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I admire my ID for his calmness & high level of responsibility. Early morning got 2 missed calls from him while I was still sleeping. Saw his message saying that he and his personal 'painter friend' are coming over, as ID's firm's painters have already 'siu kang', close for CNY! Came to my place around 11:30am, and we went to Teban Gardens looking for ICI paints, but most shops are closed on Sunday. Then, we proceed to Taman Jurong Blk 399 and bought the paints we required from Nippon Paint instead, to paint the white ceiling at my MBR, and Apple white for one wall at Bedroom 3. At Teban Market asking the hardwareshop owner if they sell paint! That lady told us to try Blk 399 Taman Jurong...and we proceed there soon after... ID carried the 7 litres of White paint, and another litre of Apple White. sorry for the blur image...snapped from my iphone

Final Complete Photographs: Bedroom 3 - for 2nd son (24 years old):

Final Complete photographs: The Bedroom 4, which is the LivingRoom converted into bedroom, for eldest son (26 years old). We will be getting wall papers on both walls - TV console & headboard after CNY.

Final complete photographs: The window opening at our dining area and bottom row of kitchen cabinets...finally the carpenter meets my expectation! .....and the 3D rendering... The only difference is the frosted glass windows instead of clear glass to avoid seeing 'cha pa lang' things in the kitchen, as well as the deep drawers instead of casement cabinet.

hahaha...here comes the POTs.... ...and the 3D rendering..

here are the long waited pictures of the joint at the white full height cabinet....not that visible though...I can accept it. (ignore the spots due to camera len & stains not cleaned yet)

Items bought today: Bedsheets for all bedrooms at John Little, Jurong Point. I also bought a Kingsize Quilt for my Queensize Bed, so that the sides of my bedframe can be covered up. It was a good bargaining at 70% discount for 450TC Intero Colore, so Total damage is nearly $700! Also bought a garment steamer as I have started washing those clothes brought back by my children.

Status update: It was a pleasant surprise the dining table & 4 chairs least expected was delivered this evening, except for a super single mattress & bedframe for my youngest son will be delayed until next Monday... Understand from delivery guy they are separate shipments. One painter came this afternoon to do repainting but he was in a rush & left my place at about 7pm, leaving the ceiling of MBR yet to touch up! Furious & sent a nasty message to my ID to get it rectified by Monday deadline! I told ID that I can't do any renovation in MBR after Feb 4 as Annual Flying Star 5 yellow resides in my bedroom! Die die he also must get the painter to return on next Monday! However, as most contractors are closing for CNY, ID replied me that he will do it himself if I insisted... And yes, I am adamant with my request as I can't afford to challenge negative & inauspicious star 5, even though I can select a good date to start repainting!

Hi, RB Like yours, my boxes are still lying around everywhere in the house. You are lucky that SingTel came & you have Internet. My children are not so lucky as we subscribed to M1 fibre broadband & leadtime is 8 working days.... I was extreme busy & didn't have the right time to do the application earlier. Waiting eagerly to see the pictures... I'm too tired to upload mine though.

If the jointline can't be avoided, at least they informed owners or IDs; but not suka suka cut & join the laminate at their discretion. Even if they join the laminate, the carpenter must also make an efforts to match the design on laminate as much as possible! For the tall cabinet, luckily the carpenter joined them at the bottom lower area.

My kitchen is now levelled with the livingroom. The top full height laminate is 238cm and the joint portion is 13cm. I have taken a few shots of the joints, tomorrow then I post up them.

Activities update: Furnitures delivery: Sealy Posturepedic mattresses for MBR and Bedroom 3 delivered last night. X'clusive Home will deliver the dining set & one Super single LaContessa tonight. Mode Studio will also be delivering the sofa set today. Looks like all furniture delivery is complete. I was busy unpacking & keeping vigilant on carpenter who was here on last 3 days to complete the installation of sliding window at dining area, and sliding door at toilet of MBR. Pole system installer came at 8:40am to replace the doors which I rejected when we moved back. I spotted scratches & white spots on the black glass doors, and it was obvious on the black door wardrobe in Bedroom 4. Just spoken to ID to change the colour of 4 door frames since they are repainting today! It looks yellowish & I really don't like the combination with the brown veneer door. I gave him 2 options: either match the veneer door or the Wall. ID texted me to inform me that he matches the wall colour at dining, that is Sandstone. Now, I am trying to find time to shop for bedsheets today!

Lol, my ID underquoted my plastering! When he came to sign the contract, I asked him to add plastering at $1.8k, the same price from one of my contractor! He accepts the deal! I understand my ID paid $1.9 k to the plaster!

Thanks goodness we both are able to move in for CNY! Btw, your baby is very adorable!

May, you are right! My ID had fired the painter boss!

Good idea! Let me polish my pot & pans and then take another shot at the same angle to make it exactly like 3D rendering.

For me, we do plastering of the whole house. The problem lies with the painter boss who didnt provide sufficient masking tapes and proper brushes to his workers to touch up the interface between ceiling & walls. Sigh....just like what Reiki had mention 'painting & repaintings are the order of the day'.

I am sure most home owners & forumers here are fully aware that you can't expect problem-free renovation & workmanship, especially for a complete makeover of an old 31 year old flat! It also depends on your level of quality expectations & how diligent do you conduct QC checks! Moreover, it boils down to how honest you are, when commenting on your reno progress, and your level of quality acceptance! If you say 100% good workmanship, it is either you are not sincere, or your standards of acceptance is only so so, not up to my mark! Sorry to say this, but my ID almost broke down handling me & my reno project! As I am putting up my reno blog primarily for my sons to be informed of reno status, I list down every details & " stories" that come along the way! Nothing to hide, as I am the proud home owner, and ID is engaged by me after due selection process.

The group of Singaporean movers.... Moving of bulky items from the bomb shelter of my sister's place at Bukit Panjang: This guy standing is the driver cum 'chief' mover! ...and the big truck they sent to transport my 30+ boxes of stuffs, few pieces of IKEA furnitures & alots of our hand carry bags ....with 5 local men, 4 hours spent @ $300 only...really cheap & good!

I paid $1,750 for all the curtains including the trackings & installation. Maybe is because of the materials I have chosen, expecially the day curtains for MBR alone is already $400++.

It opens to the full height mirror of the inner aluminium frame sliding door. This means there are one outer wooden sliding door, and an inner sliding mirror door at entrance to toilet of MBR. It is weird, but there is water dripping sound which affects my sleep...at least now 2 doors to lessen the noises at night.

The completed store room cum shoe cabinet: Comparing with 3D drawing of store room: ...and the mess started in the store room!

Status Update: As mentioned earlier, my ID is sending another group of painters to do a 3rd painting to almost the whole house. Some walls have sratched marks when carpenter lean the materials against the wall, and some are stains. They will be coming tomorrow to repaint our house again! Further, there are hiccups in the 2 areas: 1. The window opening at the dining area: Due to unevenness of wall tiles at the edges, ID had to 'fork' out at their cost, additional wooden trimming to line the 4 sides facing the kitchen. These wooden panelling will be painted in white, before the carpenter install the pelmets to cover up the upper sliding track tomorrow. Seen here is the above mentioned problem, and the LG side-by-side fridge in White. 2. The wooden sliding door at toilet of MBR: Due to bulky aircon trunking which obstructs the sliding door, additional false 'pillar' was constructed so that the sliding wooden door can slide to the left edge, near the windows, without leaving gaps. This also affected the curtains track which the curtain maker will shift & re-install the end stopper.

sure, let me update some progress photographs, then clear my PM messages...it is full already as I have been busy like bees these 2 days.

The curtains bosses came to site personally & met our ID to resolve the beams & columns issue. Now, due to unforeseen problem with the aircon bulky trunking which obstruct the additional wooden sliding door, the curtain installer has to return to adjust the stopper at the right side. Sharing here are more photographs of the curtains: Close-up view of the material for Day curtains in my MBR: Curtains in Bedroom 2 & Bedroom 4: Curtains in Bedroom 3 One of the 3 installers who came to fix the curtains: