thirdrockdweller

Go Ikea fans, Go!

Products bought / to be acquired; Hansgrohe / Kohler Mixers Hansgrohe Focus E2 Bath mixer (common bathroom)Hansgrohe Focus E2 Basin mixer (both bathrooms)Hansgrohe Allegra Variarc Kitchen mixerKohler Karbon Kitchen mixer (KIV until I can find a better potfiller) MBR Bathroom Hansgrohe Croma 100 Showerpipe with S150 AIR Raindance handshower Common Bathroom Hansgrohe Unica'Reno Lift Set with E150 AIR Raindance and finally, Hansgrohe bidet All items bought from Home & Bathroom Building Product Pte Ltd (Balestier Road). The pieces come in various packages. Go check out their package deals now. We managed to get further discount on our purchases

Yah, got them during the recent Tangs sale. With the rebate for Citibank cards and discount for electrical appliances, WHAT A BARGAIN!!!!

Hi pinkpetter, thanks for the welcome

Hi amrasenelya, Wow, everything seems to be coming along nicely. By the time of our first appointment, I think your place should be done.

Hi CJREDDEVIL, That's very good advice. We'll definitely take our time to plan.

First serious chunk of money spent. Blew our budget by a factor of 4, but what can we say, we fell in love...

Ooops.... my humblest apologies . For all the IKEA fanboys / fangirls, checkout IKEAFANS for useful / interesting tips & ideas for your IKEA stuff. Info on the Christmas Advent Daily Specials. HAPPY SHOPPING!!!

Haha, no need to leave it to chance, would love to have you and the missus over for coffee and my wife's cakes (the wife's a aspiring pastry chef ). The cost of carpentry nowadays is kinda high. A significant chunk of our reno fund is usually channeled to carpentry. That's partly the reason we decided to skimp on the woodworks. The others being taste and preference. Anyway, the wife and I are sorta closet IKEA fans (don't tell anyone). With a little bit of DIY ingenuity and "hacking", their stuffs are pretty sturdy. In fact, we just returned from the Tampines one and managed to pick up a couple of good bargains. Check out their "Christmas Advent Daily Offers".

50k COV? What?! I can only sigh We are on a fairly low floor. An initial factor that was a deal breaker for us but after many viewings of low level units, we warmed up to the idea of being closer to the carpark which may prove convenient when we eventually (or soon, keeping our fingers crossed) have a child. We especially liked those blocks that have direct links to the carparks on the first 3-4 floors. Very convenient. Our ID is I.D.+A at The Alexcier. We have a pretty solid grasp on what we are going for thematic wise. Very minimalist approach (aka "save money" approach). Basically, structural renovation. Hacking of walls, re-flooring, re-wiring / LAN cabling / doors. No fabrication of cabinets except the kitchen as we prefer to buy "stand alone" furnitures. As our ID put it, give him a "shell" and he'll return a "shell" to us, albeit a nicer looking shell with prettier floor and paint job . I'll elaborate more on this when the wife and I have worked out the major kinks. We'll leave the refinement to the professionals

Thank you lord vader.

Hi amrasenelya, Hey hey, we are @ 652. We're practically neighbours. Yup, price wise, it was quite a steal. The wife and I've almost given up. Everyone was asking for ridiculously high COVs. Very fortunate to have found this place. We like the layout. Though bigger bathrooms would be ideal. I see that you are trying to enlarge your bathroom area as well. So far no pics yet. The seller is extremely busy and hence, no access. Hoping to get in there to take measurements with my ID sometime this coming week. Will post pics ASAP. BTW, been loving your updates. Keep them coming.

I believe another forumer; amrasenelya shares the same layout as us, albeit mirrored left-right. Been following their odyssey / progress for awhile now. Never get tired of seeing a transformation at work.

My thoughts exactly. Chance upon a dining table we really like but could not make a commitment at that time and when we finally did decide to get it, needless to say, last piece sold and product discontinued. Anyway, we did manage to "CON"vince some nice folks to agree to house our paid stuff for an unusually long time. Hope they don't start charging for storage.

Hi dannywmp, Thanks for the tips. Was given similar advise by a couple of folks. Unfortunately, my wife and I (I think mostly me) are easily distracted by shiny things and have parted ways with some cash for a few items. Our current place is beginning to resemble a mini warehouse. Anyway, we can only hope that the bargains we managed to eke out would eventually prove worthwhile.

Greetings fellow forumers! It’s great to be finally able to do this. This means after many fruitless hunts, my wife and I eventually found a place that agreed with our sensibilities and price point. OTP(ed) for a place in Punggol Central in October and we are now eagerly waiting for our first appointment in late January next year. Wow, don’t remember HDB ever taking that long but as we understand it, HDBs are selling like hot cakes nowadays (who buys “Hot” cakes anyway) and has created quite the backlog. Targeted handover date is late March 2010. Guess we’ll have plenty of time to learn from you good folks then. Couple of months to plan, re-plan, shop and pack do seem ideal and may prove helpful in retrospect. We are giddied with excitement and in awed of the sheer volume of effort required that lies ahead of us as we begin our journey to create our new home. So, let’s get cracking. Bon voyage? Hope so. Floor Plan