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It's almost the same! His MBR looks larger though.. Mine also no beam in the middle of the house. how much did you manage to get psf for parador?

WHAT??!!! Your alu grilles only $240?!! Can give me your contact for windows & grilles, plse? I'm customising the design of my grilles. Wonder if that makes a diff? Paint peel never mind, can paint again. Yes, my place is noisy coz it's near a junction. Clear glass has 5mm, 6mm & 8mm, I think. Apparently, frosted glass has only 5mm. Aren't you worried that people will see through to your flat?

Yes, getting keys this Fri. Contractor not settled yet. Yah... was wondering if I should get mild steel window grilles instead of aluminum. Have to tell them to change the grilles to sliding too as I realised if I fixed the grilles dead, I won't be able to clean the windows. Getting town concil contractors to quote for the sewage pipes is a gd idea! Will go an ask town council.

Yes. Song-Cho products last. The dish drainer at my parent's place for the past 6 yrs still got no problem.

Vicent works for City Aluminum and his brother Alex for Yick Hong. Yick Hong is a wholesaler while City Aluminum is the licence contractor, if I understand what the brothers were explaining to me. Yes, Alu grilles fixed. Will be imprisoned! Am now seriously contemplating going back to my original plan of having a one piece fixed glass panel for the CBR windows instead of sliding windows. It is highly unlikely i will ever open those windows and I'm hoping that it will reduce the noise level. But it's only $80 cheaper than having sliding windows there, so I'm still pondering.

Is vinyl more resistant to scratches than laminate? I was orignally considering vinyl flooring but was concerned if the cat scratches the floor or if you drag furniture or drop something and accidently create a hole..

Here are some shops you can consider: http://www.renotalk.com.sg/ -no showroom http://www.comfortfurniture.com.sg/- nice showroom http://www.ehongfurniture.com/products.asp-warehouse-like http://www.lush-lush.com/- 3 times more expensive than Comfort or Gnee Hong.

Toilet pipes are pretty horrible.. take a look for yourselves

Reality check..arranged with the agent for final inspection today. Went there myself (agent went overseas and won't be back for the entire week and seller wasn't around). Am rather %^& with the agent.. He should be calling me to arrange the final inspection, not me asking him when! I'm a new buyer some more!! When he called me to get the seller's key from him, he left it some place where I could collect as he had to rush off to M'sia. He told me that the seller hasn't fully cleared the place and would only clear by Thurs. Now, that's really strange as the original date of the second appt was supposed to be today, but because of bank issues, it got delayed till Fri. I only heard about the postponement when I got back on last Tues, so technically, I should have the final inspection last week. Agent didn't call me about the final appointment, so I told him about the change of date of the second appt and asked him when the final inspection was going to be. I also asked him for the keys as the contractors needed to do some on-site quote. He arranged to get the key for me and told me that the seller was going to clear out by Sun evening so I could do the final inspection then. However, on Sunday evening, the agent called me to tell me that the seller had moved most of the things except the wardrobe, TV and mattress. He assured me that the seller would move everything out by Thurs. I was like,"huh"?? Should it be completely empty when I do the final inspection?? He said that I could deduct his commission for haulage if the place was not cleared by Thurs. I'm going to take his word for it and write to him an email coz this was what I found when I entered the flat: I didn't even take the picture of the MBR with the wardrobe and mattress still left. This is only the second time I've viewed it and I am again reminded how TINY the loos are. Kitchen & MBR layout will definitely have to be revamped. Am also rather disappointed that I can't do sliding dr for kitchen toilet (no space for frame)and store room (no space to slide) and have to do bi-fold. At least,that was what Alex & his brother Vincent told me. Will get a second opinion this sat. Kitchen wall tiles would have to be removed too as many of them are hollow. I suspect the same goes for the toilet.. which means more $$ spent on hacking and tiles. Got a quote for the windows fr City Aluminum (aka Alex & Vincent): 2 3-frosted panel aluminum sliding windows+ 1 2-frosted panel aluminum sliding windows+ 2 top-hung window toilets with chicken wire glass = $1,556 Fixed aluminum grilles for LVR & CBRM = $550 This excludes the 3.5 ft polycarbonate sliding panel I intend to do for the CBRM. $$ is going to start flowing out like waterfall soon..

Kitchen looking gd!

Most likely.. was thinking of having 3 of them together at different heights with a base on top and placing them at a corner.

Need to ask an opinion.. I'm thinking of adding a spray hose on the basin next to the kitchen tap as my kitchen tap is not the pull-out hose type. I do think that a spray hose is extremely useful for cleaning the basin and big pots, but am not keen to get a pull-out hose kitchen tap. As my kitchen tap is a cold tap, is it possible to have the spray hose to purely be a hot water spray hose? Do you think it will be a bit too much stuff and make the basin look cluttered? Advice would be much appreciated.

Inspired by Baby, I decided to spray paint my 2 metal cages. Bought 1 can of white spray paint for $4 at BBC. Before After (1 complete can of spray paint) The 2 cages are of different sizes, the less ornate one (without the ivy leaves) was larger. The smaller one was already starting to rust. This was the first time I spray painted anything and lets just say that I think I inhaled and sprayed the newspaper more than the cages themselves. I've absolutely no idea how many coats I sprayed on. Just sprayed until it looked white. I tried short bursts of spray near the cages and long, even sweeps (like hair spray).The long even sweeps works for the bars while the short bursts worked better with the decorative portions of the cage. You can see from my inexperience that the inside(and actually the outside as well) is still not white.. Having said that however, it's definitely MUCH faster than painting by brush. I will however, be doing touch ups with a paint brush and a pot of paint now since its mostly done. Gimz, did you buy the light holder and wire/cable from Ikea or elsewhere?

Yah.. saw your thread over there too! Lieblingsg's taste is not cheap..I've seen his ideas and comments in the various threads over there have never posted in my hometown yet.. just sneak in and look nia.. The kitchen and loo I really like is the one found in this forum under Reiki's thread-Reiki's sanctuary... that's how i got my idea of putting my hob on the short-side of the L. HDB flat never looked so gd! But of coz the cost wasn't cheap either.. He had some practical advice on cable management and hiding as much wiring as possible.

This is the wardrobe I'm planning to build. Hopefully, it will be much cheaper since there's less carpentery. Lilithfiend, have gone to A Lighting Entreprise in Geylang and several others along the Geylang stretch. Will probably purchase my lights from A Lighting or Toyomi (the shop next dr). Have not spoken to many designers coz I feel kinda "bleah" about them. Most of their websites have more or less the same designs (feature TV walls, false ceiling, L-shaped kitchen with sink at the shorter end and washing machine behind..) Xianz.

only walls black..Ceiling will still be white

Didn't have time to shop for lights in M'sia so it's back to Geylang for me. I went to a lighting shop at Upper Serangoon (next to Ideal House IDs) and was shocked to see the exact same lights selling for double the price! If u don't do homework, will really kena chopped! Also went to Ideal House and spoke to Rick to see what can be done abt the kitchen layout and lighting. He will give me a quote by this weekend. However, after talking to him, I don't think he's gonna come up with any innovative ideas. The only useful point I felt that he gave me was not to enclose my washing machine in the cupboard because of moisture and heat. His suggestion for the LVR lights were wall lights or cove lights..

I'm going to spray paint mine white. I'll see if I can take a picture of the one I painted with brush.. Painting by brush is not very nice... can see where the paint dripped but I figured if I hang it above, you can't really see the details..

heheh... exactly wat i was thinking.. Ikea is going to be my new best friend next mth. Just got a call from my lawyer.. 2nd appointment postponed will 25 June coz need time to clear the loan

Yes! But with black legs.

Set! I'm going to buy spray paint liao!

Hi baby, check with you.. when u spray painted ur bird cage, did you put something inside the bird cage as backing when you sprayed it so that the paint won't be "wasted" or did you spray paint it as it is? I painted one of my bird cage with brush and paint but it's a very slow process and was thinking of painting the other with spray paint.

I'm on a low flr, so they probably can carry it up. Definitely cannot go into lift... Anyway, I've dropped the idea liao.. really no space for the table

Was thinking of using 2 Ikea countertops to use as table. or 2 square tables so that can merge to 1..