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Hi! From 1 redhill lander to another! My place also came with the ugly looking green doors. I painted mine white.

Spam chop from me too! Hv you found your ID or contractor? If not, I can recommend you mine... he finished my reno in slightly under 4 weeks. Whatever he promised, he delivered....

Wow! Yr Master room toilet very nice! Love the dark colors!

Love yr dining table! Hope to see more pics!

Wah piangz! You did all these by yourself ah! Really must kow tow manz! !! !!

Thanks for the advise. Reno is in the final stages liao. We spend: - Hob, Hood, heater, toilet accessories: $1.5K - Frosted Glass door for master room toilet: $580 - Electrical: $1.8K - Lights: $2K - Sofa, coffee table, TV console, My little girl's wardrobe, swing, study table: $2K Total: $7,880.00 spend & spend & spend.... din even realised tt we spend so much liao!

From this pic, you can see the ash grey wall. 1 side is galaxy which is a very dark grey, the rest are white. There's a small area in Ash Grey:

Wow! you're really good with all those DIY!

Erm.... so sorry... only saw yr post now... guessed by now, you wld hv know what it looks like on your wall liao rite? Nice, eh? Below are some pics that I took over the weekend: Master toilet Vanity Top. Floor Laminate: Dining area simple feature wall. the light brown area will be a mirror: Kitchen Cabinets in progress: Master bedroom wardrobe: View from the rooms:

Wah! the 3D images look so nice!! Rem to post more more pics hor!

now left with the carpentry & toilet works... just spoke to the ID & he said 95% shld be able to finish on time for handover on 3rd Aug.... pray hard hard he wont "tua" me.... else

need at least 10-15% increment for me to jump ship.

Yup. Think we managed to get cos we apply under MCPS scheme (Married child priorty scheme). Otherwise boh chance also.... we painted 1 wall Galaxy. The rest are in Ash Grey.... so not tt dark... Sharing a Conversation with my mom when we brought her to our flat last Saturday which was still in the midst of renovation Mom upon entering the flat: "wah! the living area so small ah!" When she was "inspecting" the 2 rooms - Mom: "the rooms here all so small!" Mom: "The window grilles how come so ugly one? All protruding out." Me: "Window grilles protrude out no choice cos of the window handles." When she was "inspecting" the master bedroom - Mom: "How come master room design until like that? Space so tight. Then build this 1 inch wall here for what ah?" Me: "the wall is the backing for the cabinets." When she was "inspecting" the master room toilet - Mom: "How come your toilet so messy? Where's the door?" Me: "Still renovating mah, of cos messy. We removed the crabby original toilet door. Will replace it with a frosted glass swing door." Mom: "Huh? Like that wont hit the toilet bowl meh? Why don't do sliding? Aiyoh, space so small." I refused to answer at this point cos I think I have enough. When she was "inspecting" the living room - Mom: "Wah! So many lights in your living room! Need so many lights meh?" Mom: "Whats this area going to be ah?" pointing to the semi circle full length window area. Me: "going to do a platform here" Mom: "then? Thats it ah? Just do platform? Convert it to a lounge area lah!" When she was "inspecting" the kitchen - Mom: "aiyoh, your flat really small hor.... no space in the kitchen." started to point at areas and ask how come don't have this, don't have that, etc.... You would've guessed that by now, my ears + mind has switched off liao. Its no wonder that whenever we spend too much time together I'll get agitated!

Current : HDB 5A 133sqm Next mth onwards: HDB 5A 115sqm

true lah... the mthly installment is quite high... slightly higher than what I am paying for my CCK flat... but for the convenience... I juz hope tt my mom wont make me regret the decision by coming over every few days just to annoy me can liao!

Have you tried suggesting that in order to help control his habit, you take charge of all the finances? Give him a fix amt of allowance every mth. The rest goes to yr account so that you'll hv full control on paying those bills... that way I guess you might feel safer in the sense that you wont have the bankers showing up 1 day in yr flat telling you that yr hubby has defaulted the payment so badly that they are confiscating the hse or something. Meanwhile, do re-consider & try to work things out. If there's a need, see a marriage counselor. You do have your child to think of.... Having come from a broken family myself, its not easy when I was a child. The adults had their minds full with work, etc that they hardly had time to care whats gg on with the child's life & the hurt they felt when the parents separate. JM2C.

Dun scare me leh!

really ah? I like the convenience of staying ard town area.... currently staying in CCK... not tt convenient compared to redhill...

Wow! Yr flat is coming along nicely!

Jamez, Tim - Thanks for the welcome! Jamez - we are doing cabinets only for the master bedroom. For the other 2 bedrooms, we'll be buying off the shelf ones... cheaper that way lah! Our master bedroom's wardrobe will be in black... much to my hubby's delight, this was the color that the FS Master recommend. The wall color was in Nippon Paint - Galaxy... again, my ah lao's fav. He loves dark colors!

Thanks for the Spams folks! eR1c - yes... we were lucky to manage to get the flat there.... all thanks to my dear old mum who's staying ard tt area... otherwise dun think we'll stand a chance!

Wah! Yr bold red color wall very nice leh!! Unfortunately for me, my FS master said I got too much fire liao... cannot hv red in the house.

Imakan - beautiful place you've got there! Love it when the lights are all switched on....

Have started reno & finally have the time to start the blog rolling... Reno works started officially on 6th Jul. If all goes well, we will have the hse ready by 4th Aug. List of stuff that we will be doing.: - Kitchen Cabinets - Master bedroom wardrobes - simple feature wall in dining area - shoe cabinets - vanity top & glass door in master room toilet. - shower screen in 2 toilets - window grilles - false ceilings in master room & living room - tiles at foyer - laminated flooring for rest of the hse - paints total damage - $26K. At the moment, the carpentary is outstanding + the 2 toilets & the simple feature wall. The rest all done liao. Some pics of the ongoing works.... (sorry for the crappy pics since we took the pics with our mobile.) My daughter's room lights & paint. Paint color is actually Lilac... a very soft purple...but somehow the pic turned the color more pinkish. SIL's room lights. She didn't like it but no choice cos I want the 2 room lights to be the same. The one that she chose earlier only had 1 last pc. Living room lights from different angles + false ceiling Kitchen Lights: Master bedroom: Laminated flooring:

Thanks folks for the replies! Reno has started & aiming to finish it in a month. If all goes well, we will have the hse ready by 4th Aug. List of stuff that we did: - Kitchen Cabinets - Master bedroom wardrobes - simple feature wall in dining area - shoe cabinets - vanity top & glass door in master room toilet. - shower screen in 2 toilets - window grilles - false ceilings in master room & living room - tiles at foyer - laminated flooring for rest of the hse - paints total damage - $26K.