Clementi_PR 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2010 clementi pr- sorry... its not 8 nor 18.. its ironically #14 hahaha.... (1+2+8) + (3+8+8) =30 (3+0) + (1+4) = 8 HUAT AH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bangbang 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2010 128's request for quotation have actually written to quite a few... some referrals and mostly ... reviews from RT... sadly none has reverted to me yet...then again.. it's only like 2 days... so lets hope n pray... have sent request to the following: 1) Amazon Home- Joanne 2) **-Leslie 3)DX Interior- Edmund 4)Inzen-Roy 5)Max Engineering-Adeline- to meet up next week 6)ID Note- Henry- will meet up at flat before he quote 7)Plush Living- Darren- he's hospitalised so... only news next week.. 8)Earnest- Kennedy- to meet up next week 9)Keith-Keithworks-revert by 2 days. 10)Designer house- ronald- will revert end of the week 11)freshlook-alan anyone has anymore that i should try asking? can pm me the details please... ---------------------------- the need-tos: basically...need to do : my kitchen- cabinets, floor and wall master bedroom-hack away all the current furniture 2 toilets-everything.... a new study table- unless i see something from ikea new dressing table- rooms flooring- laminate change to tiles hack away living room tv console little electric run hot water piping... seriously.. i have no idea how much its gg to be... sigh... anyone has any quotation to share with me too?? ---------------------------------------------- looking through more sites to see what can be DIYor buy off.. what has no choice but to customise.. good luck to all ard the same " stage" as me ya... Hi Xiaomau, your list to do seem to be the same as me, i just got a quotation from one of the contractor near to my neighbour area. Share share abit.. kitchen & two toilet package: 1. To hack off existing kitchen & two toilets floor tiles. 2. To hack off existing kitchen & two toilets wall tiles. 3. To dismantle existing kitchen cabinet. 4. To apply water proofing for kitchen & two toilet floor. 5. To supply & lay selected floor tiles for kitches and two toilets.(material price @ 2.80per sqft) (toilet not exceeding 200sqft.) 6. To supply & lay selected wall tiles for kitches and two toilets.(material price @ 2.80per sqft) (kitchen wall not exceeding 400sqft.) 7. To haulage materials and clear away the debris. 8. To run inlet & outlet piping for kitchen & two toilets. 9. To supply and install toilet bowl for two toilets. 10. To supply and install basin cum tap for two toilets. 11. To supply and install aluminium bi-fold door for two toilets. 12. To supply labour to install toilets accessories for two toilets. 13. To apply for HDB permit. 14. Chemical cleaning. 15. To construct kitchen cabinet base. 16. To construct washing machine base. 17. To construct fridge base. 18. To paint existing kitchen and two toilets ceiling. 19. To make good kitchen and 2 tolets lighting. 20. To fabricate 20'-L kitchen cabinet c/w postform table top. Total: $12800. Me also dont consider ex anot...Can some one tell me too??wat are the thing u think not listed.Gam xia... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samgalz 2 Report post Posted April 9, 2010 Hi Xiaomau, your list to do seem to be the same as me, i just got a quotation from one of the contractor near to my neighbour area. Share share abit.. kitchen & two toilet package: 1. To hack off existing kitchen & two toilets floor tiles. 2. To hack off existing kitchen & two toilets wall tiles. 3. To dismantle existing kitchen cabinet. 4. To apply water proofing for kitchen & two toilet floor. 5. To supply & lay selected floor tiles for kitches and two toilets.(material price @ 2.80per sqft) (toilet not exceeding 200sqft.) 6. To supply & lay selected wall tiles for kitches and two toilets.(material price @ 2.80per sqft) (kitchen wall not exceeding 400sqft.) 7. To haulage materials and clear away the debris. 8. To run inlet & outlet piping for kitchen & two toilets. 9. To supply and install toilet bowl for two toilets. 10. To supply and install basin cum tap for two toilets. 11. To supply and install aluminium bi-fold door for two toilets. 12. To supply labour to install toilets accessories for two toilets. 13. To apply for HDB permit. 14. Chemical cleaning. 15. To construct kitchen cabinet base. 16. To construct washing machine base. 17. To construct fridge base. 18. To paint existing kitchen and two toilets ceiling. 19. To make good kitchen and 2 tolets lighting. 20. To fabricate 20'-L kitchen cabinet c/w postform table top. Total: $12800. Me also dont consider ex anot...Can some one tell me too??wat are the thing u think not listed.Gam xia... i would suggest not to do postform table top.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey M 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2010 Hihi, Congrats! Gd luck to ID/contractor hunting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bangbang 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2010 i would suggest not to do postform table top.... ya lor, my coll also told me that.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
purecat 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2010 found renotalk way back.. when i needed to find research.. then it stopped for a long time... finally found this gem site again... recently and seems to be logging in more often than i go onto facebook. ------------------------------------------------------------------- the story of 128 was in search of houses in march 2009 but due to my fiance's constant being away.. we only started to view house in sept. houses after houses... we didnt see any.. it was fortunate that the houses we disliked were similar.. so we didnt need to ponder over much. there was finally 1 house that we liked... and made an immediate offer.. but after leaving the place for like 1 hour..we started talking about something else.. and none of us really remembered how the flat looks like.. 128 was then the flat we saw the like 3-4 days later.. it was a viewing in the evening.. and we went in and felt very comfortable.. the design wasnt fantastic la. to me... but my fiance felt it was move in condition... and so... we went to see the house the next afternoon... because the valuation wasnt out.. we werent able to make an offer.. thats when we went for more house viewing.. but.. during those times.. we thought of nothing but 128.... although i clearly knew tat the design wasnt that great. then we chanced into another house.. it was really nice.. design wise and everything was ideal.. but they were asking for 70k cash... being young poor rats like us.... obviously no money la.. so .. we only offered 50 at max.. sadly.. the house was also taken up... the weird thing was.. both of us felt happy it was sold.. dunno why.. but we felt great.. haha.. and so we pestered the agent about the house.. and... finally valuation came out to me 358k... and then we offered 30k straight because we heard an offer was at 25k..after really ALOT of delaying here and there... finally the agent told us.. okay! sell.... i rem it was on a friday and we wanted to sign that OTP soon.. (in case the hubby of the house changed his mind because he didnt really wanna sell the place) and so we pestered the agent to make it that night... finally at 11pm.. we were at our "new flat" signing the docs....closing the deal at 388k it was quite weird because initial plan wasto bring our both parents to see the hse b4 we committed. but obviously we didnt rem wat we planned la.... so it was my family to see the house... and .. my family liked it alot.. my baby niece fell aslp in the house.. which meant she like the place because she is usually fussy.... and his nephew also had a great time fooling ard in the house.... conclusion.. if kids like.. means "okay" la... and so... deal.... ---------------------------------------------------------------- the lucky part of 128 because initially we were not eligible for the hdb loan.. which means more cash for the flat and i insisted on renovating the flat at least a 50%... my fiance was worried about the cash aspects (still have wedding concurrently)... we asked the agent to help us with bank loans and complaint about the $ casually... one evening my agent called me and asked if i want to revaluate the house.. paying an additonal $150 (i think) to try... so if the valuation goes up.. the COV goes down.. although the 5% will go up.. but it wil still be lower cash output... he has spoken to the owner if they r willing and the owner also agreed to help us...if the valuation is lower.. the owner will let us use the 1st valuation...but he mentioned due to market... lightly.. we will have an increase of 10k.. at max.. and so... we tried.... during the waiting period, we had a huge quarrel leading to an almost calling off of everything. we told the agent to check on us cancelling the sale ( to his surprise). i then went overseas for work for 2 weeks, during then, my fiance's project ended way earlier than expected..( which mean he was jobless la) it was also during the trip that we started talking again.. but on cold terms.. and we were both "thinking" about the future...and . im sure both were unsure of the house... something happen the night before i return to sin --to our frens.. and my fiance n i started talking amicably becauyse we were trying to see what we can help.. obviously the ability to communicate n think together brought some uncertain optimism.. just after i chk in.. my agent called me and asked if i wanna proceed with the house...because the valuation is out- and it is now 382k.. which means instead of paying 30k cash.. i now pay 6k... and since i have alr paid the owner 5k booking fee... we'll just need to pay 1k more during 1st appt... and because my fiance was unemployed.. we can get him to declare unemployed and get the hdb loan..which means we save on tat 5% cash of bank loan... and......... we are also eligible for the housing grant too... so.. we saved about.. 43k cash and got.. 40k from govt.... happy like dog.. so... when in sin.. had a talk n all sorts of rubbish... and after this n that.....we finally got our key on 22/03. ------------------------------------------------ we opened the flat on 4/4/10 and mr chang also came to audit the flat on the same day......(we also realised that.. 1044 came out 3rd prize tat night...sigh....) now that mr chang has audited the flat and given us all sorts of .... weird colours to follow.... i've finally started on searching for IDs... like.. on 5/4/10? and so.. the journey has only started..... (realised its so long a post... will update on the ids i've contacted) as of today 7/4/2010- am waiting for 12 quotes and thinking very hard if i shld get a contractor or... an ID.... any suggestion if i already have my appointed carpenter (my dad's a carpenter and using his contacts) and rough idea of what i want? reading your story, i think both of you are just FATED to get this flat . Congrats ! and happy ID shopping ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clementi_PR 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2010 Hi Xiaomau, your list to do seem to be the same as me, i just got a quotation from one of the contractor near to my neighbour area. Share share abit.. kitchen & two toilet package: Total: $12800. Me also dont consider ex anot...Can some one tell me too??wat are the thing u think not listed.Gam xia... At least it is another 128. HUAT AH U should buy a Toto and 4D today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bangbang 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2010 At least it is another 128. HUAT AH U should buy a Toto and 4D today haha..clementi..too bad too never open lei.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xiaomau 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2010 heh thanks guys.. i think i not so heng one la.. i just pray stay inside soon soon n healthy and always got job can liao... i buy 4d also 1 dollar ibet only.. boh hua even if i strike 1st prize haha.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- updates on the id... 1) Amazon Home- Joanne- 1st quote in.. to meet at site on fri. 2) ***-Leslie 3)DX Interior- Edmund- to arrange meet up at site- met up.. awaiting his quote... quite funny guy 4)Inzen-Roy- quote in.. quite reasonable the price.. but need to wait for more 5)Max Engineering-Adeline- to meet up next week 6)ID Note- Henry- will meet up at flat before he quote--- no news after that... 7)Plush Living- Darren- he's hospitalised so... only news next week..----no news too.. 8)Earnest- Kennedy- to meet up next week---- no news too 9)Keith-Keithworks-revert by 2 days-- gave me lump sum.. not much details ... 10)Designer house- ronald- will revert by end of the week---- email me to say tat after eeading my tblog he doesnt want to be part of the choice. 11)freshlook-alan- met up too...but with jason instead... awaiting quotes... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 week alr stil not much progress.. sigh... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samgalz 2 Report post Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) Designer house- ronald- will revert by end of the week---- email me to say tat after eeading my tblog he doesnt want to be part of the choice. why he like that? what's wrong with ur T-blog? earlier I emailed them too, initially they were fine then suddenly send PM saying their schedule too tight for me... what's wrong with these guys? if we get them and they do a good job, we will help promote them mah, that's free advert leh. nvm u hv others to choose from. Edmund funny rite? cute guy and friendly too. hope u can get one that you and HTB can gum one then on to a swee swee reno journey. Am parking here to see more of ur pics! Edited April 15, 2010 by samgalz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiler Seng 57 Report post Posted April 15, 2010 why he like that? what's wrong with ur T-blog? earlier I emailed them too, initially they were fine then suddenly send PM saying their schedule too tight for me... what's wrong with these guys? if we get them and they do a good job, we will help promote them mah, that's free advert leh. nvm u hv others to choose from. Edmund funny rite? cute guy and friendly too. hope u can get one that you and HTB can gum one then on to a swee swee reno journey. Am parking here to see more of ur pics! Hi both, me & Seng are currently tied up, especially for me that i have to work out Quotation for newly request, you know lah, some are potential future client & some are hidden contractors that pretent to be house owner, that makes me super busy so i have to give up some and i can continue to serve the rest who urgently need my quotation for budgeting. people like Adonia, she could be one of the smart hidden contractor who want to collect information of all contractors in the forum..or not, In anyway i can see that she should have no issue to get her reno budget even without my quotation, of all the above, i decided to give up and move on so is she. as for samgalz, i believe you should have found your contractor who can work within your budget & schedule. so good luck to both of you, hope you have a wonderful reno journey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clementi_PR 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2010 haha..clementi..too bad too never open lei.. Who knows now is your "time" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xiaomau 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2010 hi tiler seng it is alright for u to reject me. but it would be better to talk sense. i am a contractor in disguise... ? correct... im actually the wife of phua chu kang.. and i have nothing to do but to come here n bluff pple... not everyone is as contradicting to claim busy and chk out threads n suspect pple.. ur time might be put to better use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xiaomau 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2010 btw-dash80 do you have louis contact- darren i think is not well.. so i dun wan to like disturb him during his rest.... can pm me? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bangbang 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2010 Who knows now is your "time" okay swee..today i will go and buy..check out today 4d...haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
