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[regularJoe 0]

Hi Retchlow,

Your home is really unique! Mind sharing Alan's contact and quotes for reference? My thanks in advance

[retchlow 7]

Hi Retchlow,

Your home is really unique! Mind sharing Alan's contact and quotes for reference? My thanks in advance

PM-ed

[regularJoe 0]

Got your pm Thanks!

[retchlow 7]

my bro has 2 kopitiam chairs which he's planning to pass to me! i'm so excited!

i want to send them for upholstery & repainted to another color. any one has any recommendation where i can send it to?

the condition of the chairs is great!

[retchlow 7]

Happy New Year to One & All! Hope you all had a great celebration.

CNY is actually one of the most boring festive periods for me as I don't celebrate it & most shops are closed. Sigh.

With nothing much to do, I thought of updating my thread with some info which I hope may be useful to the other home owners.

I'll touch on tiles selection only for the first part. Because I spent almost 3 months to select my tiles. I went to different tile shops & I went to them not once but at least 3 times. Not that i'm indecisive but because the choices were aplenty & i needed to rely on my design instinct to select the right tiles for my house. being a 3rd time home owner who had previously engaged IDs for my past 2 homes, I realised I missed out alot of details the last time. i relied heavily on the IDs for tile selection & advice. As I've chosen to engage a contractor this time, main reason for cost savings, I do realise I need to invest heavily in time to do my research.

So I embarked on a journey on my own, together with a few of my friends, to go shopping for tiles.

I first started off with going only to the big names eg Soon Bee Huat, Hafary & all the other tile shops along Balestier. The tile selection was massive & enough to confuse me. So i had to make about 3 - 4 trips to the shops to look through the selection over & over again.

After reading up on the other threads, I realised I could have missed out other tile shops that were worth visiting. But alas I was too tired. But i made an effort to go to this other tile shop called Unlimited. Their display of tiles of course, pales in comparison to the tile shops in Balestier. It was kinda disorganised & messy, if i were to describe it. It made one feel lost as to how to even start searching for any tiles.

BUT, i realised their variety of tiles is in no way, inferior to those tile shops in Balestier. In fact, their prices are way more competitive. One classic example would be the honeycomb tiles. A tile shop in Balestier is selling it at $8.50 per pc but at Unlimited, it's only $5 PSF.

Well, this is just to share my brief experience in shopping for tiles. And now to share some photos of the tiles I've seen from the various tile shops. Enjoy!

Edited February 10, 2013 by retchlow

[retchlow 7]

Edited February 10, 2013 by retchlow

[retchlow 7]

I'm sorry if i can't recall any of the tile details coz there were just too many & i didn't manage to record all of them. I'll try my best to answer if any of you has any questions.

Edited February 10, 2013 by retchlow

[enjoylife 0]

Hi Retchlow, can u kindly PM Mr Alan and Mr K contact to me? Thanks!

Enjoy ur holiday..

[retchlow 7]

Hi Retchlow, can u kindly PM Mr Alan and Mr K contact to me? Thanks!

Enjoy ur holiday..

Pm-ed

[Makanology 29]

I'm sorry if i can't recall any of the tile details coz there were just too many & i didn't manage to record all of them. I'll try my best to answer if any of you has any questions.

Hi Gong Hee Fatt Choy! Yeah CNY is also quite boring for me and my HTB, not much visitation to do and surviving on instant noodles (my favorite!) and Malay/Indian food.

Anyways we have been looking high and low for the tiles in your last picture above - can you share which shop you have seen them?

Edited February 10, 2013 by Makanology

[retchlow 7]

Hi Gong Hee Fatt Choy! Yeah CNY is also quite boring for me and my HTB, not much visitation to do and surviving on instant noodles (my favorite!) and Malay/Indian food.

Anyways we have been looking high and low for the tiles in your last picture above - can you share which shop you have seen them?

This is one tile shop that I didn't go to but worth visiting. Friend went n took photos for me. Shop name is an huat

[Makanology 29]

An Huat sounds similar to Huat Ah - must be a sign LOL. Thanks lots

[retchlow 7]

An Huat sounds similar to Huat Ah - must be a sign LOL. Thanks lots

Confirm huat! Lol

[retchlow 7]

went down to make some measurements & realised the switches are up

contractor has patched up the hole in the brickwall but i would like to ask if this should be the correct method? coz it looks really unsightly

anyone can advise? should i just live with it coz i think my TV cabinet will be able to hide that.

[bleucheeze 1]

Er, abit unsightly leh... Since you paid for it, I think shd ask him to re-lay the affected craft bricks for you.