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Puggy 13 Report post Posted April 16, 2014 My loot from taobao finally arrived on 9 Apr by sea after more than 1 month.Almost $3,000 worth of items which include basins, taps, lights, wallpaper, rain shower set, TV wall mount bracket, ceiling fan, curtain rod etc....wahhhooooWow S$3k worth of taobao stuff! Which freight forwarder did you use? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BH72 8 Report post Posted April 16, 2014 The next stage is the most demanding process, ID or contractor, design? Everyone seems to be pushing their ID/contractor to me. Met up with a few of them and finally decided since new HDB are almost the same, I shall engage myself as the ID and design something that reflect my own personality and practical for my own use. I decided to take the Zen approach and select the contractor which are tested with positive feedback and reasonable costs.I ended with 3 major groups, 1 x main con responsible for flooring, false ceiling and wall and hacking of wall, 1 x electrician and 1 x carpentry. The rest of the miscellaneous installation will be handled by myself, namely, doors, gas heater, storage rack for bomb shelter and glass door for MBR toilet. The reason I have chosen this route is because time is not an essence but quality is.I came up with a 2D drawing to instruct the contractors what I want and the 3D drawings is in my head Doors are not easy to install by yourself. You done it before?You will sand and varnish the bedroom doors too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BH72 8 Report post Posted April 16, 2014 The sand haulage done on 10 Apr. The cost was $950 direct from the main con!! :curse:The sand must have contained gold element for it to command such a high price. As the per the reno contractor, the sand haulage for a 5rm re-sale flat is about $300. But the reno contractor is forced to buy the sand only from the main con for new BTO. The big profit dun know goes into whose pockets? Even the tiles have been monopolised, you can't find any similar tiles in the market and you can only buy the tiles from the main con. The cost for a 1ft by 1ft of ceramic tile is $5! They really penalised the owner for not opting in on the flooring Ya, the sand is very expensive. Premixed mortar or even tile adhesive would not have cost so much. At least you don't need to add sand and the proportion is correctly mixed in factory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Happy Ending 4 Report post Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) On 4/16/2014 at 10:32 AM, Puggy said: Wow S$3k worth of taobao stuff! Which freight forwarder did you use? pp Edited June 1 by Ray Tay Hong Choon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BH72 8 Report post Posted April 16, 2014 oic. Looking forward to see your reno progress Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Songz 132 Report post Posted June 24, 2014 Great work for your Reno. Must have been tiring to do the planning and over seeing the works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HansamuQ 5 Report post Posted June 25, 2014 Looking good your pictures. Saw that you are using rain shower set with gas heater, how is the water pressure? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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