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But the worst thing about living next to the road is that the flat seemed to get dusty really quite fast..I getting a lot of exercise from mopping the floor..

The main problem that I faced from my home is that it is right in front of the road...so quite noisy.. So I end up getting those windows for my master bedroom that is double layered to reduce the noise..well..at least it works.. But somehow I don't know why we never notice that the noise level is quite high during the viewing.. must be because the agent was talking a lot and muted the road noise..hahaha

Thoughts on selection of curtain shop I try to select my curtain shop based on the below factors: 1) Price: Unless you can get the same fabric and blinds brand to compare between curtain shops, price can range widely with quotation from 1k to 3k depending of what samples you select. Its difficult to based my selection on price alone. 2) Quality: I can't really differentiate what is good and bad quality just from looking and feeling the material. And all shops advertise that they provide the best quality. 3) Country of origin: Not all fabric from European countries are good, just like not all business suits from Italy are good. 4) Size of the shop: I wonder whether big shop got big overhead and need me to pay high price to cover their high cost. Conclusion: Word of mouth is still more reliable as I end up getting my curtain and blinds from a curtain guy which a friend recommended. I think both quality and price are ok. Look at my before and after pictures in post 1 Pg 1 for some of the curtain and blinds he did for me.