My Crib

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Hi everybody! Okay like the most of you, i have been reading the blogs here for sometime now. So before i go ahead and start on my reno journey, i would like to say a few words first.

I was looking ard the net to get some info and ideas on renovation when i bumped into RenoTalk. Initially i was thinking why these ppl are taking so much of trouble & time to pen down and post details of their renovation. I decided that i'm just gonna get whatever information i need and carry on. As i continued to read the blogs and the other areas in the forum, i started to gain alot of knowledge, ideas and information on not only reno but in many other areas as well. You guys have helped me tremendously and i need to do my part in contributing as well. And so to cut the long story short, i would like to say a very big THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed here in one way or another.

So here i am, with my own share of trouble and difficulties before getting my flat on 09/03/12. Here is my floorplan:

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I and my fiancee decided to just renovate the toilets and kitchen though i had wanted to do up the entire house. With wedding coming up in a month's time we can't afford a major overhaul of the house.

We went to many interior designers for quotations and to see the showflats. Most of them quoted ard the same but it was exceeding our budget. I had thought of engaging contractors but we didn't have much time before we needed the house and i didn't have enough time to research also. We were kinda exhausted and confused aft the eighth quotation.

Then, Patrick from 3D Innovative Design came over to our place one day. Aft going thru the quotation and reno details with him, we decided to engage him as we kinda 'clicked'. He also understood the idea i was trying to put across for my toilets and kitchen. We even added a full height built shoe cabinet.

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Pre-reno Pics

Built-in shoe cabinet is going to replace the fish tank location

Dining area

Kitchen

The wall panel & door beside the fridge is gonna go

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More pre-reno pics

The window pane above the sink to be removed (HDB said needed to engage a PE to approve the hacking of the wall at the sink which will cost $600 )

Door to be removed

Service balcony window grills to be removed

Piping to be boxed up and made into a small storage unit

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HDB also said the small kerb which separates the kitchen from the service balcony can't be hacked and removed.

Edited April 19, 2012 by NanthaDjFlexkid

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More pre-reno pics

Common bathroom (Partial hacking done FOC by previous owner )

Pipings to be painted & boxed up

Master bathroom (Pipes to be boxed up. Got cheated by previous owner on the moldy ceiling . This now costs $380 to be fixed!)

Edited April 20, 2012 by NanthaDjFlexkid

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Shopping

We went to recce the shops at Balestier, Jalan Besar and Geylang for bathroom and kitchen accessories. Here are some of stuffs we liked:

A shop in Balestier (One of the cheaper ones, can't remember the name )

Kitchen sink - $299

Kitchen sink tap - $298

Shower with heater - $380

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Tap mixer (Nobel) - $139

WC (Cristo) - $200

Edited April 20, 2012 by NanthaDjFlexkid

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Shopping continued

Shower with tap mixer - $339

Taps

Basin - $230

And some of the other stuffs at his place (Dun have pics):

Storage heater (30 L) - $250

Fanco fan with led & remote - $445

Edited April 20, 2012 by NanthaDjFlexkid

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Shopping continued

Bath zone They were having a sale

Rain shower - $370 We loved it! Diff and unique from the normal ones we have seen so far

Basin - $120

Basin with stopper - $195

Tap mixer - $159

And some of the other stuffs:

WC - $198

Shower with heater - $185

Storage heater (Ferroli) - $250

4 piece set - $78

[LLChing 0]

With the black mold on your toilet ceiling, it means your neighbour's toilet is leaking. Any way to get a HDB official to have a look see? If it is really your neighbour's fault, they have to re-waterproof their flooring. Cost will be 50% bore by HDB and 50% by both your neighbour and yourself. I suggest you call HDB on this.

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Did exactly that and guess what HDB said,

And when i asked my contractor how much will this cost, he said $380.

Edited April 20, 2012 by NanthaDjFlexkid

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Tile Selection continued

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Tile Selection continued

Feature wall & other ideas

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Tile Selection continued

The place was closing for the day already and we were still not done yet aft being there for 5hrs . Super exhausted, we just collected the samples & went home to decide which tile it shall be.

We returned back the next day early to reselect the tiles as we were not satisfied with any of the chosen ones. This time we took our time to carefully decide what we really liked. These were more or less the confirmed ones:

Common bathroom shower area wall & the white tile for rest of the wall

MBR wall (We saw this in their showflat and immediately loved it!)

The patterned tile is not chosen as it costs $30++ per tile

Common bathroom in between the vanity top & mirror

I didn't take pics for the rest of the tiles as i was sian of taking my phone in and out of my pocket the whole day. We left the place abt 1hr before they closed. Improvement

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Yo! Nice blog!

We spent many many hours at Soon Bee Huat (Toh Guan) as well, at least.... 15?

Let me count.. First time, we spent about 4 hours walking about cluelessly on the ground floor and then the upper floor, jotting down details of nice tiles..

2nd time there we spent 8hrs, hahahahahahaa.... We finally decided on the tiles we wanted, none of which were the ones we saw on our first visit.

3rd time, about 3 hours, making final decisions and made a couple of changes.

Reading about you spending hours there brings back fond memories..

Good luck with your reno!