pinkpetter

I know what you mean... I also no money to buy the furniture liao. Told my parents to slowly source for a sofa. haha

WAH that's a lot of points in the living room! haha YAY one more step to being completed. Got all your furniture already?

YAY! I realised how my worries were unfounded.. When we went for the appt today to choose tiles, the contractor met up with us there. He produced everything that he promised he would do with some handdrawn designs and stuff and even memorised my unit number already... Throughout the 45 minutes he was there.. his phone rang NON-STOP... so he didn't answer some in order to finish his conversation with us. So I guess that was what must have happened. So happy that Uncle is ready to do our house. Now to show you guys some pictures ba... This is where we went and spent 3 hours looking and arguing and choosing... haha I loved this one. But I wanted to match the green tiles with plain white glossy tiles. But we couldn't find one of a suitable size... Wanted it for the common bath Parents love this for the MBR bath but then after much delibration we concluded it was too rough. I loved the Mosaics! Finally our choices for the toilets were.... Common Bathroom - the white tile has some subtle stripes too. The black one has some glitter!! MBR bathroom - with the same white wall tile and black glittery floor tile. I'm not very satisfied with the MBR bathroom. Maybe Monday will drag my parents to another place to see. These are a bit dull... mmm Our living will get white plain 600X600 Homo tiles. We've not chosen our kitchen floor tile (no wall tile) as we're not sure what cabinets we want yet. On Monday the contractor will show us the laminates and stuff and we'll choose our floor tiles.

hehe I'll be going for grey or brown. white is really a bit stressful.

Wah I tink the tile thing must do la. quite obvious... the pipes will be painted right? What colour will they be painted? MmMM yup I think defects are common ba Lollipop room is so sweet

heh your hubby. Well at least you have him by your side no matter what and he tries to be there for you. You're not alone no matter what happens wor. Accidents but now you are out liao ma. You're ok! And that's the most important wor. As for the income thing.. you're still young. Still have earning power. Maybe have to start back down the ladder again or have to start all over but it's not the end of the world!! Money can earn back one. Difficult but it's definitely possible.

I agree on that. I've been trying to call to ask him about that too... MMmmMm I'm going to try to call him in 20 minutes. Will tell you all in a while. sigh my parents liked the house so much. After looking at 50-60 units I think I was already tired and just gave in. The sellers already got on my nerves from the very first day. Not just yesterday. Luckily I will never have to see them again man! Am digging out the previous contractors I liked... I'll be calling them today if everything falls through.

Thanks for the reminder. Made the calculations.... I calmed down about it... I made an appt to see tiles tomorrow. I decided to give one last chance ba. See tomorrow see tiles how. If MIA or weird situations come up... then I jump ship liao.

starting soon. haiz I having contractor problems. Sure me slower.

Tell you all something EVEN angrier!!!!!!!!!!! When HDB inspected the house they found that the ceiling of the common toilet was leaking so they asked the owner upstairs to rectify. But cos the owner upstairs not available for some time... If we wait for him to come back then rectify it will delay our completion date. So out of goodwill, we sign the liability. Which means the rectification will be done when WE are the new owners but the ex-owners have to pay us $220 (estimated costs) for taking on this liability. They were suppose to pay us BEFORE completion but as we are all such busy people, we waited until today when we meet up then collect from them... You know what happen? The sellers didn't prepare the cheque.. and DIDN'T want to talk to us AT ALL. Once in the room, they asked if we can leave the room while they speak to the officer privately. The HDB officer didn't allow, said everyone in the same room ok what. Then they POINTED at the HDB officer and said... "YOU said that the $220 is estimated.. so WHAT happens if it's lesser?" and the officer explained that it's capped at $220 and usually that is 50% of what the rectification works are worth. Then the seller POINTED at the officer and ask again... "SO what if there's a REMAINDER?" HOW MUCH REMAINDER CAN THERE BE??? For goodness sake... if you are the neighbour upstairs and you can claim $220 for the rectification works.. will you CLAIM LESSER?! Then one of the seller insisted... "From the beginning, I already said... Should wait until complete then we pay..." SAID?!!! SAY TO WHO?! and anyway from now on the thing will be billed to us if the transaction completes today.... then how to ask them to pay?! THERE WE WERE... holding a cashier order for their COV ... and they don't want to give us a cheque for $220, WHICH WUN EVEN GO INTO MY POCKET?! SO ANGRY THEN LE! Don't complete don't lor?! See whether now he can sell his house in such a poor condition for +30k COV! WHat utter RUBBISH! Even THEIR agent was so pissed with them... not to mention... in the end.. they CHASED my lawyer out of the office when my lawyer was the one holding on to THEIR money! And you know what one of the seller even say??? HDB gave them a cheque for their profit... there was the cashier's order from our lawyer... and there was another cheque from some difference in payments.. and the WOMAN said... "WHY SO MANY CHEQUE ONE?!" SIAO AH. people give me cheque I TAKE LIAO HAPPY AH.

HELP!! Need advice!! *Sob* I tot my contractor woes are over ... who knows they are just beginning... This contractor was a very efficient and friendly contractor. I first talked to him two weeks ago and he gave me the quotation on the same day. Three days later after another telephone conversation he drew up another quotation for me. And after looking at my house he drew up a third and final quotation for me. I agreed to it.. that was Monday. Then I told him that needed an English one which I would sign and bring to the bank and he said he would get one done. He said he would fax it to me on Wed. I was happy cos I tot I could bring the quotation to the bank on Thurs. Wed there was nothing. I called to remind him. He said he would fax it on Thurs. Thurs afternoon I called him, thinking to remind him, he didn't answer. He didn't call back. Thursday night I waited until 10pm there was no fax. I called him and he took a long time to pick up then he said he would give it to me on Friday (today). Today afternoon, I paid the bank a visit and realised I needed an original copy from him thus it cannot be faxed to me. I called him but he didn't answer. And he didn't call back. I called again in the evening and there's no reply either. Until now no fax either. I actually know that he took up another 2 new projects just this week... Is he just plain too busy to take mine?......... Should I jump ship? I asked him a few times about the payment also... in what percentages and when but he gave vague answers...

.. you sound like you're in really bad shape wor... have you told your htb abot this? He caring and supportive? Don't think you have bad luck ma... some things are plain coincidences... things will look up! Jia you!

Looking forward to the pictures!

haha your huge toilet tiles are the envy of everyone!!! Worth it!

wah good deal! looks classy le!

Wah the bi fold door is nice! and the kitchen laminate backing nice also!

hehe thanks thanks.. I even apply power supply liaos. hopefully can turn on in time for work to start next week. ahhh ok I feel more secure then was worrying about the white laminates.

KEY-GETTING DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mm I dunno about toilet bowls heh... But where did you go and select ah? mmm

wow means... 24-7.5 = 16.5 X 8 = 100+ wor!! expensive!! *sob* but it does look good. And there are fewer groves which is a big plus. Not to mention it's very bright!

I know... but we've lived in white houses all our lives.. my parents like it that way so white it will be. No young kids so we wun have graffiti.. I used to draw on my white walls when I was young. haha

WAH your blue tile for the toilet is BIG! nice le!!! I never like blue but that's nice! esp with the mosaic next to it.

hahah other people drooling over yours le! Mine will be a white white house unlike your vibrant colours. I'm going to prepare three artworks for my own white white room! haha Most definitely!!!

hahahahha AHHHH no wonder... so cute le the Mrs. is called mafia_lim Your house looks great la!

$10 tree?? got say how big? hehe then maybe got cheap decor also