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  1. Very long never update already. Rushing to move in after lunar 7th month is over.

    Basically all the renovation is completed and key was handed over. Again, purchasing and spending money is unavoidable...

    Bought the following items....

    1. 2 kids cabinet from ikea

    2. book shelf from ikea

    3. sofa from Seahorse

    4 kettles + airport + kitchen ware from metro (not because cheap, its because nearby)

    Now moved in with empty empty de house. Recently just arranged courts to send in my bed, gain city to send in my washing machine and fridge.... Soon i will start upload pics... now very messy.... :(


  2. Finally my lightings are completed, at least I can go back see see look look after work without having to use my mobile phone torch. Time for sharing some pictures :D

    My favourite dining light - Eiffel tower light

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    Walkway Light - (If you notice there is a slight dent at the top part of the lamp, need to get my electrician to bent it back :( )

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    Service Yard Light - I like this comfortable feeling with this light, really got nostagic feels...

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  3. Last monday went to Best denki warehouse sales at paya lebar. Bought a Samsung 40inch LED tv, Samsung home theatre system and Rowena Vacuum cleaner. Wanted to buy a 47 inch Samsung TV at $999, but ended up didnt as they dont have built in digital tv tuner. Maybe one day i might unsubscribe my starhub due to some reason, so its better to get a tv with tuner. So the next best deal is the 40 inch LED tv @ 639.

    Samsung 40 inch LED TV UA40H5303

    http://www.samsung.com/ie/consumer/tv-audio-video/television/led-tv/UE40EH5000KXXU - spec is something like this. googled my tv model but all viet website.

    Samsung Home Theater

    http://www.samsung.com/hk_en/consumer/tv-av/home-theater/blu-ray-hometheater/HT-F5500K/ZK

    Rowenta RO5445

    http://www.electrictung.com/en/%E5%85%B6%E4%BB%96%E9%9B%BB%E5%99%A8-Other-Appliances/ro5445 (Probably the only readable website with specs)


  4. Hi EvolutionX,

    Have u got ur free microwave frm the LG yet? Coz if u do, can let me knw what is the microwave height u get?

    I purchased the same type of fridge but havent got the item yet,but my ID wants to knw the height for our tall cabinet measurement.

    Thanks.

    Not yet. Will collect end of this month after my delivery.


  5. I bought most of the lighting from taobao. Biggest problem lies with the picture shown on the internet, the brightness may not be as accurate as shown on website. I bought about 7 different lights from taobao, 3 have issues. 1 is cracked casing, but got free replacement from seller. another one is LED bulb got problem, cannot light up, still trying to get my daigou to talk to seller. last one is dents found on my hanging lights, but can twist it back, just that not so nice only.

    Price wise, really save about half compared to local price. Buying from local shop may not grant u the assurance that the light will be in good condition and the shop boss will entertain u if the lights are faulty. Just that even taobao seller want to replace another light for u also got to wait for 1 - 2 weeks for the item to send it over.


  6. Bought my Mitsubishi Heavy Industries System 3 aircon from Tim Wong in renotalk. Been calling him during one of the saturday morning til afternoon to book an appointment 2 weeks in advance, but his phone is off. So called his office and one of the guy say he is not around in office, and will get Tim to call me back on monday. But i wait til for 1 week til i remembered that i need to book a date for installation, so tried to call his mobile again, and cannot get through again. Thinking that there is a possibility that i kanna scam since i already paid a deposit :jawdrop: , so i decide to call him on monday. And finally he pick up his phone on monday, he then explained to me that he will go back to Malaysia during weekend, thus he will off his phone. :angry: Nonetheless, i told him i insisted on booking the date i originally wanted since its not my fault that its became so last minute. The office guy who picked up the phone supposed to ask him return call but he didnt inform Tim. Anyway, he finally squeeze my installation into a weekday afternoon since i dont need a 2nd appointment.

    Installation in progress......

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    Installed....

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    As 2 of the front panel of the aircon is slightly dented, i requested his installer to inform Tim to change for me. He supposed to bring down the panels and get the installer to change for me, but because they got another appointment, they just left me alone to wait for Tim, kinda pissed off a lil bit. When Tim reached, he only brought down 1 panel due to miscommunication with his installer, so he went back to bring the 2nd piece and i wasted another 1 hour. :furious: Well, seeing him rushing here and there to change my panel, i also cant bring myself to angry with him... Workmanship wise still ok la, maybe i just suay, if not it supposed to go smoothly...


  7. After writing in to my daigou, they helped me to talked to seller and they send in the cover FOC.

    My washing machine base have completed, but it seems smaller than expected. And my electrical work is on the way.

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  8. Went to open up the lights that bought from taobao to prepare for installation. Super unfortunately, my ceiling light got crack thou still able to lock it, not sure if the daigou got open up and check the goods physically. Gek xim, emailed to the daigou to see if there is anyway that i can do exchange. :(

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  9. Cement screed is completed, So my ID went ahead to do tiling for my living room. Bedroom will be doing laminated flooring, so gonna wait til the end of renovation then do the wood tiling.

    Before

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    After

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  10. Bought some lighting stuffs from taobao for my home... Not sure how good is the quality and how nice it gonna turn out. But the price is seriously cheap. Apparently taobao is the trend for youngster who doing renovation nowadays. :good:

    My master bedroom.

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    Toilets light

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    Dining Light

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  11. You can try selling them off at a much cheaper pricing.

    Some of them did that previously when samsung have free mircowave / vacuum when you purchase TV and etc ...

    thats what i gonna do. i have not arrange delivery, so without that invoice i cant collect it.


  12. My renovation finally started.... Based on my ID, firstly will do up flooring, then kitchen cabinet, then electrical work and lastly painting of new home...

    Due to bad experience from aircon purchase last time from another company, this time round i did some research in renotalk forum and decided to get my air con from Tim Wong who have a thread by himself in another section. So far not much negative feedback, at least i feel slightly safer even though its not the cheapest i found. Was initially pondering whether to get Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. or Panasonic or even Midea since its the cheapest, my family member insisted that I should spend more to get a better aircon (meaning dont get Midea), and also a lot of my friends was recommending Mitsubishi H.I., thus i decided to get MHI System 3. Paid deposit, now waiting to get a date for installation.

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  13. Went to Gain City during one of the weekend. Bought a LG Washer/Dryer for 959 and LG Fridge for 849, with freebies for LG Red Hot sales... but both freebies is microwave, with my existing microwave (still in good condition), i will have 3 microwaves in my home... :dunno:


  14. Went to PC show last week and Tech Show last last week. Visited Yale digital lock booth and apparently digital lock is in the trend. Well, it appears to add an additional security (plus troublesome) to our new home, so i ordered the simplest lock to be install on my main door.

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    This is roughly how it gonna looks. But i might drill another hole to add on instead of replacing the existing lock.


  15. Having gotten the key to our new home. Submitted defect list to BSC and submit request for cement screed to HDB. Supposed to have cement screed done long ago. The previous main contractor for HDB to do cement screen for our site actually "cut cost" of their material, they mixed their own sand and cement instead of using pre-mixed cement. When i see my cement screed, obviously the surface are "well-coated" with cement while underneath are mostly sand. I called up my HDB officer and request them to redo screeding. I believed too many people complaint about their "cheap" screeding, ended up the contractor was changed.

    This is how the hacked screeding looks with mostly sand used.

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    Even though the main contractor followed the guideline to use the "instructed" material to do screeding, but the quality of work is seriously.... :bangwall: The thickness of screeding was overshot, as the floor was hacked once, they ended up asked the BSC to raise the level of my bathroom tiles. sigh....


  16. If you need ideas for layout, mass send your floor plan and ask for quotations.

    They will pass you their quotes + floor plan layout.

    This will help you to compare pricing around in the market + a rough idea of how things the layout you want.

    (*Hope this help)

    Good luck for your reno

    I did almost the same things, but instead of just sending to them by email. I actually choose a number of IDs and went to them 1 by 1. almost half of them didnt reply with quote after i gave them my budget. lol

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  17. The search for ID is considered complete already (Since we paid some deposit). Here the story goes....

    After doing some research online, plus recommendation from renotalker, and those exhibitors from expo.... we narrowed down this 3 IDs....

    1) S***** Design - Professional approach, but way over budget

    2) Ci**** - The ID who entertain me is friendly, and offered some practical advices, Packages offered quite reasonable with freebies. (still slightly on the high side, good for those who intended to seriously design the whole place)

    3) Dre** Cre****** - Recommended by wifey friend, a newly started company by 2 experienced IDs (of course they have more than just 2 IDs) from other companies. Price only quote what i want to do.

    I actually choose the 2nd choice, my wifey choose 3rd... in the end we decided on 3rd ID, so we can just pay for what we want to do instead of package items.


  18. It's been quite long since I last updated. So here's a few updates on what I've been through

    House defects comments hopefully coming to an end. They do not even call me! End up having to go down to the service centre myself to chase for the job to be completed. I'm quite picky on the defects so a total of about 110 comments I listed it down. The house was full of masking tape at one point of time, showing all the defects locations. Some of the "major" defects to me were the shower head being choked, kitchen tile cracked, household shelter ventilation cover rusty, incomplete tile grouting and door hinges rusty. Didn't had the time to chase much. But so far twice I went down, both time they acknowledge my comment and quickly send men to rectify the defects the following day.

    On the other hand, like many others forum people, we went through the many process of finding an ID. I sent emails to companies and also used the renotalk and renotalk forum to find for IDs. Many came back to me asking to meet them to discuss on my requirements. Can say that it's a very tiring and tedious process as have to arrange a time to sit down to discuss and not forgetting to repeat what we wanted to different IDs.

    Theme: No Theme - just do what we want to do

    will update with the selection of IDs next..

    I also in the same BTO as you. Indeed the defects are really quite a lot, and BSC are taking their own sweet time to rectify it.

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