Everything posted by MaCe
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Mirror Of T/b Facing The Door Bad Or Good?
hallucination + a few other possible problems
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Ho Bee
no pretty 3D drawings - but ah keong will draw something that will look exactly as the real product. btw, ah keong is one of the reputated carpenters in sg. if you need a consultant to follow you around buying products - you pay for the premium. nothing is free. Unlike other ID/contractors patrick's team of tilers/electricians/painters/carpenters either been working with him for DONKEY YEARs or blood related. He doesnt have to monitor them CLOSELY like what others have to. As for mistakes - have no worries, he will rectify them for free and wont play punks like trying to persuade you to accept the mistake. do ignore some of the idiotic posts in here - a adolescent kid who has some tiny misunderstanding with hobee keeps badmouthing hobee instead of moving on with his/her life.
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Need Help For Floorplan
ya, cannot have window behind bed. everyday wake up having a sense of emptiness, cant get a good sleep also. unless SEAL up the window.
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Trapped By Lure Of The High Life
rule of the thumb. a DOLLAR in hand is worth 2 in the loan
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Toilet Facing Kitchen
in this case, you can grab a can of coke on your way to the toilet. convenient!
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Ho Bee
Nothing is free in this world. if you want a salesperson to bring you to tile/sanitary/lighting shops; 1) this service is added into your total bill but of cos they said it's free but you do PAY more. 2) The tile/sanitary/lighting shops NEED to give a cut(commission) to the salesperson. Go do your math. Lousy tiles = there is NO GUARANTEED GOOD tiles out there, whether China or ITALY, even marbles/granite. It all depends on the batch even if it's from the same factory. I was told the only tiles with the LATEST DESIGN dont have problems cos the "cutting knife" is still new and everything will be in alignment.
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Money $$$ Not $$$ Enough Blog
i remember square ones got screw in energy saving bulbs too. go visit MORE lighting shops. how bright the downlight is - depends on the design, as i have said earlier older designs you need to put in 2 bulbs YET it isnt that bright compare to a single bulb downlight(latest).
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Which Car Are You Driving Now?
a fren's fren(uncle) who change from lexus suv to diesel kangoo was SO HAPPY. from 6km/L to 15km/L !!!
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Bed And Toilet Wall
you can try. but do be careful about mirrors - it amplifies also, not just bounce. in fs, prevention is better cure.
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Money $$$ Not $$$ Enough Blog
1) average downlight cost around $20 or less (good looking ones not cheapo types) 2) a downlight is just a casing with a screw on energy saving bulb inside.(most commonly found) 3) for 20x downlights get those with just a single bulb - the double bulb designs are OLD designs. newer single bulb downlights with all the reflectors is actually brighter than those old design 2x bulbs. 4) i bought mine from thomson lightings( IMM and Balestier plaza) - $17 nia(new design).
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Which Car Are You Driving Now?
anything TALL and BIG...apple sure likes whahahhaha anything TALL and BIG...apple sure likes whahahhaha
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Bed And Toilet Wall
better NOT. having the toilet entrance facing a bed is BAD enough. this is worse.
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Trapped By Lure Of The High Life
small but expensive! sorry don like shengsiong their stuffs NOT fresh. NTUC go for canned food/fresh veg/meat. CK = their detergent and many small small stuffs CHEAPER than NTUC! ya thats the right way - to have OA(or park in funds) to TAHAN the mthly instalments for at least 1yr or more. EMs are not that expensive.
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Trapped By Lure Of The High Life
bigger but cheaper than yours
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Money $$$ Not $$$ Enough Blog
commodities especially metal related(copper wires) all shot up 2 yrs ago...
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Trapped By Lure Of The High Life
precisely, lots of such pple just never think of WHO and WHEN is going to finish paying the loan. Eventually this burden will be bear by their kids if they didnt get kick out of the house by hdb/bank. Leaving a 6 figure loan "inheritance" for their kids = outrighteous WRONG! and not forgetting the reno loan to make their pigeonhole house(hdb) look like ST Regis.... BTW I am living in a hdb pigeonhole house also.
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'kai Men' - On The Very First Day Before Renovation
i have methodists and catholics customers what do you think? infact certain buddism school dont encourage fs also. sg is rojak compare to other countries - 99% of singaporeans believes $$$ comes first before anything else. where else some countries(people) out there actually believes even if dont work, their god will still give them FOOD. most important thing is - we should not force others to believe in what we believe, whether it's religion/atheism/fs/whatever. this is a free world.
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Money $$$ Not $$$ Enough Blog
then can consider reuse the clipsals. the box(plain plastic box how exp can it be? ) is dirt cheap actually - it's the labour charges to remove the wires from circuitbreakers, fix back to new box, rewire back..... One part of the whole renovation that i find VERY difficult to save is the electrical wirings, try to save from carpentry.
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Trapped By Lure Of The High Life
there is right and wrong lifestyles. right as in being independent and plan expenses cautiously. wrong as in BUYing whatever loan/credit card can secure and WAIT for family members/friends/gov to bail out. knowingly that their income cant never sustain the amount. ; I have peeped on a lady's app form who is queueing in front of me back then> combined income 3k+, guess what they are buying? 360K prime area 4room!! even in the case of buying a hdb flat by commiting 100% of their current mthly OA contribution for the loan or worse CASH TOP UPs - how many out there actually did think of WHAT IF losing their job at 40 yrs old? or being jobless for mths? and if the gov bails them out - where the money comes from? from taxpayers!!! thats wrong!
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Moving In --- Buying Stove
search google for 5B pte ltd.
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Toilet Facing Kitchen
only when the toilet opening is facing your stove, then it's no good.
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Money $$$ Not $$$ Enough Blog
depends on how old the circuit breakers are and wat brand(clipsal will be the best). if more or close to 10yrs better change. box i think it's dirt cheap....$100+ nia.
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Position Of Stove Vs Toilet
you talking landed houses, me talking hdb....
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Living On 2nd Floor
buy big piano no extra delivery charges. buy big big mirror or glass also no extra charges. Upon funerals - so far i have enjoyed; 1) christian songs/carols 2) taoism gong and flutes 3) buddhism wooden clappers and on the mth when the coffin was directly below my house, i kena 4D 3 times!!
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Money $$$ Not $$$ Enough Blog
for philips non-tornado = rochor centre ground floor, there is a $2 dollar shop beside a CD shop. for tornado = look out for NTUC ... a lot of times they have special offers on tornado.