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My SHOPPING LIST: 1) Furniture I am quite firm as well on buying furniture from JB's RUSTICA. They have 0% CC installment and their package is quite good. Full Cowhide Leather 3 Seater Recliner Sofa TV Console Coffee Table 6+1 Dining Table Set (chairs have leather on them) All of the above for $6800 + $100 levvy + 7% GST Comes up to be about SGD$3,000 - quite a good price don't you think? 2. Electronics and Electricals As I look through newspapers and go to all the sales for household items, I realised that those cheap ones are usually the ones that require you to pay upfront. Sigh, I need to limit myself to only those that offer 0% installment plans. I guess that means Gain City, Harvey Norman and Best Denki are going to be my best friends soon. I have my eye on the following: - SHARP Water Oven $1249 @ Best Denki - Toshiba Sys 3 Non Inverter (Not more than $2K and should be from a place where there is 0% installment - where's good to start my hunt for this at?) - 42" Philips LCD TV (PURCHASED!) 3. Toilet Accessories: - 2 X toilet bowls - 2 X sinks - 2 X taps - 2 X water heater - 1 X big shower head - 1 X normal shower head - 1 X towel rack - 2 X clothes hanging rack - 2 X boxed toilet roll holder - 2 X multi tiered shelves for putting shampoo and stuff 4. Lighting - 7 X downlights - 2 X simple ceiling lights for common rooms - 1 X blanket light for MBR ceiling - 1 X ikea bendable light for my MBR wardrobe area - 2 X toilet ceiling lights - 2 X kitchen ceiling lights - 1 X dining table light - 1 X standing/hanging lamp to be put beside the TV Sigh I wonder if I missed out anything from my already massive shopping list.

Update... The common room tenant was still there when I went over on Sat, 11am. Agent said that former owner promised that they would move out by Sunday morning. The MBR tenant also said that he is confident that the common room tenant will move out by Sun morning. I passed them the lock johnny gave me and asked MBR tenant to lock up with this lock before he leaves on Sunday. On happier notes: I can't believe my reno is starting already!! so mighty excited. I just paid $12000 to Johnny as 50% payment. Oh gosh I am so very very poor now. I pray for bonus if not I have to take reno loan liao for the other 50%. Finalizing Tiles... I went to Hafary to confirm my tiles today. It was so pressurizing but I did it and I really refuse to think about it anymore. The more I think, the more combinations of tiles I can think of. Hahaha! On Lightings.... After that I walked the entire Balestier road to do my research on lightings and toilet accessories I decided I really like the blanket kind of light for the MBR ceiling. See this for sample: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ILjW1fygFyo/Rgdz...bedroom%201.jpg I saw it at Balestier, $280. ^^!! I will go KL to check it out before I buy it from this shop. On Toilet Accessories, I am mighty confused. So many sinks, so many taps - all look alike!! I guess I should have some variety and have one round sink and one square - so tt's how i started choosing. I saw a 0.4m X 0.4m square sink at this place called *** GALLERY PTE LTD - anyone heard of them before? The one I saw is normal white in colour but the size seems to be good for my SMALL SMALL vanity area. This shop sells every thing man!! From hobs to hoods, to toilet accessories, to water heater, shower heads, toilet bowls.... omg, everything! Seems to be a good one stop shop! Next up, I am going to find research on where to buy the CHEAPEST waterfall tap. All I saw are above $250! Suntec C3 Sale + Air Cons! After that I went to Suntec for the C3 Electronics and Electrical Sale. Well, nothing much caught my eye. I did talk to an aircon man from Best Tech who recommended me LG's Non Inverter Sys 3, $50 lighting voucher + $120 servicing voucher @ $1650 nett (exclu bracket) Thank goodness I didnt buy cos when I got back online, I realised LG is not a good brand. I think I shall consider Toshiba. Toshiba's non inverter has 3 ticks and Mitsubishi's non inverter has 2 ticks. I decided not to get Inverter cos inverter is $1K more ex than non inverter and the savings from 3 ticks to 4 ticks is $243 PER YEAR (assuming you on the air con for 8 hours a day every day). To make my 1K worth it, I have to use this air con for more than 4 yrs...! Doesn't sound very $-wise of me to spend cash upfront this way esp when I am literally quite poor now.

So the place to get the oven at $999 is at Mega Discount Store Sale?

Think I shall come up with such a "plant" area too. Wouldn't this be nice as well? A dark black bowl with floating flowers in it

I think I have finally a direction on my toilet!!! Check this out: I want a pebble wash in my MBR shower area. What do you all think? High-maintenance??? I wonder if pebble wash is expensive....

Ok tmr is saturday. I will go once in the morning to inspect and if the person is still there, I will contact agent and tell her i will be there in the evening to check that his stuff are all moved out. If not, I will call police. Good plan?

hi seashell! sorry to hear about your problems with ah soon. I am grateful I didnt consider ah soon.. :/ I hope your problems are resolved soon. I can understand the stress you are going through.. I myself also going through some stress with reno and the house... cannot concentrate at work at all! I noticed you bought furniture from rustica? I also thinking of buying from them leh! Angel Chan is your contact? I got served by Serene. I thinking of buying a package from them. A recliner, dining table, tv console and coffee table. Dunno if I can bargain with them a not. Cos I called Serene and asked her if the price is fixed and she say ya its fixed wor...

WOAH!!! Your house... is..... BEGGING for a makeover!! Haha How much did you pay for the house?

Welcome Sue!!

I am very interested to buy this too. I saw at Best Denki about $1200++ I wonder where is the CHEAPEST!

your windows look very fine! No grills?

I applied for mine last friday and got it approved this tuesday! So fast! It included hacking down utility wall and most of the flooring. My ID say its so fast cos the unit above mine also hack utility wall. I guess it depends on whether there are similar cases first, if not then look at structural plan then if suspicious, they will get request for a PE.

Hey Gobbi I just realised that you bought the SAME oven that I am interested in!!! The HEALSIO!! Expensive man!! How much did you get yours and at where? I went to Best Denki and its $1200+

I went there at 10+ last night. I didn't inform the MBR tenant. But when I was walking up the stairs he was there waiting for me at the door! I was so surprised! how the **** he know I am there???? He say sixth sense... I guess he saw me downstairs maybe? Anyway, the common room tenant wasn't in, but he is still living there. The MBR tenant was very nice to tell me he usually manages the other tenants for the previous owner and he says that he will ensure that the common room tenant will move out by this sunday. I repeatedly told him I am very concerned about this and he say dont worry. 101% will move out. I smsed my Agent and told her to manage this with the ex owner on my behalf. I told her that if the tenant is not out by saturday, I will report to the relevant authorities. Who are the relevant authorities? Police only right? So I guess, just hang and hope for the best only lor... These few days been **** distracted at work with all these. Sigh

Share with you all, the Best Denki Sale

Alright. I am leaving office now. Going to go to my new flat. If tenant still there, I will call agent and ask her to resolve it with the seller by tmr. Will check again tmr. If tenant STILL there tmr, I will call police. Cannot wait till Sunday to spot check. If not will disrupt the hacking ya. *Sigh* No worries! I am going with my bf. And won't lock door. Won't talk to the tenant too. Just going to call agent IMMEDIATELY if I spot him.

HEY!!! good idea! where did you get this?

Oh oh do you have a steam oven? I am tinking of getting a steam oven. I love technology. Heard that steam oven can bake, microwave and steam wor! Steady right!! The panasonic one is very costly though.. $1,500 I saw at Best Denki.

Yes. Rice cooker only. But the rice cooker I want to hide it in the 0.8m tall cabinet and put it on a pullout whenever I want to use. Don't want to use that time, then slot it back in to the 0.8m cabinet. Condiments, sauces will all be nicely tucked into drawers below the cooking area. Will touch on that once this stressful week is over. I'm going to hound the ID I am paying to give me the answer to this. Haha! Good point about the sink piping.. I shall check with johnny tonight. I allowed 0.2m for that... hope its sufficient... if not then 0.3m no I dont really need a coffee table. Another one of those - "everybody has and I think I should have too". a PC behind the sofa.. the pc will be against the wall opp the tv console. But see whether got space a not first. LOL Yes!! loads of liquid paper. I got frustrated with floorplanner. So its back to BASICS. Lilagen... ok noted. I go see. I suppose the vanity area = solid surface top. I suppose I only need bottom cabinets for a small area just to cover the piping. The other space can put a little stool for me to sit on when putting on make up. The wardrobe is directly stuck to the solid surface top... so... my wardrobe will flood if the sink leaks right? oh gosh........ Yes, shower area is glass panel. not all the way to the top. Just slightly above average human height.

Money constraints. Plus... nowadays the bedframe come with fancy headboards... I thought its better to buy a fancy headboard rather than have something customized and permanent. And If I do a headboard, the headboard for this case, this layout, won't be equal... It will have to be slightly thinner at where the beam is... :/ IDs can do something like a box up that looks like a wall but is hollow inside one right?

I bring my 3D drawing and go shopping (cum dreaming) to IKEA. I saw the ikea one... but tt's made of paper is it? I remember it was **** big... hahaha

Initial Idea U see the wall between the kitchen and the dining area... the one I drew in blue ink. That's currently a half glass panel and the other half is a wall. If you see my 3D you would know what I mean. That is my original idea. The door to the kitchen is a framless glass door. Alternative #1 Ossify mentioned that one glass panel is not that ex... in that case, do you all think I should change this half panel to a full glass panel? Will it make the whole place nicer to have it in full glass? Alternative #2: I was thinking since this is a MODERN RESORT THEME, would it be better to do wood framed glass door to kitchen and a wooden window where the glass panel is now? Would it make it too resorty and take away modern?

Got it! I actually saw a lamp that looks something like the below... a bit modern but I thought if I put it at the dining area, it would modernise the whole "resort" haha! http://singapore-lighting.com/images/hangi...ht/R111_160.jpg >> the one I saw is made of metal zig zags. Would it look too weird? ahaha

Hi Everyone! I have finally drawn my layout out to scale (hopefully it is ) Please give me your comments. This is the kitchen: I have 3m of space to play with after giving the fridge 0.9m of width. This is how I divided it up: 0.5m - space between fridge and cooker 0.9m - size of cooker 0.5m - space between cooker and sink 0.9m - sink 0.2m - space between sink and wall Anything I should be wary of with the above planning? The other side of the L will be: 0.7m - size of washing machine 1.3m - size of full height cabinets (0.4m is where all the pipes are, so i will just put like brooms and stuff here. 0.8m is a full height cabinet that has pull out shelves for all my appliances) The Living Room Allowance between TV & Sofa too much or too little? I don't mind a Coffee Table but I dunno if there is space. I hope to have enough space to station a pc behind the sofa in time to come. I can live with side tables if no space for kopi table. The MBR To ossify, thank you. I have adjusted my layout a bit. Was thinking maybe I could get the ID to box up the wall indent behind the bedframe. It could act like a little ledge as well...... what do you all think? My MBR toilet has no space for a sink. If I move the sink out to the vanity, is it too squeezy? I currently only put depth as 0.3m and the width is 0.8m....

Haha ya...15... o.O I no money and first timer in reno... so must do ten times more research than other people.