AnnieOoi

Painting was done first for the whole house. I shall not post the floorplan as am only doing the kitchen, but its an old 4 room corridor flat. Im not replacing the any tiling as no budget. Haha. So did carpentry only. For a start this is the kitchen after painting. Mum likes green. Kitchen is quite big (i like ). Can even place a dining table. As you know current flats now are all Living/Dining instead of Kitchen/Dining. The plan is to just to bottom cabinets, dismantle the alien sink, box up piping and change rubbish chute. A few days later, David gave me a simple drawing he drew himself and send me the pictures of the rubbish chute.We'll be changing to this and i got it at a good price, much lower then usual market price. So yesterday 07/02/14, we met again to take final measurement and i told David that i will engage him. Seem that i made a quick decision but has not time to delay it any longer. As i was not making full payment, i thought "hey lets just engage him".Have a feeling that he will do a good job. Woman's instinct My final quote for the cabinets and rubbish chute is reasonable, even pressured him to give me a discount since it was the new year. Haha...

So i was looking for a good contractor to do the reno for mum's place. Keep reading renotalk blog for many weeks to see who is engaging who and seem that mostly is engaging ID. I came to know of this man name David, but the things is that no one is Renotalk seem to be using him, nor were there any reviews about his company. But i thought, why not just meet him just to see how he do his thing and ask him abt his company and also i proposed what i want for the kitchen. Meet him a few days after i contacted him, i think it was 1 week before CNY and he came down to took measurement, provide an estimated quote on the spot. Basically i kind of like what he quoted. It was not cheap it was not expensive but roughly within my budget. Intially wanted to call up Perlyn/Mr Lau from Sunhup. They did my carpenty for my current home and their workmanship is marvellous, No complains at all. But, he was busy for this period and i needed to to the reno asap as mum is moving is soon.

Hi inthechouse, thank you for the info.

Hi myzticalz, do not be embarrassed. Perhaps you can engaged a contractor as what i did. But u need to roughly know what you want and tell that to the contractor. The good thing about engaging a contractor is that you do not have to waste unnecessary hard earned money, and also you do not need to pay for the blueprint (if you want to view 3d designs for your reno). That cost money man.

Hi Ahhboi, thank you for the welcome. Yeah, when its comes to bling $$ bling, we have to be mindful of what we spend on, especially now that renovations cost a bomb!! Mine was really budget for mum's place, and i did it, less then 3.5K

Hi Songz, that phase of of my life is over. Thank god

Hi all, I've been an avid reader of renotalk blog for quite some time now. Was not planning to renovate my house, its more for looking at other bloggers reno journey. So now im finally creating my own blog, but not for my place, its for my mum's new place. For a start, my mum's new apartment is a 2nd hand flat but its an empty shell. There was not a single reno done previously. Previous owner was a filipino who rented the house(thats what i heard). So yeah..my mum bought over the house. I think they call it a JTC house, meaning no one bought the house and JTC acquired it or what. Im not sure myself. So those of you who knows what it is, please correct me if im wrong. So mum was not planning to renovate the kitchen due to shortage of funds. Its a long story. All funds went into buying their own house. So i decided that as the eldest daughter, why dont i just help her. But!! My budget is only 3.5K for everything. That includes the neccessary items like the stove, sink, internal rubbish chute, and add in the WC for 2 bathrooms. Shall continue more tmr with the pictures. Lots of love.

Hi amirahpaul, please share with me your contractor and the contacts for the customised grill and gate. Btw how much do the grills and gate cost? Thanks alot.

Hi Kelsam, would you share with me your contractor and how much you spend on the kitchen cabinet alone. Thanks a million.

so cute.. is that her tongue sticking out. haha.. I love cats.

oh so cute....love love love..

Hi Busybee Can you PM me your contractor too. Beautiful house you have there, but white hard to maintain for me. haha

Wow. following this for the cat features and tips. I have 2 kittys myself and live in a corridor unit. Am going to renovate my resale house soon. Your post WILL DEFINITELY be my inspiration. Looking forward. And yes, as the rest have mentioned, your ceiling looks high..Cool..