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Yup, definitely renovating as the place itself is not up to our taste... We all need a lil' inspiration... So here's a list of things to do for the new place and some issues that need to be addressed: 1. Space, space, and more space! - Notice that there isn't any store room? Additionally, the flat is pretty small and between my sis and I, we do have quite a lot of stuff (some hoarding tendencies which I will admit to). Hence smart space planning is absolutely essential! - I need a big wardrobe, because I have a lot of clothes :S - Kitchen needs to have sufficient working space since sis likes to cook, while I like to bake! 2. ​Toilet & Shower - There is only one bathroom, unlike regular 3-room flats where the master bedroom gets its own ensuite bathroom - Having 2 females in the house to share one bathroom is potentially disastrous, so I am very very keen on separating the toilet, shower and vanity area so that there will be no strife if ever one person is taking a particularly long shower while another needs to answer nature's call urgently 3. What's that wooden platform doing? - Previous owners didn't own a couch - cause of the cats - I would like a couch, but the wooden platform is in the way! 4. Kitchen: - Hate the existing layout, definitely need to revamp the whole thing! I'm gonna share with you some pictures which gave me some initial ideas about what I/we want for our place: Booth seat: My sis and I love the idea of a booth as we are both booth groupies (when we go to restaurants to makan, we always head towards any empty booths), and since we are dealing with limited space, this idea was also very practical! Vanity outside shower area: I got this photo from a PageOne book, and I really love this idea! However, we hope to get a suspended vanity which looks more like this: My sis has very little requirements actually, since she left most of the decision to me, but she had ONE request, and that her bedroom has lilac walls: As for my room, I like the idea of everything against the wall, hence these layouts kind of appeal to me:

Kitchen: Toilet:

Existing Condition - they can and have lived like that, but we can't, so we gonna make some changes the flat is about 44 years old, the previous owners are a young couple with 4 cats (which increased to 6 just before they moved out, my God, the stink was terrrible) who had stayed 6 years, and according to them, they did do some renovation, but the place looks quite shabby :S Living room: Hall: Bedrooms:

Hey everyone, Just wanna share with everyone our experience relating to our first home (awesomely superb feeling!) and the renovation works in progress... A little backstory here: Basically my older sis and I are Malaysians working and living in Singapore, and being foreigners here, we never had the luxury nor privilege to have a permanent residence to call our 'home'. For myself, I have been here for almost 10 years and have moved a total of 14 times! Have had a share of nightmarish experience (loan sharks, crazy land-lady, backstabbing housemates) while renting, and despite the sky-high property prices, we have had enough and my sis made a good choice to get a pink IC so that she can buy herself a flat under the singles scheme. So, the place actually belongs to my sis, while I fancy myself a squatter, although my sis views me as her personal ATM (*cough blood*) and sai kang warrior to obsess over the itty-bitty details related to the renovation because I am that particular about aesthetics and comfort - but mainly aesthetics, job hazard, I suppose The story starts about 1 year after my sis got her citizenship, when we found a small, old 3-room with an excellent location (MRT nearby!). COV was painful, but the time saved from the travelling will compensate, at least that's what I keep saying for reassurance. Here's the floorplan: