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Thanks zihui, shall check it out.

Thanks Zihui, will check with them on this.

Sad to hear that, can share the name? Did the carpenter just wrap up his business but your ID still can source another carpenter to take over or is it a case whereby the carpenter ran off with the money too?

Hi all, fellow forumners, any good recommendation for movers? Thanks

Hi Harriete, welcome welcome. Smooth journey ahead

Majority of the glassworks are done up. Painting have been in progress and now mainly are the installation of the lights and carpentry. Installation of the toilet WCs and sinks will be sometime next week, so would be the same for the doors. Have also chosen the metal gate today which will be delivered the week after next. In the meantime, all aircons are up! Pics of the glassworks Kitchen lightings Sliding glass door separating kitchen with balcony View of glasswork when doors are closed View from balcony towards living and kitchen Paranomic view from entrance

Wow Tikiman, why is your ceiling so high...Envious...

Hi Makan, i hoped it serve its purpose. the only thing i know is that it works with AC power and the person at Amasco mention that AC power are stronger than DC. Though studied between AC and DC before, but just cannot understand the logic. Someone here might be able to advise. AC will have only 3 speeds while DC can have countless (quoted from the salesperson).

Havoc time this morning as installation of fans clashed with the sanding of the parquet upstairs. Sand dusts flying around when i reached the place and Elmark people were getting ready to install the fan. Due to poor coordination, the parquet workers were quite pissed that they could not proceed to their work and had to stop. Complain here and there plus calling his boss to say that "you cant expect me to beat them right". Anyway, they stopped work when the contractor guys stopped all power as we were trying to deal with my dimmable downlights in the master bedroom due to issue with wiring connections. So after an hour or so, all upper floors fans were installed and dimmable feature of the downlights also resolved. (out of 8 downlights in master, 4 are dimmable right in front of the TV console area). While I was there, can also see that some glass works are being installed and carpenter is doing his measurements. An hour later, when all fans are installed. The parquet guys are applying lacquer all over the place. I rem zihui posted in her posts that she got high on those..hahah. but honestly, it is really choking. Hence, not much pictures on those works. The downlights looks good here

Hi Alfredt, those are covered. There are those which open outwards which allow air to come in but block rains. But those are risky. I sincerely hope that no lizards will come visit my place.

Downlights were collected over the weekend on Saturday, and they are being installed and tested. Besides that, we also went to purchase 3 other ceiling fans from Elmark and some toilet accessories from Sim Siang Choon. Pending the delivery of the WCs and Sinks, they will then be installed altogether. LED Downlights - They are not exactly the cheapest but definitely very nice and really love the look. For all those which i have for living area at 7W, the internal bulb could be tilted at an angle while those in the Toilet and kitchen are 10W with protection cover against water splashing in the bathroom areas. T5 lights - Mainly for cove lightings around the whole place (bought by contractor) except my Master bedroom which does not have any cove but 8 LED and 2 feature hanging lights awaiting shipment from TB Fans - Elmark marketing (supposedly the king of fans), went to choose 3 ceiling fans for upper levels. Each in one room and 2 with lights in the common bedroom. Also collected my Haiku fan on Saturday and is currently in store. Will not be installing it until nearing the end of the reno. Last but not least, got a vento fan from Amasco for the side of dining area. Really really really small at 13inch. Mainly for air circulation purpose i guess (which hopefully it can do the job) Downlights fitted in kitchen and bathrooms Lights fitted at upper corridor and bathrooms Lightings at foyer and staircase, there is currently a plate covering it. Will take a better picture when it's open. Hopefully it will look better than. Power track cannot be concealed though Fans purchases, which have just been installed this morning while workers are sanding and varnishing the parquet.

Hi Vdubber, Thanks for reading. Think within the next 2 weeks will have some major transformation. Expected to finish by 3rd week of November.

Great progress u have... And you started way after me and it's finishing soon.

Hi Dht, PMed

Hi flowerfans, PMed you

Went to Jalan Besar last week to check out on the recommended light shop by my contractor to buy lights. While walking over, saw a place selling furnitures. Nice and expensive. Only saw this light below but rejected by wife as it look too much like those funeral lights lights seen at the recommended shop Rejected - birds might fly into my house and lay eggs Seen quite a few forumners getting this for storeroom light. There are small one but i feel big one is brighter. End day decided to give it a miss since TB can get it cheaper and I will source for other lights Next up, went to Tan Boon Liat and managed to find the below Nice designer lamp. Never really search in TB. but at $600+, it is quite exp. Lastly, inspired by the mirror Vanessa has found. I went ahead to get the mirror on the right for kitchen bathroom but not at GSS sale price. Further below were the Haiku fans....pricey pricey but is also a real beauty. I got to know about this from ID and also another renotalker forumner who had this installed. Incredible 7 speed fan which i checked out at the shop which is really quiet and strong when its at speed 7. There are only 2 models carried in Singapore, black and white composite or the Bamboo material both at 60". Brochure mentioned that it's operating power is between 2W - 30W. Saved power and quite a dream for the place.

Ok, continued, all the below are from TB. Special mention the first pic which i was very interested initially as a dining light. Went to Parkmall B1 last weekend and saw the exact model retailing inside. I went inside to check the price and dimension. $695 close to $700 if I am not wrong before GST and discount. Size displayed there is 60cm in diameter. I went to check TB immediately and the same after conversion is RMB 907 (around $185 SGD before shipping costs)

more to follow from the previous posts

Most of the renotalk forumners would already know by now them TB is a great place to shop for lights. Whatever lights that you have seen in the furniture shops here. You will definitely find it in there. I have been browsing TB in search for feature lightings for dining or bedrooms. Below are some of the finds which might interest some of you. I am more for industrial vintage feel and of course designer replicas.

Haven been updating frequently as the progress is not exactly fast. However, i am supposed to be shifting in a month's time. With all furnitures ready to go in, whether in the storage hub or for those that are still with the merchants. Everything comes with a price, when i initialy bought my place, the condition was bad. Hence, we decided to redo everything and nothing to be kept. Quotes will given but due to unforseen circumstances like extra patching works, extra waterproofing of wet areas and also cement screeding on the floors after old parquet removal to prepare for new overlay. Patching and painting, plus raising the balcony area height to be flushed with all rooms further increase costs. Last but not least, costs for patching up previous round door frames were not included and it all suddenly surfaced since we wanted a rectangular door. All these will increase costs, just that it was not communicated with me properly. Nevertheless, with what we wanted initially and the bad condition it was, its inevitable. Final phase within these 3weeks. currently house is undergoing painting as all false ceilings are up I supposed. Was informed that i could have my lights delivered for installation and were given the number of T5 lights to buy over the weekend. For LED downlights, we have taken the contact from MrMerry/MrsMerry and shall collect the lightings this sat and hopefully most of the places can be light up. The rest of the lights have just been ordered today from Taobao and will take sometime for delivery. Pictures of purchases will be posted separately. Lets see how the reno had been doing for the past week. Staircase side lighting plans water heater outside common bath corridor Cove lightings in both common rooms Parquet all laid for all rooms A closer look at the shutter which allows partial light to shine in, even when fully closed

option 2 is cool.

did you hack the bedroom upstairs for more light? And the previous owner has glass staircase for you already? thanks

Entrance to storeroom on the left and kitchen toilet on the right Storage heater at balcony area which will be concealed Parquet and storage heater outside common toilet area view Kitchen View Parquet works on staircase, love the woody feel

Ok, its been awhile since I last posted. Alot have been done throughout but progress is not that fast anyway. - Conduit was laid underneath the floor tiles for the opennet cable to go straight through to the TV area. - Floor tiles are all done including skirting (very good job actually) - Windows are installed except lower kitchen toilet as I need to box up some water piping before the measurement can be taken - Water storage heaters are installed. Rheem brand was used (not really sure its reliability as I was not consulted prior to installation. Quite pissed on this actually but I just bear with it. Initially, they tried ot install 10gallons (38litre) for both upper and lower floor. However, after going back to complain that i do not need such huge amount for downstairs, it was changed. The placing of the heater was also redone as they initially installed above my upper floor common bath which makes the whole space looks quite low and ugly. Thereafter, it was taken down and shift out to the bathroom entrance area - Electrical wirings are all done except some minor changes with the switches model selected. - Aircon piping were run and installed too. Waiting for final installation. This is one of the huge headache of running the pipings. Good thing is false ceiling will be use to conceal them. - Rain shutter was installed yesterday. Still ok, though i have not tested it myself - Last but not least, they are currently doing the parquet floorings for the upper floors and staircase. Once all done and varnished (3 days cannot work for the upper level) Pictures time. Living room facing kitchen Study room Study room tiles, same as kitchen Kitchen view overlooking balcony Common bath shower area on the left and Master bath on the right