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My contractor will help me arrange for the electrician He helped my sister put up a chandelier in her home too

Yes Terence, i can say they hv quite a variety It's at Skudai

Hi sleek Thanks for your compliment And yes i seriously hope reno goes smoothly Yea I think I've got good deals on the lightings too Am coming back for more!! lol Thanks for dropping in

Hi I had put a 50% deposit for Krono laminates for 3 bedrooms. And I know it's too late to ask for feedbacks. But I still wanna get feedbacks from Krono users Do furnish me with your feedbacks please Thank you.

Hi musicbox, thanks for the link I went JB just now and yes I bought 2 lights; Living room & MBR Some ppl told me their quality not so good but I dun believe coz I saw the same lights sold in singapore stores in stores at JB. And there are 2 men getting their supplies of lights from the store we bought our lights. I overheard their conversation coz they were standing next to us

Hubby and I decided to make our way to JB in the morning after we sent the kids to school. We were told to go recce for lightings in JB and we found a good store. We saw all the exact same lightings in most lighting stores along Balestier and Geylang, in this shop. The salesman was a very friendly, knowledgable, honest and helpful. I give my two thumbs up. Knowing how difficult and fussy of a person I am when it comes to buying, I wasn't quite keen at first. But the salesman sounded convincing with the product knowledge and very honest with the crystals. We walked around the whole store both first and second floor. We saw 90% of their lights are those we saw in shops selling in stores along Balestier and Geylang. We were quite surprised. Then, I saw this light which won my heart over the moment I set my eyes on it. I first saw it in a store at Balestier. I fell hard for it but it costs $1.2k in Singapore. We tried haggling and the lady gave us $1.8k best price Reluctantly and with such heavy heart, I gave it a pass coz I think it's too much and I wanna go hunt for better bargain. The moment I saw the EXACT same light in this store in JB, I was stoked! I looked at the price, it was RM980. I scrutinized every inch of the light and YES, it's EXACTLY the same!!! The store is having a sale and we got it at SGD$238 after conversion. It was a STEAL! It's a combi of LED and halogen and comes with remote control too. Then, we bought ourselves the MBR light. This is selling at SGD$133 after conversion. We changed the bulbs to energy saving bulbs. Light is a combi of LED and energy saving bulbs. If you wanna use just the normal bulbs, it's only about SGD$115 There are about 2 guys who came in the store to get their supplies of lights and they are from Singapore coz I see the name of the store on their uniform And we overheard their conversation as one of the guy was just standing next to us Overall, I am one HAPPY woman today. We got ourselves a great bargain. AWESOME!!! Will be coming back to get the downlights with led bulbs and more lights for the kitchen, kids bedroom, service balcony, balcony, toilets and storeroom :-)

Hi gnipihz, thanks for reading my reno blog :-)) It's a 5I Pasir Ris :-) We're thinking of it too. But our kitchen is kinda tiny :-( But we'll see what can be done :-) I appreciate your suggestions, I really do. Coz being a silent reader here, I see many nice homes :-) I literally slept with the floorplan and spent whole day to do it myself and show it to my contractor :-)

Here's the floorplan. Original and the one I did myself for my contrator 1. Study room will be hacked. Raise suspended platform with lightings underneath. Convert to living area where we watch the tele. 2. Trying an open concept balcony for couple of months. If I can't adapt to it, then will install balcony door. 3. Seal up MBR door and open one next to BDR3 door. 4. Plaster living and kitchen walls. No tiles in kitchen as I'm going for the sleek finish. 5. Matt black suspended kitchen cabinet with red glass backing and lights. 6. Partial balcony/study room wall will be hacked to install glass to create an illusion of a bigger space as well as see the balcony from tv area. 7. Walk-in wardrobe in MBR. 8. L-box and false ceiling (dining). These are the major ones. I do quite a bit of hacking, seal up doors and open new doors :-)

Hi Striking Reality, it all started when I told hubby that I wanted a new kitchen. And he suggested we get a slightly bigger space as the kids are growing. Quite lame if u ask me But it has always been his dream to buy a 5rm and he knows it has always been my dream to have a balcony in a home. So he did his calculations and consulted an agent who was at that time, assisting my mom & sister in their selling and buying. And when the agent got back to us with a positive reply, hubby straightaway go for it. But we had our fair share of setbacks after setbacks. Hubby almost bought a flat at $550k but i stopped him. i dun wanna buy an overly priced flat esp when we dunno what the future holds. what if under whatever circumstances that we are forced to sell the flat? To breakeven will be impossible and we'll end up still paying for a hse we dun own. It took us 11 years of waiting to get a breakeven of a hse worth $269k and get some profit. Sorry for being so longwinded

As I already know what I want to do with the flat and am a very opnionated person who only want what she wants, I don't want to use an ID. Been to Chew, Uhome and couple more and met up with respective IDs but none got what I want and end up giving me ideas which I am soooo not into. Some, I can say quite rediculous. And they are quoting me such rediculous price for such rediculous ideas and won't be able to give me anything free except for a $150 toilet bowls, MBR sink and heater. So our hunt went on and finally I met a contractor who understands what I visualize and easy to communicate and work with. His suggestions are all good and he even helped me to cut unneccessary costs which is RARE. So long story cut short, he isn't those kinda bosses who will squeeze ur bank dry on reno

After 11 years building memories in a pigeonhole we called HOME, it's time we say goodbye. It's hard leaving a place we build many memories in. From barely anything in the house, till fully furnished bit by bit over the years And this was where we start our lives as husband and wife and raise our babies. But I guess, sometimes in life, we have to move on especially when it's for the better And a new chapter awaits us in our new home with many memories to build This was our home for 11 years... Next, i will post the quotation I get from my very reliable contractor :-)

I am not too sure. But if i recall the model number correctly, yes the latest

And one more thing, NEVER take in what salesperson said 100%

From personal experience, it's best to splurge slightly more for a reliable and quality brands. You wouldn't wanna end up buying aircon which is cheap but suck big time later on. Learnt my lesson. Another brand to avoid, York

Hi IPineapple, mind sharing with me why you prefer Panasonic to Mitsubishi? Is it thru your personal experience? I appreciate your reply I'm torn )

From Parisilk.

Yes inclusive of GST.

Dear all, Anyone here purchased your lightings (chandeliers & ceiling lights) and bathroom sinks in JB? We were recommended by hubby's colleagues to go buy those items in JB. Anyone here did so? Care to share on its quality? Any shops you can recommend? And what's their pricing like? Thank you )

Hi fellow forummers, I hope i get the right column to ask this I will be getting my keys on the 18th of Oct. 2011 and am busy looking for stuffs. Husband and I, we dunno which aircon to get. We're getting a system 3, but unsure which brand to buy. We shortlisted 2 brands: Mitsubishi Inverter ($2850 inclusive of bracket & installation) & Panasonic Inverter ($2660 inclusive of bracket & installation). Which has a quieter compressor and cooler? Based on your personal experience will be greatly appreciated Any recommendations on shops who sell cheaper price than what I was quoted? Hope to get replies. Thank you )

She's a retiree. Yea i think she's been eyeing my area too. She was from Jurong. And she purchased my flat in cash... No loan :-O She had initially deposit $1k to another seller. But decided to forego that deposit and purchase my flat.

Speaking thru experience as a seller 2 months ago and buyer just a month ago, all i can say is, seller can ask for sky high COV. But it all boils down to "Will buyers be willing to give?" :-) I didn't set a COV when i sell my price. Did and open house, few ppl offered and this lady who bought my place offered me 50k. We deal and shook hands. So it's partially luck oso :-) Btw the unit i sold was a 4A In Pasir Ris, low floor

I was a seller 2 months ago. My house was a 4A unit @ Pasir Ris (700+ nxt to west plaza). I did not open any price for cov coz I didnt know what to expect. A lady came, viewd my house and offered me 50k. And we had a deal. Hubby n i were quite stunned. Not being greedy and wait for other offers, we just close the deal. We know if we jerk up the price slightly more, she will still pay coz she stayed at my plc for 1.5hrs during viewing and asked me what's our cov expectations and that she was willing to compromise. But it's ok. $50k good enuf already considering our unit is a low floor unit She is a very nice lady afterall.