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My sister in law is in process of divorcing, now 31 year old. She has joint tenancy with husand for a 3 rm resale flat. Questions: - Is she allowed to "buy over" husband's share? Price determined by HDB? - What/how are the procedures like? Thank you.

All liquids "soak into" granite easy & fast, unless the granite has been "saturated" to some extent. Not necessary to be "corrosive" fluid. Say putting an oily jar at base & put on granite top for a few hour would cause the stain, then use porous paper to "suck" the oil out. Saturation can be by means of mopping the granite daily with damped cloth for almost 3 months. Disfussion means, make the stains soften first & by effects of "higher densed" stains flowing toward "lesser densed" liquid(eg clear water), repeat a few time to make the stain less obvious.

Serious, the stain get "soaked in" to the layer. Yoongf, any recommendation? Disffusion method work? By putting a wet cloth on top for say 30 mins, hope the stain "disfuses" to cloth, repeat the cycle a few time? Or a less-dense(but evaporate fast) liquid is better?

Consider: 1. Money 2. Color/style matching 3. Durability -Suspended not so good - always crack & leave a gap between wall & console, put putty/silicon solve temporary - but look "nice" - Always having color matching problem for those ready-made. - Just ask the ID/carpenter to make one similar to the ready-made. - I sketch a drawing & ask furniture maker to customise a full-teak 8-ft TV console, put together with TV feature wall. I get the color sample and pass to ID whose "match" the color for the feature wall.

See my comments below, hope it helps. You must have met up with ID & come with the details already. To demolish existing floor tiles at kitchen area. To demolish existing kitchen cabinet cement base at kitchen area. To dismantle existing top & bottom kitchen cabinet. To demolish existing (5X4)ft wall between kitchen & dining area. To dismantle existing aluminum sliding window for whole house. To dismantle existing aluminum sliding grilles for whole house. To dismantle existing simple cornices **** & dining area. To dismantle existing floor skirting ****, dining, balcony & 03 bedrooms. To dismantle existing full height wardrobe at master & bedroom 2. To dismantle existing full height shoe cabinet at foyer area. $1,750.00 ----OK To supply & lay (300X300)mm matt homogenous floor tiles at foyer area.(@$3/-psf). $450.00 - 600x600, or 300x300??Matt look very dull, like those coffee shop's flooring, suggest u change to "polished" surface - price ok To supply & lay (300X600)mm matt homogenous floor tiles at kitchen area.(@$3/-psf). $1,020.00 - ok To supply & overpath cement screeding at kitchen wall. $950.00 -Why don't hack away wall tile? instead of "overlay" cement, cement may not "stick" after sometime. Believed price incl minor "hacking" - then should be acceptable. To supply & construct cement base for kitchen cabinet, fridge & washer. $390.00 -ok To supply & install stainless steel rubbish chute at kitchen area. $230.00 - ~$150 To supply make good & cement smooth surrounding wall opening between kitchen & dining area. $200.00 - ok To supply & change existing pipe to copper piping for at kitchen & 02 bathrooms area.$650.00 -ok, stainless steel is better. To supply & install 02nos hot water point piping at 02 bathrooms.$180.00 - Common storage type?-then ok To supply labour to install kitchen sink & lever tap. $100.00 - Can save this, if get sink/tap from supplier. To supply inlet & discharge piping for kitchen sink & washing machine. $130.00 -Too calculative, this should be part of kitchen cabinet's job. To supply labour to install bathroom accessories for 02 bathrooms $70.00 - Can ask carpenter to install for u for free. To supply labour to install 02nos mini Bidet spray at 02 bathrooms $50.00 -ditto To supply labour to install 01no storage tank heater at common bathroom. $95.00 - installation cost come with product. To erect false ceiling & light pelmet **** area. $650.00 -ok To erect false ceiling, light pelmet & curtain pelmet at master room. $920.00 -ok To supply & install (Floorich) laminate flooring c/w skirting ****, dining, balcony & 03 bedrooms. $4,180.00 -No comment To fabricate & install (3X7)ft full height clear mirror c/w solid ply backing. $590.00 -should be $450 To fabricate & install 4ft(L) full height shoe cabinet with solid ply in laminate finish. $940.00 -ok, laminate should be those "hard to scratch" type. To fabricate & install 4ft(L) full height panel with solid ply c/w shelves in laminate finish. $720.00 -ok To fabricate & install 12ft(L) low storage cabinet with solid ply in laminate finish. $1,520.00 -ok To fabricate & install 9.5ft(L) TV wall feature with solid ply c/w clear mirror/ shelving & 3ft(L) storage $2,900.00 -No comment, must see drawing To fabricate & install 9.5ft(L) low TV console with solid ply c/w drawers & compartments in laminate. $1,350.00 - abt this price To fabricate & install 06nos panel collapsable door with solid ply c/w upper tracking & clear lami glass $3,150.00 -ok To fabricate & install 5ft(L) Bi-fold window with solid ply c/w lourves in white spray paint finish. $720.00 -ok To fabricate & install 5ft(L) suspended service counter with solid ply in laminate finish. $260.00 -ok To fabricate & install 44ft(L) top and bottom kitchen cabinet with solid ply in laminate finish. $4,840.00 (45 degree Silver ABS trimming/ 03nos frosted glass panel/ cutlery tray/ dish strainer/ 2 way track.) ok To fabricate & install 26ft(L) solid surface kitchen top. (Imperial) $1,950.00 -ok To fabricate & install 3ft(L) low cabinet with solid ply box up rubbish chute area. $280.00 -ok- suggest u not to cover up the chute! To fabricate & install 5ft(L) low storage cabinet with solid ply c/w solid surface top in laminate finish. $870.00 -ok To fabricate & install 14ft(L) frosted tempered glass panel c/w wood backing. $890.00 -ok To fabricate and install 8ft(L) wardrobe with solid ply c/w swing door in laminate finish. $1,760.00 -Swing door?Got space? - $1760 is cheap To fabricate and install 3.5ft(L) full height panel with solid ply c/w 04nos shelving in laminate finish. $860.00 -ok To fabricate and install 2ft(L) full height false wall with partition board in paint finish. $200.00 -ok To fabricate & install 12ft(L) full height wardrobe with solid ply c/w swing door in laminate finish. $2,700.00 -ok To fabricate & install 3.5ft(L) low chest of drawers with solid ply in laminate finish. $500.00 -ok To fabricate and install 5.5ft(L) low headboard with solid ply c/w cushion upholstery in veneer finish. $560.00 -ok To fabricate and install Queen size bedframe with solid ply c/w storage in veneer finish. $1,100.00 -ok To fabricate & install 02nos bedside table in laminate finish. $420.00 -ok To fabricate & install 2nos 2ft(L) vanity storage cabinet with mirror in laminate finish. $660.00 - no comment To fabricate & install 3ft(L) top hung & 1ft(L) tall storage cabinet with solid ply in laminate finish at $570.00 -No comment To supply & install white powdered coated aluminum sliding window c/w tinted glass panel at $2,990.00 -ok To supply & install white powdered coated aluminum casement window c/w glass panel at kitchen only. $ 290.00 -ok To supply & install white powdered coated aluminum sliding grilles for whole house. $1,690.00 -ok To supply & install 01no Wrought Iron gate & fixed panel at main entrance. $920.00 - Iron or ss316? $400 can get one, your may be complcated. To supply & install 01no swing door with 12mm clear tampered glass c/w floor spring at kitchen entr. $650.00 - SWING again, obstruct traffic flow! top hung sliding is better isn't ? To supply & install 01no frameless shower screen with10mm (thk) clear tempered glass at master bath $350.00 -Dimension?, 3 ft x 3ft?- cheap To supply & install 01no frameless shower screen with10mm (thk) clear tempered glass at comm bath $490.00 -ok, any kerb built to stop water from...? To supply & paint whole house wall with ICI emulsion paint. $1,450.00 -ok To apply for haulage service includes sand/stock up/ clear debris by contractor. $350.00 -ok To supply & install Goodrich wall covering at master headboard area only. $850.00 - No comment FOC To supply & lay protective covering for whole house. FOC To supply & paint main door & 03nos bedroom doors in ICI glossy white paint. FOC To supply & install additonal 3ft(L) solid surface top for rubbish chute. FOC Total $52,455.00

Let me be the busybody: "Altar best to be placed facing OUT not IN, especially not facing toward rooms where human live, or toward kitchens. If having no incidents, or fortune will be reduced." "Placing GOD towards main door, will bring in "luck" chi. No good to room (or ppl in rooms??).....Altar is where GOD is placed, room is for ppl to rest, husband & wife to intimate......thus pay no respect to Altar......" Anyway, many famous Hong Kong Fsms wrote， “安神位宜向出不宜向入，尤其不宜向有人住的房间与厨房。。。若无祸比减荫福。。。“ Another one wrote: “把神向大门， 吸旺气。所以对房间不利。。。。神位为供奉神灵地方， 睡房为供人们休息地方，为夫妇相处亲热地方。。。故向神位为不敬。。。“

My present house (23 storey) has windowless grills, but with 2 horizontal bars at lower end - I follow my previous condo unit. I felt with window grilles, views get obstructed. Anyway, my children already 15 & 11. ID initially told me the contractor has "no experience" as to my requirements. I've rejected a few samples (too soft) until a found a "solid" hollow aluminium bar with epoxy-powder painted.

MIL stays with us since day1 I get married. My wife is the elder & she has a 10 year younger sister. They stayed in "rented" flat, so I "invited" them over. MIL sweep and mop floor everyday! When sweeping, all windows/main door closed......can imagine ? Anyway, many thanks to her efforts, I can always sit/sleep any where on the floor. With the rug (abt 6 meter x 1.5 meter), she asked: "how to mop the floor ?", after that rug landed in store room.

Points taken. - I'm still wondering whether worthy to park 5% +15%+ stamp duty for a project's TOP, say in 2014 (3 years away), however, I also recognise the fact that early birds eat "better" stuff - in term of floor, view, stack, etc.. Leave the progressive payment one side first. -Also notice those "small" units very hot, besides "investment" and "cash flow" reasons, what else could have led to this?

Ya lor, now smarter, do (system 3) all at one go, no more visible "urgly" trunkings. No FCU in hall, but 2 KDK 56 inch ceiling fans - 5 speeds, RC.

Felt FS believers/practicers are rather "pang tang" over door facing staircase or lift. HDB stair is in Z-shaped, depending on how you look at it, can be "DOWN" , or "UP". Lift can be either "Down" or "UP". So? - I bought a 1st hand 5 rm in 1992 for $124.4K and sold in 2007 for $450K. - Main door directly facing one of the 2 lifts. Never mind, staircase on right hand of main door (view from inside) is "DOWN" ~2 meter from main door. The "UP" portion nearer to neighbour. - Whenever going out or coming back home, found super convenient, especially when carry heavy stuff, need not to walk far. - MIL like to wash common area (5 units per floor) practically everyday, the water from common chute area, and she just "sweep" the water to the "Down" staircase (floor trap is located 9 steps down), super convienient! - Never mind, when MIL wash, some neighbours will automatically help also, understanding neighbour, feel touching.... - Frankly speaking, I really missed the lift and the "DOWN" staircase.

Waterfront Gold, $820psf, worth to buy?

-Wow, change properties like changing clothes. -4rm condo, holding for 2 yr, I double "how much" one can fetch, after deducting stamp duty. -Now stay HDB 5rm for 2 year, looking for EM My advise: - Since 2 princesses still young, no hurry to look for "good school", hold the idea of shifting. - What a economical waste for not working - just to look after children? - This is the "precious moment in life" to experience social work life and keep oneself "contact" with outside world. One will "miss" when old - Also is the "precious moment" to work & save for not only children, but old age as well. Ditto - Parents usually "sacrify" for children - move house for good schools. - Good strategy is to hold 2 properties (bought at low), and sell away one in high. Wait again for the low to come & "grasp" then "let go"...

1. Homogeneous tiles for a 5A, hall, room, how much? How to quote? Must specific some price range, eg tiles price (<$2.5psf) then make sense. 2. Kitchen cabinet, 17 ft, how to quote? You don't know the L, T model, top & bottom?. Must have 4-eye meeting to discuss then make sense!- 3. Glass door??swing?, slide?one pc, top hung?,bottom slide? too many specificcations to narrow down! Must meet & discuss, if not, is a one-way "assumption" - waste both parties' time. 4. Many.....Carpentry works, too many laminate to choose, teak? Naytoh? Oak?Ramin? just too many. Unless one who doest know all these and let one part decides for him. Implying that deciding the price as well. A good quote is, after meeting up or even site survey, with clear breakdown of material use, psf price, or even method used.... Not a "general" quote- wasting your time, and you are trying to compare prices for "something" which you do not really understand.

- Those who like to put rug, mostly are husand-and-wife family with no child/children. - The same for "open concept kitchen" - husband-and-wife team, they don't really cook!. Actually, in 1994, I bought one from IKEA for almost $200. Get scolded from MIL....eventually kept in storeroom for a few years, then throw away during a spring cleaning.

Here are the pics. 1. 3 piles at TV console. http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5541/56050327.jpg 2. 3 pilers at study(1 big, 2 small), 2 pilers at dinning area http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6264/dscn0783xj.jpg

See above for my close estimation, ID MUST see the actual site before quoting a reasonable, accurate, figures. If contractor can quote u, based on yr description, pls don't trust, figures can vary a lot, must specify the materials you want.

Wow, buy land & build house your own?

You sure can survive in Mongolian tent. Mongolians put rug to make uneven floor smooth, they roll up the rug and "GO". Nowonder the German can't understand why Singaporeans: - Buy expensive house and let maid stay, himself seldom at home. -Park expensive car at home and take bus to work, just to save parking fee. -Put "cheap" rug to "protect" granite flooring ?

I've 8 pillars in hall, 3 at TV feature wall, 3 at study area, 2 at dining area. 5 pilars = $600. I have some on/off switches mounted on them. These pillars are made of ply-wood, hollow, covered by laminate. Originally asked ID for "full, side wood" - can't find? Then ask ID to make slightly "round" corners at 4 sides of a piler, laminate can bend but cannot hold firm for long time. I've 5 cement beams within house - 1 in kitchen, 2 at hall, 1 in dining, 1 in study area. Feel "pressed" by beams, so install false ceiling to reduce effect, but found "too many" horizontal edges at ceiling after those L-box, square/rectangular boxes, so decided to make sometime 8 verticel pilers to counter the effect, pilers allow wind flowing through as well as not so much blocking light.

Agents must have been taught(by their upbring education, agencies)to "judge/perceive" a potential client's purchasing power & intention of buying, by whatever ways & means, philosophy is " HIT THE TARGET WITH MINIMUM RESOURCES". Judgement/perception follow by attitude, behaviour & actions & these J & P are a one-way ticket decision making, with 50-50% accuracy. They have forgot the wise saying: "Never judge a book by its cover" If I've intention to buy and the serving agent is of the mentioned "one kind", I'll ignor him & look for another one immediately to show him my "another kind". My style is do homework first before walking into any showroom. Will look at floor plan, filter out those having "evening sun", 8 storey & below, stacks at L junction( 2 roads)......

Here are the pict 1. Original is the "entrance" to kitchen, built half-wall, half is 10mm-thickness glass(25sqft), transparent. Left side is the 12-ft mirror. http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7915/dscn0598x.jpg http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4357/dscn0738m.jpg 2 Orginal is wall, knocked down whole wall, built up left & right walls, centre is 44 inch(original asked for 48inch), top hung, 10mm thickness tampered glass, 2 piece, sliding. Glass door=$650 http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5117/image0194.jpg http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7931/10002577.jpg

This forum is good, on many practical topics.

Can show some pictures for better understanding? I'll post the 10mm glass door pic later.

Can post the pictures?