E&e Small Apt In The East

[ene1010.tan 0]

I have been buying quite alot of items for the house over the past 2 weeks since GSS started.

Shall share some of my purchases:

Industrial tap for Kitchen (had to be mounted on the solid surface)

Still looking for a suitable sink to go with it.

GOOD DEALS items to share

Island Hood with glass hob 2 burner:

Bought this Turbo hood with FOC S/S burner. We opt to top up some $ for the glass burner hob. Bought frm Denki.

Its a good deal if you have OCBC DENKI card, got 1% cash rebate and 2%credit bill rebate.

With purchase of more than $2.6k using OCBC, can get FREE dinner voucher or vivo vouchers

Sofa -

* Found this a great buy , cant resist not buying though still a month or so to go for me to move in.

Sofa black $1799 comes with free coffee table. (i swap it with bed side table) bought from Green Furnishing.

Saw at IFC ,same selling at $2199..

[veer26 0]

Hi Veer

Yes, I re-do the aircon piping for the living/dining and rooms since its a 10yr old place.

I have friends staying at the same projects who asked me to change the doors as the doors had problems closing at times.

but then didnt you have to hack the walls and all? how much did u spend on the piping?

[ene1010.tan 0]

Hi Veer

I changed the aircon piping but not the drainage pipe that is buried under the flooring. Only need to hack the false ceiling portion and they patch back.

I changed the aircons at my place, paid $3900 for the 2+1 aircon with concealed piping works.

[ene1010.tan 0]

Its been weeks since I last write on my renovation updates-

These had been done:

1. Painting

2. Polish marble and parquet

3. Tiling for the kitchen and toilets

4. Shower screen put up and miscellaneous

Some pics to share

Common toilet :

MBR toilet:

There are still lots of hiccups and things to rectify.. especially my sink and my problematic kitchen tiles.

haiz.. not sure if we can move in on 1 AUG..

Edited July 12, 2010 by ene1010.tan

[ene1010.tan 0]

Had some crops-up in between which we are trying to solve.. the kitchen tiles are discoloured and we had to replaced them so that there is a consistency in the shades.

For those who are choosing tiles, rem to double check with the sales if they have diff tones.

I am now stuck with the tiles, luckily my co-ordinator told me that he will get the diff colours one replaced those obvious ones.My kitchen tiles are from Hafary. The one i saw at showroom is beige and after laying them, some are white, and off whites..

next problem is my sink..

The super hideous piping.. My co-ordinator is nice enough to get plumber to redo the piping for me.. exposed plastic elbow..

Shall post more pictures of my painted house and the simple TV feature wall.

[ene1010.tan 0]

Carpentry works are in progress and our veneer bedroom doors are up.

Some pictures to share.

My huge main gate

(No regrets on my decision on fixing a main gate. Its more airy and windy now)

The shoe cabinet by the door

Yes! Now I can buy more shoes.. had requested them to leave some spcae for smell circulation on each shelf as well as at the bottom of the cabinet and a drawer for socks under the settee. There will be lights protruding from the bottom of the shoes cabinet.

Edited July 19, 2010 by ene1010.tan

[ene1010.tan 0]

Customized TV console and the simple feature wall

We din want to spend $ on feature wall and our co-ordinator suggested a cheaper option for us to mount our TV.

Got a simple box up for the ugly wiring for our wall mounted TV.

Material used and style is the same as our shoes cabinet.

DIY ironing board and cabinet

My dad helped me to do a DIY ironing board structure and we got carpenter to do up a cabinet for it.

Its still in progress, shall be up by this week. This ironing board is really good, you can save space and yet allow us to

iron on both sides (be it you are a leftie or right handed)

Oo... we also got our bedroom veneer doors installed last weekend. As we are a lazy couple, we opt to choose dark colours for our furnishing. The photos may seem too bright to see the design.

[ene1010.tan 0]

Pictures of my MBR wardrobe and the vanity cabinet for the toilet

Interior of MBR wardrobe

We will be mounting a TV in the wardrobe.

Sliding doors

Scotch tapes are fixed on temporarily to hold the mounted black glass

MBR toilet

Carpenter is so blur to take wrong measurement for the cabinet door. Not possible to open up the cabinet due to

tight space betwn the cabinet and the toilet bowl

haiz..got to change the right side to bi-fold.

Study room wardrobe

The FOC replacement of the wardrobes in study room which was hacked off by mistake by the contractors.

It is still incomplete. There should be handles and silver linings to it.

Look very simple and dull at the moment. Super tall cabinet which I am not sure how I can reach it.

Edited July 19, 2010 by ene1010.tan

[ene1010.tan 0]

Kitchen cabinet in progress.

Some pictures of the old kitchen area and our new build-up wall kitchen

OLD -view from the old kitchen entrance

view from the front

NEW-

Edited July 19, 2010 by ene1010.tan

[ene1010.tan 0]

Halfway done ktichen (still waiting for granite top) and island hood to be installed

Edited July 20, 2010 by ene1010.tan

[ene1010.tan 0]

This week schedule:

1. Carpentry to finish up the Study room's wardrobe and replaced the dented laminate on the kitchen entrance

2. To have the kitchen top installed

3. Installation of the bi-fold door to kitchen/yard.

4. Electrician to complete installing all the downlights/cove and changing the switches in the house.

Next week:

1. Need to install full length mirror for MBR

2. Plumber to fix the sink connection

3. Citigas to come to fix the gas outlet.

4. Final round of polishing of marble and parquet varnish

5. Varnshing of doors frame

6. Acid wash the floors.

7. Patching up the uneven walls and repainting the walls.

Less than 10 days to Move-in date. So much to do..

haiz..

Hope they can Handover the place to me by 30July as promised.

[Warrior88 0]

next problem is my sink..

The super hideous piping.. My co-ordinator is nice enough to get plumber to redo the piping for me.. exposed plastic elbow..

Thought you should use a T joint so that can use the hot water.

Also, the plastic should be replace by a silver one to match the pipe.

By the way, must complete your toilet accessory mounting.

Because your wall tile cannot use those suction pad type. So any additional must drill hole.

[ene1010.tan 0]

ooo. the problem is the tap I bought doesnt have the hot water inlet.

The plumber had switched the joint to S/S and its goes straight and direct into the tile. Guess its a case of "no complain, no re-doing".. As for the hot water inlet, they just covered up with a cap for future use. Copper pipe cant be push too into the wall (as wat the plumber claimed, in future will drip water) so they conceal with white paint for the copper pipe.

By the way, is it normal for this kind of S/S tower to be shaky? I am having the problem of having it fixed firmly to the ground though we did screwed onto the floor and tried silicon. They claim my floor tiles are uneven so cant screw too deep will affect the concealed water pipe. Not sure if its the lousy work of plumber, that now my tap is also shaky. * shake head.

[ene1010.tan 0]

The renovation is completed and we have moved in..

Some pictures to share after the cleaning:

View from living room to entrance

Living room

Switches were changed to the grey switch

*Pictures shown is before patch up.

Edited August 2, 2010 by ene1010.tan

[ene1010.tan 0]

More pictures of the kitchen with black top installed

Picture of the yard ezy laundry

Just simple painting for the yard area