Our Sweet Little Wajek House

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WooHoo! We are finally back after 2 long years! yes… it has been a good 2 years since we have been working on this project & finally we have recently kickstart our reconstruction project - turning a 1952 one storey brick house into a two-storey prefab steel house.

Edited July 21, 2015 by mysweetlittlethings

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Having involved in a landed property project is way too difficult to handle for someone liked me who have zero knowledge about "building".

Overwhelmed by all the "alien" terms, I remained as a "silent" listener at most of the meetings & discussions, although I do "pop" a couple of Qs at times when I was awake e.g. "What is that har?"

Hopefully, this blog not only allows us to record our reconstruction journey for our children, it can also help those "liked myself" who will appreciate some enlightenment about a landed property project.

Thankful to the current team on board!

Hubby: as I could not contribute much during this phase

ID: Dess of three-d conkeptwerke for working very closely with us, merging ideas and eventually finalizing the design of the house

Architect: Mr. Ong of Urban3 Architects - for taking over the project for a dear dear architect friend. / Thanks Gina for all the coordination!

Builder: Mr. Ho of Prime Builders & his team - reliable & humble team.

This house project is also dedicated to our late ex-Architect Mr. Tay Lim Hai (his last house project).

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Welcome back! Looking forward to yr updates as a tribute to the late Mr Tay. May he rest in peace.

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Welcome back! Looking forward to yr updates as a tribute to the late Mr Tay. May he rest in peace.

Hi Hi El Loco,

Nice to see familiar names after our long absence.

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A reconstruction project aren't as straightforward as what we have thought it would be.

So what exactly do we have to go through?

1. OTP of house 9 Aug 2012

2. Aug 2012 - Application for Copying of Building Plan/Information (BCA)

3. Sep 2012 - Appointment of ID firm - three d conceptwerke.

- Unlike others, instead of approaching an architect first, we approach Dess (the principal designer) if he would be keen to do up the place for us.

4. Oct 2012 - Appointment of Architect - Mr. Tay Lim Hai

5. Nov 2012 - Consolidated ideas for the house design communicated to ID & Architect - a prefab steel house! Too bad, our preferred choice of container house was not approved.

6. Nov 2012 - Appointment of registered surveyor to carry out topographical Survey.

7. Dec 2012 to Feb 2013 - Initial proposed house idea communicated by ID - Stilt house / Kampong Style.

8. Mar 2013 - 2nd proposed house idea communicated

9. Apr 2013 - 3rd proposed house idea communicated

10. May 2013 to Aug 2013 - 4th proposed house idea communicated - **something I really like**

11. Aug 2013 - 5th proposed house idea communicated

12. Oct 2013 - Exterior house idea & layout communicated.

** Despite the countless discussions we had, we enjoyed that ideas exchanging process with the little modification leading to a house which is ideal for our daily lifestyle.

To be cont'd….. will be sharing more pics later.

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13. Nov 2013 - Introduction to Mr Ong of Urban 3 Architects - a friend of our appointed architect Mr. Tay who needs to undergo treatment for a while. I remembered that he expressed his keen interest to continue with our project after he gets well.

14. Jan 2014 - Partial sketches of the house design submitted to Architect to work on their architectural drawings.

15. Feb 2014 - Appointment of Structural Engineer

16. Jan 2014 to May 2014 - Finalizing on Prelim layout details required by Architectural Team

17. Mar 2014 - Appointment of Structural Engineer

18. Mar 2014 - Request for quote for soil investigation

19. Mar 2014 - Finalizing on Roof Plan Design

20. April 2014 - Road Line Plan Purchased for Architectural use.

21. May 2014 - Final drawings by ID received

22. May 2014 - Meter compartment dimension discussed

23. June 2014 - Finalizing AC Ledge as well as gate & drain exits

24. Jun 2014 - ME Plan by ID communicated.

25. Jun 2014 - Landscape design by ID communicated

26. Jul 2014 - URA Submission

27. Jul 2014 - First discussion on Tender Drawings List

28. Aug 2014 - NParks Submission

29. Aug to Oct 2014 - Tender preparation & Structural Details Drawings Process

To be cont'd

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** Slight modifications been made on house layouts along the way in accordance to the relevant authorities standards & guidelines **

30. Oct 2014 - Main gate & railing drawings communicated.

31. Appointment of Quantity Surveyor

32. Nov 2014 - Submission of Structural Drawings to BCA

33. Nov 2014 - Start of Tender documentation process by QS

34. Dec 2014 - Finalizing Boundary Wall details

35. Jan 2015 - Tender calling

36. Jan to Feb 2015 - Tender query

37. Feb 2015 - Tender closing

38. Mar 2015 - Tender Tabulations & Analysis by QS

39. April 2015 - Interviewing shortlisted Tenderers

** Changes made in line of construction budget **

40. April 2015 to May 2015 - Price Negotiation with Builder

41. May 2015 - Appointment of RTO

42. May 2015 - Letter of Award (LOA) preparation by QS & appointment of Builder - Prime Builders

43. May 2015 - Construction / Architectural / Structural Drawings forwarded to Builder for the necessary permit application to the relevant authorities. (Insurance / MOM / BCA etc)

44. 20 May 2015 - Kick off Meeting with all parties

45. 27 May 2015 - Pre-construction photo survey / dilapidation report

46. 28 May 2015 - Project Kickstart on site.

Yeah!!

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Hey fellow neighbour!

Any updates on your house?

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Hi sunset way,

Have been really busy lately.

Yes! The project is going smoothly and will TOP soon! 

Hopefully, I can update blog soon!

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1 Jun 2015 - First Day of Project

 

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Prep work for manual demolition as next door lives a famous old artist.

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Site Office

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Demolition begins