Llpl's New House @ Punggol Waterway Brooks

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Day 69 (05th Mar) - Craftbricks Day 4

Tiler has completed the foyer 

 

Common toilet ventilation fan is installed

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Day 68 (04th Mar) - Craftbricks Day 3,  Air con Installation & Ventilation Fan (Master Toilet)

Craftbricks

Living room tv feature wall is completed

 

Dining area is completed as well

 

Work on the foyer will be continued by the tiler tomorrow

 

Air-con installation by Gain City

Aircon units still in boxes

 

Installation of Air con

Air Con installation Done

 

Ventilation Fan Installation (Master Toilet)

Ventilation Fan for Master Toilet is installed

Window for common Toilet is being removed, pending installation of Ventilation Fan

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Day 67 (03rd Mar) - Craftbricks Day 2

Progress of living room TV feature wall during lunch time

 

Progress of living room TV feature wall by the end of the day

 

Lacquer being applied onto the bottom of the craft bricks above dining settee (which makes the craft bricks look slighly "darker")

 

Door foyer is half way there 

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23 hours ago, rxgn said:

how much to redo the db box?

basically he just remove doors and place internal carpentry and add new doors?

Errmm. Understand from my ID that it might cost around $600 coz

1) it is considered as full height cabinet

2) comes with open shelve all around

3) dismantle charges for existing DB box cabinet

4) Internal polyester

5) blum hinges

Yes. basically the carpenter will remove the door and the side wooden support which holds the hinges for the door.

Then redo the "foundation" for the cabinet and add new doors.

 

P.S. can bargain for ID to throw in for free 

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how much to redo the db box?

basically he just remove doors and place internal carpentry and add new doors?

Edited March 2, 2016 by rxgn

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Day 66 (02nd Mar) - Carpentry Day 12 & Craftbricks Day 1

 

DB Box (Redo from scratch by carpenter)

 

Interior of DB Box

 

Foundation for Craftbricks by tiler

 

By the end of the day, almost finished, will continue tomorrow

 

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Day 65 (01st Mar) - Carpentry Day 11

 

view of living room from balcony

 

View of Living room from "Dry Kitchen"

Laminate and mirrors are done for common toilet vanity

 

Hinges for the dining settee are being installed

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Day 64 (29th Feb) - Carpentry Day 10

Mirrors for Bedroom 2 & 3 are delivered

 

Common Toilet Top vanity cabinet frame is up

 

Master Toilet Top Vanity Cabinet frame is up

 

Additional wooden support for tv bracket for the living room tv feature wall

 

Dining area settee

 

Master Bedroom Wardrobe Door is being installed

 

Master Bedroom Wardrobe, Tv feature wall & TV Cabinet

 

Master Bedroom TV Cabinet

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On 11 June 2015 at 9:17 PM, duomaxwell said:

Since Missy wanted a Scandinavian theme for our theme and recently there is a craze to do up brick walls in the living room, we played around with this idea as well. But was taken back after knowing the cost of craft bricks in singapore.

One box cost about S$85 (1 box is 1m2 and if HDB ceiling height is 2.8m, will need 3 boxes for every 1m)

Initially thought of using wallpaper with brick design from taobao (http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.1.aBnbyx&id=42584311909&ns=1&abbucket=5to get the "look" but Missy did not prefer it as wallpaper does not have the "feel"

Luckily, we came across a few thread which home owners went across the causeway to purchase craftbricks as it is cheaper (Cost RM110 per box). Managed to get the telephone no of Craftstone Malaysia @ http://www.craftstone.com.sg/contact-us/. Call them on a Sunday and realised that they are not open on Sundays, as a result need to arrange a weekday or Sat drive into Johor to purchase the craft bricks.

Based on our calculation, we will need to fixed up craft bricks for a length of ~3m (which will require 3 boxes x 3 metres = 9 boxes). We got 3 more boxes as spare / wastage (In total we decided to get 12 boxes) As we made our purchase after the implementation of GST (6%) in Malaysia, We got to pay RM110 x 12 = RM 1320 + 6% = RM 1399.20 (~S$522 [Rate 2.68 as of 3rd April 2015]), an addition of RM79.20 (~S$29.55) for 6% GST.

But it is still cheaper than if we are going to purchase from Singapore as 12 boxes will cost S$85 x 12 = S$1020. So we save about S$1020 - S$522 = $498.

We drove in and met the sales personnel at a row of shop house after Kulai toll as she mention that we will get lost if we are going to meet her at their office/factory. Her colleague help us load the 12 boxes of craft bricks onto our car from a pickup truck. Since each box weighted about 21kg, we got to distribute the weight evenly throughout the car as the rear suspension of the car sunk as we loaded 4 boxes into the boot. So the distribution is as follow:

1) 4 x boxes in the boot

2) 5 x boxes in the rear passenger seat

3) 3 x boxes in the front passenger seat

4) 2 x adult (female) in the rear passenger seat

5) 1 x adult in the driver seat

We had a difficult time carrying all the 12 boxes from the car (parked) at the void deck to Missy's house as each box weight about 21kg. Missy and her sister at one time can only carry 1 box while i carried 2 boxes. Luckily we thought of using the trolley which we obtain from the purchase of printer from IT show after the 1st trip and the trolley helped us lessen our burden. It was a great workout to move 12 boxes of craft bricks from the car to Missy's house.

Since we got our own craftbricks, our ID will only be charging us labour for the "sticking" of craftbricks in the living room

So people, do prepare trolley if there is an intend to purchase craft bricks from Malaysia (or alternative, i understand from other threads that delivery of craftbricks to your doorstep from Malaysia can be arranged with transportation charges)

Finally, time has come for our to shift the craft bricks which we brought to our new house in preparation for the titler to do his work on this coming Wednesday. Used a trolley and shifted a total of 16 boxes over on 28th Feb, Sunday, really a "good" form of exercise on a Sunday morning as each box weight about 20Kg. 

We brought an additional 4 boxes of craft bricks (Box packing is orange in colour) on 16 Jan 2016 (Each cost RM127.20), there is a RM10 (before 6% GST) price increase (Previously was RM110). So all in total we spend S$692.73 {RM1399.20 (~S$522 [Rate 2.68 as of 3rd April 2015]) + RM508.80(~S$170.73 [Rate 2.98 as of 16 Jan 2016])} on 16 boxes of craft bricks (CSI 093)

The cost of the 4 additional boxes was still cheaper than the 12 boxes brought previously even with the RM10 price increase due the difference in exchange rate (cost per box brought on 3rd April 2015 is S$43.50 and cost per box brought on 16 Jan 2016 is S$42.68)

So all in all, we save about S$667.27 (S$1360 [S$85 x 16] - S$692.73) when compared to purchasing the 16 boxes from Singapore (Based on the assumption that Singapore price still remains at S$85 per box) 

Edited February 28, 2016 by duomaxwell

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Day 61 (26th Feb) - Carpentry Day 9

 

Dropped by during lunch to discuss and agree with carpenter and ID on the position of the TV and the speakers so can carpenter can drill the holes for the speaker cables at the correct position

Progress by the end of the day

Living Room

 

Master Bedroom

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Day 60 (25th Feb) - Carpentry Day 8

Carpentry for the following were delivered today

1) Living Room

2) Common Toilet

3) Master Toilet

4) Master Bedroom

 

Living Room

Common Toilet

Master Toilet

Master Bedroom

 

Progress by the end of the day

Living Room

 

Master Bedroom

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Day 59 (24th Feb) - Carpentry Day 7

 

It took one carpenter 3 days to get both the Bedrooms (Bedroom 2 & 3) to this state. 

 

Bedroom 2

 

Bedroom 3

 

Bedroom 3's Dresser Table with pigeon holes in the drawer

 

Pigeon Hole in wardrobe drawer

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1 hour ago, homeowner531 said:

for the grohe stuffs you bought from inasni24.de , do you need to buy the adapters/reducer for the kitchen mixer and basin mixer? thank you

Hi homeowner531,

 

Currently i have no answer to your questions as we are not yet at the stage of installing the kitchen tap.

 

Will post the answer once its time for our plumber to take over the baton for the renovation.  (Somewhere during March)

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for the grohe stuffs you bought from inasni24.de , do you need to buy the adapters/reducer for the kitchen mixer and basin mixer? thank you

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Day 58 (23rd Feb) - Carpentry Day 6

 

Progress of Bedroom 2 & Bedroom 3 by the end of Carpentry Day 6

Bedroom 2

  

 

Bedroom 3