lilithfiend 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2010 Have not spoken to many designers coz I feel kinda "bleah" about them. Most of the their websites have more or less the same designs (feature TV walls, false ceiling, L-shaped kitchen with sink at the shorter end and washing machine behind..) Xianz. lol thats what i call cookie-cutter designs. boring with a capital B. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimz63251073 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2010 Yah.. saw your thread over there too! Lieblingsg's taste is not cheap..I've seen his ideas and comments in the various threads over there have never posted in my hometown yet.. just sneak in and look nia.. The kitchen and loo I really like is the one found in this forum under Reiki's thread-Reiki's sanctuary... that's how i got my idea of putting my hob on the short-side of the L. HDB flat never looked so gd! But of coz the cost wasn't cheap either.. He had some practical advice on cable management and hiding as much wiring as possible. Can improvise from his proposals mah. most of the time if the place is very neat and clean, already will look very nice le! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curryqueen 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2010 (edited) Inspired by Baby, I decided to spray paint my 2 metal cages. Bought 1 can of white spray paint for $4 at BBC. Before After (1 complete can of spray paint) The 2 cages are of different sizes, the less ornate one (without the ivy leaves) was larger. The smaller one was already starting to rust. This was the first time I spray painted anything and lets just say that I think I inhaled and sprayed the newspaper more than the cages themselves. I've absolutely no idea how many coats I sprayed on. Just sprayed until it looked white. I tried short bursts of spray near the cages and long, even sweeps (like hair spray).The long even sweeps works for the bars while the short bursts worked better with the decorative portions of the cage. You can see from my inexperience that the inside(and actually the outside as well) is still not white.. Having said that however, it's definitely MUCH faster than painting by brush. I will however, be doing touch ups with a paint brush and a pot of paint now since its mostly done. Gimz, did you buy the light holder and wire/cable from Ikea or elsewhere? Edited June 19, 2010 by curryqueen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curryqueen 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2010 (edited) Need to ask an opinion.. I'm thinking of adding a spray hose on the basin next to the kitchen tap as my kitchen tap is not the pull-out hose type. I do think that a spray hose is extremely useful for cleaning the basin and big pots, but am not keen to get a pull-out hose kitchen tap. As my kitchen tap is a cold tap, is it possible to have the spray hose to purely be a hot water spray hose? Do you think it will be a bit too much stuff and make the basin look cluttered? Advice would be much appreciated. Edited June 21, 2010 by curryqueen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimz63251073 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2010 You can see from my inexperience that the inside(and actually the outside as well) is still not white.. Having said that however, it's definitely MUCH faster than painting by brush. I will however, be doing touch ups with a paint brush and a pot of paint now since its mostly done. Gimz, did you buy the light holder and wire/cable from Ikea or elsewhere? wow, from black to white....only 1 can of paint? haha.... transformation is impressive. u gonna put it against a black wall? the light kit is from ikea... tink $5 bucks thereabouts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curryqueen 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2010 wow, from black to white....only 1 can of paint? haha.... transformation is impressive. u gonna put it against a black wall? Most likely.. was thinking of having 3 of them together at different heights with a base on top and placing them at a corner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curryqueen 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2010 (edited) Reality check..arranged with the agent for final inspection today. Went there myself (agent went overseas and won't be back for the entire week and seller wasn't around). Am rather %^& with the agent.. He should be calling me to arrange the final inspection, not me asking him when! I'm a new buyer some more!! When he called me to get the seller's key from him, he left it some place where I could collect as he had to rush off to M'sia. He told me that the seller hasn't fully cleared the place and would only clear by Thurs. Now, that's really strange as the original date of the second appt was supposed to be today, but because of bank issues, it got delayed till Fri. I only heard about the postponement when I got back on last Tues, so technically, I should have the final inspection last week. Agent didn't call me about the final appointment, so I told him about the change of date of the second appt and asked him when the final inspection was going to be. I also asked him for the keys as the contractors needed to do some on-site quote. He arranged to get the key for me and told me that the seller was going to clear out by Sun evening so I could do the final inspection then. However, on Sunday evening, the agent called me to tell me that the seller had moved most of the things except the wardrobe, TV and mattress. He assured me that the seller would move everything out by Thurs. I was like,"huh"?? Should it be completely empty when I do the final inspection?? He said that I could deduct his commission for haulage if the place was not cleared by Thurs. I'm going to take his word for it and write to him an email coz this was what I found when I entered the flat: I didn't even take the picture of the MBR with the wardrobe and mattress still left. This is only the second time I've viewed it and I am again reminded how TINY the loos are. Kitchen & MBR layout will definitely have to be revamped. Am also rather disappointed that I can't do sliding dr for kitchen toilet (no space for frame)and store room (no space to slide) and have to do bi-fold. At least,that was what Alex & his brother Vincent told me. Will get a second opinion this sat. Kitchen wall tiles would have to be removed too as many of them are hollow. I suspect the same goes for the toilet.. which means more $$ spent on hacking and tiles. Got a quote for the windows fr City Aluminum (aka Alex & Vincent): 2 3-frosted panel aluminum sliding windows+ 1 2-frosted panel aluminum sliding windows+ 2 top-hung window toilets with chicken wire glass = $1,556 Fixed aluminum grilles for LVR & CBRM = $550 This excludes the 3.5 ft polycarbonate sliding panel I intend to do for the CBRM. $$ is going to start flowing out like waterfall soon.. Edited June 22, 2010 by curryqueen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curryqueen 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2010 Toilet pipes are pretty horrible.. take a look for yourselves Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilithfiend 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2010 Got a quote for the windows fr City Aluminum (aka Alex & Vincent): 2 3-frosted panel aluminum sliding windows+ 1 2-frosted panel aluminum sliding windows+ 2 top-hung window toilets with chicken wire glass = $1,556 Fixed aluminum grilles for LVR & CBRM = $550 This excludes the 3.5 ft polycarbonate sliding panel I intend to do for the CBRM. $$ is going to start flowing out like waterfall soon.. errr, i'm kinda confused. city aluminium's contact person is Jasmine, right? Alex & Vincent are from another co..? at least that was what i remembered... the problem you're facing with the sellers is quite common. i had the same problem as well. the sellers' agent gave us about $200 as compensation to clear the stuff ourselves. don't forget to deduct from the agent's comm! your alu grilles are fixed? meaning cannot move ah? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curryqueen 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2010 errr, i'm kinda confused. city aluminium's contact person is Jasmine, right? Alex & Vincent are from another co..? at least that was what i remembered... the problem you're facing with the sellers is quite common. i had the same problem as well. the sellers' agent gave us about $200 as compensation to clear the stuff ourselves. don't forget to deduct from the agent's comm! your alu grilles are fixed? meaning cannot move ah? Vicent works for City Aluminum and his brother Alex for Yick Hong. Yick Hong is a wholesaler while City Aluminum is the licence contractor, if I understand what the brothers were explaining to me. Yes, Alu grilles fixed. Will be imprisoned! Am now seriously contemplating going back to my original plan of having a one piece fixed glass panel for the CBR windows instead of sliding windows. It is highly unlikely i will ever open those windows and I'm hoping that it will reduce the noise level. But it's only $80 cheaper than having sliding windows there, so I'm still pondering. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimz63251073 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2010 oh getting keys this week? Gotta contractor/ID le? uh u getting aluminium window grilles? i was advised not to, given that its corridor. Supplier showed me samples before, got different prices for different level of hollow-ness. The really hollow ones are very weak and they advise not to use it for corridor window as it can be easily cut. (maybe they want me to spend more?) as for the things left inside the house, i guess its common. just get town council for big items to remove. Small items chuck down the rubbish chute (big advantage of old flats!) sewage pipes need to go la, get your contractor to quote. Clementi-PR got it done via the town council's contractors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curryqueen 0 Report post Posted June 23, 2010 oh getting keys this week? Gotta contractor/ID le? uh u getting aluminium window grilles? i was advised not to, given that its corridor. Supplier showed me samples before, got different prices for different level of hollow-ness. The really hollow ones are very weak and they advise not to use it for corridor window as it can be easily cut. (maybe they want me to spend more?) as for the things left inside the house, i guess its common. just get town council for big items to remove. Small items chuck down the rubbish chute (big advantage of old flats!) sewage pipes need to go la, get your contractor to quote. Clementi-PR got it done via the town council's contractors. Yes, getting keys this Fri. Contractor not settled yet. Yah... was wondering if I should get mild steel window grilles instead of aluminum. Have to tell them to change the grilles to sliding too as I realised if I fixed the grilles dead, I won't be able to clean the windows. Getting town concil contractors to quote for the sewage pipes is a gd idea! Will go an ask town council. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilithfiend 0 Report post Posted June 23, 2010 Vicent works for City Aluminum and his brother Alex for Yick Hong. Yick Hong is a wholesaler while City Aluminum is the licence contractor, if I understand what the brothers were explaining to me. Yes, Alu grilles fixed. Will be imprisoned! Am now seriously contemplating going back to my original plan of having a one piece fixed glass panel for the CBR windows instead of sliding windows. It is highly unlikely i will ever open those windows and I'm hoping that it will reduce the noise level. But it's only $80 cheaper than having sliding windows there, so I'm still pondering. oh ya my bad, i confused city aluminium with central aluminium! you're considering fixed panel for your CBR merely for noise reduction? will there be alot of difference in noise compared to having a sliding one? Yes, getting keys this Fri. Contractor not settled yet. Yah... was wondering if I should get mild steel window grilles instead of aluminum. Have to tell them to change the grilles to sliding too as I realised if I fixed the grilles dead, I won't be able to clean the windows. Getting town concil contractors to quote for the sewage pipes is a gd idea! Will go an ask town council. fyi, mild steel grilles are about $550 for two sets, based on quotes i got from a few companies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
home_sweet_home 0 Report post Posted June 23, 2010 i've been thinking of doing my own dining table with the old bedrm door and some pipes.. My bedrm door is the simple, old type with no pattern at all.. just smooth surface and the knob. Thinking of asking the contractor to laminate the door and leave the drknob hole for wires to pass through when I do steamboat! Dining table should hopefully look something like Qn as always, is where to get the pipes.. curry queen : have you managed to find these pipes already? Anyone knows where can i buy a piece of solid wood so that I can laminate to use for dinning table? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilithfiend 0 Report post Posted June 23, 2010 Anyone knows where can i buy a piece of solid wood so that I can laminate to use for dinning table? hi hsh, i think you can find the answer to your question on the DIY forums here. also, if you're going to laminate over the wood, i think you won't require solid wood lah..plywood might just do. cheaper too. are you going to laminate the wood yourself? actually, an option that you may wanna consider is to go to gnee hong where you can choose a laminate and a base for your table. a colleague of mind did his dining table via them and i'm keeping this as one of my options. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
