My Little Home @ BB

[Elise QW 2]

Finally, the cement screeding is completed on Saturday. Hooray, the renovation can finally start.

 

Day 1

The renovation officially start today. They start with doing the mortar base for my kitchen. They will be starting laying the tiles for living room and toilets tomorrow.  

 

[Elise QW 2]

3D Drawing

My ID sent my the 3D drawings today. I love my girls' room and the dining area. However, the colour combination of the TV console look weird. We had a long discussion and concluded that it might be the tea colour glass shelving or the horizontal line that made it weird. It look perfectly fine on the shoes cabinet area. He will be making amendment. Putting my finger cross that everything will turn out fine.

 

[Elise QW 2]

Day 3

Tiling in progress. The tiling work might complete this week

 

[Elise QW 2]

Day 5

Tiiling work is almost completed. I love my tiles for both the toilets and the living area. They will wrap up everything tomorrow. Electrical work, installation of aircon piping and installation of the track for my girls bedroom sliding door will be schedule next week.

[BudgetLP 1]

Lovely progress! Can i ask which tiles did u choose for the toilet? The dark marble looking tules. It looks so gorgeous! 

[Elise QW 2]

3 hours ago, BudgetLP said:

Lovely progress! Can i ask which tiles did u choose for the toilet? The dark marble looking tules. It looks so gorgeous! 

Hi,

I got the tiles from Hafary. This was recommended by my ID as we wanted a 'hotel' feel for our toilet. We love them too. The actual tiles look like this.

[Elise QW 2]

Day 9 - 13

Installation of aircon piping, electrical wiring and window grille in the girls room had been done last week.

Only intend to do window grille in the girls room as they have platform bed in their room which will be quite dangerous if we don't install. Unless we get nagging from my inlaw, if not we shall not do the rest of the window, LOL

Below is some photos update.

Day 16

As we are using tiles in the living room and vinyl in bedroom, there is an uneven (tiles are thicker than vinyl so the height different) between the bedroom and the living room, thus we need to do self levelling before putting the vinyl. So workers are here to do the cement screeding for the bedroom. We will have to TOP up for that. The ID mention that there is unevenness in the screeding done by hdb and it will cause problem later on if we don't do self-leveling. The other cheaper alternative will be putting a cap in between the living room and the room which we do not want. No choice

Day 17

The Citigas people should be installing the gas piping yesterday. There were some miscommunication on their side and they did not bring along the gas heater so they left without doing. Luckily they had reschedule tomorrow, the appointment now is schedule till June, faintz....

I understand from my ID that they are doing the partition today. I might probably drop by this weekend to see the progress.

The schedule next week will be painting and carpentry if nothing cropped up. 

We are on the right track, I suppose we will be finishing latest by mid May. Putting my finger cross.

[Elise QW 2]

Day 18 to 22

The gas piping was installed last wed. The gas heater can be installed near the toilet which mean I am able to stack the dryer with my washer. So there is a hole in the place which I originally plan to put my dryer. Therefore I intend to put the laundry basket there.

 

I meet the curtain maker on sat. I will be doing Venetian Blind in the living room, night curtain in my girls room and day and night curtain in my room. Total damage: $930. Below is the material chosen for the night curtain.

Uniarm was installed on my main door on Sun. Thumb up for their service. They are punctual, able to give great advice and they are very fast. They have to do a little hacking as the GAP wasn't big enough to install. They wanted to ask my ID to do if they do not charge. Anyway, to save the hassle, I get them to do all instead. 

My ID had revised the 3D for the TV console and the shoes cabinet. I had decided to change the Colour as I wanted to keep the Colour simple. I had been bombing lots of photos from renotalk to my ID and had been changing the design again and again. Haha my ID is very accommodating and did not complain at all. The end result is what I wanted. I am very satisfied. I am able to see the end product very soon hopefully by this week.

Painting was completed on sat as well. Very efficient. I am very pleased with the Colour we chosen. Haha forget to take the photo though.

The Reno will probably be completed in 2 weeks time

Edited April 30, 2018 by Elise QW

[Sandy Ng 0]

Hi Elise

 Was reading your post, I am keen to get someone to look at the feng shui of my house. Are you able to give me the contact ono of the feng shui master and how much does did you pay.

Thank you very much.

Sandy

 

 

 

[Elise QW 2]

Day 27

The carpentry is almost completed. I will say it is up to my expectation. My girls are very excited about their platform bed. The vinyl will be install tomorrow. After which, the toiletries and the lighting will be up as well. 

The Gain City went up to install the aircon. They went for two trips, 1 is the installation of the aircon piping and today is the installation of the aircon.

I will be seeing a more completed look next week. After that, will be the most tedious part, washing and cleaning the house. Luckily, my girls will finish their exam next fri. We are going to have our family outing at our house, cleaning for the house as our activity. Lol

The living room

The shoes cabinet

The dining table

Kitchen

The girls room

 

Master Bedroom

[Elise QW 2]

After handing over, it is time for cleaning up. We had spend some time cleaning up as we are a clean freak. After cleaning up, I had been busy arranging all the furnitures, the curtain and storeroom rack to be in.

We got the rack from rack.sg. They had been prompt in replying. The guys are very fast and helpful. They came early on the day of installation, I had not cleared up my storeroom. They help me to shift everything one side and wait for me to clean up before they install. Within 10 mins, all had been setup. 

The curtain was install on Friday. As this is the first time installing blind, we had a lot of questions. The curtain maker had been very patient in explaining how to use the blind, the maintenance and how to clean them as well. Thumb up for his service.

My renovation journey had come to the end. Some feedback about my ID. He had been prompt in replying my Watapps, accommodating toward my ever-changing ideas, he had also help me to fix up some items bought at ezbuy on goodwill. Though there are some hipcup here and there, it had been recitify within a reasonable time. I will definitely recommend him to my friends and relatives.

It is photo time. I am very pleased with the end result. My ID requested to take some photos as part of his portfolio. We agreed and this is the end product

 

[BearBear21 0]

Hi Elise,

Can share your ID contact?

Thanks.

 

 

 

[Elise QW 2]

On 12 June 2018 at 4:15 PM, BearBear21 said:

Hi Elise,

Can share your ID contact?

Thanks.

 

 

 

Hi Bearbear,

I had sent you a message. Enjoy your renovation journey

[CaseBlue 2]

Hi Elise,

Did the uniarm installer say how big the GAP should be? I might have the same problem as yours since your door colour is same as mine... haha

Please also share your ID. Thanks.

Regards

Casey

Edited June 24, 2018 by CaseBlue

[blueygirls 0]

Can I know the code for the tile from Harfary please? For the bathroom. I love the look of the dark tile.

May I know how the cement screeding was? I read a lot of horror stories from others that the HDB cement screeding **** cui. Did you have to pay anything for the cement screed? 

Love reading your posts, keep them coming Hope you'll have a relatively easy reno journey