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  1. now FSM say can have wiw in my room so ok lor...

    hi koi koi are u gg to hack away one of ur rooms? if not i think the MBR very little space for WIW... u have better reconsider.. if u are really gg to do it w/o knocking away one of the room then the space left for bed, dressing table will be very small already, very cramp...

    in my opinion, better dun.. just convert one of the rooms to a WIW... better haha


  2. ya.. my hubby and I wanted to create a cozy area.. and we liked those wood furniture.. but has quite limited budget.

    so we started off with tv console and coffee table first.. den will get a shoe rack and decorative mirror a few mths later..

    actually we have been ard many furniture stores and saw many furniture using veneer or compressed wood.. the feel is not so great.. den when we chanced upon teak furniture, we kinda fell in love with it!! We r convinced that its quite a good investment on something that can probably last for many years...

    hi krisie is this the bench u are talking abt? can't find any other benches on ikea online catalog already... we've been to ikea many times but never see a suitable bench leh...

    http://www.ikea.com.sg/products/product_display.asp?id=1569

    IMHO, u should buy those teak sofas rather than coffee table or TV consoles..cos i think sofas have to be more steady cos they need to support more weight... whereelse i dun think coffeetable or TV consoles need to have such high strength...

    anyway ur new accessories looks fantastic... :dunno:


  3. Hi to Mickoe and Sunboi

    Ur doors cost only1k plus?

    I got quoted from patrick for timber sliding door at 1800 each... 8ft by 7ft... is it considered expensive? since u guys got ur doors at 1000 plus only right??? i wanted 2 some more... but i was thinking that i might have to do without it cuz it's 2k each.

    how come ur pricing so different?? help help!!

    ya i think u shld check with patrick and ah keong... mine is those normal doors only(mabbe plywood with verneer haha) ... i think not solid wood.. mabbe u requested for solid wood that's why it's more ex....


  4. haha.. now I realised mickoe and Sunboi r couple!

    anyway.. I saw one of the storage benches that I liked very much, but it came only with unfinished wood.. so was thinking of getting one and paint it to wedge.. and put it at entrance foyer to contain my shoes and to b my seatee.. hehehe

    where u saw ur bench? ikea? like wat mickoe wifey said, we are looking for one to replace the stupid silver river one who is becoming something like an eye-sore grrh... u should ask ur carpenter to 'stain' it to wenge for u... rather than u do it.. like for us, our carpenter told us that there's a layer of lacquer on our TV console so he gotta sand it before he can paint... else if never remove the lacquer then directly paint over it..sure will be ugly with alot of patches here and there...


  5. ya loh.. I understand tt.. but if I only mount the TV console should be okie.. cos not likely able to shift place mah.. U know la.. our living rooom.. the TV can only b placed at certain area leh.. haha..

    hei sunboi,

    saw ur blog.. ur reno almost completed.. swee swee leh

    Like ur doors.. esp the sliding door at ur study room.. how much it cost ah? Me not likely to put a door there.. cos will b quite ex.. the pivot kitchen door oreadi cost us $680.. the sliding door will b another astronomical price for us liao.. :notti:

    the door is about $1000 if i rem correctly... but it's very big lor... about 2x normal doors...

    ya my renos almost completed... now left some touching up from our contractor.... left with furnishings... headache also...

    oh ya the reason why we build that door is cos we have plans to aircon the whole house hehe..

    if u wan, u can come up to see see hehe... our renos nothing fantastic but i feel it's simple and nice, easy to clean hehe


  6. i also dun quite like the idea of mounting alot of things on the wall... next time when wan to shift position very difficult... gotta fill up the screw holes, and repaint (diff shades also liao) it or use sometime to cover it up... mafan...and somemore still got rusty screws and corrosion to ensure...


  7. i got pat's quote - but it seems quite exp for a contractor leh.. i did get one ID quote which seems around the same range as pat. hmmm.. ID is also as recommended as ho bee.

    anyway, before i confrm with pat, i can ask him to meet at my new place? is it to much to ask? need his experienced eye to confirm the measurements, so that he can do a most accurate quote for me.

    just would like to add. the quote have to look at the design and the material used as well. Like for our feature wall we were quoted far cheaper by an ID.. but the material used? Gysium board.. something like office partition.. no design just a wall with a few pigeon holes.. that's why it's cheap..Ah keong uses laminated plywood and his design is all available space he put cabinets... with the max no. of shelves inside.did u see the interior when u came on sat? some only put a few shelvings lor to cut costs. some will just simply give u a wooden plank to cover the bomb shelter... it's also a feature wall...but really a wall lor.. not much use right? so the bottom line is that u must also conside the design and materials as well... i think that's why his quote is more ex...

    and i think he do factor in some additonal costs that might incur during renos..

    like our walls are not flat so he put an additional plank in fact 3 to cover up the wall and make the whole thing appear nicer... no extra charges... the study door frame also.. he will try his best to make his work as nice as possible...

    in my opinion, he's very good, very professional...


  8. thanks, will probably do so if the next trip is still "NO STOCK".

    call them 1 or 2 days before the date they told u...

    sometimes the stock come earlier.. like for our case... they have a "no reserve" policy but i managed to "persuade" them to keep a few hours for me... hehe


  9. no leh...still considering if i should get curtains for the living room... !!

    i am worried that the sunlight will damage my beautiful sofa and my furniture... and my parquet floor, just polished looks so nice... oh wat abt ur bedrooms any curtains? bedrooms are using laminated flooring right? i think also cannot tahan direct sunlight for too long...


  10. I just call to confirm the deal with patrick. He say can start reno anytime. Will start at beginning of apr. Now can start preparing.. !!

    Any idea what is the payment details?

    payment wise i think he is very flexible, we made our first payment to him when he is 60% done (he asked for it, he said any amt will do, but we paid him abt 40%) with our renos... after that he never come bother us on payment.. now my renos are 95% completed he still never pressed us for payment but i called him up and pass him another 40%... now still got 20% payment i still haben give, he also never press

    anyway once u made payment to him, he will give u a reciept...


  11. haha.. dunnoe what his name is..

    but he is kinda farnee.. keke

    he kept on asking me that am I sure I have so little defects?

    Den I realised that I can get HDB to change the wall tiles cos HDB officer wun check.. hahaha !! :notti:

    i believe the contractor work like this, u report defects, they will do afterwards they will bill to HDB and then HDB pays them... so the more defects u let them do, the more stuffs they can "explode" the sums and in the process earn more $$... haha

    so u are not doing them a favor by reporting so little defects... then they will find it very hard to mark up the quotes...


  12. Just asked Master Gan on the same question.

    He said its not very good to leave the house empty for too long, as you need to fill it with 'ren qi', otherwise all the 'dirty' things will come in and stay.

    Maybe during weekdays you can engage day-time maids to clean up once or twice per week, or try to organise some mahjong/soccer/drinking/etc sessions there.

    ok i will go there more after work more often to fill the house wif my "ren qi" mua hahaha


  13. haha.. i just called him to ask when I can choose the tiles... he said this thurs..

    haiz still have to wait for a few days.. i got a feeling that I wont b able to shift in by end april!

    hei btw, who is the contractor doing up ur place?? cos he is the only person who contacted me re: retifying the defects.. u got the HDB technical officer to check for the defects??

    i think should be the same fella... Ah Soon right? an uncle wif curly hair.. the HDB technical Officer wun come to check lah she will send Uncle Ah soon down...


  14. hi krisie, there are 4 colours, white, cream, blue and green. i had changed all my tiles for my kitchen and toilet to white and they look not bad :bangwall: from what i know they can only deduct 50cents for each tile if you wan to change to other non-hdb tiles. i guess you can no need to expect him to call u, he is always very busy, you will have to call him instead.

    yes yes, call him 3x a day if u have to haha else he will just take his own sweet time...


  15. just my rough calculation based on a website, my area should be around 41m2, height not too sure, assuming 3m as there is no false ceiling, so the BTU is around 17KBTU, so a 18KBTU/h single split unit should be just nice :bangwall: the calculator is here: http://www.cwplant.co.uk/home/aircon_calculator.asp

    storeberry, you must take into consideration about the total power needed. A system 3 usually has the power of 22KBTU/hr. if you are sharing this system 3 with your bedrooms and living room, you must make sure the compressor has enough power. For my case, just the living room alone requires a single split unit, my other 3 bedrooms will be on System 3.

    Single split unit is more powerful and most costly for sure.

    yah, am considering 22K too......but it's really a luxury item menz......22K will be same price as System3 liao ;) but after some quick check, there is no such thing as 22KBTU/h leh, most of the brands are 24KBTU/h instead......

    i put a 18k unit in my living room, not cold but cool(anyway i set the temp to be 25 degrees only) but we no need the unit to be cold, cool can already... hehe so far so good... btw i am using daikin sys3..consult the aircon specialist better, they will give u advice... but my 18k unit need abt 20-30mins to make my living/dinning room cool lor...


  16. mine is made by ah keong ! solid hor? haha...i think about 1000 plus...cos most of my reno cost comes frm carpentary works...te door is wood one..

    To be exact it isabout $980, the frame is not like this in the first place but because our wall's top and bottom thickness varies, that's why ah keong gotta make that thick wooden frame to 'beautify' it... but the effect is nice right? hehe


  17. sorri coming here to kaypo...

    For Kong Tai, u need to made the full payment once u confirm u want that model as they are a small shop so no choice.. that time went down and check price.. really their price is cheaper by 100 plus to 200...

    no leh, that time (abt 1.5mths ago) we bought a mit fridge from them $990, we paid them $90 only as deposit then we paid the rest of the $900 when they deliver the fridge...

    policy change liao?


  18. Hey, I think its really abt the timing. When I tried to get a quote from Patrick, I was also expecting to wait for some time. But surprisingly, he managed to get back to me, if I can remember, within 3 days!!

    I guess he was able to find some time to do the quote during that period of time. Maybe its just plain luck.

    So far I managed to get the response from him pretty fast and he will tell you in advance if he is not able to give you a re-quote in time. At least that was what happened to my case.

    ya we also have no probs with the timing of his quotes.. if i rem correctly, we got our first quote on the next night after he came to visit our unit. the 2nd one is within the same day after we told him of the additional items we wan to add in...

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