Minerat

Yes, that plot of land is so huge that your voice actually echos! May God bless that land so that it remains unoccupied forever Btw, PinkPluck, are you related to Pinkflowers?

For a terrace house and if space permits to mount more compressors, you should give some serious thoughts to the aircon configurations. That could save you big time $$$. I like what my previous owner did Level 1: Both living and dining room are single non-inverter units. These 2 aircons we will hardly on them, hence having non-inverters are cheaper. Level 2: System 3 inverters for 3 bedrooms. Obviously they are more utilized. Level 3. Single split non-inverter for wardrobe room as that is hardly used. Another single unit for the MBR, which I changed to a system2 to accommodate the new study room.

Mine is only a humble inter-terrace lah. Land is 1809sft. Built-in roughly 2800sft. Freehold.

Girls are sensory creatures. Btw that is only the first step. When the first ID returned with a quotation, it will include all the technical jargons and measurements. Eg " Design and fabricate a 7ft by 7ft TV console feature wall with PVC internal carcass and laminate finish ". I will then update my ppt with these specific descriptions and measurements. Subsequently, when the other id or contractors quote based on the revised ppt, they will all have the same line items and measurements. So viola, comparisons have never been easier.

C'mon, we are guys... We are logical thinking creatures. Lol

You've added steps to your split. Good move.

Roofing contractor just texted and said they will replace the rusty flashings tomorrow

That belongs to my neighbour. I asked the contractor before for a quotation to do my roof like that. He told me $17k minimum!

They have started laying tiles for the living room. Swee boh? No money to do marble so no choice make do with this. Hahahaa

New roof is up when I checked in the evening. However i am not happy that they did not replace the obviously rusty flashing. The worker said they will paint over it but I doubt that will help. That piece is obviously rusty because it was already dented and water ponds there when it rains. Complained to the contractor who promised he will look into it.

What I did was, I created a powerpoint with details of what I want to do and where, with photos and floor plan attached. So every contractor or id I will just email them the ppt and wait for their quotations. Save my energy

I've always wondered...where do the workers do their "business" during the reno since everything is hacked and not usable???

The floor plan looks complicated. Is that from BCA?

That's like 8 aircons? Sounds high if you ask me. I was given a quotation of about $4.5k for a daikin system3 (other brands should be cheaper) including concealed pipings. To extrapolate, it shoud not be more than $15k for 8 aircons i supposed. You might want to check out gaincity. You can pay $1k deposit and they will send someone down to access installation cost. If you don't want to proceed after that, they will return you the $1k.

The roofing guys began the last part of their work today, ie replacing my kitchen roof. After some inspection, we have decided to change the insulation materials as well. That's another $1k out the window I see the workers carefully taking measures, cutting and laying the insulation materials before finally closing off with the new grey roof we chose. Hopefully with this done, all our roofing and water leaking issues will be a thing of the past

Day 16 (22 Aug 2012) The tiler 头手 dropped by yesterday. After his inspection, they had to hack away the whole toilet floor for the MBR toilet. Reason being the water levelling was not correct. Though a bit sim tia because the tiles were all nicely laid and grouting done already, but I am also happy that these people take so much pride in their work. I will not be able to tell the difference if they don't say anything. The tiler preparing the living room for tiling works to be carried out later today. Looking at them go about doing this, I realized how tough it was for these people to earn their money. I'd never thought there's so much prep work to be done before you even lay one single tile.

Everything in this toilet, from the wall (instead of shower screen) to this seat, was done with my brother-in-law in mind. We will also be installing some push handles next to this seat and the WC area to let him push himself up easily. The glass railing was done by previous owner. We've kept it.

Today the ceiling guys also came and rectify the ceiling. Now it's the design we wanted, which is cove lights pointing inwards. However, we realised the whole cove area was not square as thought. After talking to the workers, we realised that there were some pipings limiting the further extension of the cove. Lesson learnt. Next time must check the pipings first before committing to a design

Come have a seat

I agree. Their plastering always amazes me.

Today my ID said the manhole cover has to be replaced. I shudder to think of the millions of cockroaches that will emerge from that ****hole. I better standby my baygon.

Good. Looks like a lot more terrace owners checking in now

Reno is ongoing. Not sure if quote is cheap but it includes some top notch materials like marble for all toilet vanity tops, caesarstone for kitchen countertops. But I did reuse some stuff like aircons and I didn't do anything to front porch area.

Luckily the colours can match. Else also dunno what to do.

Day 15 (21 Aug 2012) Another miscommunication today. When I went on site, realised that tiler had laid the living room tiles into my yard's utility room, instead of the yard tiles. ID straight away said to knock out and redo. I saw the look on the tiler's face and I really felt bad for them. All the hard work and effort to go down the drain like that. Hence after much discussion with my wife, we'd decided to leave it. But I cannot afford anymore of such heart attacks. Hahahaa Yard room with living room tiles. The wood tiles were the originally intended tiles for this room and the rest of the yard area.