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O11 / Mavicaste, I got one LED ceiling light (24W) in the middle of the kitchen and put additional t5 lighting under the tall unit side of my kitchen cabinet.. It should be enough I hope!

Hi Quarkz, the whatsapp group is still there. But first batch of TB consolidation is already done.. PM me your number I ask them to add you in?

Overall House Electrical + Lighting Points + Furniture Planning

Wardrobe Planning My ID was really fast, after sending him my wardrobe planning yesterday, he drew out a rough sketch by hand and showed me this morning to confirm his understanding. I revised it again per his suggestion about my pull out mirror. This is what I referred to when planning (shared by another RT blogger) + I referred to IKEA wardrobes as well. This is what I came up with in the end: Door 1 - Common items like towels / bedsheets etc Door 2 - For my less common worn shoes / make up / skin care items (Pull out mirror there as my standing dresser) Door 3 to 6 - For my clothes / bags / belts / accessories etc Door 7 to 8 - For hubby's clothes

Hi Rubypumps, I am going to look at the fan tomorrow. Just finished our lighting points etc today and our ID confirmed our L Box to be 22" to accommodate our TV feature wall. He says that 5 room BTO is huge enough for 56" fan. So I'm likely getting a 54" one as I think the Fanco Aroma only comes in that size. Am also lucky that my house is pretty windy. So hopefully the ceiling fan can generate enough wind and we don't need to on air con that frequently! For the lights, if its not LED, my ID suggested minimum 18W for those energy saving lights. I'm thinking of getting LED and 12W for each downlight. But it's really personal preference. All my LED will be white light and there won't be any ambience lighting in my living room (except from the ceiling fan which can switch between warm / cool / white). Not sure if my sharing helped =x All the best for your reno!

Hi bianzi, Will update about it soon

Hey spyster, Nop no buying of FS stuff. Engaged him as he is raved in RT to be v accurate. Will be updating what he suggested in more details in another post when i have more time..

Congrats shor!

Congrats!

Congrats on the completion of your renovation!

Did not head out today as wasn't feeling too well, and baby niece was home for the first day! had a mini celebration for her homecoming Completed my wardrobe configuration today though! Have 8 doors (approx 13ft). Hubby only requested for 2 doors, 1 will be used for "storage" for common stuff like bed sheet etc. He doesn't understand why he need more than 2, and I don't understand how he can do with just 2. But anyway, I get the remaining 5 doors Hmm. Photobucket isn't loading. Shall share my planning tomorrow. Pretty simple layout actually. Tomorrow got to meet ID at 9.30am to go through my electrical plans and air con trunking! Thankful that he managed to gather them together with such last minute notice since it shld usually be tough to coordinate everyone. After that will discuss my wardrobe + settee colour + ABS trimmings i think. and maybe visit a few neighbours flats who engaged him Then we will have to go buy our toilet stuff + LED lights liao! Cannot drag anymore! But not sure they open or not tomorrow.... Oh and my FSM came back with a suitable auspicious start reno date! It will be this Sat! *YAYS!* Train of thought is jumping everywhere as there is simply too many things going on at one go. fast and furious gogogo!

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Haha, thanks Songz, end up today I jia zhua.

More Updates Today was another long day running outside. Started discussion with ID at 10am on paint colour / laminates choice / revision to drawing according to FS etc and ended the conversation 4.5hrs later. I thought I was very efficient and fast liao leh. Go through the entire house carpentry + all choices! But hubby still say I too lor sor As of today, we are left with deciding on ABS trimmings + colour of our settee cushion + wardrobe configuration. Apart from that, meeting on-site on Friday to run through and confirm on additional electrical points + air con trunking. After that went to buy new broom and dustpans (advised by FSM) and headed over to our house to clean up the fruits offerings, rice, beans, tea leaves etc. Imagine our surprise when we see a worker inside working on our defects! *thumbs up - very efficient* He was still working on it when we left 1/2 hour later. Hope it was a job well done Headed down to Mega Discount Store after that to look for our wine chiller. But found no suitable ones. Later after considering most are made in china + easy to spoil + we can chill the wine in the fridge or use a ice bucket, we dropped the idea. Save the money. Shopped at Song Cho at Kallang Leisure Park since it was near to Mega Discount Store after that. Bought the following for $800+ (*cries v ex!*). All grade 304 stainless steel and life time warranty. Since toilet is high water usage area, thought it is best to spend on good quality SS items. 2 x toilet roll holder 2 x bidget 2 x corner rack 2 x towel holder with top rack (1 single and 1 double towel holder) 1 x glass platform for common toilet as it has no mirror storage After Song Cho, headed down to Lightings.com.sg at Geylang to look for LED down lights by my ID recommendation. But didn't find anything we want. Phillips down lights are so ex! The ones that are cheap are energy saving lights only. Left without buying anything. Went into Heritage (along the same stretch) to look at toilet sink, WC and kitchen sink. Looked around a bit and left as thought of buying from Royal Fanco instead since it has better and lots of good reviews online. Drove over to Jalan Besar to visit Royal Fanco. Small shop with friendly uncle there. Though not much items on display, the combo set for toilet sink and WC + kitchen sink are about same price as Heritage (or i think was slightly more ex). Left without buying also.. as was contemplating whether to spend money to buy new sink and WC when HDB already provided. But I really don't like what HDB have Thought about it for quite a bit, and decided, rather spend the money and be happy whenever I enter my master bedroom toilet, den question why didn't I change daily for the next 5 years. So.. DECIDED TO BUY! Prob head down tomorrow. Royal Fanco was our last stop for the day. Was already really tired by then. Made lots of decisions in a single day and it is really really draining. I think hubby & I may be overly ambitious. People take many weekends to research / finalise / buy reno-related stuff, we are trying to cramp them all into a week Lucky I have been researching and scouting around RT for quite sometime and more or less know what we need and where to get the things from. Otherwise I cannot imagine how we can ever finish buying and discussing what we need for the reno. OMG. Aside from heading to Royal Fanco tomorrow, will also be calling sforshor's contact tomorrow to arrange to look at the LED downlights. Cross fingers he's available and we are able to find what we like then. In the meantime, I need to catch my beauty sleep! Another long day tomorrow!

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Thanks! Hope Jason gave you a good quote too Thanks neighbour! Ya lor, packed until these few nights vvv tired! Thanks mrslee Yes, hope everything will go smoothly and reno will come out really nice!

Happy Updates Opened door + sister in law gave birth today! Double happiness! It was a pretty siong day for us. Busy for the entire day and talked until our saliva dry (peeps, remember bring water bottle along when open door next time, especially if you are meeting FSM to discuss house FS and ID to discuss defects!) Just a brief summary of what we did. 0930 - Reach HDB hub apply fire insurance (topped up for additional 5 yrs contents insurance) 0945 - Took queue for signing of lease + collect keys 0955 - Entered to collect keys (signed the most number of signatures at one go in my entire life lol) 1040 - Sign up for SP services 1045 - Left HDB hub for lunch 1115 - Chiong to new house open door 1130 - Start the auspicious door opening ceremony as advised by FSM 1200 - ID arrived to check defects 1215 - FSM arrived to do FS audit 1330 - Went through house FS audit + Bazi analysis 1600 - Continue check and mark out defects 1700 - Report defects 1730 - Leave our dream home 1800 - Visit our niece! Long day today indeed. Update more on the specifics tomorrow!

Getting really excited! 3 more days to go! Meanwhile, have been doing some planning about what I need to buy and where I will be buying.. Thinking of buying my bathroom + kitchen accessories from Royal Fanco. Read many good feedback / review online. Willing also be calling sforshor's LED contact for my down lights + checking out an AMK neighbourhood store highly raved by my neighbours. Bathroom Accessories 2x towel holder 2x toilet paper holder 2x bidget Sink (not sure 1 or 2, see what HDB provides first) WC (not sure 1 or 2, see what HDB provides first) Not getting for bathroom Mirrors and vanity cabinet (Included in my reno work) Using solid surface as corner racks in both toilets as shared by Harriette (Must check with ID) Not changing the showers Kitchen Accessories 1x undermount sink 1x mixer Already purchased Hood - EF CH9202 Hob - Brandt TG1273B Oven - Bosch HBN331E2J Fridge - Samsung RT35FDACDSL Lightings 13x downlight for living room, dining area + passageway 3x LED lights for bedrooms 2x LED lights for toilets 1x LED light for kitchen 1x LED light for service yard 1x LED lights for bomb shelter Miscellaneous 1x ceiling fan (aiming for fanco aroma) 1x safe (need recommendation!) 1x wine chiller (need recommendation!) Decided not to get dining lights in the end as I am contemplating getting the "spaceman" table introduced by Ning Ning. If that's the case, my dining table will be moved around when I invite people over. The dining light will look very out of place once the table is shifted around. Have I missed out anything that is essential for reno for kitchen, toilets, ceiling fan and lights? Or any other recommendations to buy the items?

Welcome to RT! We have very similar layout and I can feel your excitement coz I'm also getting keys soon! Wishing you smooth reno ahead

Congrats! Show more pics when you are ready

Hello! Interested in the concept of smart home How much did it cost for the switch? and projected cost of making the entire home smart??

Save the pic in your handphone and show your ID? Think they will know..

Things are falling into place really nicely. Will be having my key collection + auspicious door opening ceremony + house feng shui audit + bazi reading + meeting with ID to do measurements all on the same day. *super happy!*

that's true... maybe i'm just not the type who dress up. more like the typical tshirt, shorts & slippers singaporean