Reno Adventure

[epigram 0]

After a half year house hunt, we finally settled on this unit!

Edited March 25, 2010 by epigram

[jaskel 2]

Welcome... Its a condo unit rite?

Edited March 11, 2010 by jaskel

[epigram 0]

Welcome... Its a condo unit rite?

yes it is. it is about 5 years old.

went to see:

1. ID Emboss - recommended by HBay

2. Gabriel - recommended by kitchen specialist

3. Ciseern - recommended by HBay

4. Weiken - always hear radio ad on Gold 90.5

5. Dyel Design - recommended by relative

now waiting to see their quotations.

Edited March 12, 2010 by epigram

[ossify 1]

welcome to RT

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went to i mage creative yesterday - a friend's home was done by them and it was great. found out from them that i am the third person she has recommended them to.

shall wait and see.

Edited March 13, 2010 by epigram

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went to see concept living today - recommended by hbay

just based on vibes alone (haevn't seen any quotations / proposals yet)

TIER 1 - concept living, ID Emboss, i mage creative

TIER 2 - dyel, wei ken

TIER 3 - ciseern

TIER 4 - gabriel

to be fair, gabriel is a contractor not an ID. so maybe not what we are looking for

[epigram 0]

went to see concept living today - recommended by hbay

just based on vibes alone (haevn't seen any quotations / proposals yet)

TIER 1 - concept living, ID Emboss, i mage creative

TIER 2 - dyel, wei ken

TIER 3 - ciseern

TIER 4 - gabriel

to be fair, gabriel is a contractor not an ID. so maybe not what we are looking for

after seeing the quotations:

ciseern - $60k (space planning/ideas - ****)

id emboss - $50k (***)

concept living - $40k (*****)

weiken - $35k (**)

no news from gabriel and i mage creative and dyel yet

saw id.plan (sub-division of rest n relax)

[samgalz 2]

after seeing the quotations:

ciseern - $60k (space planning/ideas - ****)

id emboss - $50k (***)

concept living - $40k (*****)

weiken - $35k (**)

no news from gabriel and i mage creative and dyel yet

saw id.plan (sub-division of rest n relax)

Welcome to RT! wow ciseern is very ex!

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i mage creative - $40k (*****) but a lot of things left out of quote so closer to $50k.

probably one of the best designs.

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have finally settled on dyel design and engaging them. met up a few times to sort out the quotation.

now the designing starts! hopefully all the details can be finalised before we get our key so that the reno can start immediately once the unit is ours!

went shopping today:

1. sharp healsio water oven AX-1500V

2. electrolux domino gas hob EHG30210X & EHG30810X

now waiting to get the electrolux domino induction hob GK29TCIO and electrolux cooker hob EFP9520X

[epigram 0]

finally saw the design. looks good - no real comments - ideas quite close to what we want.

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more shopping done!

denon avr-3310

def tech uiw rcs iii x 3

def tech uiw rss iii x 2

def tech prosub 1000

things to get:

bosch SMV65T20EU dishwasher

bosch WAS32791ME washing machine

going to do material selection next week! excited... can't wait.

[epigram 0]

it has been such a hectic 1 1/2 weeks.

immediately after getting keys, had site meeting to finalise as many details as possible.

bought the kitchen sink but not tap - planning to match with bathroom mixer.

then it was mad shopping rush for TV, dishwasher and induction hob.

hacking started mid week and had another site meeting to finalise more details.

finalised choice of aircon. agonised over replacing existing spec condensors and fan coil units or to "upsize". the hot weather recently tipped the scales and i decided to "upsize". hope the aircon will keep us cool!

settled number of down lights. bought them. also decided on legrand switches - will have to tell electrician.

bought the common bathroom mixer and kitchen tap and sanitary fittings. wondering whether to get matching mixer for bath & shower or "upsize" "upgrade". another problem is that the bath and shower sets both come with a basin tap. i need a bath mixer and a shower mixer but i only need 1 tap. what to do with the extra tap? ebay? would there be any takers for a Hansgrohe Focus E2 basin tap?

settled water heater too.

rushed around many places this weekend and learnt a lot but the to-do list is reducing; hopefully it will be lower stress week ahead!

[dariusfan 0]

have finally settled on dyel design and engaging them. met up a few times to sort out the quotation.

now the designing starts! hopefully all the details can be finalised before we get our key so that the reno can start immediately once the unit is ours!

went shopping today:

1. sharp healsio water oven AX-1500V

2. electrolux domino gas hob EHG30210X & EHG30810X

now waiting to get the electrolux domino induction hob GK29TCIO and electrolux cooker hob EFP9520X

Can you share on the performance of Sharp healsio water oven AX-1500V? Have you tried panasonic AWASEWAZA NN-SV30YPQ? I'm thinking along these 2, which Sharp at $300 cheaper as compared to that of Panasonic but however just wasn't convinced that I should be forking out $300 more for panasonic just because its made in japan while Sharp is made in Thailand.

[epigram 0]

Can you share on the performance of Sharp healsio water oven AX-1500V? Have you tried panasonic AWASEWAZA NN-SV30YPQ? I'm thinking along these 2, which Sharp at $300 cheaper as compared to that of Panasonic but however just wasn't convinced that I should be forking out $300 more for panasonic just because its made in japan while Sharp is made in Thailand.

to be honest, we don't really cook - have only used it to steam man tou / pau, bake a frozen pizza / fish fingers and microwave various items.

the steaming works as advertised, the man tou and pau is soft and fluffy unlike microwave which makes it hard.

never tried the panasonic before. i'm so behind that i only realised that panasonic and samsung made steam ovens after we bought the sharp.