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  7. Posted

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    Sharp Healsio AX-1500V (know nothing about ovens but using this as a reference for features; appreciate any recommendations in this area.. )

    Mmm... I got a similar Healsio. Smaller version. Not bad. Got super steam, steam, bake and grill oven, microwave. My 12-yo son use the oven bake pizzas!! :D

  8. Posted

    Has been reading the forum for quite some time and knew abt ppl do a self advertise.

    Anyway, i and my wife had just bought our love nest. Currently, i have come out with a rough idea of how it should look like and did a simple design using the interior design free software.

    By the way, I did went to 3 id firm and the quotation for the whole hse reno will cost likely 40k. So thinking whether if i go thru using contractor, will it be much more cheaper, maybe 1/2 of the price quote from id firm???

    If so, any of you have contractor contact, do post in the thread.

    Thanks.

    Hi, congrats to getting a new home. You can pm me for my contractor/id details if you like. Think he's quite ok. You can view my home in my signature.

  11. Posted

    Great service. After first purchase, made changes to lights wanted. No questions asked, no problem at all. After second purchase, change dining light twice, also no problem. Delivery super prompt, on the dot. When unpacking, realised 1 glass frame broke for the room light. Called them, they readily delivered and replaced the broken part.

  12. Posted

    Mmm... mine 5i 122sqm -> 2770

    hack floor for living, dining, passage way kitchen service balcony

    discard existing door frame in kitchen

    hack off bathroom floor and wall tiles and 2 doors

    discard kitchen cabinet and clear off site

    discard ktichen and toilets sanitary fitting

    hack and discard living built-in cabinets

    hack living false ceiling/L-box and rooms' cornices

    supply sand and haulage material to door step

    clear deris off site

    acid wash

    floor protection

  13. Posted

    Hi, I just sold my 4A at Street 24 too. :D I think the bamboo sticks can be shorten to the length you want. I used to have the pull up/down thing too but I usually use hangers to hang clothes and then put up onto the rods. So never pull down at all... unless hang bedsheets... Now I use water pipes! Cut to length and also never take down. Like the silver colour. ;)

  15. Posted

    Mine also 5i. only keep bedroom floor. hack and throw the rest. plaster kitchen walls. built-in kitchen cabinets and 3 bedroom wardrobes. Abt 30k.

    You might like to save on carpentry. U have quite a bit there. Also you have lots of false ceiling, so lightings would definitely cost quite a lot. going to do downlights for rooms as well? Consider cost of each light point and to install light.

  16. Posted

    Hi,

    I went to a kitchen showroom to get ideas for my kitchen. This kitchen specialist has advised me that it is not advisable to use glass backsplash for the stove area. The glass will crack if we cook at high fire. If we are using induction stove, then it will not be a problem. Is this true?

    I'm using a gas hob both burners are big and tempered glass backsplash. So far ok.

  17. Posted · Edited by sff

    According to the screenshot you posted, 10% cash is for taking bank loan. If take HDB loan, downpayment can use CPF, but must give back 50% net profit. But you might like to confirm with HDB what they want exactly.

    Some stuff from MAS

    Increase the Minimum Cash Payment from 5% to 10% of the Valuation Limit for Property Purchasers with one or more outstanding Housing Loans

    8 Previously, property buyers have to make cash payment of at least 5% of the valuation limit5. With effect from 30 Aug 20106, the cash payment is increased from 5% to 10% of the valuation limit7. This measure is applied only to buyers of private residential properties, Executive Condominiums, HUDC flats and HDB flats (including those under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme, or DBSS flats) who are taking housing loans from financial institutions regulated by MAS and who already have one or more outstanding housing loans at the time of applying for a housing loan for the new property purchase.

    Decrease the LTV limit for housing loans granted by financial institutions regulated by MAS from the current 80% to 70% for Property Purchasers with one or more outstanding Housing Loans

    9 The LTV limit is lowered from 80% to 70% with effect from 30 Aug 20108 for borrowers who have one or more outstanding housing loans (whether from HDB or a financial institution regulated by MAS) at the time of applying for a housing loan for the new property purchase. Borrowers who do not have any outstanding housing loans continue to have an LTV cap of 80%. These rules apply to housing loans granted by financial institutions for private residential properties, Executive Condominiums, HUDC flats and HDB flats (including DBSS flats).

    10 Loans granted by HDB for HDB flats (including DBSS flats) will still have an LTV cap of 90%. HDB loans are offered to eligible first-time flat buyers and second-timers who are right-sizing their flats to meet their housing needs. They are required to utilise all of their CPF Ordinary Account balance before HDB loans will be granted. Furthermore, those taking a second concessionary HDB loan must use the CPF refund and 50% of the cash proceeds from the sale of their previous flat before they are granted an HDB loan. This is in line with HDB's home ownership policy of helping eligible buyers, especially first-time buyers, purchase public housing in a financially prudent manner.

  20. Posted

    Hi,

    Why dun u ask your contractor?

    Think u need to know how big is your oven compartment. Might be 15 ft bottom, 2 ft for top oven cabinet and 2 ft for middle oven cabinet and the other 3 ft for the box up area there cos it's jutting out? Cos I have a similar oven unit like u and my id told me he count like that. But for your sink area, that I don't really know.

    Maybe some other ppl can advise u better. :D

  23. Posted

    hi sff

    you are back! finally yr reno is fully completed. Congrats - yr house is really nice! Lots of glass - I like! I almost can "feel' my completed house when looking at yr pics!

    I am also having lots of glass, alot orange glass in kitchen!

    how did u tell yr ID the kind of orange u wanted?

    Thank u thank u. I'm sure your house will be very nice too when completed. Wah! You also got orange! Whew! So qiao. Orange and lots of glass.

    As for my orange, my id got panels of small pieces of colour glass. Then he tell me that I can choose, this, this, this and that. So I just point the colour to him.

  24. Posted

    There are some stuff I think that one should take note of when doing reno.

    1. Choosing tiles

    When we went to Hafary to choose tiles, the tiles displayed there all look so nice. At first we chose some tiles based on what we saw but luckily we asked for mini samples. Cos when we put the samples under a different lighting, the effect is different. Quite a few times, we realised that the colours we initally chose was not what we wanted. So in the end, we just asked for samples of specific tiles and took them to look under white light before agreeing to the choices.

    2. Pipes

    I have always dislike the sight of water pipes and my bb gal tends to step on them. So for my new home, to prevent pipes from crossing all sorts of walls, I drew a pipes plan and gave it to my id. I told him how I wanted the pipes to be run and how they should be as hidden as possible. Otherwise, I believe the plumber would just happier run the pipes anywhere and everywhere. Why am I so sure? Cos I requested for an extra water point for my washing area in the service balcony, and I did not have time to explain how to run it. Sure enough, the plumber just ran it across the wall waist level and then drop down to knee level and then plant a tap there. Still an eyesore!

    3. Electrical

    I also drew up a plan to explain where I want all my lights, switches and plugs, and how the wires to be run. So where possible, wires and casing are hidden from sight.

    4. Shower area

    I realised that I could request for a bigger shower area when they are making the shower drop. So silly me. So I asked for 900mm instead of 800mm. More space to move around in the shower area.

    More later...

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