Our Beloved 4 Room Resale Flat

[Yuki&jason 0]

Finally, we are 2 weeks to collecting our keys for our 4 room flat.

Thanks that we have a previous home that we sold, with the proceeds able to substantially cover more than half of our new home.

At a costs of more than $400k, it is really expensive for a 30+ old HDB. And the size is so much smaller than our previous home, 92sqm compared to 103sqm.

It is the 1st house that we view, but it is chosen because it is just 2 storey down from where my mother-in-law lives. And also just across the road where our fourth aunt stays. To make it better, our third aunt is also moving from the west to the east, 5 mins drive from our new home.

But haz, soon we will have weekend mahjong sessions as all of us are mahjong apprentice!!

But the 4 room flat condition is worse than ever, now still got spend so much on renovation.

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Edited September 12, 2011 by Yuki&jason

[ejszaka 0]

Finally, we are 2 weeks to collecting our keys for our 4 room flat.

Congrats, Yuki&Jason. I can totally identify with the waiting and anticipation. Looking forward to seeing your reno. Where is your flat located, btw?

[Yuki&jason 0]

Congrats, Yuki&Jason. I can totally identify with the waiting and anticipation. Looking forward to seeing your reno. Where is your flat located, btw?

Hi Ejszaka, thanks to be the 1st one to welcome us. we gotten our house at bedok.

having problem on uploading photo, still straggling on how to upload our floor plan !

[ejszaka 0]

My pleasure. Always good to get to know more pals who are doing their reno.

Edited September 6, 2011 by ejszaka

[ejszaka 0]

Finally, we are 2 weeks to collecting our keys for our 4 room flat.

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I like your layout. It's 4NG? Will you be tearing down one bedroom to get an extended space for the living room? It would be very nice and spacious.

[Yuki&jason 0]

After a wait of more than a month, our contractor finally emailed us the quotation plus drawing of our house.

Still waiting for our 3D drawing, hoping he will really email to us!

We have opt for a modern contemporary concept. But with limited budget, there is really not much we can do.

As our living hall is very narrow, only 3.6m wide, and with the storeroom right in between our living hall and the kitchen. The place seems very cramp. We decide to hack down the storeroom to create a open concept to make the place more spacious and brighter.

But we will need to build a full height cabinet to replace the storeroom, as we have a lot of items shifted from our old home. Unfortunately, it will be very costly.

And we have told our contractor to extend our living hall into the kitchen, to have our dining area place in the living hall.

A headache that we are still having is whether to buy more wallpaper as our living hall wall are divided into 2 by the entrance of the 2 common room. Wonder whether did the flat architect possess any architectural cert? But what to do, $ no enough, got to make do with it! haiz:(

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[Yuki&jason 0]

I like your layout. It's 4NG? Will you be tearing down one bedroom to get an extended space for the living room? It would be very nice and spacious.

Hi ejszaka, No. need to keep the rooms for children and parents in future.

[mabaricows 0]

Congrats on the new place!

I like the layout of the flat, its very neat and organized!

No weird angles and stuff..

[Simontsh 0]

grats!

kitchen layout u decided?

seems like need to walk a long way in to get stuff from the fridge.

if dun cook often...maybe can have smaller kitchen so that can still have a storeroom

just suggestions

Edited September 9, 2011 by Simontsh

[Yuki&jason 0]

Congrats on the new place!

I like the layout of the flat, its very neat and organized!

No weird angles and stuff..

Hi Mabaricows, thks ! Congrats to your new house as well. look so grand with the Marble theme.

especially the toilet, even hotel can't beat !

ya, layout is neat but too narrow for living room. hopefully the Contractor will help us to do a nice space planning.

[Yuki&jason 0]

grats!

kitchen layout u decided?

seems like need to walk a long way in to get stuff from the fridge.

if dun cook often...maybe can have smaller kitchen so that can still have a storeroom

just suggestions

Hi Simontsh, Ya ! we are planning to shorten the kitchen to make the hall look biggest.

as the storeroom block in between make the place look cramp.

Thanks for your suggest !

[ejszaka 0]

Hi Simontsh, Ya ! we are planning to shorten the kitchen to make the hall look biggest.

as the storeroom block in between make the place look cramp.

Thanks for your suggest !

Maybe can push the dining area further back into the kitchen, shorten the kitchen, so that you can free up more space for a slightly longer living area? My Mom's kitchen in Bedok is also like yours... HUGE!! Hahaha.

[Yuki&jason 0]

Maybe can push the dining area further back into the kitchen, shorten the kitchen, so that you can free up more space for a slightly longer living area? My Mom's kitchen in Bedok is also like yours... HUGE!! Hahaha.

Hi ejszaka, Great minds think alike ! that is exactly our idea

[advancer 0]

Hey i am suggesting that u hack down the wall in your master toilet as u wanna step into the ''dry area'' first which is your toilet bowl area rather than the ''wet area'' shower area and move your basin against the wall instead.

btw what is your block number in bedok? Didn't know bedok 4ng got this kind of layout...

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[ejszaka 0]

Hey i am suggesting that u hack down the wall in your master toilet as u wanna step into the ''dry area'' first which is your toilet bowl area rather than the ''wet area'' shower area and move your basin against the wall instead.

btw what is your block number in bedok? Didn't know bedok 4ng got this kind of layout...

Yah, that's an excellent idea. Cos we access the dry toilet area a lot more than the shower area. Shower at most twice a day... but pee and poo more than that... hehehehe.