dom07

hi all, have moved in to my new flat for almost a month now. mine's a 3 NG with an open concept kitchen (meaning living room and kitchen no walls in between)...... have went thru a lot of RT's members reno blog, and i over people who installed glass door for kitchen.. may i know if cooking (eg frying) will cause any "oil patches" on the glass door and is it diff to maintain?? because whenever i cook, the "oil and smell" really spreads easily throughout my small place.... thus wondering if having a glass door helps? any recommendations and price range for such glass doors? TIA!

hey congrats to ur new place~~!! btw so how long does it take to apply for the reno permit??

congrats to ur new place!! me too have 2 dogs.. also 3 room flat..

wow so shiok!! congrats!!!!! hope to see the outcome of your reno!!!!

huh so late? i heard from my ID, the reno permit only takes 3 days to approve? sigh.. how i wish my new home is undergoing reno now~~~

so means haven get date too? let us both cross our fingers, hope by next wk we get to know.

yea the reflective black tiles.... (looks abit metalic grey).. over our budget.. so how? checked ur 2nd appt? tried calling the officer.. she's not ard.. sighs.....

ur toilet tiles looks really cool.. must be ex rite? i wanted to choose the glossy tiles (to run a line for kitchen) but the price if i nv rmb wrongly is abt $11+/psf? too ex... lol

did check.. but no updates yet.. may i know when was ur 2nd appt confirmed? i read from HDB website, they will inform you of the 2nd appt within 2 weeks from your 1st appt.. quite anxious during this waiting period.. sigh

hi, my 1st appt was the same date as urs!.. but still no news of 2nd appt too.. but the agent wrote an "appeal" letter to state the completion date on 10 oct.. the officer calculated and said it can be done around that period.. but sigh.. when will the letter for 2nd appt reach us? mwerkz: looking forward to see your reno to kick off! hope to see ya ard, our new flat is in bukit batok west ave 6.

may i know for instant water heaters, are there any factors to consider b4 purchasing? as in water pressure or anything? or all instant heaters works the same it's just the diff in price and design?? anyone using the alpha instant heater (the one that is the slimmest and a lot of colours)?

need help! have been looking around for bench chairs for our dining table (which is custom made)... our ID have quoted too ex (abt $500 for one chair) for custom made ones thus have to source for it ourselves.. i dun like those that the whole piece is wooden type.. hmm.. something like: or the type of normal with a layer of cushion on the sitting area.. been to IFC, sungei kadut, IMM furniture shops, tradehub... but to no avail.. pls help!!!

wah thats alot leh!! alot also say their materials are increasing in cost.. thus price may increase soon. all also ask us to tink and sign up (pay deposit) so as to "lock the quoted price"... i've went ard checking.. if to do my whole 3NG flat inclusive all flooring/wall tiles will be ard 20k too..

they are also one of my shortlisted ID.. their showroom really stylo.. and prices are quite reasonable too their responses are quite quick too.

cool.. your house started reno already? sigh.. there's so much to do for a house. zzzzzz

wow u got a lot carpentry works.. nice. which ID did you engage??

bcos we wanted our contractor to build one for us... but well.. if really over budget then dun make loh hehe

we were quite lucky lah.. COV onli 5k.. at least can spend more on reno.. imagine COV of 15k above, where to find extra for reno.. **** pok kai loh.. will be heavily in debt lols yea.. i tink your reno 13k for those basic masonry, tiles etc is what we're looking for (very worth the $$$).. but i did approach the guy wif specs and told him all those i wanted.. he say maybe will cost up to 18k. went to 2form @ tradehub.. tink their showroom quite nice.. they have a 3 rm resale package that includes most of the essentials like hacking of flooring/wall tiles for whole unit, plumbing works, supply and labour for wash basins, WCs and 1 false ceiling n L-box, 1 20 ft kitchen cabinet with 10ft solid surface. 1 6ft built in wardrobe and stuff like tt.. $16,988 which i tink is very reasonable.. so was thinking to take that package and top up a bit for re-wiring (1.6k), plastering (1.2k) and our dining table prob 1.5k with lighting constructed? so far they're quite good lah. drew on our floor plan and showed how will the layout look like from what we wanted.. but how do you all bargain for FOC things when u decide to sign up that package? we went to zhi sheng (quite recommended by forummers here), but quoted 15++k for what we wanna do BUT w/o hacking costs for kitchen/BR flooring, haulage and permit fees and also no wall tiles hacking/laying too.. so.. shang nao jing loh..

which part of JE? i searched high n low.. ever since govt announce Lakeside gonna develop all flat price + COV rise loh.. eh.. yours is really a good buy leh! when i find the unit i like, the COV is too high.. and when the COV is reasonable, the unit is not what we like.. *headache* yea old flats is those olden stylo white small tiles loh.. even if hack wall tiles will also increase in $$.. thats y i very sian when i see the old type cement sink support in the kitchen.. sigh.. i read alot good remarks abt inzen.. its the shop at je yuhua village rite? but a guy wear specs served us.. we merely told him what we wanted and all he said what to get his boss, jonathon to get back to us. sigh. and when i ask the indicative price of what we gonna do, their price is quite steep...

yea .. 24 yrs flat.. got for 210k.. actually my 1st appt only on 6 sept.. but kiasu lah so do some reno research and look ard at the price loh.. cos prev owner stayed for like 5 yrs? so im not sure if they have done all these piping/wiring already not... the sink sure gotta relocate for kitchen cabinet.. so gotta see how to save cost for covering up the patches after hacking. may i know which ID you engage?? i visited some IDs and got some quotations already.. some say can do within my budget whereas some quote 20k ++ imagine i gotta do those re-wiring and plumbing.. **FAINTS** add on like 2-3k alr.. i very scared gotta re-do wall tiles for kitchen/BR.. so bo hua... sigh.

my new place at bukit batok west... wanted to get JE but too ex, cant afford tats y.. i not planning to touch my wall tiles if not it'll be very ex.. only know now the sink support hafta hack, will affect current tiles (heartpain) but bo pian maybe just do some small patch up then paste sticker or watever deco loh. lol. thats y im not sure if those pipings and wiring have to re-do or wat.. sigh.. everything is $$$$$ zzzzz

dear all, this is our 1st ever lovenest and of cos being a young couple, am on budget constraint for our reno... our house is a 3NG resale flat.. this is our floor plan these are the list of things we plan to do: - hacking of all floorings (1 living, 2 bedroom, storeroom, kitchen and 2 toilets) - laying homogenous tiles for 1 living, 2 bedroom, storeroom - laying ceramic tiles (those normal types) for kitchen n 2 bathrooms - 2 bifold doors for BR as the wall that separates our living room and kitchen is already hacked off, we plan to construct a 5X3 ft laminated table - kitchen cabinet (10 ft top and 10 ft bottom) w/ solid surface - hacking the cement sink support - changing the rubbish chute to stainless steel types - changing all WCs and wash basins and conversion of squat to sitting WC (for common BR) - changing main door and wrought iron gate - painting the whole unit + doors i've been to a few IDs for quotations already.. some say they can do within our budget but yet some say maybe abt 20k.. so just need opinions from all of you.. which ID will you all recommend that's affordable and reliable? and to be practical.. is my budget too low for those items i need to do?