pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) I wanted to buy a more retro looking kitchen tap and I searched high and low in Balestier but I only saw one design which is this one. And the shops are selling it at around S$270~S$290Almost wanted to get it already but through T-blog saw someone recommend to purchase from wholesale-faucet.com seems not too bad, so I went to try too.And on 31/Dec I placed order for this 2 items. Both item cost me slightly less than S$200 and including shipping using EMS.Kitchen TapFor MBR Toilet Edited February 11, 2012 by pinkwhale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) And today I received the parcel Less than 8 days and the taps are here!!Neatly packed boxNicely wrapped up in carton box and bubble wrapped protected tooMy Kitchen Tap Quality seems quite good and the tap weigh heavy too.Hopefully after installation the quality really good. Edited February 11, 2012 by pinkwhale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terencetcw 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2012 Wow that was a good news The tap is so unique let us know the smoothes while using the tap heheYour contractor seems pretty good, your lighting point can be added without paying hehe or the price is already factor in your quote? Looking forward on your Reno progress Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2012 Wow that was a good news The tap is so unique let us know the smoothes while using the tap heheYour contractor seems pretty good, your lighting point can be added without paying hehe or the price is already factor in your quote? Looking forward on your Reno progress Thanks TerencetcwI will review the tap after it has been install. Probably in March I guess.Actually my contractor like to look at lump sum rather than break everything into so detail and count each light point and electrical point. He charged me less than 1.5k for false ceiling, Lbox and partition board to seal up the MBR door and the wiring of all the light points and electrical points including installation of lightings.To me that is quite cheap cos mostly I heard electrical wiring alone can cost up to more than 1K alreadyUltimately still depend on the total final figure if ok then ok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) My contractor was working late at my unit today, so I dropped by today to take a look.Some progress to share Edited February 11, 2012 by pinkwhale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Today my planterbed decking is doneIn Progress photosCompleted already Edited February 11, 2012 by pinkwhale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
renotm 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2012 Hihi, how is your contractor's workmanship so far? Any feedback? Can also PM me the contact?Thanks in advance!Actually my contractor like to look at lump sum rather than break everything into so detail and count each light point and electrical point. He charged me less than 1.5k for false ceiling, Lbox and partition board to seal up the MBR door and the wiring of all the light points and electrical points including installation of lightings.To me that is quite cheap cos mostly I heard electrical wiring alone can cost up to more than 1K alreadyUltimately still depend on the total final figure if ok then ok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2012 Hihi, how is your contractor's workmanship so far? Any feedback? Can also PM me the contact?Thanks in advance!Hi renotmActually as you can see I had only completed ceiling and electrical and tiling (not floor) is in process. Review of workmanship wise, think I can only comment of the tiling as other items can't have much review also. So far I would say the kitchen counter top tiling is Very dilligent worker and very patient cos I would say the difficulty level of tiling such small tiles are very much higher than 60X60cm tiles. I'm quite glad I found them to do my tiling job.and PM sent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
renotm 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2012 Thanks for the comments and PM. Hi renotmActually as you can see I had only completed ceiling and electrical and tiling (not floor) is in process. Review of workmanship wise, think I can only comment of the tiling as other items can't have much review also. So far I would say the kitchen counter top tiling is Very dilligent worker and very patient cos I would say the difficulty level of tiling such small tiles are very much higher than 60X60cm tiles. I'm quite glad I found them to do my tiling job.and PM sent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Good weekend everyone, bet many of you are rushing to prepare for CNY, or even rushing for reno work to complete before CNYLucky for me, my contractor will work on my house till the end - stopping work only on 20/Jan. I really appreciate Checked on the progress today. I would say my Kitchen is 50% done with all necessary tiling job completed.I wonder is anyone keen to see sneak preview of my kitchen before carpentry stage. Shared the photos with my MIL when I reached home, didn't received good comments. I guess not many elderly appreciate industrial theme. However I was still hoping the little retro aspect do appeal to her. However she seems quite concerned that my cement screed wall in my living room will not be painted over she asked me: "no painting nice meh?" Really worry only will hear negative comments on house warming Edited January 15, 2012 by pinkwhale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigbag 1 Report post Posted January 15, 2012 Today my planterbed decking is doneIn Progress photosCompleted already Nice decking,what wood is this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigbag 1 Report post Posted January 15, 2012 Good weekend everyone, bet many of you are rushing to prepare for CNY, or even rushing for reno work to complete before CNYLucky for me, my contractor will work on my house till the end - stopping work only on 20/Jan. I really appreciate Checked on the progress today. I would say my Kitchen is 50% done with all necessary tiling job completed.I wonder is anyone keen to see sneak preview of my kitchen before carpentry stage. Shared the photos with my MIL when I reached home, didn't received good comments. I guess not many elderly appreciate industrial theme. However I was still hoping the little retro aspect do appeal to her. However she seems quite concerned that my cement screed wall in my living room will not be painted over she asked me: "no painting nice meh?" Really worry only will hear negative comments on house warming ur kitchen looks unique, & that choice of black & white is gd! can't wait to see the final output Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2012 Nice decking,what wood is this?Hi bigbagThanks for visiting.This is Kankyo wood - a Japan technology. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2012 ur kitchen looks unique, & that choice of black & white is gd! can't wait to see the final output Thanks for ur encouragement. I was also following ur blog closely and waiting for u to share picture of ur beehives tiles. Are you using the moasic or tiles? I will be using that mosaic in my toilet. However facing some slight difficulty now, would be great if you can share some pointers with me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkwhale 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Really like the result of these mosaics combination. To me its quite an art with all the effort from the tilers They ROCK!! Thank you Guys!! Edited February 8, 2012 by pinkwhale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites