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Aiyoh..this brother of mine...do things only do halfway... Shd post everything for me mah... Ha! Ha! Sorry..Simon, just joking... Anyway, guys, don't expect this kind of standard when u come to my place to visit hor... In actual fact, my bed is messy, clothes on the floor/bed with newspaper flying all over the place too.. We are the lazy type and cldn't be bothered with housework... My bro was screaming at me when I reached home last nite: 'Hey, I'm photographer not maid leh.' Apparently, he was cleaning up the rooms while taking the photos cos it was too untidy... Ha! Ha! Here are you go:- Living Room: Dining: Entrance:

I didn't wanted to do a fridge base but my friend told me her part time maid while mopping accidentally hit her fridge at the bottom resulting a dent on her SS fridge. Don't ask me how it can be done..but I guess the mop head is very hard and the PT maid use a lot of force while mopping?

Only 1 word can describe your kitchen....

U really do all the above steps for your tiles selection? Wah... I really Yah, agreed with Cingseu...I shd have used your tiles too...

How u know is the 250gb? Li hai leh...

I only do pedi...so still got to pack... My plan is about $70 plus mthly... Sorry, don't remember the exact name of the plan .. I'm bad at these things.. Only good in areas like bags, shoes and sales niah Kekekeke.....

This mth a lot of freebies to choose from... From notebook, direct discount on subscription to x-box... Thanks! Thanks! The feeling is great

Your room is So how's the progress today? Enjoy reading your 'live' update...

Today's my last day of leave. Time flies and need to go back office to slog again. Thinking of being a SAHM but when I opened the letterbox and saw the 4 digits credit card bills...... I think.. I will be a good girl and go back office on monday... Managed to sneak out for pedicure. Now I'm a happy woman... With pretty nails, I think my energy level for packing will be higher... See what we received when we extend our Maxonline for another 2 years:- Hubby behaved like a crazy man jumping up and down when he was testing the console... So funny watching him playing... Can't understand what's the hype of this console..but I think he's hooked! Well, it's always good that he enjoying playing at home then outside hor? Okie...got to arrange the stuff again...

I have a better plan now! Instead of packing, I shall dump everything in my storeroom since I have a nice rack now... Thanks! Henry made it afterall! HO date was 1 day earlier than the agreed date

My nickname is friends cos that time I was crazy about the friends sitcom lah... as for 78... sigh, u guys shd know be able to guess right?

The rack is MTM. You just need to give the uncles the wall-to-wall measurements and that's it. We thot of getting those wood ones from ikea or the plastic types from hypermarket... But all look unstable and still a lot of empty spaces at the sides... Wall-to-wall rack look neat too! I think it is my best purchase...

Hi Mae, mine is this... Can help me to analyze? Mine sounds fierce hor? Got seven killings somemore.... Thanks so much... Main Profile : The Warrior Seven Killings (辛) Sub Profile : The Artist Eating God (丁) Base Profile : - Social Profile : The Analyzer Direct Resource (壬) Intimate Profile : The Warrior Seven Killings (辛)

Another update regarding the storeroom rack... Good! Friendly uncles, prompt and fast! Got the contacts from Renotalk too... Only need to call and they turned up the next day to install. Hassle free! The company's details as follows:- Yee Sin Repair & Installation Services, Tel: 64547335, 62800518. This L shape rack with the PVC board costs $190. Uncles at work: Final product: Uncle said each shelf can put up to 100 kg!!!

Hi guys, Very busy. Only managed to move 30% of the things. Stay for two nites liao..and the feeling was great! So busy until I do not have time to complain to Best Denki or Samsung.... Now hse very messy.. Full of bags on the floor... Bro said he will only give me two days to pack... then he will come to take nice nice photos... Jialat.. only 2 days! Yesterday went to Daiso and Gaint at Vivo.. Spent about $200 altogether. Daiso alone about $90.. Aiyoh...$2 here and $2 there also can accumulate until $90! Hubby almost shocked when making payment... The stuff are still on the floor Anyone want to pack for me? Welcome! Welcome! My standing fans from Carrefour.. Also on the floor..waiting for hubby to put it up and bro to collect... See everything on the floor!!!!!

Congrats! One more hurdle crossed! Your dream hse is coming to reality soon!

Anytime! Welcome welcome. Maybe we start from mine or lazybum then to maydream and to yours? Can have nice meal at the restaurant near your place. Marsh, Mae and cingseu can join in too if they don't mind the distance lah...

In our dreams loh....

Just buy simplehuman lah... I went ikea last nite...their stainless bin also CMI... Anyway, I think we are just finding excuses to buy simplehuman bins. By the way, the simplehuman stuff in City Square seems to be disappearing from the shelf... Maybe there are also many silent readers grabbing it now?

I like vertical. That's why my common bathroom with my fav tiles are placed vertically. Yes, it does make the ceiling look higher I have this ladder but only 3 steps not the four steps as shown in your pics. Very sturdy indeed!

Yes, I will but can only do it after 29 Mar (My move-in date). They said that they will come between 10am-1pm and guess what? They only came 2pm and that was because my hubby called around 1pm to check on the status. Then the delivery guy made us pay $8 for a cheap TV cable cos they said the TV doesn't come with it. The other 40" Philips LED TV bought from Audio Hse came with everything swee swee. The delivery guys are from Sumsung. I bought the LED from Best Denki but it is Samsung who does the installation. Super angry... Ruined my weekend. I missed an important shopping event today somemore due to this delivery. I'm a angry bird now.

I like the furniture u have bought from Hommage! And the total price you paid for is

Don't want to post anymore but cannot take it...Need a place to vent my anger... Remember that I ordered a Samsung TV from IT Show. The Samsung guy who was supposed to install the TV today, called last night at 10.30pm to postpone it due to a large no of delivery for Sat! Hubby told him cannot, cos we have ordered much earlier and shd be given priority and we need the TV to be up before the final cleaning. Guess what this joker replied? He said 'You shd be grateful that I call u now to tell you about the delay. Better than I call u after u waited for hrs, right?' Bloody id*** !!! I can't sleep just thinking about it...

Hi I am a silent reader to this thread. All along I don’t feel the need to comment as I think it will make the matter even worse if I start to defend for Henry. There will be some funny jokers who are either Henry’s customers or someone who indeed been rejected by Henry ambushing this thread (just like the irritating umbrella lady waiting to summon car drivers) waiting for chances to pass funny or unwanted comments. By posting, I will also invite unwanted trouble as I’m pretty sure someone will later comment that 1)I’m related to Henry 2)I worked for Henry 3)I’m Henry 4)Supersimon and friends78 is the same person or whatever. Just to add, I don’t really care if Henry’s business will be good or not after my post. It is none of my business. I'm just sharing my views. So I will not be replying to this thread after this post cos it will be a waste of time arguing. I reply, people will say I'm defensive. I don't reply, people will say they are correct. No end to it so I will rest my case after this post. If you need have questions, please pm or post it in my T-blog. Thanks. I signed up with Henry on 9 Jan 2011. My reno has just been completed yesterday. The terms and conditions are the same as mentioned in the above post. It was almost the same as my previous contractor so I have no problem with it. ID Note is a small scale reno company unlike those big ID firms. Henry needs to make payments to the respective sub cons be it the carpenter, tilers etc for the material cost before the commencement of work. Having said that, I would still agree that one has to be comfortable with the payment modes. If not, don't sign. He is not the only guy in S'pore doing reno, just move on and find one you like and comfortable with. It's as simple as that. I only received my 3Ds on 24 Feb 2011, more than a mth after signing with him. Henry is a contractor not ID. He will recommend ideas and simple space planning and will only give you 3D on the carpentry work that you have confirmed with him. He won't provide 3Ds for the whole hse or plan theme or even select colours. You would have note that from my blog, there isn't any 3D on my dining area/common toilet/my baby's room. This is because I do not have any carpentry work done for this area. I hope this will set the expectation of Henry's potential customers. Please remember, he is a contractor. If you need intensive space planning or 'out of the box' showroom kind of design, please approach ID firm. Also, you would have note that there's a 3D on the study room in my T-blog that eventually did not materialize. It was because I found some ready-made furniture in vhive while shopping for misc items. Called Henry that I will not do the study room due to budget. He withdrew the two items (study table and wardrobe) from the quotation without questions. Also, there's no such thing as the perfect contractor who will do things right at all times. Aiyoh, even parents/child and spouses also have differences and will quarrel, let alone a business contract. There will be bound to have minor hiccups along the way. Henry, in my opinion, is a good contractor who will do the right thing whenever there's problem. As long as the problems we reported are attended to and rectify, we are satisfied. All my little complaints like hollow tiles, uneven laminated flooring were attended to. Still pending are 2 issues which is the painting and the window panel which was broken during hacking. Throughout my reno journey, Henry is contactable. Even if he was unable to pick my call, he will reply the very next day. For info, I don't just call. I will also take photos and whatsApp him the photos. The Electrician (Ah Liang) that Henry recommended is quite friendly and the cost is pretty standard. The cost of my rewiring and the points came out to be $3.5K. I had a shock initially upon receiving the quotation and was pretty sure that it was way too high. So I went on to PM two renotalk forum friends for their contacts and contacted the electricians for quotes. In the end, the quotations received were almost similar. I can’t comment whether Ah Liang is good or not as I have yet to move it. The real test will be when I start using my appliances. By the way, the sales person in Lighting.com and Citilights all laughed at the nos. of downlights that I will be having for my living room when I went to purchase my lights. Both commented too many. I have 25 downlights just for my living room (TV, dining and entrance) alone. But I went ahead. The end result is a just nice brightness for my TV and Entrance area. However, I still feel that my dining area which has 7 points a little too dim. Cos I bought 3.5 w LED downlights for the area. Last and not least to those potential customers who have been turned down by Henry. I wld advise that you guys move on. No need to feel sore about it. It is indeed Henry's loss for not taking up your business. You guys are pretty vocal in the forum. Had he signed and done a good job with you guys, I pretty sure that you guys wld also put a good write-up for him. It wld be free advertising. But there are indeed many reasons that he cannot commit. Just treat it that you guys are not fated. Don't keep thinking about it and feel angry. No good for your health leh. Reno is a stressful event. The process requires a lot of decision making. Channel your energy in building your dream home. You have a more important task to complete. I sincerely apologies if I have offended anyone by my above-mentioned post. Just sharing my views cos I have engaged Henry and my reno has just been completed. World peace, okie?

Aiyoh... I shd thank u instead. Thank u for making time to walk quite a distance to my place and staying inside a dusty and hot environment for quite a while... Looking forward for more meetups. Or when u moved, we have breakfast or lunch together!!! U r a great person to chit chat with!!!