/roller

Roomba 530 $788

- Robot, 1 home bse, 1 charger, 1 virtual wall

Roomba 560 $988

- Robot with scheduling, 1 home base, 1 charger, 2 virtual walls with light house

Scooba $1,323

- Robot, 1 charger, 1 battery

The Roomba's do only sweeping and vacuming. The Scooba can also wet mop the floor.

[familyof4 0]

keep reading about this iRobot thingy till I also quite "gian" leh...

[preciousjam 0]

me too...i need to get a vaccum cleaner...was thinking maybe should get this...

sohck : where can i buy this roomba? i'm just confused over the various models....

[Guest melancholic]

This is the existing kitchen.

The existing owner has put up a wall separating the kitchen area from the washing area. We are going to remove this wall as we feel that the space allocated for the washing area is too big. We have a couple of big items (big fridge, breakfast counter) so we need to maximize the space we have.

In order to cut some cost, we are not planning to have the fridge and washer bases as we felt that there is no much purpose (we seldom wash the floor, maybe once in a year or two). We will probably not going to put up kitchen wall tiles too - after deducting the space for the kitchen cabinet, toilet door, kitchen door and windows, we feel that paying $2,000+ for the remaining wall is too much, so we will live without the kitchen wall tiles.

Other than that, we will hack everything and replace the kitchen floor (with homogeneous tiles), kitchen cabinet and common toilet (wall, floor, shower screen WC).

Kaypo here.. heh

I have the same idea as you to do away with the need for kitchen tiles. Really not worth it. In fact, I'll just get whoever I engage to just plaster/cement screed over the existing tiles, so less hacking needed. Floor wise, I'm considering the sediment flooring used by Jaskel, so as to save on hacking the floor tiles and replacing it.

By the way, you sound like you already know what you want to do, and maybe how to 'design' it. If that is the case, my advice to you is to get a reputable contractor like Patrick of Ho Bee and others like him. You will save at least 20% of your reno budget. I started looking at IDs, and decided to look at the contractors instead due to budget and I am totally convinced that it's a waste of money going with IDs since I roughly know what I want.

Oh.. and fridge and washer base, I'm prob doing away with it. One good thing with that is that you don't have to worry about your next upgrade in washer and fridge, cos you don't have to consider the size of the base.

[sohck 0]

me too...i need to get a vaccum cleaner...was thinking maybe should get this...

sohck : where can i buy this roomba? i'm just confused over the various models....

I bought it from the distributor John Ackerman Smart Learning E. Products, address and telephone number as follow:

Blk 34 Upper Cross Street #04-138 Singapore 050034

Tel: 6532-3733

There are other forumers in RenoTalk that got it by ordering from overseas. According to them, the price is only 1/2 or 1/3.

Personally I prefer to get it locally since I will have somebody to turn to if the thing doesn't work, afterall, this is my first cleaning robot.

As for the different models:

According to the girl who sold me the iRobot, Roomba Silver Junior and Roomba Silver are third generation robots, Roomba 530 and 560 are fifth generation. 560 is the same as 530 except it has the scheduling function and one additional virtual wall. The scheduling function is used to schedule cleaning, since it can take about an hour to clean a room. The virtual wall is used to stop the robot from getting out of a certain area, for example, if you want to limit the robot to just cleaning the room.

The Scooba can be used to mop floor.

The difference in price between 530 and 560 is about $200. Since this is the first time I am using the iRobot, I decide to try the 530 first. Maybe I won't need the scheduling function as I could turn on the Roomba just before I leave home every morning. By the time I am back home. the house should already been clean.

I wanted the Scooba but worry that if it gets jammed, the water might damage my laminate flooring.

So far I tried the Roomba once this afternoon for about 15 minutes (it is meant for my new house so I just tried to make sure it works), I was impressed with the amount of dust it collected. So if you are okay with the pricing, I would recommend you get one, either locally or from overseas, so as to reduce the workload of our ladies at home.