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BlurRhino

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  1. Think due to year end peak period, all the contractors are busy ba.. my reno will be completed later than planned as my carpentry can only delivered early Jan next year.. No wonder people say its never a good idea to renovate at year end..
  2. Haha ya lor, praying very hard he is indeed that good.. Will sure advertise big big for him in my blog!! wahahaha!!
  3. Hihi, don't be too upset ya! hmm.. I think most of the IDs will not stay around and watch the workers work ba, since if they are good they should have plenty of projects to manage, so looking on the bright side, your ID is good! guess most important is so far have your ID stick to his schedule? and even though he is not around most of the time, did you get a feel that he is losing control of his workers? Smoking and not using mbr toilet, hmm frankly speaking is very hard to impose and enforce.. Even though i am strongly against smoking, i know its impossible to ban smoking in the house since most of the workers are smokers.. and to them its a need.. But got burn marks on your fixtures are definitely not acceptable and let should let your ID know.. See what he can do to remove the mark.. Hmmm.. the plan for my reno for the next few weeks also clean first, lay corrugated protection and install carpentry but then there will be a final cleaning before handover lo.. maybe you want to check whether there will be another cleaning after carpentry? i believe there should be.. Anyway don't fret too much ya, talk to your ID and see how he address your concerns, may turn out good!
  4. Updates.. Meet my carpenter today, impression is excellent!! Like what my colleague who used the same carpenter had mentioned to me, this carpenter can go become an ID liao! He can create fantastic drawings freehand on the spot (from front, side and even bird-eye view! ), which allow us to visualize what he intend to do and together with Red Audi, give plenty of suggestions and improvements to our original design based on the 3D pics.. In fact i enjoy seeing both of them debating over the laminates and colours to be used, very interesting lor! hehe.. Now can't wait to see the final products, hope its as good as what i think it will be!! I think our final product will look different from the 3D pics lo.. haha.. But now i know why Red Audi nicknamed this carpenter giorgio armani, really very stylish! Overall have a mentally tired but very satisfactory session this afternoon.. Great!! Perhaps the only downside is because due to year-end peak period, the carpenter can only delivered early Jan so my handover will be postponed too.. Not too much of a problem for us as we are not in a hurry to move, the only hassle is that moi have to call several places to re-schedule delivery of electronics and furniture... hmmm.. Well, i guess good things just have to wait ba!
  5. haha thanks! iphone camera resolution is quite good leh, the pics used in my furniture story are taken by my gf using her iphone lor and i think its great!
  6. huh.. dun scare me leh, i primarily used downlights for lighting purpose lo.. so if they are not bright enough, then i am in trouble! hmmm..
  7. My missus complained to me earlier in the evening why i did not mention anything about the false ceiling that are been done.. Problem is the false ceiling look bland without lightings and most importantly, the photos i take sux.. But she say my reno journal are not completed without mentioning this detail.. haha.. so no choice have to throw face here and pull out 2 photos to show the false ceilings.. Backtrack to my first week of reno... Red Audi mentioned that he prefer to start things from top to bottom so the false ceiling was the first to come right after hacking, and they are very fast to complete their works! think they take about 2 days to complete the false ceilings and box-ups of for my whole house.. From MBR.. From Kitchen... Left is the false ceiling that extended out to my original kitchen area, and on the far right you got a glimpse of the false ceiling in my hall.. Okay as mentioned the photos above sux.. haha.. don't know what i taking at all.. Anyway really glad that missus stop me from buying a prosumer camera, as i totally cannot make it when it come to framing shots.. think will just be a waste of monies lo..
  8. Glad that things are finally going up north for you mate! hope that they can keep this momentum going until they hand over lo! haha ya i agree u have a soft heart, after what u went through u can still defend them.. if i am in your shoes, i guess they should already see the nastiest side of me!
  9. Really?? i didn know this.. i always thought acid wash is the last of the last thing to do in reno... hmmm.. geeez.. gotta agree with your reasoning.. think this week will be very xiong for you lo.. jiayou!!
  10. hihi! u asking about the length or the depth of the sofa? hmm.. i will need to check where i keep the measurements though... hmmm.. I got this as a package together with my dining set, coffee table and tv console at 6 grand..
  11. You really physically moving in this friday onwards? hmm.. frankly speaking i dun think all can be completed within a week, maybe you want to tell your ID to prioritise and get basic things up first like plumbing and electrical works? So that at least its fit for staying when you moved on friday.. hmmm..
  12. Thanks! Let me see how they going to do it and how the final result will look like, think should not be too difficult to just get a plumber to do it!
  13. Updates.. Not much work at my house the last few days.. tiling almost done but not happy with the work at foyer area and how the skirting is done, so Red Audi will get the tiler to redo this areas.. One thing very happy, Red Audi tell me Rainshower okay to do! He and plumber come up with solution to fix it! yuppie! lalalala~~
  14. Classic IDXXS at paya lebar! wahaha!! so i am confused!
  15. yup i thinking if the cement base is uneven, will the build-in wardrobes be unstable?? sorry if i sound stupid.. haha
  16. Awesome!! think when my carpentry start, i really should find some time to go back take a look, i think its really interesting to see them build things up! Anyway i thought hood is normally open view, you meant it you want it hidden?
  17. haha electrical alone is about 2.6K.. lights is another 2K plus.. >_<" thats why my other half is grumbling about my fetish for cove lights... yup agreed, actually i using back the original lighting point in the kitchen so i believe the actual light point should be closer to my stove area.. But will confirm again. ya i reducing the breakfast top area to 2 lights only and my hall will only have 4.. Think its more than sufficient.. As for passageway, 3 is the optimal coz you may not see on the floor plan but in between the lights are beams, so if i don't place my lights there, there will be areas that will not be covered by lighting.. Actually i just want my house to be very bright! hehe
  18. Classic is the first ID we approached! wow didn know their 3d drawings can be so good, look really realistic! Hmmm... but too bad the ID that we met at Classic is the worse among all the IDs we met..
  19. Oh man, your house look simply gorgeous!! and it don't look like a 4-room at all! looks much more bigger than that!
  20. Might consider laying protection for the parquet flooring? Anyway envious of floppy la, dun need to go on-site can also see updates to his house!
  21. Just realise i have 29 downlights lo! but intend to reduce 2 at hall and 1 at kitchen entrance to make it 26 instead.. hmm... Red is proposed downlights, blue cove lights and purple are those normal lightings.
  22. You mean all are yours?? u really have alot of carpentry works! I think the most important part of the reno is the carpentry works so if the carpenters are good, then its great! Haha so got open house after handover??
  23. Hello froggy, last time when you ask your contractor to do screeding, did you check whether the screeding is flat? Or what checks we can do to confirm screeding is good?
  24. haha me like the long passageway feel too! trying to create something similar in my house.. hehe.. but for practicality, since you are installing air-con in your living room, you might want to consider installing the door otherwise utilities bills might be a nightmare!
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