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I was at Sg Kadut today spending over 3 hours walking alone at International Furniture Park starting from Castilla outlets to IFC. Managed to find a set of sofa which meets my taste. Actually not exactly considered a full complete set of sofa; my small living room cannot accommodate huge bulky sofas, especially those European brand. So, what I bought is only a half set of sofa from Mode Studio. Today, after pondering for weeks, decided to change the main door and side door. Total damage for half hour fire-rated doors is $1350 & $900 respectively. I got the deal directly with the door manufacturer and paid a few hundreds bucks more to match the design of the 4 bedroom doors. It took me so looonng to decide as friends and Kay-poh neighbours had dissuaded me from changing these HDB original doors claiming their superior quality! It makes my heartache for so many weeks but when you are spending over $70k for reno, accessories, Aircon, lightings, etc, these $2k extra is worth spending since these doors had been used by former 4 house owners! So, no point of keeping the Old doors when I have practically changed everything in the house from floors to ceilings, and windows.

Not the pressure problem, it is because the shower set has to mount below the beam and not high enough to enjoy the 'raining' effect. I am now using my iPhone to update this. Let me log in to my pc tmr and upload the picture to show you how the beam shattered my dream.

Total damage for 90% of kitchen & toilet accessories bought at Asia Excel is $2,840 after discount. Items still pending are: - one basin set for Master bathroom (can't decide which one to buy....either urgly or out of stock for the design I want. Also do not want to have the same design as common bathroom. Headache!!! - one mixer for the above basin - one shower set at Poh Joo which comes with the light effect for common bathroom. The shower set delivered by Asia Excel is meant for my master bathroom. If my dream is shattered, then this set will be mounted at the common bathroom. Waiting for the plumber to come next Tuesday & advise me.....die-die argue with ID to try mounting first

...agreed with you. Always do under supervision!

Fans are considered activator and used in feng shui to stimulate stagnant Qi in an area. She is probably concerned that Qi is not able to collect, meander & circulate in the house naturally & calmly.

You are going to renovate the house anyway, so don't fret over what to do when you collect key to a resale flat. Once you start renovation, the old / stale energy will be removed. Most important is to choose a good date to start the hacking & demolition. Then, upon completion, select an auspicious day for move in. Your fsm should be able to advise you.

I have one contractor quoted me $200 for acid washing for 5-room flat. As for cabinet, I have also a quotation for 200/ft for casement door wardrobe, or $220/ft for sliding door wardrobe. For doors, classic door is only $130-145, whereas solid wood door will be $250-280 per pc.

Hi, oinkoink Thank you for visiting my blog. I never thought of buying any specific brands for taps & mixers. Just shop around at Poh Joo & Asia Excel and eventually choose a design that is 'pleasing' to my eyes and match with the rest of accessories (like shower set) and towel rack (same design range). The most expensive item is the sink mixer at kitchen, brand is IXISS, cost me $299 after discount.

My master Joey Yap had written a book entitled "PURE FENG SHUI" and you can read up at MPH bookstores. Good guides & solutions to some common problems & situation (health, wealth, relationship).

Hi, bk888 I guess you are referring to Sickness Star 2 Black. From Dec 7 to Jan 5 2011, monthly flying star 2 resides at NW sector of the house. Place some metals (pewter ware, medals, dumbbell, etc) in that location (either macro & micro level) to suppress the negative star 2. If it is serious, then cure also monthly star 5 Yellow, the same method. 5 Yellow resides at South sector in December.

Progress photographs: Asia Excel delivered the first lot of accessories - rain shower set, WC bowl, towel racks, etc. The delivery man and service staff are very polite and they help opened all boxes for me to check. I ordered only one set of Rain shower, as ID said my dream of having the rain shower for my master bathroom could be shattered due to overhead beam!!

You can pay for the 'urgent' service. I am unsure whether this is still practised today as I had a good encounter with them sometime in 2000 when I urgently need a visa to attend a funeral in Yangon. It was a Friday late evening when I received a call. As their office was already closed, I called up a residential number from their website and they 'entertained' me. Waited for me to go down at 8:00pm that eventful Friday night. However, as I blur blur took the wrong passport, I left their office. Panicked, I called them again at about 10:00pm on that Friday nite, and they asked me to go to the embassy on next morning, a Saturday morning. I paid $90 and got my visa, off to Peninsular Plaza to purchase my airticket, rush to airport and depart for Yangon.

It will be blocking the windows....probably can convert into vanity area for your wife.

Why not you call up some ID firms and ask for their FOC ideas?

Progress photographs: Plastering in progress....2 guys were seen working on wall plastering when I went up at about 3:30pm yesterday. Also seen in the first picture, in white shirt, is my ID, Donny, who will visit the site whenever there is a new task being carried out.

Hi, CoffeeMan I guess my ID will be happy to see our praises for the workmanship for now. Let's hope this standard is maintained, else I won't hesitate to shoot out here!!

Finally complete the masonry wet works (floor & wall tiles). Progress photographs: Shampoo shelves at Master Bath/Toilet The wall tiles at common bathroom which was rejected earlier: Electrical Installation : The 2-Pin friendly wall sockets which I requested the Electrician to buy & install for whole house. Covered wall socket for washing machine at Balcony area: Last evening, the plaster guy came to upload the materials for plastering. Plastering will start this morning and will take 3-4 days to complete the whole house.

Then you will end up paying extra for haulage fees. Having the masonry work done by 'piece meal' will eventually cost you more! Why not you choose firms who provide package promo like reno to kitchen + 2 toilets?

It does not matter which ID firms you have shortlisted. To me, it is the ID who makes the difference, whether your house renovation would turn out to become a Dream house or Nightmare!

Progress photographs taken today: I was greeted by these 'black worms' dangling from the ceilings...4th day of electrical installations since my electrician and his nephew started last Wednesday......you can imagine the numbers of electrical points and wiring needed for my extreme makeover plan! Besides the electrician and his assistant, there are other 5 workers including Ah Lim and Chief Tiler busy working at my place today. Interface between Dining and Kitchen Foyer tiles.... One worker is seen at Master Toilet touching up the base tiles at shower bay. Noticed the PVC pipes? I don't think I want to conceal these pipes as it makes the small shower area looks 'cramped'. The shelves for shampoo at Common Bathroom..... View from the side entrance...although 2 bangla workers have cleared the debris this morning, but the place is still messy...

Nice, Nice, Nice.. Hmmm, now I have another source for curtains....Home Classics Interior Furnishing.

I am about to source for curtain makers. I was at Singapore Expo yesterday too, looking for suitable materials - night and day curtains. So far, I am unable to find an 'integrated' one-stop shop who has the materials - colors and designs - meeting my taste for whole house! One of them has nice 'Day' curtains, but he does not carry wide range of night curtains, so my choice is limited. So far, I have went to 2 shops at Toa Payoh, one at Whampoa, and one at Jurong West....headache... Let me check it out what material Jimmy has......

Last Friday, X'mas eve, my boss gave us a lunch treat and I don't have time to go home to buy lunch for the chief tiler and his assistant. So, I ordered Pizza delivery for them. When I went up at 5:00pm, they were just about to leave and chief tiler thank me for the pizza & greeted me Merry X'mas. Here are the progress photographs taken last Friday: Bedroom 3 flooring is done. Skirtings in Bedrooms are all done, except for LivingRoom, Dining and New Bedroom. They also clean up the floor before protecting with corrugated board. New Bedroom 4, floor is protected with corrugated board except for skirting area Master Bedroom, floor is immediately protected with corrugated board once flooring is done, before I start nagging Master Bedroom with skirting done...

After this post was up, I received pm asking for these cables. Just to inform that I have let go the balance of Cat 6 cables to someone who had pm me much earlier. Let me seek permission from my "supplier" and find out from him where can get the brand I am using for Cat 6 cables. Stay tune.... Merry Christmas to Everybody!

What?? Engage ID firm and no 3D drawings? I saw from my original quotation that 3D drawings and Project Management are included in the package I signed up with them. If they charged me for the 3D drawings, I guess they also 'liao lui' (lose $$) because I have already made so many changes to the 3D drawings.