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I too have the same peeling problem for my german leather sofa from Species after about 1.5 yrs...And for about half a year, I was just covering the sofa with blanket from IKEA cos it was such a waste to replace the sofa in less than 2 years. Like fussie, I have heard from friends that real leather will only crack but not peel... was quite upset as my husband & I have specifically asked the saleslady if the german leather is genuine leather and the answer was yes. I had given positive reviews about Species in my reno blog before for their friendly sales services and prompt delivery... but now I feel quite cheated.. Haiz. But, at least it is good to learn that some of you managed to get the re-upholstery done at a good deal.... so now besides being resigned to the shedding sofa until having saved up for a new one .. I can try to get in touch with them ....

Thanks mimi orange and yellow, brighten up the day !

Sorry for the late reply ... did you already get a quotation from them? .. All the best for you upcoming reno. Thanks thanks ... my hubby took the shots to mark the finale of our renovation. Haha ... Yepz, my house is new from HDB and came with tilings, doors and bathroom done up ..... Think they lay the corrugated paper on the day the reno started bah , they covered the area they are doing for hacking first then soon the whole house.... do get them to protect the doors also..

Hi Stanley, Their quality is okay. I do not have things falling apart so far haha... but have incidents whereby the contractor did funny things which I cannot understand ... I found a piece of my green solid top pasted onto the interior of one of the kitchen cabinet and some of the screws did not screw properly or are missing for our cabinets .... when we highlighted to them, they did touch up ... so still alright....Anyway no matter gg with which ID or contractor, also keep an eye on the progress... PM you my quotation liaoz.

I think do more in the preparation stage and cover all the the stuff with big plastic sheet well and the cleaning up will not be so bad... mine is a bit half-hearted and last minute with the newspapers haha ... 先苦后甜。。。 can enjoy the fruits of the labour after the cleaning up .. LOL The aircon installers also helped to clean the debris and vacuum the floor but of cos the fine dust can only be removed with mopping.

Yes, rondy .. you are right ... have to clean up and touch up .. Really should have install it during renovation... But then I was thinking not to waste $$ cos I have survived on fan for so long liaoz at my old place. The weather is very hot now so I decided to succumb to comfort haha

Ashes02, Yes .. very glad to have the aircon in this kind of weather.... Apples, Do share your sofa pics on your blog when your reno is done bah .. Cloyn, The photos are taken with my digital camera, Panasonic Lumix FX7, not DSLR. Actually the original colors not bad also, color enhanced for better effect. Uploaded an original photo for comparison. Original photo Pinkpetter, Yeah, survived! Took abt 2 day to clean up .. The installation starts from abt 10.30am to 7.00pm ... so priority is to clean up the MBR on the first day so that can sleep .. haa .. then the next day continue cleaning after work .. luckily my mom-in-law also helped with the cleaning up. Although need to clean up, still very glad to have the aircon .. Flyingballoons, Really addictive haa .. my next door neighbour also have a set, in fact i think neighbours staying below also playing.. can hear familiar songs from them especially during weekends... Lawry, Thanks Thanks. The hippo is very cute ... it used to be kept in a plastic bag under my hubby's bed when he is still at his parent's place. Now, it can finally see daylight liaoz at our home I'm using Panasonic Lumix FX7 ...

Aircon is up Preparation for the aircon installation. Could have and should have done better though... Study room - Not much visible trunking.. but need to do some touch up and repainting. The trunking on the left corner joins to the spare room besides it. The spare room - The trunking goes out from the left corner to the corridor. The corridor - The trunking then goes into the MBR. MBR - The place where it all merges and goes into the bathroom It's on the wall behind the door, not so bad.

Hi Xvirusga, The light green is Dulux- Aspen Leaf and the bright one is Nippon- Spring Green. we got the smallest can of paint ... cannot remember how much per can liaoz .. mabbe ard $15?? .. My 4 rm flat is painted by my contractor - ~$1200. We asked the contractor to paint the wall with the lighter shade first and later we painted the darker stripes ourselves. The contractor finds it too troublesome to paint stripes and dun want to quote the job...

We still have some paint left from our reno. So most prob will be doing the painting ourselves ... but shld be fine, cos the trunkings are white and most ly,our walls are in apple white, may not need to paint. Onli may need to paint the one on the orange wall in the MBR .. See how it goes bah ... It rained this morning, cool and nice to sleep... but then is time to wake up for work liaoz ... bad timing. Yepz sure .. will update on the process ... Will be installing for the 3 rooms, but only the study and the MBR one will be in use since the 3rd room is empty at the moment.. Else later our kid complain in future haha The aircon guy had advised us the options we have on our aircon placement and trucking route, decided on the one we feel is the best so hopefully wun be too unsightly.

Missysg, Hmmmm sorry to hear that .. must be a stressful time for you. I had mine in Feb this year, it went on smoothly, so my impression for them is positive. And most of my friends and relative liked the food there. It is just that my wedding coincide with the Thaipusam so there was a huge traffic jam and think on that day also have 2 weddings @ novotel so guests who were parking in Liang Court was stuck for more than an hour. I have some pics of peonyjade which my photographer took then. For those who are interested can refer to the link -My Photobook

The green house is suffering from green house effect ! So hot in here haiz ..start perspiring after shower liaoz .. Cannot tahan ... looking forward to the installation of aircon.. kena scolded by my hubby cos I was the one who refused to do the aircon together with the reno cos i think the electricity bill will be high .. and now it will be so much more troublesome to install after the reno is done up. Guess I will be the one to clean up the dust from the installation next wk ..

Hi, The 'white flat' concept is an eye opener for me too!... must be so exciting for the first owner of these flats to be able to divide the space to their requirement. But like what you say .. also means more cost to build the wall.. And I absolutely agree with the rest that your pre-reno is already very nice .. such a pity to see them hacked away ..

Apples, You are welcome.True, one disadvantage abt having leather sofa is that when it is quite hot & humid, can feel that I am perspiring onto the sofa.. so have to clean and wipe it with warm water every week. What's the color of the sofa u are getting? if getting white then have to be extra careful .. my white cushion gets a number of black fingerprints on it haha .. guess it's from the newspapers... And thanks for your support..

Payretep, Wow, your place is turning out to be very nice ... I like the kitchen and toilet door too ... Love the wooden kitchen top you have there.. will there be any issue if it gets wet?