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Reno will be started end of this month .. still have few weeks to go. Last wknd went to Soon Bee Huat and Hafary to choose the tiles for bathrooms and kitchen ... as there is no ID, everything we have to decide by our own. No confident if the result will turn out good, some options we choose for master bathroom ~ which one do you think is better?

There is another kitchen top called kompactop which I plan to use ... U may google it for more details ~

25k reno seems quite tight, are u planned to do a lot or just minor touch up ? Have u chk with your ID if this budget can do what u want? For us, we increase our budget from 40k to 50k ...

SeirenGrey, I also got our place with 35K COV ... looked like u also into scandinavian theme, looking forward to see more pics. I going to get our key end of next month then will start our reno ... count down now : ) Btw, what is ur budget of reno? I met Jimmy before and he was not bad, quite keen to work with him but we have already confirmed another contractor ...

Hi 1000miles, your question made me laugh .. haha .. yeah, we intended one .. kidding. We also noticed the space is small, i.e. we didn't go for big sofa .. may be we need to reduce the size of kitchen cabinet to enlarge the space there.

Hi barcadibreezer, actually our floor size is the same, around 120sqm ... yours is 13100x10600 while mine is 12750x10100. Agreed, actually some of the carpentry works can be done after moved in .. may be that time you have better ideas ~ My husband like your WIW design, he even think to follow yours but I told him our MBR is smaller than yours .. so have to drop the idea. Mine also completion in end October, and we have confirmed our contractor. Hope everything can be done by end November as my tummy is getting bigger and bigger now Your ID is good, haven't confirmed but already provided you the 3D drawing .. how much d they quote you for your reno?

A lot of updates ! Is it louvre PD door? I just visited their branch last weekend and also plan to use it for our bathroom for ventilation purpose. Though the sale lady told me it is more difficult to maintain, I think I still will go for it : ) Still many good things happened, jia you jia you !

Here's the list of items I intended to ask our carpenter to do, also will give him the example pics that I want to achieve. - total around 13 items, I have indicated the numbering in our floor plan layout : Yet to meet him to discuss, hope everything will be fine ~

Hi 1000miles, saw your pm ... really amazed ! With the COV, you can do a lot for your reno ~ looking forward to see your ideas ... Hmm ... think I will just use Ikea stolmen system for our WIW, need to save some ..

Hi ladygeorgette, I also have done our 1st appt and our 2nd appt will be end of October as well .. so fast you start packing your stuffs, I still haven't started any as every wknd was busy buying things. Where u going to move to? Have some place to settle before your new place get ready? Btw, I was in my 6th mth preg now ... feel that time passed really slow.

Hi 1000miles, nice to meet you .. Noticed that you also staying at Bedok now, probably we met before Wonder how much do you sell your 4A Bedok house, Bedok has good selling price : ) Your EA is big and you can do many things ... are you going to create a T-blog? Looking forward to see your plans ... sometimes I also wondering if the end result of having platform beside balcony, glass window partition playroom and bay window recess cabinet will turn out good. Our reno will only start end of next month ... feel that time passed really slow. My husband didn't like to have storeroom, so we will try to store our toiletries stuffs and diapers etc in those cabinets we have ... window recess cabinets we have about 4, and we also plan to use the platform as one of the storage area (have yet to chk with our carpenter). Next time I will share the carpentry works we plan to do ~ Saw you choose OPSH as your wardrobe contractor, how is their price?

Hi barcadibreezer .. haha, our 3D is the simple one .. ID can do better , e.g. they can include the furniture you bought inside the 3D drawing, looked more real compared to ours Not sure if there is still any fengshui effect after box-up the beam .. I hope no, may be I will box-up our beam as well, hehe ..

Hi tessina, let me help barcadibreezer to reply .. the white box is lift. For you and me, we have totally the same floor plan but barcadibreezer has slightly different floor plan. Here's the example of block 7xx : white color is our unit layout while blue color is barcadibreezer unit layout. There are 2 types of 5i in blk 7xx .. both are about the same size of 120sqm but slightly different layout designs .. barcadibreezer has a storeroom between MBR and bedroom 2 while our storeroom is inside the kitchen. Saw your t-blog .. you have huge WIW ~ envy.

Hi ladygeorgette, wow .. your EDD is coming soon. Have you attended your first appointment? I hope I can move in to new place before my delivery ... yeah, my husband also will be the runner too, as I cannot go to view the reno progress during pregnancy period.

Thx ladygeorgette ~ how's your pregnancy and reno progress? I like the dining table too ~ and it was not that exp, less than 600 after discount. I know this brand istill also carry leather sofa. You may check their catalogue to see what designs you like, have the leather one too. I actually got mine from the furniture shop called "Xclusive" which just opposite to IMM Building. And the manager brought us over to the shop called "Picket & Rail" to try the sofa, his brands are selling in both of the shops. At the end, we paid our sofa at Picket & Rail @ IMM and paid our bedframe + mattress at Xclusive. Besides of brand Istill, I know he also carried the brand called Kuka which is for leather sofa only. Frankly speaking, I haven't got our sofa .. so I cannot comment if the thing is good or not .. hope it is good la.

Hi barcadibreezer, nice sketch you have ! Did you feel great and proud after you done your layout design? I feel it is fun especially playing with the 3D feature : ) For the sliding door, the quote I got is from range of 1.7k to 2k ... I saw there is also PD door for balcony but not sure how much is it. Paiseh, I cannot give much comments on aquarium and water feature .. not familiar with this area. Same as your layout, we also have a beam at that area .. I checked with my colleague who is good in fengsui, he said as long as I didn't stay long under the beam, shall be ok. Will try to avoid to sit under the beam when watching tv, hehe .. Else keep shifting we will have no space. For your layout design, have you imagine if you sit on the sofa and you will see the whole hallway to your room? Our initial design also something similar to yours .. but my husband questioned me this, and I think quite strange too .. so swap the position of sofa and tv. Just some thoughts .. I personally prefer design 1 .. not sure how about the rest ? : ) You found your ID already? How much will be your reno for balinese theme?

Thanks barcadibreezer ... hehe. I like tiles with wood grains too, but will keep as existing parquet flooring due to budget constraint. Since your FSM asked that, you can really think of keep the existing balcony as planter .. For us, we only keep about 400mm for balcony due to space constraint too .. you can notice that half of our sofa is already shift to hallway area. Since the sliding door will be opened when we stand at the balcony, i.e. the space allowance will be much more than 400mm (400mm is only when the sliding door is closed), so I think shall be ok. We can also sit on the platform and enjoy the outdoor scenary at balcony while open the sliding door. Of course, we also hope to get a bigger balcony but there is constraint in existing layout : ( Yeah, we have informed all our ID/ contractors with the new modified layout (with sliding door and balcony) and also received their quotations ... but we haven't finalized on the shortlisting of ID/ contractor. $50K is really tough for us as well, initially thought just need $40K ... Hope we really able to keep below $50K, or will not be exceed by too much. The sofa is from the brand called istill ... you can click the link I attached from my previous post to check their collections. Currently the sofas are selling inside the IMM shop called picket and rail. Yes it is fabric sofa, and can be customized to different sizes ... I didn't see much reviews from this brand, I hope everything will be fine.

Used the floorplanner to draw the floorplan and 3D design, also indicated the place to put the furnitures we bought : Took about 2 hours to draw this, not too bad huh :

Yesterday just done the first appointment, now is waiting for key collection on 29 Oct to start reno ... Push to this date due to Hari Haji and want to respect our seller who are Muslim ... Still have 1.5 months time before reno start. Last weekend went to IMM and bought the sofa set, storage bedframe and mattress; also bought our dining table from Franc Franc Vivo. The sofa set can be customized up to 3 meter and can be choose from their catalogue, have shortlisted these few designs : And this is the dining table from Franc Franc :

Hi Samich, how d you find about your kitchen top? I like the wooden feeling, like your dining table too ~

Saw there are few threads talking about this brand ... you may take a look. I am also keen of using this material as our kitchen top to have the feeling of wood, but husband concern is whether it can resist hard knocks especially when we want to chop the chicken etc. The thickness is about 6mm thick .. not sure if it is good enough. The website mentioned can follow their youtube channel for the video clips on resistance to hard knocks but I cannot find it in the youtube channel.

Just come across this when I looking for wooden like kitchen top ... my husband concern is whether it can resist hard knocks especially when we want to chop the chicken etc. The thickness is about 6mm thick .. not sure if it is good enough. The website mentioned can follow their youtube channel for the video clips on resistance to hard knocks but I cannot find it in the youtube channel.

Yeah, will hack a lot of walls. Changed to storage cabinet instead of settee, mainly due to cost cutting and we also plan to do different design for the bedrooms when the kid grow up. Hi barcadibreezer, I have the same feeling ... ID will just design based on what you told them, but I believed they will add in some design factors into the plan and also giving the 3D which is more easier to imagine : ) I still haven't shortlisted ID / contractor ... still waiting for their quotations. It has took me for more than 2 months of discussing till receiving quotations ... Btw, have pm you the contractor contacts ~ good luck

Sure ... here're what I want to do : Carpentry works Entrance : Design & fabricate full height shoe cabinet in laminates and wood mouldings Entrance : Design & fabricate low height settee with storage in laminates. Balcony + Living: Design & fabricate full height Tv cabinet in laminates and wood mouldings Playroom : Supply & install 2 fixed & 1 panel of sliding doors with glass for Playroom Playroom : Design & fabricate book shelf inside recess area. Playroom : Design & fabricate recess cabinet with storage in laminates and wood mouldings (protruded 200mm). Bedroom 2 : Design & fabricate recess cabinet with storage in laminates and wood mouldings (protruded 200mm). Bedroom 3 : Design & fabricate recess cabinet with storage in laminates and wood mouldings (protruded 200mm). Master Bedroom : Supply & install 2 fixed & 2 panels of sliding door to enter to walk in wardrobe. Master Bedroom : Design & fabricate est. 4ft low height settee with storage/cushion in laminates and wood mouldings Master Bedroom : Design & fabricate est. 4ft low height recess cabinet with storage in laminates and wood mouldings Kitchen : Design & fabricate bottom kitchen cabinet in laminates with BLUM system. Kitchen : Supply & install kitchen work top. Kitchen : Design & fabricate bar counter in laminates. Study (existing service balcony) : Supply & install one sliding door for Study Study (existing service balcony) : Design & fabricate full length study table top in laminates. Study (existing service balcony) : Design & fabricate full height cabinet to box-up current pipes. Others Living Room : Install L-box with cove @ Living Living Room : Install 1 unit of platforms at the edge of living hall to balcony. Living Room : Install sliding glass door @ Balcony platform. Living Room, Pathway, MBR : Re-sand and re-varnish existing parquet to a lighter shade Master Bed Room : Install L-box with cove @ Master Bedroom Master Bed Room : Build full height hollow block wall. 6ft Common Room : Install L-box @ Common room 2 & 3 Bathroom : Demolish existing Bath door and door frame @ both baths. Bathroom : Demolish existing wall & floor tiles, basin, toilet bowl and accessories @ both baths. Bathroom : Lay floor tiles @ both baths @ $3.00psf including gst Bathroom : Lay wall tiles @ both baths @ $2.60psf including gst Bathroom : Apply waterproofing @ both baths & kitchen Bathroom : Seal existing toilet entrance using 63mm hollow block at common bathroom. 3ft Bathroom : Create a new entrance for common bathroom. 3ft Bathroom : Build 2 units of slabs @ both baths Bathroom : Install bathrooms accessories for both baths Bathroom : Install 2 hot water points at shower area for both baths. Bathroom : Install 1 Storage heater for both baths. Bathroom : Install 2units of tempered froster glass door for both baths. Kitchen : Demolish existing cabinets, concrete support and accessories @ Kitchen Kitchen : Demolish existing wall & floor tiles @ Kitchen Kitchen : Cement screed walls @ Kitchen (where carpentry will cover the walls) Kitchen : Construct cement motar base for kitchen cabinet & fridge. Kitchen : Lay wall tiles @ Kitchen (Expose part) @ $2.60psf including gst Kitchen : Lay floor tiles @ Kitchen @ $3.00psf including gst Kitchen : Install sink & kitchen mixer Kitchen : Install washing machine inlet & outlet pipe at kichen area Kitchen : Install sink tap c/w inlet & outlet pipe at kitchen area Kitchen : Install hob/hood Study : Supply & lay flooring with laminate @ Study. Study : Demolish existing wall & floor tiles @ Study Study : Cement screed Study wall & floor Curtain : Supply & install 4 units curtain pelmet @ Living/Dining/Master Bedroom Painting : Original Painting of whole unit ceiling and walls with Nippon/Dulux paint 5colours + white Painting : Original Painting of 4 doors & door frames Piping : Supply & install cold stainless steel piping for Kitchen and 2 Baths Hacking : Demolish existing 8 units of walls (3*storeroom, 2*kitchen, 2*MBR, 1*bathroom). Hacking : Demolish existing whole house cornices Hacking : Demolish existing whole house cabinets and wardrobes

10k COV is really a good deal ~ Looking forward to see your layout plan, curious to see how you want to do with your new house ... Will you also hack a many walls? I know there are 2 contractors who were very popular in renotalk - Alan and Mr. K, let me know if you want their contacts. Besides of asking them for quotations, I also checked with other contractors who were recommended by my friend... but still haven't finalized the contractor / ID. How many IDs have you talked to ?