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Contents Page/Helpful Links NEW!! UPDATED -- Our Home 3.5 years Later - Here -- Budgeting for your BTO, how much should you spend? - Here 1. Our Chosen Contractor + Reasons why - Here 2. Color Schemes we considered - Here 3. $9000 for all appliances! Only $930 for Hood and Induction Hob! - Here 4. $99 bathtub! - Here 5. Taobao purchases - Round 1! Stainless steel bathroom stuff for cheapssss! - Here 6. Taobao purchases - Round 2! $300 Sofa! $200 recliner! - Here 7. Our 3-D drawings! ALOT of carpentry for $25k! - Here 8. Our Renovation Begins! Bath Tub and Hafary! - Here 9. Carpentry: The Study! - Here 10. Carpentry: My Custom Built Table! - Here 11. Carpentry - Workmanship!! - Here 12. Taobao - Things you: MUST buy, CAN buy, DON'T buy! - Here 13. Final Pictures of our Home - GOODbuy! (haha) a. Study - Here b. Living Room - Here c. Kitchen - Here d. Bedroom 1 - Here e. Master Bedroom - Here f. Toilets - Here g. Final budget + Our moving company + Sofa pictures! - Here 14. Things that could have gone better - Lessons we learnt when dealing with contractors - Here 1+1=3 in our 4 Room BTO I refused, refused, refused to apply for a BTO before the hubbs proposed - no way was I going to go down the way of a 'HDB-proposal'. Practical? Not very, but maybe I'm just a old romantic at heart. So yes, he proposed, I said yes, we got engaged, married, and only THEN, did we send out our first application for a HDB flat. That was in 2012. We lucked out and got an excellent queue number for our choice estate in Tampines upon our first application. Fast forward 2.5 years, and here we are, proud new owners of a BTO fresh off the factory floor. Perhaps the timing was just perfect - our little couplehood has since, grown to include a pint-sized dictator, which means that we need not worry about how we would have to redesign the house when the little one comes along. Now that little Z is here, he is part of our plans. (Maybe it would be more apt to say that our plans are centred around him!) Hence, the first steps towards building our cosy little nook, for our family of three. Our Design Inspirations Here are some images of designs that inspired us: Too many people doing Scandinavian these days. We like the simplicity, but don't want to be mainstream lah. So we thought about it, and quite liked Zen. My ideal study! I absolutely LOVE to work from a bed, hence the L-shaped bedside table is a really awesome design feature. We also want to keep Ah boy's room clean and neat.

1 Supply labour and materials to hack off half height wall between kitchen and living room $450.00 2 Supply labour and materials to make good damages area after hacking $680.00 (**Tiles to be provided by owner) 3 Supply labour and materials to construct 50mm kitchen cabinet base $320.00 4 Supply labour and materials to construct 50mm fridge base $150.00 5 Supply labour and materials to construct 50mm washing machine base $150.00 6 Design, fabricate and install 16ft kitchen bottom cabinet using plywood complete with $2,240.00 -Laminate materials -45* degree handle with ABS trimming -Internal coloured PVC carcass -Soft closing hinges -3 x drawers -1 x cutlery tray 7 Design, fabricate and install 3ft kitchen top cabinet using plywood complete with $540.00 -Laminate materials -45* degree handle with ABS trimming -Internal coloured PVC carcass -Soft closing hinges -Dish drainer rack -1 x frost glass with aluminium handle 8 Design, fabricate and install a 6ft kitchen tall unit using plywood complete with $960.00 -Laminate materials -45* degree handle with ABS trimming -Internal coloured PVC carcass -Soft closing hinges 9 Supply labour to run additional 1 no of heater switch for build in oven $160.00 10 Supply labour to run additional 1 no of single socket for portable microwave $75.00 11 Design, fabricate and install L1500mm x D400mm breakfast top using plywood complete with $580.00 -Laminate materials 12 Supply labour and materials to install 16ft quartz table top complete with a backsplash $2,240.00 13 Supply labour to install 10mm tempered fixed clear glass panel at half height wall(est. 28sqft) $985.00 14 Supply labour and materials to install 10mm tempered glass door for kitchen entrance $680.00 15 Supply labour to connect water outlet for washing machine FOC 16 Supply labour to install cooker hood and hob FOC 17 Supply labour to relocate and recommission 1 no of double socket above stove $90.00 18 Supply labour to run additional 1 no of heater switch for cooker hood $160.00 19 Supply labour to install sink with tap FOC 20 Supply labour to run and connect sink inlet/outlet piping FOC B Living room works 1 Supply labour and materials to construct 6ft feature wall using partition board $650.00 2 Design, fabricate and install 6ft tv console using plywood complete with $1,080.00 -Laminate materials -45*degree handle with ABS trimming -Internal coloured PVC carcass 3 Supply labour to relocate and recommission existing tv area: -1 x double socket $90.00 -1 x scv point $160.00 -1 x datapoint $240.00 C Master bedroom works 1 Design, fabricate and install 6ft sliding door wardrobe using plywood complete with $1,860.00 -Laminate materials -45* degree handle with ABS trimming -Internal coloured PVC carcass -Soft closing hinges -3 x drawers D Master bathroom works 1 Supply labour to construct 50mm shower kerb complete with full tiles $150.00 2 Supply labour and materials to install 10mm tempered glass door complete with 1 fixed 1 swing $460.00 E Ceiling/Electrical works 1 Supply labour and materials to construct false ceiling L-box without cove light **** room $1,350.00 2 Supply labour and materials to run 11 x PLC lighting point $935.00 F Plumbering Works (Master/Common bathroom) 1 Supply labour to install and connect: FOC -2 set of mirror -2 set of toilet accessories 2 Supply labour to run and connect piping for storage heater tank with installation $150.00 3 Supply labour to run new point for 2 nos of bidet spray with installation FOC G Misc works 1 Supply labour and materials to paint the whole house using nippon paint vinilex S5000 ceiling using white $1,100.00 Up to 5 colours 2 Supply labour and materials to provide chemical washing upon completion FOC 3 Supply labour and materials to provide general cleaning upon completion FOC TOTAL AMOUNT: $19k