♥ Serangoon 4-Room Resale Flat ♪♫

[jackychun 0]

Hi All,

Finally decided to have my own t-Blog to record my memorable journey of house renovation.

I have spent about 1.5 months for ID selection. It was really interesting and exciting process that I have gone through.

A lot of ideas, experience can be achieved during this time I would say. The IDs have given me their points of view on renovation works which are really useful for me to build up the most suitable layout suitable for our home. After so many rounds of meeting and discussion I even can roughly do the quotation by myself

However, I can only choose ONE of them for my renovation works. So from 10 IDs, shortlisted down to 5, then 3, then 2 and finally, my ID is Mr. Toh Wee Kuang from WaWe Design.

I may talk about my ID shortlisting process later. Hehe. It may take a lot of time but quite useful for those "blur guy" like me jumping in the mess of renovation work scopes.

Firstly, here is my floor plan. Pretty small...

Edited August 30, 2011 by jackychun

[nobelleng 0]

Hi Jacky,

Congrat on getting the house.

We have the same ID.

Eager to see your house transformation as well.....

Cheers,

Nobel

[potatoes 0]

Hi Jacky, congrats on getting your flat and also ID. We r soon Neighbours in this serangoon neighborhood

[jackychun 0]

Thanks Nobel, please update more on your T-blog.

@Potatoes: It seems like a really peaceful place compare to Toa Payoh where I am living now.

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Some of the photos show the original condition of the house. It is really really original HDB flat!

Photo was taken on 13 August 2011, after the day I received keys from HDB.

Common Bathroom: Terrible condition

Kitchen

Edited August 30, 2011 by jackychun

[jackychun 0]

Living Room: photo taken after I had done 1st time opening door "ceremony". Hehe.

Bedroom 3, near the corridor:

Master bedroom:

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MBR Toilet:

Bedroom 2:

From outside:

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SP Services staff came to activate Power and Water services for my home: Same day on 13 August 2011.

Edited August 30, 2011 by jackychun

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30 August 2011:

- Notification of renovation works is in order. I have visited my neighbour next door to do some PR works before renovation started.

- The same day, electrical wires/points are removed.

Notifications:

Edited August 30, 2011 by jackychun

[rottenramone 1]

wow, totally original condition! being a nostalgia buff, i'd keep some items original and intact. the main gate is classic 70s 80s hdb, for instance. the ink area sis worth considering too. check out the tiles!

[potatoes 0]

Hi Jacky, your flat condition is quite similar to mine except mine is slightly better.... and mine have marble flooring for living and dining hall.

I think you are going for a massive reno, right? You will probably need to touch every corner of the flat..... A lot of $$$$ to do that lor....

Wish u a successful reno journey

Cheers

[jackychun 0]

Thanks rottenrammone and potatoes!

Actually I am not so interested in classic style and that is why the house going to be overhauled. I try to keep the design as simple and basic as possible to save $$$ No choice. Hehe.

Marbel flooring is very durable that you should keep then, potatoes...

[jackychun 0]

DAY 1 (31 August 2011): HACKING WORKS

I could not wait to see the results of hacking works today. So I came to my house immediately after work to see how's the works going. I have been there around 6:30pm and the workers already demobilized. Look at what I have seen, so incredible! Haha!

Here is the living room:

Store room has been hacked off. The space look much larger now without this room.

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I used to wonder whether my store room can be hacked off during renovation works previously. As I heard from some people that if the wall indicated as "SOLID BLACK", this wall cannot be hacked as it is Reinforced Concrete Wall (RC). After got the approval from HDB, they said: RC Wall cannot be hacked, only "sandwich polyfoam wall" can be hacked. I had big question mark again: WTH is the "Sandwich Polyfoam Wall"?! I asked my ID and he said no worries, he has gone through many cases like this, and the wall can be hacked. I have a bit piece in mind and until today I am totally satisfied. After hacking, you can see what is the "SANDWICH POLYFOAM WALL" already. Here you go:

Now I know why the HDB room can limit some noise due to this structure. Further than that, this kind of wall structure also make lighter load overall.

The kitchen wall is now ready for tiling works. The contractor has made a rough surface for it.

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Rubbish chute is now exposed. Going to replace by the new one soon.

Kitchen sink is now alone.

Kitchen is totally hacked:

Common toilet and MBR toilet:

That's all for today. Hacking works will be continued tomorrow with the three bedrooms. Wait and see. Stay tuned...

Edited August 31, 2011 by jackychun