Small House To Slightly Bigger House, From Little Saving To Alot Of Loans

[potatoes 0]

Feeling very stressed up with my house reno work..Things wasnt as planned..

Reno work should supposingly started on 11 Dec till date, only hacking work was done..the reno work was poorly coordinated.. I have not choose the laminate, solid surface and paint yet...I have purchase my toilet bowls without knowing the right sizes..i tot all this my contractor should have told me..till my toilets bowl seller ask me than i realise i need to check it first and they told me my contractor should have inform me..contractor also promised my to give me the sketch for my shoe cabinet and vanities till date..nothing was produced..His partner now took over from him..so i hope thing will get better..

Now i just pray hard that things will turn out gd..and can finish on time for my move in on 11Jan..

Hi... Sorry to hear about the bad experience you r going thru'.... Hope things will turn out better for u after Christmas.

[multi888 1]

Feeling very stressed up with my house reno work..Things wasnt as planned..

Reno work should supposingly started on 11 Dec till date, only hacking work was done..the reno work was poorly coordinated.. I have not choose the laminate, solid surface and paint yet...I have purchase my toilet bowls without knowing the right sizes..i tot all this my contractor should have told me..till my toilets bowl seller ask me than i realise i need to check it first and they told me my contractor should have inform me..contractor also promised my to give me the sketch for my shoe cabinet and vanities till date..nothing was produced..His partner now took over from him..so i hope thing will get better..

Now i just pray hard that things will turn out gd..and can finish on time for my move in on 11Jan..

Its sad to hear about your experience and hope it will resolve soon...

[split84 0]

The contractor said work will be starting on 26dec I hope it will turn out well .. I am quite worried abt my flooring as the contractor did not do much in maintaining my flooring.. The parguet flooring wasn't covered up, the tiles were partially covered.. My kitchen cabinet was covered with layer of dust due to the hacking work my water heater was not protected as well.. The hod and hook were covered with dust and I seriously doubt it can till be in use after they fix it back..

[angmoh 0]

alamak... looking at your comments, i felt that i'm so fortunate that my ID din give me all these problems. I can understand your "pek cek" ness when you have to worry about this worry about that..

Initially i also like you, afraid the ID din coordinate well. After 1.5 months of reno, so far so good. And now i already close both eyes, let her handle everything.

Getting an ID suppose to relieve your burden, not to increase.

Anyway wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and have a smooth reno journey ahead!

[HappyAng 0]

Feeling very stressed up with my house reno work..Things wasnt as planned..

Reno work should supposingly started on 11 Dec till date, only hacking work was done..the reno work was poorly coordinated.. I have not choose the laminate, solid surface and paint yet...I have purchase my toilet bowls without knowing the right sizes..i tot all this my contractor should have told me..till my toilets bowl seller ask me than i realise i need to check it first and they told me my contractor should have inform me..contractor also promised my to give me the sketch for my shoe cabinet and vanities till date..nothing was produced..His partner now took over from him..so i hope thing will get better..

Now i just pray hard that things will turn out gd..and can finish on time for my move in on 11Jan..

Hi split84, wish u & your family a Merry Christmas.

Hope your renovation able to complete on time. Cheers!

[Batman 0]

That's 1 of the downside of getting contractors vs ID, as (from my point of view) they aren't as professional....

Anyway hope everything will turn out smooth for u sista!

Always look on the bright side of life...

[split84 0]

Now I superb regret not getting an Id in the first place.. Haiz 2nd day of officially starting work.. More issue and gotta change my initial plan for my wiw n toilets layout.. I'm getting more and more worried for my parquet.. I will try to upload some pics of the place tomorrow on how terrible it is now..

[myrick88 0]

Still possible to change the contractor?

I engaged an ID but is siting here waiting for my fs master to come out with the report. All planning work stop to wait for the report now.....he said need 3 weeks....

I am like counting down every day..haha...my ID also kan chiong as i told him all the first draft of 3Ds and space planning might be thrown out.

Now I superb regret not getting an Id in the first place.. Haiz 2nd day of officially starting work.. More issue and gotta change my initial plan for my wiw n toilets layout.. I'm getting more and more worried for my parquet.. I will try to upload some pics of the place tomorrow on how terrible it is now..

[split84 0]

my kitchen which was suppose to have little reno..look at my tiles..wasnt protected and the layer of dust on it...

my poor wash basin..i think sure choke like mad..

miserable floor protection that dont protect much...

[split84 0]

i wonder this can still be use after cleaning away the thick layer of dust..

the storage heater which i told them i wanna reuse..but now..i wonder if still possible..

my poor parguet without even the miserable cover..

miserable cover at the corridor...

[cleong 1]

Don't be too fussed about the in-progress situation. Try to wrangle a refurbishment of the flooring and kitchen surfaces after the renovation is completed. The clean up should happen during the touching up phase.

My staircase landing was completely unprotected during the hacking phase and this was the result of the workers moving debris downstairs:

Whatever the parquet contractor did, they managed to plane the parquet down or lacquer the scratches out. You have to be realistic. Doing a partial renovation will involve some spillover to the things that you want to retain. Its more important to secure a written pledge to make good what was damaged during the course of renovation, than worry about protecting it. Not sure if that's a solid surface or granite countertop but I suppose some polishing work can help as well.

[HappyAng 0]

Hi split84, maybe u can try to blank / cover or put one corner those item which u intent to reuse.. For the parquet flooring, can ask your contractor to sand down and revarnish, it should looks like new. As for the countertop, think contractor can also polished the surface..

[split84 0]

Can revarnishing help with sharp tools dropping on the surface.. I saw a contractor drop an electric drill on it

[HappyAng 0]

Can revarnishing help with sharp tools dropping on the surface.. I saw a contractor drop an electric drill on it

If the dent is small, contractor can still sand off or they can used some paste to cover the dent, before varnish the parquet. Else, they can also removed the damaged piece with a new piece.

[potatoes 0]

Split84.... U need to be very firm and clear to ur contractor ur expectatations.... Tell them if they damage any of ur things, they need to pay for them lor....