Our First Reno Journey

[osiris7777 10]

On 19/11/2016 at 10:35 PM, Alpc said:

Would you be able to take a photo of the internal of the metal box? And is there any circuit map/drawing for the telephone wiring - which may be able to tell what kind of cables they are actually using? This is the 2nd time I have heard that they are using cat6 cables, but no one seems to be able to confirm it.

Hi,

I found this website which I think can answer most of your questions.

http://www.patnotebook.com/bto-networking-singapore/

[Alpc 1]

2 hours ago, osiris7777 said:

Hi,

I found this website which I think can answer most of your questions.

http://www.patnotebook.com/bto-networking-singapore/

Thanks! But I can't really see the writing on cable in the wall to confirm it's cat 6 and not cat5e. However, there is a possibility that it's cat 6, since one photo did show some plastic separator in the centre of cable which is only available in cat 6 cables. That would be good news as no need to lay new cat6 lines, although I would have gone for cat 6a instead of cat 6 if I need to lay the cables.

 

The only thing is they are retiring the "analog" phones. So if there is an issue with your fibre exchange, it also means you got no phone to use too!!! Whereas in the older areas where "analog" is still available, your fiber exchange will not affect the phone.

[Mapleleaf04 0]

Hi can you share with me the shortlisted Contractors info. Thanks 

Edited November 22, 2016 by Mapleleaf04

[samantiseptic 0]

Hi! Could you share the details of your contractor? Thanks much!

[quenwong 0]

Hi there,

 

Really love what you are doing with ur house. May I have your contractor details pls?

Thanks

[powerlee 3]

On 11/22/2016 at 8:25 PM, osiris7777 said:

Hi,

All PM sent

can you share to me also? thank you

[osiris7777 10]

On 23/11/2016 at 1:39 AM, Mapleleaf04 said:

Hi can you share with me the shortlisted Contractors info. Thanks 

 

19 hours ago, samantiseptic said:

Hi! Could you share the details of your contractor? Thanks much!

 

7 hours ago, quenwong said:

Hi there,

 

Really love what you are doing with ur house. May I have your contractor details pls?

Thanks

 

2 hours ago, powerlee said:

can you share to me also? thank you

Hi,

All PM sent.

[kingandbin 13]

Oooohh the shelves + enclave of the db area look so functional. Super envious that I didn't think of this idea too!

From the look of things, after painting touch ups should be more or less done already right? Have you started arranging for furnitures to come in? 

Edited November 28, 2016 by kingandbin

[neeganisgod 1]

can you pm me also your shortlisted ID/contractors and your allocated budget for your reno? my head hurts already with all canvassing i have to do  thank you

[osiris7777 10]

On 28/11/2016 at 7:57 PM, kingandbin said:

Oooohh the shelves + enclave of the db area look so functional. Super envious that I didn't think of this idea too!

From the look of things, after painting touch ups should be more or less done already right? Have you started arranging for furnitures to come in? 

Actually when E bring us to view one of his project and the owner did something similar to the db area that's when we decided to do the same. Lol...

Yup, almost done. All lightings and socket were completed last week. Toilet bowl and accessories were installed yesterday. E will arrange for cleaning this Friday before electrical appliances and furnitures come in over the weekend.

Will be updating with more pictures over the weekend.

[osiris7777 10]

On 29/11/2016 at 2:06 PM, neeganisgod said:

can you pm me also your shortlisted ID/contractors and your allocated budget for your reno? my head hurts already with all canvassing i have to do  thank you

Hi,

PM sent.

[gureepinku 0]

Hello, may I have your shortlisted contractor's contact details please?  Thanks in advance!

[kingandbin 13]

On 11/30/2016 at 10:31 PM, osiris7777 said:

Actually when E bring us to view one of his project and the owner did something similar to the db area that's when we decided to do the same. Lol...

Yup, almost done. All lightings and socket were completed last week. Toilet bowl and accessories were installed yesterday. E will arrange for cleaning this Friday before electrical appliances and furnitures come in over the weekend.

Will be updating with more pictures over the weekend.

Hahaha the place he brought us to view had mirrors on the doors of the db cabinets which we seriously considered doing as well. Monkey see, monkey do 

We really are on the same timeline! But my chemical wash was done before the toilet bowls & accessories. And yay, please do update with more pics! Cannot wait to see how your place looks with some furnishings in!

Edited December 2, 2016 by kingandbin

[fifteenmay 40]

On 12 November 2016 at 0:26 PM, osiris7777 said:

Hi,

Actual address as below.

67, Jalan Permas 10/1, Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, 81750 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

hi do we need to call to order before heading down?

 

[S750WP 0]

On 10/19/2016 at 3:33 PM, osiris7777 said:

Contractor Selection - The choosen One

As you can see from the previous post, we have shortlisted 4 contractors.

1) Contractor N from R*******

2) Contractor K from H*O

3) Contractor E from C* R***

4) Contractor E from D* I*******

During the month of Aug, we did not meet up with any contractor. We have met up with all the ID /Contractor in the month of Jul and anyone who has gone through this stage will agreed with me that meeting different ID / Contractor and repeating the whole process again and again can be quite tiring. Wifey and I decided to give ourself a break and Aug will be our cool down period

So in Aug, we decided we should do something different. As wifey is a Taobao addict, I decided to assign her what she like to do best. Source for items that we need for our new home at Taobao. As for myself, I will be taking care of all the electrical appliances, aircon and furniture. More to that later in my next post.

Although we are not in a hurry to move in cos we are staying with my parent but we wish to spend our CNY at our new home. So we plan to decide on which contractor to use in the month of Sep in order to move in before CNY. 

2nd Appointment & Viewing of their projects

Contractor E from C* R***

We have seen their project during our 1st appointment therefore we decided to skip this and meet J at his office. J has his own carpentry at his office and that could be the reason why the workmanship of his carpentry is so good. We are not taking loan for our reno therefore we have to strictly work within our budget. The inital quote was over our budget therefore in order to stay within our budget, we have to take out certain things. One of the thing that we took out and wifey is very reluctant is the overlaying of tiles for both toilet wall and floor. Final quote was a few hundred off our budget. After a few days of consideration, we decided to sign up with them and called J but wifey can be quite stubborn sometime, insist J revise the quote (discount $350) to meet our budget since she has already compromise on the overlaying of tiles. J refuse to match our budget and in the end wifey give in because we really like their carpentry work. We tried calling J & E the next day but both of them did not pick up. We were thinking they could be busy with their projects therefore we try again the next day. Same thing, no one pick up our call and not even a return call from them. In the end we decided to drop them cos we think they are not interested to take up our project.

 

Contractor K from H*O

Met up for 2nd appointment at his office. His office is nicely done and we get to see all the different type of material and laminate. Final quote was within our budget but same thing we have to take out the tiles overlaying. K is the only contractor that give us blum for our kitchen cabinet. We went to view his project and really like his flair for design. Although final quote is within our budget, wifey still couldn't get over the fact that we can't have the toilet overlay, therefore KIV.   

 

Contractor N from R*******

We met at one of his project, workmanship for carpentry is quite good but wifey pointed out that the tiling work is not up to her expectation. Final quote was within our budget and include overlaying of tiles for both toilet. Although we could overlay the toilet and keep it within our budget, we feel that we do not have the chemistry with N to see us through the reno for the next 2 months, therefore KIV.

 

Contractor E from D* I*******                

E is the last contractor we met out of the 4. Went to one of his project at Sengkang. Good workmanship for carpentry and tiling which wifey and I are pretty impress. We decided to go to his office to discuss on the final quote. Final quote is within our budget with overlaying of toilet tiles plus we get to choose the color for all internal PVC for carpentry instead of the usual white color which we don't like. We decided to sign on the spot with E and he was taken aback by our discussion We spend close to 3 hours looking at the different material and laminate and chit chatting.

Reasons we sign with E:

1. Chemistry - Easy to communicate with, he's quite easy going and we feel he's quite honest.

2. Acceptable workmanship - Wifey and I think that his workmanship is pretty good.

3. Reasonable quote - Within our budget and willing to compromise example certain things he forget to quote but give us FOC.

4. Contactable - He set up a group chat on the day we sign up and so far he always respond to our queries within an hour our within the same day if he's busy with other projects.

5. After sales - Can't really comment on this point but heard from some t-bloggers that some of his projects that he done 1 year ago having issues, he still take ownership.

Enough of all the long-winded writing, I shall be posting more pictures on the progress of our journey. Stay tune!

 

Lastly just to clarify that our experience with all the ID / Contractor is solely our own observation. Your mileage may vary. One man's meat is another man's poison

Can PM me the contacts of  all your contractors, thanks.