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The painting is mainly for touch up.. We moved our stuff around and kenan the wall..so asked the painter to come back to touch up... As for solid surface, it is the black island top lah, scratch marks very obvious leh... so we kept asking the guy to polish it.. But now we give it up liao...cos we know the problem is the colour... Black very hard to maintain... Markings/dirt very easily seen...

Ha! Ha! Will try.... Niah...He just happened to be around the area so he came and see see look look...........Usually, he won't come..He will just send the guy down... To date, I have requested the tiler to come down about 3 times, solid surface guy to polish the stupid black island top twice... Painter to touch up about 3 times... All liaise/followup via phonecalls only..

My hubby gave everyone 'Ang Bao' cos it was CNY period when they started work... Henry even asked 'How come, wo mei you?' Wah lau...earned so much our money...of cse don't have lah... Strictly for workers... Today u AMK or BK? If BK, I tabao on my way back for your dinner?

Ha! Ha! Henry came... then he asked 'Ah..U still want another cabinet? Put what?' But he still called his carpenter to take the measurements the next day... Hee.. Hee... I think my masterbedroom got no more walking space... We are basically lazy people... Want everything in the room.. Kekeke....

Thanks thanks.... Don't worry so much..Just take photos when u see markings or mistakes and show it to your contractor as evidence... Sometime no need to talk..just show the pics and tell them to rectify....

There are two actually; one 6ft and one 5ft. Yah..still not enough... We got too many junks ...

Hi bro, thanks for asking. Yap, enjoying every min in my place... and still continue to add things in... Just called Henry last week to further add on another carpentry; another storage cabinet to be squeeze into the masterbedroom. Yes, despite having two wardrobes amting to 11 ft in the bedroom and hiding lot of stuff in the TV console...we still find space no enough...Hehehe....

Wah...now make us so kaypo all wanting to know the reason.. Tell us more on 21 May, we take it offline...ok?

Hello and Welcome! Hope I'm not too late in welcoming u:) Re the cigarette butts on the new tiles, yes. i do spot one or two and even a coffee stain on the kitchen tiles! But after the acid wash, the tiles are as good as new... If there's still marking left, just get your tiler to redo. They created the mess so they will have to clean it. And on the white solid surface, I think it's maintenance free. I have white for my kitchen top and black for my island. My black island top looks dirty always...no matter how much I clean it. So white is still easier to take care than black. Have smooth reno journey

Wow! Wow! Wow! Your sis's new hse is awesome! I will straightaway put deposit too! I paid $55 COV for my current place and still need to do overhaul Reno leh....

I like your new living room but old WIW.

Don't have to regret. So designer... Quite worth it. I bought my cultery set from reebonz too. The feel is solid like those WMF ones yet half the price!!

I'm a Virgo too! Marsh, we have so much in common!!! The big day 7 may was the date for my intended hse warming... Sigh... Need to postpone again... Yah, 21 may reserved for u guys already! My place first? My place nothing to shout about cos no hacking done... So it will be a short and Sweet one... May_dream's one a lot to talk about... Got 2 king beds, swirl tv wall etc... Hee... Hee...

Did u got this from Reebonz? I saw it selling at $49.... was considering too but hubby said too ex for a broom and dustpan I just luv the colour!

Mae Jie, so sad to hear that... How can they penalise your ID becos of one project? Hope your ID can strike out his own... Given his good service, he will have a gp of loyal customers in no time....

No right or wrong answer really. Personal preference I wld say. For our case, we are not willing to pay for 3D when we first start to source for IDs/contractors. So we are kind of prepared to receive duplicate designs and will go for it if we like what we saw... We even saved a lot of nice pics that are posted by owners so that we can copy the designs in case the 3Ds/2D are not nice...Anyway, as long as the designs are nice, hse owners like it... Why not?

Ha! Ha! This is one golden rule that my bro has been stressing all along. Instead, he went with me to get the sanitary items and got mistaken as my contractor. My friend told me before that the comm can be a 4 digit figure So I abid to this golden rule serioudly. But going with ID might has its intangible benefits too... So can be a win-win situation lah... Paying for good service, attentiveness, extra mile of exchanging faulty items etc.... Since paid liao, just look forward:)

Same here. My remote control is exactly the same but brand is 'Beamish'... Footprint, good progress on your reno! I luv your foyer light!

Hi Idealistic, I feel for u and you are indeed a very gracious man! No words can describe the pain and anger throughout your reno journey and I wonder if I'm able to remain composure & levelheaded if I were u. Since it's already over, just enjoy your stay at your new hse and make it a cosy place.

I also received her PM... Shd be true cos she did indicate her DID and email... Let's see how it goes....

Yah, very true. Although my reno is shun shun but I can't say the same for my purchases... No wonder there's a saying 'U win some, U lose some.' My happenings for the past 3 weeks:- 1) Samsung TV: Late delivery, no TV cable when delivered and somemore still force me to pay $8 for it. 2) Sofa Cushions: Cellini delivered the wrong material! No apology... 3) Aircon Piping: Water leaked out from the joint instead at the masterbedroom toilet. Lucky Aron (Imperial) solved it within hrs. He sent down his men to attend to me immediately upon my sms. 4) 707 Princeton Instant Heater: Shower head problematic. Water leaking out. They send their man to do a 1-1 exchange on the shower head. 5) Panasonic Washer: Keep on prompting same error message everytime we washed clothes. We need to on/off the washer and the machine will then continue the washing. Throughout the 1 hr washing, we need to on/off at least 3 times! Currently waiting for the repairman to come tomorrow for servicing. It's less than 1 week old!! I was so frustrated at a point that I kept whatsappt May_dream silly message around midnight...saying thing like I want to throw down the washer ... And she still console me ... Thanks god for her... So new owners, please keep all receipts, warranty cards and manuals all at one place! Need not search high and low for it later on...u never know when u need it... Speaking from life experience...

Aiyah....saw this too late... I'm currently using this brand http://www.optiled.com/AboutUs.aspx and I think it's from china... Hope that it's good:)

Welcome! It has been a while since I last saw a T-blog on Jaskel's projects (other than his own of cse)...Will camp here for updates:) Are your lightings going to be as high tech as his? Happy renovating!

We also thot it's good too... but still see people complaining lah...

Just a 'what if' alternative, like a wet weather programme.. But my offer does not extend to family members hor... Kekeke...