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Thanks JohnB

WOOHOO! More D.I.Y. project Cut up some jeans that I'll not be wearing any more. Pull out leather strips from a worn-out pair of sandals. Recycled a slightly broken wooden ornament and tada...I've got myself a personalise clothes peg container Sitting nicely on my kitchen rack

YAY! So happy to see another 3Roomer. Excited to see how your house turns out. All the best!!

Hey JohnB, Just wanted to give you a shout-out. Thanks for the recommending the uni-arm, I installed it after seeing your blog post. Totally worth it!! and Kelvin was such a nice chap! he even gave free home networking advice

Contractor is 9creation Pte Ltd. You can look them up in FB. I spent around 6K on the following Kitchen Plaster whole kitchen wallSubway tiles between top bottom cabinetsCarpentary top and bottom (one side)Cabinet Base and Service Yard BaseThe other side (bar counter) i install myself... i purchase wood($88 - 1.5m(L) x 0.3m(B)) from Hiap Hin at J.East. Shelf Holder($1 each) x 3 bought at IkeaInstall Kompacplus Kitchen TopInstall Oven, Hob and Hood.Others Plumbing works inclusive of installing tap at kitchen2 spray guns at both toiletsPiping from service yard to both toilets. i use citygas Macro heater. Apparently Citygas only install pipe from the gas meter to the heater. So from the heater to the toilet, my ID install for me.Electrical Works - Install Lights at all locations. Track and lights bulbs i bought in Johor while the light at kitchen i bought at Ikea. Add a few socket putlets at various location. Install Relite Fan Petit bought at a shop in LavendarPaint Job whole house. I took the premium package from Dulux.and that's it. My quotation is just half page long. not much for my ID to supervise. She just drop by my flat once for the cabinet installation. Workmanship from the workers is superb

Which company did you eventually use?

Hi sorry for the delay images due to work... our house take arh around 1month to complete renovation. We are happy with the ID for sure and will recommend him to our family which we are doing now and friends. In the end, we remove 1 platform from master room due to spacing purpose and add one more toilet shower screen @SGD300 and one more shower kerb @SGD100. The package which I quote not include of soft closing drawers and cabnit. Electrical work not include too arh SGD600+ which are reasonable due to point to point. He also serve us after the service, excellent customer service! Call or whatapps get fast respones.

the rate my contractor gave me was $120 per foot run for kitchen cupboards, casement wardrobe is $230 per foot run for full height, sliding full height is $250 per foot run. workmanship is good. let me know if you need

Whole house using LED. The best part is that I am lucky to know a big distributors selling all top grade LED strips and down lights to me. I guess his product qualities and pricing, hardly people in this trade can beat.... Thanks Gary All using Samsung chips & good driver Meanwell

Specially for all the cat lovers out there -- this post will be on cat-friendly features we tried to build into our home. 1. Cat flapNuri loves going in and out, indecisive as she is. We got a cat flap from All Breed Pets (44 Jalan Merah Saga), which seems to have the widest range of cat flaps in Singapore. It has at least 5-6 models of different sizes, compared to about 1-2 in other shops. Ours cost $50 and allows 4 way access, meaning you can configure so it allows the cat to go both in and out, or only in or only out. Our ID had no problem installing it into the standard door, just a matter of cutting a hole. 2. Window grilles, main gateID came up with a design we were super happy with and has been working great. As all cat lovers out there know, cats are curious and enjoy gazing out of windows. Some cats live in homes without grilles but it is dangerous as they can get distracted by birds or scared by sounds and jump out the window. I have 2 friends with cats who passed away this way. So to keep Nuri safe, we opted for grilles. We decided to go for normal type of aluminium grilles. There are also invisible grilles which you can get from Legate but they are much pricier, and we can't have them anyway because ours is corridor unit and invisible grilles are not suitable for corridor use as they can be cut through. Some homes use wire mesh to supplement their wide grilles. However, these are terrifically hard to maintain, and block out much of the nice views. The grilles issue gave us a headache. The starting point is our grilles needed to be only 5cm apart as most average cats can go through holes which are larger than 5cm (depends on the size of the cat). We wanted as much natural light as possible, thus very dense grilles and wire meshes are out. Eventually, our ID Daniel figured out a plan which all of us immediately liked. There are 2 parts to how it works:1. We use sliding windows. Each window set consists of 4 window panels and grilles, with 2 tracks for the windows to slide on. Thus at any point in time, only there is at most 2 panels’ worth of open windows. Since the other 2 windows will be shut, there’s no need for grilles there. 2. We have 4 panels’ worth of grilles, but only two window panels that need to be grilled. Thus, one panel of grilles can be put in front of another, to form 2 pairs of overlapping grilles. Daniel helped us customize the grille spacing to 10cm such that when the grilles overlap, the maximum space between them is 5cm which is too small for a full-grown cat to squeeze through. Pictures explain this better. Window grilles before overlapping (position if windows are closed): Window grilles after overlapping (overlapping grilles cover the open window pane): We opted for horizontal grilles as they look best to us, but it can also be done vertically, diagonally, or in little squares. We chose 5cm because Nuri's head is around 5cm -- and once a cat can squeeze it's head through a hole it can wriggle such that it's body can go through. If you're estimating for your own cat, it is better to err toward caution because a cat’s fur makes it look larger than it really is.Also, if your windows are along the corridor, it’s not safe to have sliding grilles. They have to be fixed as they can be slid from outside and compromise security. So for our corridor window, we didn’t use the overlapping grille method. We had two middle panel grilles of 5cm spacing and the two side panels of 10cm spacing. 3. Main gate Same as windows, the max spacing had to be 5cm apart. We loved this retro design grille so our ID helped to custom make it at an affordable rate. Each of the bars had to be bent by hand because it couldn't be machine cut. Gives it a slightly uneven look but we don't mind. A mistake we made was that we didn't cut a hole near the lock area so we can stick our hand in to lock the gate. We thought Nuri might leap out but she has never attempted to climb the gate even though she loves climbing stuff so next time we would cut a hole, easier to use the lock. 4.Hiding places We made sure she has some hiding spots like behind a big chest and above the fridge because when the delivery men and plumbers and electricians come in, she needs somewhere to feel safe. 5. Cat moving day We moved Nuri after all the main furniture had been moved in, so she would not have to meet so many movers and risk getting hurt. When Nuri went to the new home it was unfamiliar and strange. We transported her in the evening. To help her feel safe we let her out of the cage in the study room with the lights turned off. When it is dark, cats will come out because they think they have cover of the night. We set up some hiding spots by draping a large cloth over the small sofa so she could hide underneath till she was used to it. At first she stayed in that room for many hours. Within about 1-2 days she was perfectly fine. 6. Cats chillout spots Cats like having high places to perch on to watch the world go by. We tried to include several such spots, particular by the windows. The idea is to have a surface that is the same height as the base of the window so the cat can lie down and rest on its belly and still be able to look out the window. Most cats can jump high, but we figured Nuri might prefer the option to use ‘steps’ on lazy days. Thus our living window perch, an Ikea wall-mounted cabinet, is placed immediately next to a bench. When Nuri isn’t using that as a step to her favourite lounging spot, we use the bench to wear our shoes. 7. Cat & sofas Nuri destroyed the faux leather sofa in my old home so we had to choose another option for sofa. We did some research and found micro-fiber / micro-suede to be a material pretty resistant to cat scratching. It is very smooth and in general, cats seem to prefer sharpening their claws on coarse surfaces. Micro-suede is smooth, yet comfortable. We have also found it easy to maintain – a simple vacuum rids it of fur. We chose a wooden sofa frame from Second Charm because the wood is very smooth and cats won't scratch very smooth wood. The choices paid off -- Nuri hasn't scratched the sofa once. Cat-proof materials work effectively when cats are given attractive alternatives for scratching. Do ensure there is at least one cat-scratching mat/post in an accessible area. 8. Cats & carpets It’s tough to never have your cat scratch the carpet. It’s however possible to make such occasions very rare. We don’t have a perfect solution. The best we’ve found so far is to place a great alternative very near the carpet like a scratching mat. And of course to patiently train Nuri not to scratch the carpet by scolding her and carrying her to the scratching mat if she does scratch the carpet.

22ND NOV 2012 - INSTALLATION OF SHOWER SCREEN IN MBR TOILET Frameless shower screen installed!! Yeayy! sorry I was unable to get the full view of the shower screen due to "size" of the bathroom 23RD NOV 2012 - INSTALLATION OF CLEAR MIRROR IN THE LIVING ROOM I was actually request for a single piece of clear mirror instead of splitting it into 2 panels - but it seems impossible to squeeze in these mirrors into our small lift haizz hate looking at the joining part, ugly! Overlayin of the main entrance door decal also done!

17TH NOV 2012 - APPOINTMENTS WITH THE CONTRACTORS Alex came to collect the full payment for the whole house window grilles, svc yard window and bathroom bi-fold doors. kachings! *phewww* another headache with Joyce from Window View Interior Design, she came back to me to re-choose my night curtain due to 'lack of stock'. so I choose different fabric but similar color to my first choice. first choice - out of stock final choice of my day and night curtain hope i made the right choice main door weatherproof decal covering by Inked Industries before after