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Newbie Reno Journey - Yishun Riverwalk

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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....wahhhoooo

Wow S$3k worth of taobao stuff! Which freight forwarder did you use?

 

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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 :notti:

Doors are not easy to install by yourself. You done it before?

You will sand and varnish the bedroom doors too?

 

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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 :no:

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.

 

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