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Don't change lah, few more years can become antique le! They look so retro! Hehe

Not really...I asked Alan how many projects he has and he just replied he can cope, no worries, no problem...

This may sound dumb...I have been thinking about the "cold" drinks part for a while. Except for once when we went back during lunchtime, don't really know how else to leave cold drinks behind for them. Currently we could only provide them with room temperature drinks...(these days room temperature quite hot too...) So far I have checked their tiling. Being an outsider in the reno industry, don't really know what to check. Haha. Can see some tiles slightly off-aligned but I can live with it lah... Fixing the chandelier sounds fun! Like doing jigsaw puzzle, I like! Have fun!

We tried their braised pork ribs that day and it was only so-so. Read reviews that their assam fish head and salted egg crab/prawn good too! Maybe will try those next time!

Woah! I dunno if we can rise up to the challenge wor... the website seems so interesting!

Yahhor, I didn't notice its presence. Haha. But based on how I scrub the toilet floor with the broomstick type of cleaning brush, I think it's good that the kerb is there to prevent my brush hitting and abusing the bottom of the pipes?? We were quoted $1400 for our 3 room. I think my ID/contractor price not cheap, not steep but still feel heart pain. Haha.

Woah! Wall wood tiles look amazing! I am having this image of a log house for your home. Hee. Hope to see your whole kitchen soon, and the rest of your house with all the interesting tiles!

Your hacking and tiling work will be quite costly but can save from the carpentry. We are doing 40ft of top + bottom cabinets which contribute quite a bit to our reno cost. Boh bian, we need them cuz no storeroom. Good luck for your ID/contractor hunting! Hope you find one within budget and have mo qi with!

Congratulations! We are also doing reno and preparing for AD at the same time, and it is indeed quite stressful! Good that you still have a few months to getting your flat and AD. I can imagine how happy the elders are with the red red flats. Ours have been wanting red here and there too. Like how your house feel warm and cosy from the 3D drawings! I think it'll be exciting to see them materialize from drawings to actual home

I am beginning to appreciate how lucky we are. The workers came down on these two days, both Saturday and Sunday to work. We feel quite bad to give them so little time to work cuz we need to an chuang by next Sunday... Although they are also behind time, as long as they can give us the bedroom for an chuang, they can take their time to do the kitchen. Nice reading your t-blog! Hopefully your reno will be back on track soon!

Not related to renovation but too satisfied and must share! After our trip to the Swedish shop in the far east, my fiance drove down the road of temples to this dark and ulu coffee shop for dinner. Good Year Coffee Shop (15 Tampines Ave) The bak kut teh! The service good and bad. Food served relatively fast, considering how packed the place was. However, they didn't manage to serve our veggie at all. Payment was quite a long wait as the staff trying to use the iPad system for food ordering, order amendments, billing... But regardless of the service, regardless if I will have to sit outside in the hot air again, I WILL RETURN FOR THE BAK KUT TEH! Hahaha. I can't say what exactly made it so nice but I love the richness of the soup, not just plain peppery taste but something more... Apparently other dishes are good too (according to hungrygowhere)

Are you looking for ID/contractor now? What reno works do you plan to do? Good luck k! I think we have quite a bit of luck, can save here and there, especially since government upgrading our toilet/bathroom!

Thanks for your detailed review! I made a reference to your review on my t-blog, think it'll benefit many people!

Went shopping today! Bought lightings for installation next week. Bought six identical ceiling lights for living room (x2), kitchen (x2), bedrooms (x2) and two E27 bulb holders for the toilet and bathroom. Forgot to take photos of our lights! Anyway, to describe them in words, they are round, glass, plain ceiling lights with 32W circular tube. Round because I don't like squares and rectangles. Glass cuz it allows more light through than acrylic plastic ones. We didn't get electronic ballast, just took the traditional magnetic ballast. With magnetic ballast, the light will flicker a bit before switching on fully. However, according to the salesperson, electronic ballast shorter lifespan than magnetic ballast and more expensive (to be fair, by only $10). We think we can live with the short flicker so just took the traditional magnetic ballast. We went to Chan Huat at Balestier Road, didn't see what we like, went on to Jalan Berseh New World Centre. Think the lights there cheaper than Balestier Road. Rectangle glass ceiling lights were $80-$100 range at Balestier Road but two shops at New World Centre selling at $48. We didn't really do extensive comparison cuz quite lazy...just bought cuz cheaper, didn't look for cheapest. For more lighting shop review, I think these two are good! 1) http://www.vincentinteriorblog.com/singapore-interior-shopping-street-balestier-road-part-1/ 2) http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/60021-lets-go-punggol/#entry797382

Everything hacked in the bedrooms! The reason for hollow tiles for the entire living room and master bedroom, and no hollow tiles in the first bedroom: I don't know which contractor the previous owners got their tiling but apparently they only prepared the floors in the first bedroom and not the living room and master bedroom. According to my ID/contractor, they are supposed make holes in the ground, chemically treat the floor, then do tiling on top, such that the tiles will be securely laid. However, the living room and master bedroom floors were so smooth!! No wonder the entire flooring was hollow... We are glad that we decided to fork out that extra money to hack them all.