Jump to content
Find Professionals    Deals    Get Quotations   Portfolios

linglun

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    7

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by linglun

  2. Posted

    Hi Fellow EM owners,

    I need some advice.

    We are planning to change the orientation of our stairs. Only the bottom half to be exact. I have seen it done previously but now for my submission, I am having some problems.

    The entry of the stairs is now facing my main door, and I would like to change it to face the kitchen instead. We do have a PE ready to endorse but now we are told we need to get approval from BCA? That would take 2 months and another 8k. ;(

    We wanted to work around it by adding an additional flight of stairs to join the landing and covering up the original bottom half so that technically, we are not changing the structure and orientation by hacking.

    Now we are stuck since adding another flight of stairs requires BCA approval.

  4. Posted

    Nice hearing from you Linglun. That was certainly a very nice unit, if not for the triangular shaped rooms, I would have loved to put in an offer. Nice as it may be, I doubt they will sell it to me anyway as owner was expecting 150K COV.

    My ID have advised me that the minimum requirement for parapet is 1 meter. So with the raised deck, I will have to do a new railing at the balcony to raise its height to suit. Also I must sign a letter of undertaking before approval will be even considered.

    Wood tiles are great for easy maintenance, but will the feel be the same to the feet? Do you mind sharing with me the wood tile cost per sq/ft?

    Thanks.

    Hi Vdubber,

    We went there specifically to have a look at their design. And you are right, their odd-shaped rooms kinda threw us off.

    But level 1 was truly a beauty.

    And the agent was trying to convince us that 150 COV was very worthwhile.. lol

    Hmmm, what is the purpose for the letter of undertaking? My contractor's only gripe was the weight of the raised deck. He mentioned that there are new regulations now and he just did one place with a raised deck, hence he knows how to get the application approved. Something to do with the material you are using etc. You may want to double check with your IDs.

    I have not given detailed thought about the railings yet, but thanks for the heads up, I better start checking on what to do.

    The wood tiles feel is definitely different. But maintenance weighed more for us, especially since we have kids and a dog.

    Wood tiles are about $4-$7 psf. Depending on country and size. We are considering the 15 x 60 rectangular long stripes.

    Congrats to all the new EM owners. Looking forward to seeing pics of your home Reno. :)

    Hi 3Dyms,

    Have been following your T-blogs and learnt alot from you and all the other EM owners! :jammin:

  5. Posted

    Polls: To raise or flatten the balcony deck?

    In my design brief to ID, I had spec for an extended raised timber deck for my balcony. I was trying to create a very open feel of a semi outdoor space inside an apartment. I had seen from photos of another EM doing that and took a liking to the idea.

    My ID strongly disagree with my concept citing, "We are not convinced the raised timber deck extending to the toilet is ideal for the design circulation for the unit. We feel visual separation between the toilet and interior space is already apparent with the use of different flooring finishes without raising the level, and the spaces are better integrated if they are on the same floor level. Nevertheless we will design (although reluctantly) for the raised timber deck all the way to the toilet since you had strongly requested for it."

    Now I have mixed thoughts, should I listen to the professionals who spend all their working time planning space for others? Or should I go with my own preference since I will be living in it?

    Any thoughts and comments from fellow forumers here will be much appreciated.

    i1ef.png
    xe15.png

    Photo example taken from property guru for a raised deck balcony;

    1l16.jpg
    0ryb.jpg

    Hi Vdubber,

    I have the same thoughts as you. In fact, I stole the entire design from the place at Pasir Ris! Lol! :sport-smiley-018:

    We also wanted to create an outdoor feel for our abode and the raised decked worked perfectly when we went to view the same unit with this design.

    However, after speaking to many contractors, they have raised their concerns regarding getting the approval to raise the height.

    For maintenance wise, we chose to go with wood tiles into of timber decking.

  7. Posted

    Hi, could you PM me the contacts? Much appreciated! :)

    Hi Everyone! I’m Joseph (I put the "Jo" in Joanna :rolleyes: ). As you may have read in the earlier posts, we had a tough time selecting a suitable countertop for our kitchen. At first, we were planning on getting a granite countertop, however as the islandtop would be the centerpiece of the living space, a shiny black surface was not really appealing. We had eventually decided on a quartz top for the kitchen.

    However, Quartz tops are rather pricey. To help you save some moolah and get an awesome counter top, Anna and I would like to suggest the following :thumbs up: :

    1) Skip the middle man: Go directly to the distributors instead of asking your ID or contractor to purchase it for you. The distributors have professional installation teams and can offer you better price/ft run (PM me or Anna if you need the Silestone/Caesarstone contacts)

    2) Keep your counter top within 650mm width. Quartz slabs come in standard sizes, if your countertop exceeds the width of a standard slab, additional (hefty) charges will be imposed.

    3) Choose a flat edge finish. A Flat edge finishing is cheaper than a 45 degree mitre joint. A flat edge also has no joint lines, hence it looks better (Do let your ID/contractor know in advance that you plan to install a countertop with a flat edge finishing, so that she/he can design the kitchen cabinets accordingly)

    Hope these tips will help you save some cash from your quartztop purchase! ;)

×