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Very looking forward to see your Reno progress! The toilet's mood board looks super nice! Love it! We we also went for Starmex 2 ticks because we were told that the 5 ticks one is not as cooling as 2 ticks and 2 ticks is cheaper so we just went for it! We selected this just because seems like it's one of the most popular choices among home owners. So far the aircon were all very cooling and quiet! We got Bosch for hood, hob and oven. Hood is the slimline hood and I think the suction is not really super power kind. On one of the weekends I was doing some cooking for family who came over for dinner and I could still smell the cooking smell in the living room the next morning. But maybe because I did not close the kitchen door at all times as there are ppl walking in and out of kitchen and sometimes forgotten to close when I am cooking. But very happy with the hob! We got a 3 cooker tempered glass cooker and the length is 78.5cm as compared to the common 90cm. I totally agree with bykaraanne that it is a wise choice to choose a shorter hob because table top space is so sacred in new houses! The hob part is almost all covered in case you have soupy stuffs that spills out it will not sink in to the "holes" hence it is very easy to clean! The flame is also very strong compared to my maiden's house cooking is a breeze now the city gas guy who came to activate the gas for us said this is a good hob too as it has the safety feature that if there is gas leakage, the hob will shut off the gas automatically. The hob uses electricity to light up instead of battery which I like because no need to be afraid that the battery will melt inside the hob. As as for the oven no complaints so far after using a few times though I am still learning on how to use all the functions haha! Opps so sorry for my lengthy post

I'm using Mitsubishi Starmex System 4. So far very good. Cold & quiet. My parents' place have been using starmex for many years & it's still working well. My dad also told us the electricity bill dropped ever since they change to Starmex inverter. I'm loving my Bosch Tempered Glass Hob (PBD7331SG) ! Super powerful flame & allows great control over flame's power. Give you one example...when i cook luncheon meat (lol), i like it crispy. Last time when i cooked using other stove at my parents & in-laws, it will took super long for the lunchon meat to crisp up. Not anymore with Bosch! Hehehe. And because the control over the flame is good, i can always lower the flame to minimum (especially with eggs) w/o ceasing it. Bosch slim-line hood is good for normal cooking too. I'm also using their build-in oven.

Hi! We have the Mitsubishi Electric Starmex system, because we've read reviews and basically Mitsubishi Electric seems to be the best model for aircons in Singapore (from families, from renotalk, from our contractor, from the Gain City people etc). My maiden home has had the Starmex system for a long while too. So far, we've been living with it for about 2 months and no regrets so far, quiet, cooling, can be easily tweaked (for coolness etc). Also, easier to maintain because many other people have it too so parts and expertise is easy to find. For us, we ended up with a 3(?) ticks system. The ticks is only for the compressor, not for the fancoil units btw, and for the BTU we needed (system-3) and the brand we wanted, only the 3ticks version was available. One thing to think about is calculate the supposed utility bill savings? Often the stores will write what is the approximate monthly electrical bill for the 2 ticks versus the 5 ticks, then you multiply that by per year and figure out whether the extra $700 is worth it. For aircon, esp if you are going to be using it every day and every night, the utility bill savings might add up to quite a lot. We did the same comparison for when we bought our fridge (also paid around $1500 more for a 5 tick versus a 3 tick) and figured that the bill savings more than outweigh the extra price over time. For hob, if you're getting gas, do note that if you also have a fan in the kitchen, that you need to get one where the fire doesn't get affected by the fan. I don't have a fan in the kitchen but I can rig up one to blow in from the kitchen door, but when I do that, even though the fire from the hob looks the same, my pans don't get hot, so now when I'm actually cooking I have to switch the fan off. Of course if you have induction then that's a different issue. I also chose glass surface because it's easy to maintain. Got a Rinnai cos I like Japanese brands. I also have a Fujioh hood but to be perfectly honest we haven't really tested it out fully with deep frying yet, so I really don't know whether it's that much stronger than other hood brands haha.

Hmm Aircon I chose according to "popularity." My dad told me so many people using Starmex, a lot of condos at a time also use it as well, so parts will be cheaper and easier to find repairmen if required. But Daikin has been getting more condo projects as well and their newest system is very pretty and sophisticated! Starmex is more basic. No worries with my Starmex so far, very quiet and cold. For hood - honestly I don't feel like it's a HUUUUUGE issue so I got a cheaper model that fits with my hob and oven. For my hob, as I cook almost daily, I really chose something that worked for me. 3 hobs but only 60cm wide (to fit my 60cm wide hood) as I didn't want to waste more counterspace to get the 90cm / 90cm ones. i splashed on my hob - I wanted gas and easy to clean (usually people go for induction for ease of cleaning) so my fire very steady, not affected by wind and can remove almost everything to clean. Very good quality and cast iron top so I can place stuff from the oven on top of it too. I then saved on my oven as I only use it a few times a year (even lesser with AirFryer) to bake piney tarts, turkey and lasagna. so depends on where your priorities lie! Can get more discount on those package deals but if you have one thing you have in mind that suits your usage and purpose, then go for it. hth! I got Bosch for my hob, hood and oven FYI.

My air con selection is base on brand reputation and physical depth(slim). So its daikin. I think it was 3 ticks. I did not really bother about the energy conservation as every equipment has a tick rating. Compressor has its own and different size fancoils have their own rating. And usually there is not much choice once u decided on a particular brand and have the sizes calculated to suit your room sizes. Hob and hood oven i just went the same brand for ease of purchase and consistent look. Only cook on weekends so performance not important haha. As long as it functions and customer service is good.

Hi Jasling, Appreciate you can share with me your quotation list and contact. lee.alice.sg@gmail.com Thankyou very much