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Development for the above. He said his electrican can shift it. BUT, the electrican has not done it before and I need to pay additional $70. Now I am in a dilemana... dunno if its ok to ask someone who has no experience to shift it or just get external contractor to shift it. Anyone know the difficulties involved can share pls?

More pictures. WIW MBR Toilet

Pictures of carpentry work in progress. Kitchen TV feature wall

Still work in progress so very hard to tell how is the workmanship. I also hope it will be swee swee....

Carpentry has been delivered and installation work have started on the same day. I was amazed by the amount of woods there are and how did the two men team managed to move all of them up? Feeling excited now and looking forward to the day when installation is completed! Will post more pictures and updates on carpentry in the days ahead!

Went to D'Zender over the last weekend. Although their showroom is small, but there are many fabric types to choose from. Spent 2 hrs+ and decided to let them to do our curtains. Price wise is comparable to MGL. I'm most impressed with the service that was given to us. The lady who served us is very helpful and patience. Besides staying past the showroom opening hours to serve us, she gave many suggestions on which type of fabric will match the room wall colour and design, gave comments on the fabric we shortlisted, suggested similar fabric but cost cheaper and small tips to save money etc. I also like the way she start off the whole process, i.e She first calculated a rough quotation based on average range of fabric. If we are ok with the rough quote, than she will show us the fabric within the average range first. If we don't like, she then show us the next higher range and next higher if we still don't like it. For the whole process, we were sitting down and she was doing all the hardwork searching for fabrics and holding 2 fabric up far for our comparison. Overall, we had a pleasant "find-the-right-fabric-process". Lastly, must thanks her boss for giving us a good discount!

Hi! PM-ed you! We are not in that forum. Still enjoying two person world with wifey

My loot for the day! Wanted to get a rainshower system, but the floor to concealment box(ceiling) height in the toilet is just too low for a typical rainshower with a arch to work. So, got this instead! The bracket that holds the shower head can be twisted in such a way that it is 90degree to the wall and the showerhead is almost touching the ceiling. In this case, it should work better than a typical rainshower set.

Update on reno progress. Some lights were installed! Besides the typical downlights, here are pictures of the other lights. MBR toilet Kitchen Will be removing the track lights and installing it back after the solid table top is done. WIW Still short of the crystal light.

Some update on the above matter. This is the clothes hanger that I were referring to. Not sure if 'clothes hanger' is the right way to call it. On the same day where he smsed me, he called me later in the day to explain. Some mis-comm here..... it is not due to regulations that his plumber refuses to shift the hanger. Rather, it is the validity of the warranty. Let me explain. 1)this type of hanger is heavy and requires a wall plug that comes with long screws (>4cm) so as to mount securely on the ceiling. 2)the hanger is in a wet area and the floor is under HDB warranty. Thus, there is a risk of damaging the floor's water proofing of the unit above me. 3)His plumber used to shift it, but until there was once where the ceiling leaks water and the warranty has voided because the hanger was shifted. In the end, his plumber paid for all the repair cost. Above sound logical to me and I think it is fair that his plumber refuses to do the job. In the meantime, Rick is finding an alternative person, someone with drill eg. electrican, to shift the hanger for me. Before that, he needs to ascertain the length of the screws of the wall plug first. Hope he get it done before the final painting job starts!

Thanks for the advice! Our main concern was whether the transition between the different modes would be smooth. We will go take a look at the showroom!! Have fun with the shower head

Hi! Can you do a review on the Kohler Flipside shower? We are also thinking of getting one. Thanks in advance!

maybe is the manner I put forward the minor issues...tend to be emotional..Opps. Frankly, till date, he is still meeting my expectations.

I think not that bad yet. Maybe is the way I wrote it that give a negative impression. I feel the coordination is good since the work is following closely to the schedule I gotten in the beginning. Some credit to him also as he did manage to get the addition false ceiling at the foyer done over the weekend at a last minute notice.

Yup. I also think so.

Hmmm read somewhere in RT that Kenneth is actually the boss. I hope that I don't have to go to him to solve issues.

Erm...that is Rick's job to do so? Wait for a day or two, if the answer is the same, I will check with HDB myself.

1st time hearing that sub-contractor 'eating' the main con/ID... must complain to Kenneth(boss of ideal house?) a bit too much ba.... nothing is done despite numerous reminders.

Rick is my ID leh... and he said that his plumber is the person to shift it if it can be shift.

If it is money issue, his plumber should state it so... don't smoke me lah...

Anyone shifted the clothes hanger installed by HDB? Can it be done? I need to shift it in order to put a dryer on top of the washer, otherwise the dryer will block the hanger when I try to lower it. I asked Rick to shift. His plumber claimed that it is a HDB installation and his plumber is not allowed to and cannot shift it. True? I told him I'm insistent to shift it and ask what are the difficulties, beside the HDB restriction that his plumber claimed. Waiting for his reply now...

Hmm...I checked the reno progress regularly and dropped him phone calls/sms on the problems observed. The work done so far is pretty straightforward to me, with the exception of parquet floor where I "jumped" where I see the uneveness of it in the first phase of the work. He explained why is this so and assured me that it will be grind flat later on. So far, some problems have been rectfied and some is waiting for the carpentry work to be done. But frankly, I do feel uncomfortable not meeting him regularly. Shall arrange to meet weekly from now onwards.

One question, how often do you normally meet your ID/contractor during the reno phase? I haven't had a face-to-face discussion with Rick for 2.5 weeks already and we communicated via emails and phone calls.

Finally received the porcelain door knobs for the WIW door! Wifey is very happy to see them!~