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Bro Centrino How is the pull out basket from Excel? Are they stainless steel and may I ask why you chose to buy from them rather from the others aka Song Cho, Hoe Kee etc It's a good idea to fix the led strip inside the tall cabinet, is it the same loop as your led light from your kitchen top Cabinet?

Sis Ayukie Was looking hi n lo for you.... Did you receive my pm? We are bringing the existing w/m over and have bought the gas dryer thus can't get the combi le. We are going up to take measurement and hopefully we had a short change in our previous reading!

I'm using the same tiles too in my common bathroom... Crossing fingers it will not be a nightmare where maintenance is concern . Love the tiles

We hacked the adjoining wall between MBR and bedroom 2

Already got people moved in le... Wonder if they are not disturbed by the noise and dust...

The electrical wiring The incorrect position of the hanging light point in MBR Another headache we have got is, we do not know where to put our washing machine and dryer! We wanted to put the dryer on top of the washing maching, but that would mean shifting the original location where we intend to put the w/m, meaning, extra $$ to relocate water pipe, electrical points, etc... not only that but it would also obstruct the hydraulic clothes hanger from lowering down. Anyone has any suggestion? HELP!!! Now wall is hacked, electrical wiring is almost done, next will be ceiling, tiling and carpentry. Our electrician told us after ceiling is up, we would need to install the lights before painting is done (?). OMG, we thought still took our own time thinking that the lights can be installed at the last stage. But no lor... thus, over the weekend, we went to few lighting shops and surfed the web for lights and finally settled the lights over the weekend. Our entire house will have LED lightings only, except for 4 locations namely, bomb shelter, service yard, bathrooms and kitchen. There will also be LED strips under the top kitchen cabinet and behind the mirrors in the bathrooms. I wonder if the PUB bill will recoup our investment.

It's been a week since my last post... been busy sourcing for lights as contractor told us that our ceiling would be done before tiling because we chose black glossy floor tiles and the "white pieces" (dunno what's that though) would stain it, thus better do ceiling first after wall demolition. Luckily our electricals were done up before that, now we have to call our aircon contractor to lay the piping. BUT... he has no slot this week ?! We had no choice and luckily we had not put a deposit, but to look elsewhere. It is a blessing in disguise, we found another supplier which offered more competitive pricing We went up to check on the hacking job and the electrical works and found that our electrician mistaken the hanging light point in our MBR. So he will need to go up again and correct it PLUS VO - extra lighting point in both toilets and wiring cabling for the speakers! YES, we changed our mind and decided to have a sound system heehee... The Hacker

Thumbs up for the reno! Sorry that I'm not getting the balance LEDs from you... I'm a kan cheong spider

After bugging HDB on the permit for wall demolition for 3 days, it's finally approved! Can kui kang liao lo

Hihi Could you send me the contact for the wholesale faucet? Thank you.

The quote does not include delivery from port to warehouse.... if you shipping on a FCL (Full Container Load), do note that you need to include unstuffing cost too.

I like your entire house LoL Are you all talking about cups for coffee?

Grey is classy We are also gonna have black and grey in our house and old folks are frowning

Thanks Ayukie!! I will change the location of the blower for my aircon in MBR. Overlooked this point.

You have hit the jackpot!

Sami Need recommendation for contractor or ID? We particularly like this ID who came out to venture on her own. She used to work with Rest & Relax Interior. We like her design concepts and she'll try to work within your budget by looking at cost cutting measures. The overall feel is very good and she plays with shapes and materials thus making the entire proposal very attractive. Not pushy nor agressive. Very nice young lady. All the best to your reno and selection of contractor/ID.

PM sent

Ayukie It made a hole in our pocket right? *sigh* Renotalk recommended electrician charges $3000+ for our electrical works and it's a huge sum of money for a new HDB unit. Luckily we got help from a friend, it definitely doesn't come free, but it helps alot.

But we need lotsa storage

Thanks Blackcookie I'm replacing the demolished wall with wardrobe, so the 2 bedrooms will not be connecting. But this will also mean that noise protection will be less as I'm not building up another block of wall. BTW, the wardrobe is for MBR not bedroom 2 Which means Bedroom 2 will be even smaller cos of this... Rottenramone We'll be doing wardrobe in MBR & common bedroom 3, living room and study room (an area partition in the living room), kitchen, shoe cabinet and the toilets vanity counter. Yes, carpentry is the main bulk of $$ in the quotation from contractor/ID. Not as if we have a deep pocket for our budget.

BTW, City Gas having road show at HDB hub, good buy. Juz bought Rinnai's hood and hob, dryer and Marco water heater. Using gas should save alot on PUB bills. Fren says he uses dryer 2-3 times/week + cooking (but dunno how often) and chock up only $7+ bill on gas. If AC also can use gas... LoL