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Hi thanks for showing us the floorplan, was really eye opener for me at least to see different layout in the same area. We've only seen three different house in this area and we bought ours. I remember the first one we goes to was at Cassia, the owner open up his kitchen and do away with the service balcony it makes his kitchen amazingly big but the rest of his house was pretty nothing much to mention. Anyway we are talking about 4 rooms...those that u shown us and yours are 5 room they were so much bigger. Really interesting so big difference in floorplan within the same area.

Hi Morgan this is an eye opener...two years on and still looks awesome. The grain the grain...beautiful grain!! I'm glad we made the bold move. Btw, did the owner painted dark color to the white oak?

Today we just receive a letter from hdb approving our permit, think my con has extended e Reno date. Though I never read finish I saw the first few line mentioning the approval of our top hung window inside both bathroom. My con nv bull**** us so this does need to apply permit.

Thanks. Hey faster do a t-blog, see how difference is our floorplan. R u at cassia?

Alb, this thing v good huh. Is the econojet that u were talking about? Does it only comes in shower head? what about rainshower head?

Hi i've already pm u his contact. Look for Morgan, he is also inside this forum. On the other hand, u can take a look at the character of white oak which is written by him inside this t-blog.

No problem, help yourself

The main door cannot go, bo money liao... But con did mention to me before he will paint it white for me, i'm not v sure cos i like the natural color of this wood door...if i paint i can't recover in future so i nv answer him..lol

22nd May 2012 continues... Was pretty upset over these as i felt they might already scratched my tiles..reflect to my contractor and he check with the window workers immediately. Get back to me and told me the workers moved the unwanted material down piece by piece using hand. I also voice my concern wether the installer will use shovel to clear the debris and also will scratched the tiles but was told this won't happens. Later that night i felt i can't blame him cos we should have do the window first, anyway he assure me if discovered any scratches on the tiles he will knock and change for me.

22nd May 2012 continues... The ugly HDB window, guess they deserve to be change..lol

22nd May 2012 When i reach in the evening, these are what greeted me. Was pretty surprise as was told only to put up windows for the kitchen and bathroom only.

OH oh...

Morgan just wana be sure lah. Thanks Morgan, see u soon

Alb, u do the cement floor urself? Not kidding me? Then i better ask my con to check the level again...lol

Not that i don't wana give u more time...my wife u know women v anxious one...shhhh

Alb, no choice also cos we last min then confirm the contractor job and floor too. No 3D drawing or any drawing we start oredi, never even choose material yet. All these were while doing while choosing material along the way. lol My hacking permit also last min approved. ha

Glad that taichipanda already help me answer this. thanks! For those that pm me, i will get back to u guys later. Suddenly got flooded with pms overnite..lol I'm kindda slow replying here, am glad u guys can discuss things here.

Few years ago before we bought this place, we actually stay there for 1.5 years. I only heard from friends mention to me the zhi char store at cassia cresent was good however we never try it before. Weird i know, but maybe we got too many choice so this store never came to our mind when we are hungry. But wonder if it is still the same store many years before like my friend had mention?

Morgan did done a test on white oak before exposing the wood in open sun and rain for 2 years and that piece of wood still survive till I saw it 2 months ago. I will try to answer part of the question based on my own opinion. Most contractor or ID they will advise u to take up Burmese or Indo teak becos that are the safest choice for "them" to suggest and since they are no wood expert they are not even sure of the other character of other wood species. In such case, they definitely will suggest something that they are v sure and safe since it concern their profession, end up they all will dissuade the owners to take up other wood other than Burmese or Indo teak. Sometime why every ppl think is safe also partly becos everyone is using...human nature tends to follow. I choose to believe the wood expert, so i end up visiting Morgan couple of times and he is v nice to spent so much time to explain the nature of these woods to me. I believe Morgan he will come in and explain more if he saw this topic. One last thing that even convince me even further, is when Morgan visit my place showing us the timber, my con happens to be there to listen and the moment he saw the timber he said "go ahead and take it"! It convinced me further becos even for a contractor who usually will stick to the norm will advise me to use white oak. At this moment, i am v sure this contractor share the same vision as me.

Your aircon ledge too small? I thought standard size..gee. I not staying in clementi at all, was in e east

I will check with my con again...hopefully is level flat loh. Alb, your floor flat onot? haha But seriously i nv push my con v hard, is sort of an agreement that we give him ample time to coordinate. I rather he do good job. He did mention to me before, don't rush his tiler in this case they can lay my tiles nicely.

Bobian, we last min wana change all windows and sort of halt the tiling. Today some windows should be put up inorder for the tiling to continue.

21st May 2012 continues... More items received over the weekend by my contractor, how nice of him we don't even need to be present.

21st May 2012 continues... Kerakoll Glue as promised by Morgan. This glue is power The white oak were so beautiful I must say. Look at the grains...

21st May 2012 Last Friday, my contractor had most debris cleared to welcome our timber. It arrives today thanks to Morgan! From now on my contractor will work together with Morgan.