Mauy God Bless Kampung Chicken Style...@ Tampines

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benefit from the forum and i hope to share to benefit others, 1st reno and 1st home and really feel like just out of kampung bcos everything is so new !!

Collecting Keys soon at 4-Jan for 4-room at Tampines, going to do a simple reno for kitchen and 2 bathroom,

mid of dec 2012 - met 7 ID's in a week and a contractor in order to get the quote (cheapest hopefully),

manage only to get 2 quotes and decided on that week itself its the contractor, as he is the fastest in giving quotes (the next day, impression efficient), highly recommended by a sincere uncle, look honest..

crossed my fingers, posted out photo soon before and after. (if manage to find time )

thanks for those who shared their experience. it helps me in deciding my ID's or Contractor.

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benefit from the forum and i hope to share to benefit others, 1st reno and 1st home and really feel like just out of kampung bcos everything is so new !!

Collecting Keys soon at 4-Jan for 4-room at Tampines, going to do a simple reno for kitchen and 2 bathroom,

mid of dec 2012 - met 7 ID's in a week and a contractor in order to get the quote (cheapest hopefully),

manage only to get 2 quotes and decided on that week itself its the contractor, as he is the fastest in giving quotes (the next day, impression efficient), highly recommended by a sincere uncle, look honest..

crossed my fingers, posted out photo soon before and after. (if manage to find time )

thanks for those who shared their experience. it helps me in deciding my ID's or Contractor.

Selection of ID/contractor should not be a rush decision unless your relative or family have used them before and gave good comment. Cheapest may not be the best, there maybe hidden cost or lower tile price for you to choose. If you have shortlisted the Id/contractor, ask him to show you their existing project to see their workmanship. If projected is completed and owner is okay to show their unit, that would be even better as you can ask about their workmanship

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Selection of ID/contractor should not be a rush decision unless your relative or family have used them before and gave good comment. Cheapest may not be the best, there maybe hidden cost or lower tile price for you to choose. If you have shortlisted the Id/contractor, ask him to show you their existing project to see their workmanship. If projected is completed and owner is okay to show their unit, that would be even better as you can ask about their workmanship

Yeah you are totally correct ! too rash a decisions for first reno project. no 3D, no idea, know abit only... still rushing, Since have signed...now can only... ... pray... God blessed us

aih and i thought i learn my lessons.. bought a fabric sofa yesterday at a quick and rash decisions at $1398 per set , include ottoman in the first shop, with extra cover for the whole sofa sets (so can change if children dirty it )... now abit regret because the decision i made is too fast !! the sofa is fabric, feel cosy, can change cover to wash it every 3, 5 or 6 months..or 1 year, depending..

and i am getting the display set because its the last set... anyway bought already... regret also no choice, so expensive some more, basically just want to get a cheap cheap $400 bucks leather sofa set and end up i got this one...

share the photo of the fabric sofa.

in the mean time, shared the floor plan.

may be quite busy and not updating the post and the updates will be SUPER slow... so is with the replying, thanks for understanding.

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[juxstapose 2]

gonna look very spacious from the entrace!

[spikedoll 2]

Congrats Very spacious unit you have! What's the floor size ? The ex owner bought the access area or original?

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Wow... your 4 room is huge!

whereabouts is this? 200+?

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hi Z3phy and spike doll

my floor unit is super small.. only 86sqm meter, floor plan does look amazingly deceivingly.. haha

Finally update of my reno...

100% satisfied!!! with my contractor and the amount that i spent.. its the minimal.. include re-wiring, tiling all up for kitchen wall tiles, floor tiles, open kitchen concept, windown grilled ( iron wrought gate not aluminium window grill!) it's has been done today ! (not officially) i am highly pleased with my contractor, highly pleased, cos i am inexperience abit don't know what to do and just want to use the little that i have to maximize to the max... it's not totally a luxury design but i am pleased with the amount money that i paid i get quality stuff!! and be able to bought some lightings and toilet stuff in an affordable prices!

i have no regrets for choosing this contractor and i really thank God for him, we still have some hiccups, but he did many extra things for me without charging me and most importantly.. He FINISH MY RENOVATION OF 2 TOILETS, KITCHEN, RE-WIRING, CEILING in 25 DAYS!!! WOOOHOOOOO.. Thank GOD!!!!

will start posting "not so detailed quality pictures"

i love this contractor uncle !!!! :good: :good: :good: :good: :good: :good:

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Before

1. View from Living Room window from previous owner, theirs is malay kampung style and the reno had been done 20 over years ago, they hack the bedroom 3, which i must re-build the wall for bedroom 3 - hollow block

2. View to kitchen, previous had a store room and was hack off, the tiles for kitchen is quite some time, going to change the kitchen walls and floor tiles.

3.Kitchen Sink....

4. view from entry to Master Bedroom

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5. Master Bedroom Toilet

6. 3rd bedroom cornices need to hack off.. to make way for re-wiring...and its over 20 over years i guess, must go...

7. Roman Pillars.... NEED TO GO.....

8. Front Gates - more than 20 years ol.. no windows grills previously installed to whole of the house, so must re-install the window grills... the front gates, was hesitate to change at the end.. we change and glad that we do..

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9. Living Room Ceiling.. this must go .. make way for re-wiring

10. Common Toilet - very very very small small common toilet... very small.. imagine cannot fit wash basin yet need to fit in wash basin... headache.. anyway the simple reno is done..

11. kitchen wash basin - to be removed and then move to inside of common toilet.. even though the space of common toilet is small... oh well... we have done it... very small though...still happy that we done it

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Retaining the marble floor..because contractor say marble floor is good... expensive to hack off and expensive to put it back.. just need to polish will do and will be as good as new.. personally i also like the broken marble... so i am fine

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Ultimate DEMOLITION.. ( totally chaos..)

1. Hacking done in LIVING ROOM

2. Kitchen - all hack off

3. Master Bedroom - the toilet all hack off...

4.Bedroom 2 - filled with tiles that we have selected, contractor use it as a store room to store tiles as its the room that is with the least renovation..

5. Bedroom 3 - as you can see the cornice ceiling that was previous there has been hacked off, and it's day 2, my contractor has already re-build the hollow block wall.. fast appreciate it alot.. thank you so much mr.contractor.. sadly not show in the pictures... but it there in the second day..

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by the way, it's only the fourth day and on the pictures 3, my contractor already asked his wire men to come to do the re-wiring... fast, fast, i was there to decide on the wiring as well...