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  1. Posted · Edited by Rune

    Finally everything is falling in place ... today was delivery day... 1stly, the dining table came. I was anxious that it might come scratch or having faults... however, I was impressed at the professionalism & how well the table was protected. The tables was warpped thickly in clear warp it type plastic ... the top even was covered in cardboard while the chairs was also warpped in the same manner. The 2 careful workers steadily and carefully shifted the items into my house.

    Next came the fridge, handled by Samsung. They (3 Malays bro) too were very responsible and careful... unpacked the cupboards and skilfully moved the fridge. Although the fridge looked heavy but they make it look easy ....

    At the same time ... Ban Kim Chuan delivery also came with my TV & washing machine. They comprises of a chinese uncle and an indian national. The uncle seem unfriendly. However between the two, it seems that the indian bro was the senior. I witnessed the Indian bro telling off the uncle not to smoke while working ... anyway they also chop x moved the washing machine. After which the Indian bro installed my tv.

    Lastly was the delivery of my matteress ... they lug the heavy matteress chop x also. However they forgotten to bring along one of the sumberland pillow. Promised to bring again on Monday.....

    Ah Soon guys also came finish off the rectifications works and changed the lock sets. Now is the begining of the tiring process of cleaning up :P

  2. Posted · Edited by Rune

    Rectifications works were carry out till abt 7pm last night. 1st time meeting a Mr Tan with curly hair. Built in 1.6m with curly hair. Had a good talk with him while the bangla was working. He also help identified which works need to rectified. Also commended that the rectifications are a muz and not acceptable :P

    As the tiles were relayed in the toilets, Toilets rectification will continue today. Hope they do it right. We are looking at the symbolic move in next Monday.

  3. Posted · Edited by Rune

    AH? Then mine even LONGER AGO.... but then.. heh i think my toilet tiles the same as a few of you... maybe he can get them for me. LOL I'll call him later :P Thanks Rune.

    ;) Uncle Ah Soon very nice ... m sure he will facilitate ... some more I m considered yr reference :P

    usually they will leave behind the tiles....i still have my tiles from the present house reno 10 years ago....

    very useful....recently have to build a kerb. luckily got tiles so still look ok....

    Speaking of which ... I think need help Ah Soon find at least a piece of floor tile of my living room. Coz the worker dunno why remove a small portion of the kerb tiles at my living area and mbr (which r the same). Think post here will help. Hopefully Ah Soon can find ... :(

  4. Posted · Edited by Rune

    Rune, for swing door is irex. Drawers now is taiwan ones, not happy with it, will change to blum one.

    I saw uncle soon last week and we requested to keep 4 tiles each :)

    I juz spoke to him .... he enlightened that its common practise to pass spare to owners, so no worries :P Blum is an established brands ... sure u will like them.

    oh no!! then my tiles gone liao. its been so long since they cleared my place!!!

    mrspiglet,

    Call Ah Soon ... I m sure he can work things out :P

    Yah, its common practise just in case you need to replace broken tiles in the future. I still have marble tiles, kitchen tiles, balcony tiles from my renovation 7 years ago :P

    Also remember to get the color code for the paints. In case you need to buy to do minor touchup.

    Thanks for the confirmation :P

  5. Posted · Edited by Rune

    Wow ... surpised that some of us actually have some common problems. i guessed fondue and me will be having the same problems coz the group of workers should be shuttering btw mine and hers quite often. Yesterday me & wifey agreed to delay our furnitures delivery date. Dun want risk them get dirty while the rectifications are still in progress.

    fondue,

    Not sure if its M'sia or taiwan ... but the pics are as follows

    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7412...mp;l=e0dfb9469b

    smallboy,

    I guessed its part & parcel of reno. Funny I had the same sentiments as you but always cool off in awhile. Pop by yesterday and saw pencil markings on the 2 wall tiles. Should be Ah Soon signature :P Even he knows that the rectifications works are unacceptable. Kudos to him :P

    I have to agreed that its more effective to talk to Ah Soon to get things corrected. My personal opinion, the group of electrician and plumbering workers is not that up to standard.

    Anyway, i still could not find the time to research on my PS3 due to work commitments :P I guessed after tomolo final assignments can I really find time for both the console & reno.

    Oh no.... i also forget to ask for spare tiles. They were removed on Friday .... OMG

    Juz spoke to Ah Soon, its common practise to pass spare tiles to owner :P I guessed speaking to the right ppl will get the answers. And he is feeling muz better already!!!

  6. Posted

    Can i comment on the discussion

    1) Roman curtians - previously was using one. The backing with foam type that prevent all sun rays into the room once they are down. My personal experience was if you are the type that seldom opens the window ... roman blinds are the way to go. They can seriously keep the room dark & cosy. However, if you like to keep the windows open and the blind down. It can get pretty frustrating that the blind goes see-saw .. Secondly, looking at the angle of maintence. That can be a molehill. Muz remove the strips holding each segment then the lines. Usually muz sent to laundry if you have choosen the foam backing type. The worse part is to assemble it back again ... no offense ....juz my 2 cts worth

    2) I guessed we can put up signage to discourage them from using certain WC. But some how or another ... u should know where i m going too. My personal experience, i pop by one day after work .... saw that the aircon was swtiched on in one of the rooms. Afterthat, i pulled out all air-con switches from the power outlet and using newspaper to tape up the air-con vents. I guessed the best solution is to remind them not to do it again :P

  7. Posted · Edited by Rune

    rune, saw that ur lights were damaged by the workers too! I had a small piece of glass broken by dunno-which group of workers too, end up the replacement was much more than urs, $38 for a small piece of glass which the whole light is only $80! Downlight tubes also damaged by electrician. But in the end, all rectified swee swee and ah soon is willing to bear the replacement cost. :good:

    Ur house seems to be completing soon! Any handover date?

    Hi mrspiglet, its :( that the current pool of electricial is not up to mark. Anyway hope Ah Soon would replace or at least oversees their work when they r in progress. I was pretty frustrated at them. But let my wife handle by juz letting her know what sloppy job they did. Yes, like I mentioned earlier, Ah Soon was kind enough to bear the rectifications jobs.

    Actually my wifey has agreed with Ah Soon on 18 Apr 09. Furnitures and electrical stuffs are scheduled to come in on 22 Apr 09, afternoon. We had arranged with Ah Soon for final rectifications on 22 Apr morning. I would be absent that day as I m still on course. Hope everything would go fine that day :rolleyes:

    oh so Uncle will bear the replacement cost ah? My lights was also broken during installation.....

    the 3 electricians are really bad imo. Even the head, he also a bit blur. I ask him to relocate my existing phone line to elsewhere and he didn't. When i ask him to do it the next time i saw him, he jus add another one in the room with NEW trunking lor. So now tat room has SO many ugly trunkings and 2 phone lines...... weirdness..

    :unsure: yes uncle Ah Soon bears our replacement ... You juz need to highlight to him that they are broken by the workers. Sometimes I really pity Ah Soon. Why juz the workers do the job nice x at 1st? Thus far, I m most satisfied with Ah Soon carpentary merry man. I muz said that they r of high standards. I noticed that fondue had closet soft closing problems? My soft closing seem alrite .... no need bull strength :P brand Ah Soon team's is employing for soft closing is I-Rex I think

  8. Posted · Edited by Rune

    saw ur pics. Should get electrician to replace all the damaged lights. ur foyer light is nice :)

    I was wondering for ur hand held spray, shouldn't it be on the other side of the bowl so that it is not so close to your vanity top?

    Firstly, thanks for the complement. Foyer light at the main door was from DK lightings @ $125. They come in either red or black acrylic frame. Shape in either square or round. Juz drop by Geylang Rd to pick up the spare part @ $8 for the foyer light. Lady boss gave me a discount :P Well handspray location is abit out ... but still can live with it lor.

    wow!! love your kitchen very clean and neat....the kitchen top not up yet... saw that the water heater is the kitchen instead of toilet...

    is it ok to put there?

    Thanks and surface top is already up. Creamy white in color :P Regarding the water heater, relocation is done upon approval from Singapore Power installer. Only thing is I muz relocate my ceiling mounted clothes hangers ... else may run a risk of catching fire :bangwall:

    Running off to parklane in awhile to get my PS3 and probaly the bamboo partition at Ubi Ave 1... cya in a while

  9. Posted

    Do u think we can request for another electrician? read a few complaints about uncle's electrician already...as i am staying at Bt Panjang right now, and my new place is at pasir ris...really tiring to shuttle here and there...

    Well juz have to feedback to Ah Soon. Hope he would change the crew. Anyway juz came back from new place. Some rectifications works are still not to my standards. Haiz

    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7412...mp;l=e0dfb9469b

  15. Posted · Edited by Rune

    Actually ... the electrician workmanship seem quite slip-slop. For me I complained to Jason. One of the lighting was sitting on top the casing while another lighting was installed incorrectly. The other lighting, installer broke one of my crystal strips without even telling me. That was my experience with the elctrician.

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    one thing that also shocked me greatly yesterday when hongtar was here to install the aircon unit.

    in the wardrobe room, there were screws over the trunking with the Lbox, top ones are ok, but the bottom ones might burst foam or cause gas leak. i asked hong tar guy to rip out the trunking casing to see if there is any dents on the pipes inside. lucky it is okay, but there is another one in the passage way linking to the study room that is box up together with the beam. Unfortunately that can't be ripped up so I called Jason, he said he should be no lah and he is more afraid of that than i do, but seriously after seeing the one at the wardrobe, i'm a bit dubious.

    who in the right mind would pin a screw on any casing be it water pipe, electrical or aircon trunking? common sense right?

    my confidence is swayed after telling them the rectifications many times but nothing done? they are too busy to remember? if they do a better project management, we need not "micromanage" who likes to do that? we are tired and hence we wrote down a list and will tell ah soon at one go.

    Well, seem Ah Soon got new crews that are wasting his $$ and time. I remembered his new crew laid my kitchen tiles without using common sense. Although the wall and floor tiles are of the same size ... they still laid them without aglining. A phone call away and Ah Soon came to question the crew. After some out-burst at them ... he got them to tear it all up and rectified them. Frankly, not many contractors would have done so. :sport-smiley-018: I juz requested Jason to tear down 2 of my lightings. Reason being that one of the lightings, the installer broke the crystal strips. I got the spareparts at $10 but could only collect on Saturday and fix it on Saturday. The other lighting becoz the installer did not install the light according to my special instructions and had move the metal holders. I have to bring the light back on Saturday to the shop to re-aglin for me again.

  20. Posted · Edited by Rune

    **** sian. haiz our house got a lot of rectifications and seems like our schedule is moving soon.

    our laminate in study room got a slope at the entrance :S walking on the whole laminate got kiak kiak sound (almost every step), mbr and wardrobe doesn't have this problem.

    Fondue,

    I see you have these problems too? Rectifications? My place too ... I juz noticed that my MBR towel rack was installed wrongly. Luckily, Jason was very kind to hear our redress ... I guess rectification would be in progress :dancingqueen:

  21. Posted · Edited by Rune

    You can try pouring "copper safe" at the drainage pipe where the earthworm keep appearing. This product can be bought from most fish shop. I had an experienced once whereby I put my shrimps in the tank added with Copper Safe. The invertebrates did not have a chance and dead therafter. Although I was sad, I only found out from aquarium shop owner that it kills these invertebrates but safe to fishes like african fishes. Thereafter I read the label behind the container its labels also states as such. Hope this helps

  22. Posted

    Juz reach home from course en-route Yishun. Yup carpentry all done up liao. Only thing I dun like the silicon for my washing basin and the stainless steel sheet for the hob. Have ask Jason to look at them. Sorry no pics coz cannot bring camera to camp :P will post updates on Saturday

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    WHOA so cool? tiger strips... Take a close up can?? hehe mm if she's going to be in the kitchen more then it should be her choice ba hehe

    Problem is she ain't ... I should be the one in the kitchen more often ... sure thing about closeup but need drop by again :P

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