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Hi again, Just wanted to give a quick update. We finally managed to contact the contractor and arranged for the final touch up to be done last week. A very big thanks to the mediator. If not for him, we don't think this can ever be resolved. Some of the rectifications were not done, partly also because we have lost confidence in the workers, especially the tiler. So we told the contractor to forget about the problematic grout, and finish up the rest of the work. Well, some work was not what we expected, but since we wanted to get it all over and done with, we just accepted them. Anyone heard of Blum Aventos hinges for dish rack that cannot soft close? Our house has a pair We were told if we want the hinges to hold the door in place at various positions then it cannot soft close, and vice versa. Oh well, forget it, we just want to move on. Anyway we redid the grouting for the tiles in the rooms ourselves over the weekend. It was really tiring but fulfilling to see that the grout is finally up to standard. No more bull**** excuses from incompetent people. There's more work to be done at the house before we can call it home. Lots of DIY stuff to learn from Youtube (thank god there's Youtube! ). And also furnishing the house. Hope everything carry on fine from now on. Fingers crossed. Will update more pictures in time.

hi guys, thanks for reading. Just an update, we got a mediator who has helped to call the contractor. He referred the contractor to us previously but we really didn't want to go back and trouble him as we know that he is a busy man. But we really don't know what else to do anymore. Anyway, after his conversation with the contractor, he suggested that we do our checks and e-mail the list of defects to the contractor and arrange for a date to rectify them. The problem here is we already did and he flew the aeroplane on us! And when we tried to contact him to arrange another date, we can't get him anymore. Now he paint the picture so nice, like we didn't do our checks and didn't e-mail him the defect list. never mind.... in order to settle this, we will swallow this and e-mail him soon to arrange a date. Hopefully the mediator talked some sense into him. We read your t-blog too theitsybits. We're sorry that you have to go through all that too. Yeah, money and profits are what they are after. They can do all sorts of things that are against their conscience, if they still have one. We hope our post didn't make you upset all over again. You have a beautiful home nevertheless and you should be proud of it. Buttercap, we don't have photos of the latest defects. It got really tiring to take so many defect photos after a while. But we do have some pictures that shows the kind of workmanship that was presented to us as completed works. Close up of paint crack/drop at the whole set of plaster beading. Cracked laminate. Check out the edges above it too. The laminate is supposed to be dark brown/black. The whole stretch of lighter parts are all damaged edges of the laminate.

Hi all, Have been reading the posts here for a long time. Would like to sincerely congrats all of you who went through the renovation journey smoothly. To all those who had some hiccups here and there, I feel you. We are first-time flat owners and got our flat in April and started our renovation in June. We were told that by September, or latest October, the flat will be ready to be handed over to us. But as the usual story goes, our renovation has not been completed as of today, or tomorrow or probably December. Progress was rather slow in the beginning, we were okay with it because we were not in a hurry to move in. All we wanted at the end of the day is to get good worksmanship and a comfortable place to stay in. Electricals, tiling and plumbing was done and we paid 60% of the cost. The problem came after the carpentry came in and we did a check on the worksmanship. It was terrible. There were defects everywhere. We insisted that the defects be corrected before works continue. They were rectified and we paid for the 3rd 30% payment, which means the renovation cost is 90% paid for. As works continued, we noticed more defects on the painting and carpentry that were unacceptable. We requested them to be rectified too. The contractor agreed and set a date (10 Nov) for the touch ups to be done. However, the day before the touch up, we received a e-mail that says that the touch up will be postponed, without any reasons given. We immediately called the contractor to ask for the reason and to arrange another date, but he did not pick up the phone. We tried calling many times the days after, but he did not pick up anymore. That was until we called him using an unknown number, he finally picked up. His attitude was very bad and rude, and he said he will not be doing anything to our house anymore. Although we kind of expected that to happen with the many unanswered phone calls, we were still shocked at how he can suddenly change his mind and decided not to do it at the last minute. So we are now stranded, with an unfinished house that we can't move into yet, and all this after more than 5 months of waiting and paying 90% of the renovation cost, and suffering a lot of stress dealing with all this. We will really like to tell the world to beware of this contractor, but we still hope to be able to resolve this amicably with the contractor. So if you are interested to know in case you are choosing your contractors currently, pls PM me. We are thinking of going to CASE as a first step. If anybody has any advice to help us deal with this, please let us know too. We will be most grateful. Thanks.

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I'm not sure if it's cheaper. The people there are quite responsive and the shipping cost is calculated by volume and not weight. Quite good for heavy items. But yeah, as with any MIC stuff, you take the risk of poor quality goods. But the price is quite unbelievable, so I'm willing to take the risk. Hope nothing goes wrong there. Thanks! Looking forward to see more photos from you.

Hi! I have also bought a lot of stuff from Taobao, but I'm using peeka.sg for sea shipment. Planning to get our dining table from there too when the house is ready. I'm really curious about your custom made curtains. Can I know how's the quality of the fabric used? Did you do blinds too? And is installation for the curtain rails and stuff easy?

Hi! I'm from Casa Clementi and doing my renovations now too. Can I know where did you get the solid wood 2-leaf doors from and how much?? And at risk of sounding repetitive, I still got to say, nice place! I can understand it's a tiring journey, but persevere and you will be able to see the fruits of your labour soon. Cheers!

Hi! The louvered bi-fold doors that you installed for your toilet is nice! I'm actually looking for something similar, but with the louvers at the bottom. Do you happen to know the supplier for the doors?

Hi, I'm looking for ceiling fans. Can you send me a pricelist of the ceiling fans you have?

Orders placed! Thanks for looking. Hi, I am purchasing Grohe stuff for my bathrooms and kitchen from www.iceprice.com. They ship direct from Germany and has a much better price for both Grohe and Hansgrohe stuff than local shops. The shipping cost is 199Euros for shipment up to 31.5kg. I currently have 21.8kg of stuff in my shopping basket, so there's still 9.7kg available for additional stuff. That's enough for a few mixers or even a rainshower. So if you are thinking of getting something from the site and would like to save more by consolidating orders, PM me. PS: You can register for an account with a Singapore address to see even cheaper prices without VAT. Drop stuff into your shopping basket to see how heavy are they. Happy shopping!

Hi Tim, Can you quote me for Mitsubishi Starmex System 4 (1x 18k, 3x 9k)? Installation in HDB 4-room, 3 bedroom + 1 living room. Thanks.

Hi! I have got my keys to my flat at Blk 417. Currently looking for ID to start reno. Seems like a long journey. By the way, has anyone managed to install a System 4 aircon? I'm looking at Mitsubishi Starmex but I don't think the condenser unit can go through the window. The access window for the aircon ledge is so small! I think it's quite a bad design.. They made the aircon ledge so big, but the window is so small.. just doesn't make sense at all!

Hi, Can you give me a quotation for 1. Mitsubishi Starmex System 4 (3x GE10VA, 1x GE18VA) 2. LG Artcool Platinum System 4 (3x 9k, 1x 18k) Thanks.

would advise you not to buy from them. i ordered a sofa to be delivered. but on the day of delivery, they tell me the sofa is torn while moving to my house and ask me to arrange another day. so i called back to arrange delivery for the next day. when next day comes, no news from them at all. i applied leave to stay at home to receive the sofa, in the end they didn't deliver. totally bad experience.