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  2. Posted

    If you usage pattern is on off on off, then better choose inverter. The non-inverter motor need a few times more current just to restart, that is major drawback for non-inverter.

    but what matters is how much you pay at the end of the day no?

    i.e. does the amount of savings you get from electrical bills > the amount of money you pay for installing inverter aircons :sport-smiley-004:

    i am not a technical guy, more of a finance guy.

    as long as room is cold whenever I want, ultimately it boils down to how much additional money i need to spend on inverter versus how much money i can save.

    Do note we also have to take into account time value of money. You might need to invest maybe $1000 more by choosing inverter. the savings per month needed for the next 5 years will be $16.66

    given the light usage of the aircon, will you be able to save that amount? :sport-smiley-004:

    thus it really depends on how often the aircon will be switched on. so far i see, only the ones who switch on everyday see the most savings.

  5. Posted · Edited by Simontsh

    The list of things to be done

    base for cabinets, fridge, wm

    shower kerb for both bathrooms

    install storage heater

    install unlimited bathroom accessories for both bathrooms

    install kitchen sink

    install pvc outlet for kitchen sink, bathroom basins, wm

    supply and install grills for all windows

    supply and install sliding window at service yard

    supply and install aluminium bifold doors for both bathrooms

    supply and install glass shower screens for both bathroom

    supply and install veneer doors with designated lockset and stopper

    supply and install glass swing door for kitchen

    supply materials & labour to construct False ceiling c/w light pelmet @ liv ing , Dinning ,Corridor and Master bedroom

    To supply material and labour to box up gas pipes, trunkings around whole house

    supply materials & labour to paint whole house

    paint for all wall, ceiling, pipes, door & frame.

    supply materials & labour to lay protection paper.

    supply materials & labour to conduct chemical & general

    cleaning upon completion of project.

    Foyer Carpentry

    Full height shoe cabiet + low height show cabinet with feature + settee

    Dining Area

    51sqft bronze mirror feature wall

    Living room

    TV Console c/w 2 side round edge

    Master Bedroom

    Suspended TV console c/w storage

    Wardrobe c/w casement door

    Divider c/w storage in laminated finish

    Bedrooms

    2 casement wardrobe

    Bathrooms

    Top hung cabinet c/w mirror

    Low cabinet in laminated finishing

    Suspended vanity storage in laminated finish c/w solid top (for common one, removing existing sink)

    Kitchen

    29 FT Kitchen Cabinet

    High Pressure Laminate Finish

    ABS Laminated Door

    Internal colour PVC carcass

    Inclusive of 02 Nos of Steel Profile / 02 Nos of Stainless Steel Pull Out Tray

    1 No Stainless Steel Dish Rack

    1 No Cultery Tray

    Designer Handles

    10 Ft solid surface top double profile

    8 ft granite top double profile

    All carpentry comes with soft closing be it sliding drawers or casement doors. Wardrobes are full height, kitchen cabinets is standard height with boxup since our ceiling is really high. same for cabinets master toilet.

    The quote for the above is $32,388

    FOC items

    any other boxup (for the aircon pipes/trunkings, power cable trunkings etc)

    electrical wiring for whole house (lighting points + power sockets etc) including cat 6 cabling (total lighting points will be around 20. will also add at least 1 power socket per room and do the provision for the fibre cable. also to do 1 additional 20A socket at a/c ledge since we plan to have 2 compressors.)

    Additional 2 full height mirrors for master bedroom wardrobe to be fixed on the outside.

    now we are looking forward to getting the designs :sport-smiley-004:

  6. Posted · Edited by Simontsh

    Update

    while budget is the primary concern, my wife and I are both very particular about service and workmanship.

    We contacted quite a few IDs over the last few weeks and we had the following experiences. Some good, some bad. Some perhaps not so interested in our project cause we dun have a big budget.

    IDs we met (I'll only quote those I feel not bad one. The rest the quote was crazy)

    Pavilion Creation : Mr. A came to our unit, but i think he dun have measuring tape (had to use mine). Guy was quite new. Not very experienced, thus many questions we have cannot be handled. Alot of "I need to go back and check". Keep stressing to go back to his studio to discuss. I wasn't impressed at all as not much input from him. I have to remind that I want to see the quote before meeting up again. But see the quote, I :jawdrop: because one of the highest.

    Urban Design : Mr. B came to viewed our unit. Impressed me with his details like measuring of individual carpentry (he even gave some fengshui tips like what measurements to take.) Very attentive. Listened to what we wanted, then gave us his opinions. He got the "Very experienced uncle" aura and I had the feeling he will be the best choice. Asked him for an estimated costs for the works we needed. He quoted the lowest among all. less than 20k?!?! (even though we know cannot be la) Was looking forward to see his quote. But unfortunately, never received it after a week of waiting. I sent a reminder. Promised to send me but again didn't receive. But he did stress he was busy with other projects thus I was ready to wait. But my wife don't want to wait liao. (which also true la, may take key, now almost Oct liao not much time to wait) Anyway we will still recommend Mr. B to all but make sure you are able to secure his services!

    Rhiss Interior : Mr. F came to view our unit. He gave the very "hands on" type of guy. The leader type, able to tell us what he intend to do. But maybe too insistent, certain things we gave our opinions, he will defend that his idea is better. Nevertheless we were reasonably impressed with some of his ideas that were "not the norm". We received his quote on time as well, although some details were missing/errant. The pricing is quite similar to the final 2 IDs we were deciding between. We wanted to see his show-flat but never hear from him afterwards. Possibly he was busy with other projects too.

    Sincerity : Mr J. who is also a forumer here. We arranged to meet at our unit as well. Able to give us very good details of what needs to be done. One of the most knowledgeable IDs we met. We were looking forward to his quote, but never received in the end. Possibly also very busy. But he did tell us his quote will not be cheap. So we also never followup much.

    Final 2 IDs we were deciding between :

    Defong : Mr. K came to view our unit. My wife first to be impressed. Cause he is like a body-builder. :sport-smiley-004: But he was quite detailed and attentive, listening to what we wanted. His followup speed also very good. Able to give very fast response. Quote was lower than our final choice, but some items were not added yet. We really wanted to take up the offer, until we went to see the showflat, one flat they were working on in AMK. The workmanship was acceptable but not as good as our final choice. But nevertheless we will recommend to others.

    (chosen) S k y C r e a t i o n : Ms C and Mr G was handling our project. Ms C is very good with followup, always calling me to check if there's any problems with the quote. Initial and final quote definitely higher than Defong. We were deciding to take Defong due to budget issues. Mr. G then came to view our flat. Gave us a "Can do" impression and "Ar ka chiu ji" (hokkien) feel. Also very knowledgeable, gave us pros and cons of each feature (like mirror good for design, but bad for maintenance etc) They were very attentive and able to grasp what we wanted....almost to 90% accuracy. Quote was detailed although can be improved in formatting. The first deal breaker was the show-flat. We went to a flat they were doing reno on in Punggol. Can see the carpentry workmanship is excellent. Most of the edges were done is 45 degrees such that u cannot see the doors of the cabinets except for the handle etc. (dunno how to explain, will supply picture when mine is done) :sport-smiley-004:

    The final quote was expensive which I will elaborate later but we decide to go ahead.

    Sorry for long post. next post I will show the details of the quote

  8. Posted

    01-08-2011, Mitsubishi Starmex Inverter System 3 was installed and I have mentioned to the installer that the aircon was not cold enough. They mentioned that anything call Mitsubishi Service Centre.

    03-08-2011, Air becomes stuffy and having difficulty in cooling No. 1 room (MBR) and No. 2 room from around 5am to 8am.

    It happened again intermittently for the subsequent days up to now.

    problem is with gain city

    already said not cold. still run away....wtf

  9. Posted

    hmz .. should i change my htl sofa from the 2.2m to 2.6m?

    dilemae . i sooo love that 2.6m but fitting 2.2m will be much comfortable size ..

    what to do? should i or should i not? if 2.6m i can bring over my next home .. if 2.2m unless face with another size issue i hope nt to bring it over .. haiz .. 2.2 or 2.6 ?!!!

    2.2 plus another sofa/ottoman

    can shift elsewhere as and when needed so more practical.

    jsut my thoughts :sport-smiley-004:

  10. Posted

    Hi! In fact LED should not dim out over a short life span of a few years if you're using the right type of LED fixture. Usually good LED e.g. Osram, Cree, nichia and etc have a specification lifespan of 50,000hrs,but let's cut it by 50%. let's say 25,000hrs, that's still a good 10years at least. But that's not the only issue you have to take note, the light fixture used and Led driver plays a part too.

    LED will drop in lumens and change in color (e.g. Daylight color to blue-ish white, warm-white to orangish color), this are all due to 1. Heatsink used, 2. Types of led driver, 3. LED diode used. All these are factors contributing to the failure of the LED.

    I Will be posting some points to look out for when looking for right lightings. But before that,u need any help. Just PM me! Cheers..

    so wad type of LED should we go for? :sport-smiley-004:

  12. Posted

    Hi Simontsh

    On Philips downlights, haven't seen one physically. But looking at the specifications of it, glass is not tempered. Using ceramic holder, for E27 (good and bad?). whether it is powder-coated? easy to recess? lux level? materials used? Im not sure, you have to judge it yourself. thank you!!

    hmm not sure of temperature of these bulbs that i intend to use with

    http://download.p4c.philips.com/l4bt/3/338279/easyscene_338279_ffs_aen.pdf

  13. Posted

    Arowana: Thank you for your advice, my ceiling also quite low but not planning to have false ceiling cos it will make it even shorter. Actually planning to have L box around living and dining. Wish to get those 5W LED downlight to put up on the L box and LED strip to run along the side of the L box

    If I use T5, it means I have to have false ceiling up to 6", wa..... so much space taken up ya. Let me reconsider and think over it again

    Wow, u got a good price ya... does tt already include shipping and taxes. Can show some pic of your lED cove light when u hv the time to download pics.

    Thank you for all the info and all the best to your new home

    hi i am looking to purchase lights for new house too. if interested we can group and do a bigger order thus negotiate for better prices? :sport-smiley-004:

  19. Posted

    ya, next year mid than probably will install Opennet. But if u do mind all the casing running from ur main door to the tv or internet access area than u must prep in advance 1st, ask ur id to get the electrician to route a empty casing or pipe from the main door area to the tv area first before the false ceiling is done up. leave a loose end string inside for pulling the wire in future.

    is there a specification of the conduit to be provisioneD?

  20. Posted

    call up goh ah bee/everjoint to check prices

    for TV selection

    decide if you need smart/non-smart TV.

    3D/no 3D

    then decide on screen size

    for samsung, when people quote 4000/5000/6000/7000 series..please ask for the full model number.

    they might tell u 7000 then give u a C7000 which is OLD model. whereas D7000 is the new model. Then for 6000....same....even within D6000 series....got split between 6000 6400 6600.....so please make sure to get the full model number+alphabets

    good luck in looking for TV. me looking at it too. :sport-smiley-004:

  22. Posted

    kitchen cabinets comming up next wheee ..

    gg arrange for delivery of my oven, hob and hood and my foc juicer and microwave .. hmz .. finally ..

    next gotta go buy my sink and tap soon ..

    my reno is taking place wheee wheee ..

    gg see pddoor this sun .. finally got approval to change the **** doors ..

    Take a look at besglas too. I dun find alot of good response with pd door

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