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Edmund's after sales service is v good. Coming to 2 years after handover and he's still contactable and helpful.

1 1/2 years in after the hand over, Edmund is still contactable and helpful with some small issues.

actually should add a link to the old thread in the 1st post for easy reference. Bedok central going to be more crowded with the new swimming pool location. http://heartland.hdb.gov.sg/ECExhibition.html

everything looking good

i am using closet design, mine was $2.5k for 16ft w/o doors, US concept. my personal opinion, i would say the workmanship is good but materials not that fantastic.

yah lor. mine no gst, if got gst then will be same price as ID liao.

no problem. i also know not cheap but after going thru 10 reno firms, we more or less know the price we are looking at. i wished i had the time and energy to go look for the cheapest reno firm but i am ok with what i have selected.

maybe he's talking about the hdb pipes.

not that much lah. my wardrobe, windows and electrical works already 7k. The rest done by my contractor. how much he earn i am not too sure but he is already the cheapest of all that I have found. getting ID will add another 2k at least. ultimately, spend lots of money or spend little money, most impt is to get the job done and you like the end product.

i think trimming is only for laminate flooring. kitchen is using tiles right? then most probably have to do the normal skirting.

hey, thanks yup, the reason for the uneveness was the original floor was already uneven and we did not do anything about it. was informed by the tiler about this problem earlier but we decided to just overlay as planned to save cost. i did not get the 4mm rubber underlay, mine is just the standard foam underlay. i did ask them back and they suggested they can max-bond a few affected areas. i am still considering whether to do it cos after a while i might have gotten used to the unevenss and it'll not bother me that much anymore. will see how lor.

total reno cost minus furnitures, electrical appliance and lights is $35k. if I do it your way, maybe still can hit your amount.

hehe.. i hope i can say the same 1 year later.

you are using panny sys-3 right? mine is toshiba sys-2 non invertor. sys-3 at $1499??? that is really cheap leh, even for non-invertor!!

here's my simple review of my contractor. he is Edmund from DX Interior. Overall I am satisfied with his work. Tho there are some things that had problems but he did not give excuses and acknowledged the problem and got it sorted out. He is not the quickest, our reno took 8 weeks, but he still managed to HO to us before CNY as promised. Some items were thought to be only done after CNY e.g. tempered glass, he helped us to get it done before CNY. As you know if you read blog, I had problem with my store room door because the drawing I gave him had the door opening inwards instead of outwards. He managed to find a way to help me do it without hacking the door frame. No complain from him. As he's a contractor, we had to come up with our own design and color combi for our place. But he did provided us with a 3D of our kitchen. He will give suggestions and let us know the alternatives that are available. These are the works that was done by his people. 1. Wetworks and tiling - Done by an uncle and his assistance. Took 4 weeks. Slow but end product is good. 2. Plastering - Done by 1 guy. Pity this guy, cos he stayed quite late all the time and even worked on weekends. 3. Partition and False ceiling. Done by 2 men. Finished everything in 4 days. 4. Painting - Done by 2 men. Quite bad 1st time round. Feedback to Edmund and he got another painter in to do the touch up. Much better. 5. Carpentry - Done by 2 men. Overall carpentry was not bad. No pigeon hole in the cabinets. But there were some scratches on the cabinet doors. Feedback to Edmund and he got the carpenter to replace those doors with long scratches. 6. Plumbing - Done by an uncle. Quite friendly and end product is good. 7. Electrical - Done by Edmund's electrician. Uncle abit blur, maybe too busy already. He came to my place not less than 10 times. But in the end everything was settle nicely. 8. Laminate Flooring - Done by kronotex. Only complain is my uneven floor, other than that quite ok. 10. Door works - Veneer main door and solid classic door. Quite ok till they suppose to paint/varnish the doors. The 1st time round was quite bad. Feedback to Edmund, he called the guy and told him his work sucks, told him to come down at night to do it again. Edmund came at night and told him the things that need to be done. The painter supposedly is the boss. 11. Windows and Gate - Done by Alex, Yick Hong. Reasonable priced and workmanship is quite good. Only problem is we are using natural color aluminum and some parts of the grille and frame are abit dirty. 12. Wardrobe - Done by closet design. Workmanship ok but material used like not very good. As of now, I am still holding 10% of the reno costs which will be paid 2 weeks after HO. This is because his policy is 10(deposit)-40(tiling start)-30(measure carpentry)-10(HO)-10(2 weeks after HO). These are the shops that we ordered our furnitures and electrical from. 1. Lorenzo 2. Absolute Bedding 3. FORMS 4. Asia Excel 5. GR Link 6. Premier Lighting 7. Best Denki 8. Harvey Norman 9. V.hive No major problem. FORMS missed our delivery and was rescheduled a few days later.

thanks, we really love our granite sink and granite top. oh yah, the 2 pics were taken on different days. sorry for the confusion. cos the billy 'tv console' and book shelves were only delivered on the 1st day of CNY. wanted to get it earlier but no stock. had been calling IKEA quite frequently to check the stock. once arrived, we chiong to get it. it's narrow but still acceptable, about 50cm. couldn't find any other alternatives other than the billy so no choice.

Yes, its the confirmed layout. The billy w/tv is in front of our bed. Wanted to get the expedit book shelf but its too deep which makes the walking space v narrow.

master bed room Billy book case as a tv console, going to do some diy tohide the cables dressing table and entrance to WIW

thanks thanks. yah lor, luckily got cny holidays. yup, the tv is mounted on concrete wall.

Happy Chinese New Year! here are some pictures taken during the move in. living room kitchen

have not finished unpacking yet cos I let me wife unpack 1st. 2 person unpack together = chaos! read your story, their help line really cannot make it. even if it's singtel's problem/mistake, can only say 'sorry but have to follow standard protocol' i am a very patient person, to make me flare up is really not easy, singtel has the honour to be the 1st this year. will give them another day today, otherwise i will go to comcentre tomorrow.

finally moved in last friday. everything is done up in time. even the tempered glass backing and door are up. thanks to my contractor for his help to push. all the touch up and rectification are done. maybe 1 more round of painting after CNY. still in the process of unpacking and buying small small items for daily use. also missing a computer, going to sls this friday to buy the parts and assemble. but had a very bad encounter with singtel. called way back in Jan for them to relocate my mio internet and tv to my new house number and maintain my parent's number. they terminate my parent's number twice during the process. then on monday, they terminated my number. till today only got back my phone, internet and mio tv still pending. WTF is singtel doing, such a simple task of relocating and they cock it up. cannot even follow simple instructions and their helpline is crap. even dare to hang up my call and show me attitude. going to write in a complain letter after all is done. talk to them nicely, they take their own sweet time. only when i flare up then they get things done. will post more pics when i am more settled in. move house is really tiring. my contractor is Edmund from DX Interior. Will write a review sometime later. Overall quite happy with his work.

phone line should be quite fast but depending on their schedule. 3 days should be no problem. internet depends on which isp, if starhub, no need land line. if singtel, maybe u can arrange together with the land line. have you also fixed a date for the gas turn on and installation of the pipe to your cooker?

cannot change to another basin from poh joo? 5cm might be not much but if you are particular, it might turn out to be an eyesore.

oh, din realise u dun have a hood. actually the top 4 doors looks equal. maybe can use them as a reference.