annjoy 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2010 (edited) Bought some household items from Horgamas online store at http://www.hogarmas.com/index.php how come you buy from thsi website? cheaper than outside? OMG I WANT THIS!!! It's the ultimate! Edited January 19, 2010 by annjoy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
annjoy 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2010 btw, when i do my next house reno, i'm DIY'ing like you!! its not that difficult once u understand the processes! not all IDs hand hold you through the whole process too. my ID didnt really hand hold me. in fact, i discovered a lot of things myself and always JUST in time or just a little too late. Ah well. Lesson learnt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 19, 2010 how come you buy from thsi website? cheaper than outside? OMG I WANT THIS!!! It's the ultimate! i think it's cheaper i don't really see the neighbourhood stores selling it so i don't have a gauge of the "cheap" price. only see it at "selfix" which I consider as "expensive" shop selfix was selling at $50+ while online shopping on the website is at $30 btw, when i do my next house reno, i'm DIY'ing like you!! its not that difficult once u understand the processes! not all IDs hand hold you through the whole process too. my ID didnt really hand hold me. in fact, i discovered a lot of things myself and always JUST in time or just a little too late. Ah well. Lesson learnt! like you, i also discover a lot of things some beforehand, some just in time, some too late. many lessons learnt. but it's an enjoyable process for me because i save $ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinktini 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2010 i think it's cheaper i don't really see the neighbourhood stores selling it so i don't have a gauge of the "cheap" price. only see it at "selfix" which I consider as "expensive" shop selfix was selling at $50+ while online shopping on the website is at $30 oooh, thanks for sharing the site. i also wanna get the wall roll holder! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) Schedule for next week Mon: Aircon + plumbing Tue: plumbing finish Wed: Fixing lights/fans/switches Thu: Fixing lights/fans/switches + delivery of laminate planks Fri: Installing of floor laminate aircon is beautifully done except for the cracked tile which is regrettable, plumbing is ongoing so wc and both heaters should work by end of day, but my vanity basins haven't arrived from ikea yet (no stock) and my kitchen basin can't be fixed yet as i need to make holes in the kitchen cabinet to accomodate the water inlet and outlet pipes. i need to buy 1 inch and 2 inch diameter drill bits for wood tonight. thurs and fri i'll be overseas for work, back on fri night, laminates should have been completed by then. fri night will need to buy my wardrobe, basins, besta cabinet 120cmx20cm sat: pay $ at flooroption and natural cool, drill hole in cabinet for entry of pipes, install toilet bi-fold door and mbr swing door. sun: rest mon: delivery and installation of ikea items, and v.hive items (need to make sure kitchen sink works by friday) tue: installation of eubiq (may be postponed to thu) wed&thu: tie up loose ends, probably need to improvise shower screen before glass doors are up. fri: movers will transport items over sat&sun: mad cleaning still owe electrician $1000, plumber $380 Edited January 20, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) Day 36 plumbers came again to install heaters and WC MBR 707 compact heater done up, with Hansgrohe rain air shower head and RAF concealed shower lever Toilet Mistral MSH3 heater done up, with the provided shower head and Innovare lever (looks rather cheap ) One-piece Baron WC with Innovare premium bidet (the water control valve is gray in colour so that it wouldn't stand out like a sore thumb) Fixed up the base cabinets already, but need to open a hole in the base to accomodate the water pipes, rather tedious Annoying pipes below (adjusted to my requirements so I can put the cabinet over it) Total cost for the day's work: $0 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $5500 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $8840.21 Plumbing: $880 Electrical: $2000 Edited January 20, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fftw 1 Report post Posted January 20, 2010 how come you buy from thsi website? cheaper than outside? OMG I WANT THIS!!! It's the ultimate! I bght this in Takashimaya during their so called sale and it cost me $39.90! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2010 huh you mean the green colour cannot be removed? i thought it's just a protective sticker Huh? Protective sticker? I bought it because of the green colour! Oh..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melvin 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2010 wheres the toilet cabinet from? hows the waterproofing quality? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
annjoy 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2010 huh you mean the green colour cannot be removed? i thought it's just a protective sticker lol this is funny! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Nino_Al Nito 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2010 Huh? Protective sticker? I bought it because of the green colour! Oh..... hehe...this is funny too! btw, ossify, how much psf did FloorOption quoted you? im thinking of getting Robina for my three bedrooms... Anxiously awaiting the laying of your platinum teak! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiven78 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2010 hi ossi,did u actually diy fix up the cabinet by yaself? Really cool switch u got there continued DIY and preview of my zencelo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 22, 2010 (edited) Following is a PM which I thought I should share here since it's rather useful info for everyone. Hi, I saw from your t-blog that you bought the kitchen worktop from IKEA. I would like to check if IKEA provides services to cut out the required holes for the insertion of sink and hob. Or did you engage the sub-contractor yourself? If you did engage the sub-contractor to help cut out the holes and for installation, do you mind sharing the cost of getting the sub-contractor to do it? Many thanks! Regards, Jac ikea sub-cons the kitchen installation to another company. heard from my mom they are busy till after CNY, but i didn't ask them personally. the kitchen installers will provide services like cutting holes for sink/hob, installation of taps, etc. the pricelist you can get from ikea or you can call the company to check. if i am not wrong, they charge $25 pfr of your cabinet so my kitchen which is at the moment 12ft, would cost me $300 to fix. personally, i rather learn how to do it so that i can do it next time if i need to. save myself $300. i intend to get another 6ft of wall cabinets too as i can't wait for my carpenters to do it up for me since i need to install concealed switches asap (and my eubiq next tue or thu). for me, i am getting domjos so i don't need to cut a hole. i just have to cut a worktop into 2, so that i can put it on the left and right side of the sink. this task would cost me $200 (info from ikea kitchen staff) if i ask the kitchen installers to do it. what i did, was buy a wood circular blade for under $10, ask my workers to do it er.. i pay my workers $100 per day. cutting the wood takes about 30min inclusive of pasting the laminate and sanding it down. the pasting of laminates were not perfect in my case as they were not skilled in that. but it doesn't matter to me, because i will be putting the part where they laminate under the domjos sink so technically you don't see it at all. take note that if you get other sinks from ikea, most likely you need to overmount it (you can check with the kitchen installer about this) i bought the pragel worktop as they are dirt cheap. $95 for 246cm (or 8ft) worktop. i can replace it easily as and when needed. 1/8 the cost of the average solid surface. aircon is beautifully done except for the cracked tile which is regrettable, plumbing is ongoing so wc and both heaters should work by end of day, but my vanity basins haven't arrived from ikea yet (no stock) and my kitchen basin can't be fixed yet as i need to make holes in the kitchen cabinet to accomodate the water inlet and outlet pipes. i need to buy 1 inch and 2 inch diameter drill bits for wood tonight. thurs and fri i'll be overseas for work, back on fri night, laminates should have been completed by then. fri night will need to buy my wardrobe, basins, besta cabinet 120cmx20cm laminates all done, one man installed everything within the day from morning 9am to evening 8pm. bought wardrobe, besta cabinet, besta cabinet glass door. sadly wardrobe mirror sliding door and lilagen sinks out of stock, need to get next week. good thing is that it comes together with my lillagen sinks so i can get them to deliver together wheres the toilet cabinet from? hows the waterproofing quality? from ikea, should be very good, i don't remember seeing any exposed wood. i will spray it with acrylic if i see any, will check on monday lol this is funny! argh! hehe...this is funny too! btw, ossify, how much psf did FloorOption quoted you? im thinking of getting Robina for my three bedrooms... Anxiously awaiting the laying of your platinum teak! argh! 3.30 psf + GST i'll post the pics later hi ossi,did u actually diy fix up the cabinet by yaself? Really cool switch u got there Ya i fixed it myself. it's quite fun, save $300. Thanks Edited January 22, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 22, 2010 Day 37 electrician came to install most of the lights and motors of the ceiling fans (i took these pics the day after they were installed ) lights in living room light + white alpha v6 in dining area light in mbr (pic looks dark as it is underexposed, am quite surprised that most of the room was lit up despite the light in high corner black alpha v6 in mbr alpha colourful baby in kitchen Total cost for the day's work: $0 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $5500 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $8840.21 Plumbing: $880 Electrical: $2000 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 22, 2010 Day 38 installation of laminate was done in a day, by one man, from 9am-8pm Robina's Avant-garde collection with Pergo's R-click system Label on box, 8mm AC4 Pergo L-trims L-trims look like these One man was all it takes to install Total cost for the day's work: $0 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $5500 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $8840.21 Plumbing: $880 Electrical: $2000 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
