A Home In Singapore

[ngunadi 2]

My HO date supposed to be 1st week of April but give and take of few days. We think that no point to rush them and they don't do a good job. Once, you rush someone, he'd bound to make mistakes.

Hope everything would be smooth.

[tracy 0]

yeah. you're right. when the main cons get stress, they scold their worker, from there they mess up everything. that is wad happen to my fren. so long as your contractor plan everything smoothly, should be alright. btw, who is your contractor? i see can compare my price anott.

[ngunadi 2]

Erm .. you are asking a very funny question.

Because my contractor's contact is from you The home sweet home one. Haha

[tracy 0]

HUH? really ah? we having the same contractor? HAHA. didnt noe that. how's she? she starting mine on 29th. when she did my mum place she was really ON and steady. called her at 9plus to tell her got some problem, she reached at 10plus to assure us. but i hope she do her job well for you, dont want to reccomend wrong person to you. haha.

[ngunadi 2]

Haha ... she's quite responsive and that's a good point.

I think she'll do a good job, of course there are things that are out of her control. As long as both parties willing to work it out, it's fine. House owners should not be unreasonable by asking the impossible also.

No worry, we also compare the quotation and the attitude of the contractors before we choose her.

[tracy 0]

Glad to hear that. Hope you got a wonderful renovation journey=)) will wait for your updates

[ngunadi 2]

We just finished meeting up with contractor, most of the things have been hacked (would post pictures when there's time).

Now, our contractor is chasing us for electrical diagram because she would need it to brief the electrician. She also requested us whether aircon installation can be earlier or else, she'd help to dismantle the aircon.

It's interesting that our contractor is the one chasing us, not the other way round

Tomorrow is also shopping time for sanitary-ware, hob/hood and ikea drawer.

Packed weekend.

[jaskel 2]

We just finished meeting up with contractor, most of the things have been hacked (would post pictures when there's time).

Now, our contractor is chasing us for electrical diagram because she would need it to brief the electrician. She also requested us whether aircon installation can be earlier or else, she'd help to dismantle the aircon.

It's interesting that our contractor is the one chasing us, not the other way round

Tomorrow is also shopping time for sanitary-ware, hob/hood and ikea drawer.

Packed weekend.

If she don't chase u for this...its will delay the reno HO date.

[ngunadi 2]

Yeap correct. So, she really want to honor the HO date, hence really chasing us to give the details and also not assuming of what we want to do.

[jaskel 2]

That's should be the correct way but usually there is always some unforeseen circumstances along the way. Doing reno is not 100% perfect, sometimes need to give and take. And this will create a happy owner and happy contractor. A win-win situation for both.

[Tiler Seng 57]

If she don't chase u for this...its will delay the reno HO date.

tell you the true lah: infront hot hot, behind cold cold

[ngunadi 2]

tell you the true lah: infront hot hot, behind cold cold

True ... in life, we never know. We can only hope for the best. See how the end result bah

[ngunadi 2]

We just did a round of shopping. Although we have surveyed the shops in jalan besar for at least 5x and even short-listed the items to buy last week. Yet, buying sanitary ware is not very simple at all. We are totally conked from walking around.

We always went to Jalan Besar, so I suggested to the missus to check out the shops at Balestier area before we proceed to Jalan Besar. At least, I want to know whether the items in Jalan Besar are "cheapest". We took taxi to Balestier. But, we didn't see many sanitary/toilet accessories shops. Hence, we asked the taxi to drive us back to Jalan Besar.

Poh Joo

Our first stop was at Poh Joo. Initially, we only wanted to buy some item like WC. We end up spent quite some time there and bought all the sanitary stuff for common and master toilet except for the rain shower and basin tap.

GR Link Marketing

Then we walk all the way to the other Jalan Besar side to this shop. In this shop we managed to get brass-rain shower for $280. There's another one that looks more stylo but it costs $350. I think the extra $70 is not worth to get that one.

We also get a nice basin tap and sink tap. Initially, I wanted to buy the professional kind of sink tap (the one with lots of ring). But it's way too expensive. So, we decided to buy a flexible kind of sink tap. I will post pictures tomorrow.

Eng Soon Huat

We went here to find our kitchen sink (which is actually our main aim). We are looking for a nice 1 bowl sink for undermount. The sink should be reasonably wide and deep. And it's really hard to find unless you spend more than 300-500 hundred. The cheapest we could find was $270 at poh joo.

In this place, we managed to find a nice one. It's Rubine JUX 6104 (though I can not find it in the rubine.com.sg website). The sink is very similar to this one.

And it's only $105

Now, the stove ....

Initially, we purchased the Fujioh Hob/Hood combination. We bought this hob Fujioh FG773SVGL with 1 Inner Flame + 2 Burners. However, when we were trying to catch a cab, the seller told us that they have no stock for this !!

So, our next move is to try to go to other shops and try to find the replacement, because we have a tight schedule for this. But all this to no avail. It seems, the Fujioh SG Agent cockup. Some ppl said, the earliest available date is early april which is waaay to long. Early april is supposed to be my HO date. How to HO date when my stove is not ready (which naturally push the schedule for solid surface, gas piping,etc.)

Worse thing, it seems they also do not have any stock for any 3 burner stove at all. We bit the bullet and bought the 2 burner stove with inner flame (792GL).

Hopefully all turn well. Actually, after this we went to Ikea to get some sample of deep drawer (RATIONELL) but it has to be next time ....

[samgalz 2]

We just did a round of shopping. Although we have surveyed the shops in jalan besar for at least 5x and even short-listed the items to buy last week. Yet, buying sanitary ware is not very simple at all. We are totally conked from walking around.

We always went to Jalan Besar, so I suggested to the missus to check out the shops at Balestier area before we proceed to Jalan Besar. At least, I want to know whether the items in Jalan Besar are "cheapest". We took taxi to Balestier. But, we didn't see many sanitary/toilet accessories shops. Hence, we asked the taxi to drive us back to Jalan Besar.

Poh Joo

Our first stop was at Poh Joo. Initially, we only wanted to buy some item like WC. We end up spent quite some time there and bought all the sanitary stuff for common and master toilet except for the rain shower and basin tap.

GR Link Marketing

Then we walk all the way to the other Jalan Besar side to this shop. In this shop we managed to get brass-rain shower for $280. There's another one that looks more stylo but it costs $350. I think the extra $70 is not worth to get that one.

We also get a nice basin tap and sink tap. Initially, I wanted to buy the professional kind of sink tap (the one with lots of ring). But it's way too expensive. So, we decided to buy a flexible kind of sink tap. I will post pictures tomorrow.

Eng Soon Huat

We went here to find our kitchen sink (which is actually our main aim). We are looking for a nice 1 bowl sink for undermount. The sink should be reasonably wide and deep. And it's really hard to find unless you spend more than 300-500 hundred. The cheapest we could find was $270 at poh joo.

In this place, we managed to find a nice one. It's Rubine JUX 6104 (though I can not find it in the rubine.com.sg website). The sink is very similar to this one.

And it's only $105

Now, the stove ....

Initially, we purchased the Fujioh Hob/Hood combination. We bought this hob Fujioh FG773SVGL with 1 Inner Flame + 2 Burners. However, when we were trying to catch a cab, the seller told us that they have no stock for this !!

So, our next move is to try to go to other shops and try to find the replacement, because we have a tight schedule for this. But all this to no avail. It seems, the Fujioh SG Agent cockup. Some ppl said, the earliest available date is early april which is waaay to long. Early april is supposed to be my HO date. How to HO date when my stove is not ready (which naturally push the schedule for solid surface, gas piping,etc.)

Worse thing, it seems they also do not have any stock for any 3 burner stove at all. We bit the bullet and bought the 2 burner stove with inner flame (792GL).

Hopefully all turn well. Actually, after this we went to Ikea to get some sample of deep drawer (RATIONELL) but it has to be next time ....

wow, everything is starting to fall into place for u! Shun shun ah!

[hongwen37 0]

We just did a round of shopping. Although we have surveyed the shops in jalan besar for at least 5x and even short-listed the items to buy last week. Yet, buying sanitary ware is not very simple at all. We are totally conked from walking around.

We always went to Jalan Besar, so I suggested to the missus to check out the shops at Balestier area before we proceed to Jalan Besar. At least, I want to know whether the items in Jalan Besar are "cheapest". We took taxi to Balestier. But, we didn't see many sanitary/toilet accessories shops. Hence, we asked the taxi to drive us back to Jalan Besar.

Poh Joo

Our first stop was at Poh Joo. Initially, we only wanted to buy some item like WC. We end up spent quite some time there and bought all the sanitary stuff for common and master toilet except for the rain shower and basin tap.

GR Link Marketing

Then we walk all the way to the other Jalan Besar side to this shop. In this shop we managed to get brass-rain shower for $280. There's another one that looks more stylo but it costs $350. I think the extra $70 is not worth to get that one.

We also get a nice basin tap and sink tap. Initially, I wanted to buy the professional kind of sink tap (the one with lots of ring). But it's way too expensive. So, we decided to buy a flexible kind of sink tap. I will post pictures tomorrow.

Eng Soon Huat

We went here to find our kitchen sink (which is actually our main aim). We are looking for a nice 1 bowl sink for undermount. The sink should be reasonably wide and deep. And it's really hard to find unless you spend more than 300-500 hundred. The cheapest we could find was $270 at poh joo.

And it's only $105

Now, the stove ....

Initially, we purchased the Fujioh Hob/Hood combination. We bought this hob Fujioh FG773SVGL with 1 Inner Flame + 2 Burners. However, when we were trying to catch a cab, the seller told us that they have no stock for this !!

So, our next move is to try to go to other shops and try to find the replacement, because we have a tight schedule for this. But all this to no avail. It seems, the Fujioh SG Agent cockup. Some ppl said, the earliest available date is early april which is waaay to long. Early april is supposed to be my HO date. How to HO date when my stove is not ready (which naturally push the schedule for solid surface, gas piping,etc.)

Worse thing, it seems they also do not have any stock for any 3 burner stove at all. We bit the bullet and bought the 2 burner stove with inner flame (792GL).

Hopefully all turn well. Actually, after this we went to Ikea to get some sample of deep drawer (RATIONELL) but it has to be next time ....

Yo! Yesterday we went jalan jalan around Jalan besar too, to look at lights and toilet accessories.. Went to GR Marketing too.. Poh Joo was closed... Are the prices at these shops cheap? Do put down the prices of the stuff that you bought for our references... Thanks!!!