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[Home Sweet Home]

yeah I agree better to plan properly then go look for ID...

u have to decide on what u'll wan first... else when the ID talk to u'll, everything sounds good and it's burst ur pockets... bank loan only $30k limit right? the things the quote can easily exceed this amt... not good to be debt-ridden so soon after graduation right?

IMHO i think it's better to take a look inside the unit first (or go peep at neighbour's flat while they are undergoing renos) then decide on wat u'll wan to do...at least u'll can have a clearer picture...

no need to rush... remember also that requirements are prone to changes during the course of renos... likely to add more and more things to the reno items...

renos also not cheap...

[Home Sweet Home]

Lol

Thanks for the nice welcome to Jurong West. Actually to be honest, we weren't that keen on Jurong West at first cause I was a Dover boy all my life. Stayed there since I was born, so I was reluctant to leave the area. Tried to go for the Feb WIS for established towns, but all the units were snapped up super fast. So after much consideration, decided to settle for Jurong West. At least I'm still in the West side right?

Havn't yet lei... We booked the flat on 10 Feb 07, then it's already the 1st of March today. The HLE is supposed to be "within 7 days" right? My fiancee called the customer service manager already and her reply was that, "Oh, you only booked on the 10th of Feb what... Very recent." People excited mah.... Everyday we log into HDB to see if there's any change, but it always says "HDB will invite you to sign the Agreement for Lease of the new flat in due course."

LOL

i know exactly what you mean. My fiancee and I go furniture hunting, ID hunting and forum browsing every single night until 1 am before we go to bed. We rented a flat at Clementi so that we could ascertain whether or not we could tahan each other's living habits. So far so good.

Reno... sigh. My fiancee got her first application rejected from RHB bank yesterday, no reason given. Jan got frustrated so she went to buy her own credit bureau report. She used to work in a bank you see, so she got even more pek chek when she saw that her credit report was extremely good. Today we're meeting up with our ID to get more quotations from him so that she can apply for more banks. Hope everything turns out well.

i got the letter 1 mth after we booked some even waited for more than 2 mths...

... dun worry lah u noe lah govt agency work abit slow one.. esp now they still need to access the applicant's credit status...

[Ideas On Customised Bar Counter With Display Cabinet?]

If budget allow, I was thinking of having a bar counter with full height display cabinet that can display my liquors and store my shoes at the entrance way.. serving as a partition between the entrance and my living room.

The bar counter will be a place for my hubby and I to sit and chat over drinks or meals..

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I wonder anyone has done that in their house?? Kindly share your pix here.. if not, can share some ideas here as well! Thanks~

I have the same idea as well but so far have not been able to find any suitable ones... we are still searching for 1 ourselves

i think ur bar counter should be placed at the area between living and dinning room more suitable ....

chilling out near the main door? eh..sounds abit strange... hehe

[Kande Love Nest]

wa liew.. I am really very lazy when it comes to calling.. but when I get impatient.. I will get MAD!! haha.. had scolded the Citibank officers for many times for making me wait at the hotline.. keke

Ur place got alot of defects to retify?? Heard some pple has alot of cracks on the tiles.. den the officers have to change wall tiles and retile for them!

my unit still alright... I didn't notice any cracks on the kitchen wall tiles or the toilet floor tiles... actually i also didn't go check hehe.. tat's why my defects recitification is quite simple not many big big works involved and i gotta wait for more than 3 weeks for them to complete (frm start to finish) .. not including the waiting involved...

i think u and ur hubby gotta call them everyday on the pretext of checking their progress after the day they said they will start work(like me) then they will buck up..else i think they will just take their own sweet time...

[Kande Love Nest]

wa.. how come they sooo slow one!! I am in hurry to shift leh.. cos sofa set and TV will come in Apr..

Ya they are **** slow... and their work sucks. after they are gone, i still have to touch up here and there myself... grrh... think ur HDB contractor and mine shld be the same 1 lah...

After u submit the defects list, u still gotta wait for the contractor to contact u, then he will go thru' everything u wrote down on the list (go to ur unit to walk the gnd) , they wan u to show them the actual defects... then they will say when and when they will start to fix... but hor usu. not accurate one... they got alot of excuses...

I've been thru' all these before... must keep chasing them...call them, bug them... somemore there are more than 1 contractor, 1 electrical stuffs, 1 for general works, one for metal, and 1 for sanitary... wah... chase them 1 by 1... sianz...

[Kande Love Nest]

frankly speaking i dun think it's a bit rush even to shift in by end of april..

cos after geting the keys, u still check for defects and ask the HDB contractors to do defects rectification...and OMG they will sure take their own sweet time to do... for me i got my keys at end of Nov, but they only finish the rectification on Jan... even after i keep 'chasing' them.. the actual rectifications take only 2-3days lor... but the waiting time... grrr...

of cos it's possible for ur contractors and HDB contractors to be in ur place doing renos and rectifications at the same time(to speed up the process) but might be abit messy...

What's more the whole schedule might be delayed by some 'unexpected' incidents.. rushing the reno workers might make them produce lower quality stuffs... then need to waste time and $$ to redo...

IMHO i think shift in by end of april is gg to be quite rush... unless u are not gg to let HDB contractors do the defects rectifications... the main prob is them lah...tell u one date but nv fufill one...

Anyway good luck for ur renos...hope u will be able to move in at ur expected date...