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@Cannie: I bought queen size.. king size will be too big for our MBR.. queen size just nice.. maybe u ask your ID to measure a queen size bed near the window, if still have space to fabricate an open concept wardrobe.. mine have no door if you notice.. haha If you want more space in your MBR, i wont recommend you do like mine, mine will have minimal walking path.. because I do not like the conventional way of designing my MBR so I chose this one. Felt more exclusive

Hi Connie, mine is not a L-shaped wardrobe, if you still need the measurement, let me know and I will check with my I.D, I don't have it yet because the carpentry work is not done , only know it will be a 6ft width wardrobe. Hi Peipei, pm you on my ID contact, gd luck!

welcome to RT, share your thoughts on your design & 3D when ready

14th Sept I.D came back with revised draft and I am very satisfied. This is what I wanted. Simple & realistic, most important is with the shoe cabinet design (I found it online, so it is not original design - just to be clear in case it belongs to someone's else design, I did not remember which portfolio I took it from though)& shelving structure I proposed! Love it. Shoe Cabinet (whoever designed it, thanks, just wanna say it totally is me and my wife's cup of tea) Living Room Kitchen MBR view 1 MBR view 2 (with the shelving structure I proposed)

13-Sept Went back home today for inspection. New works are done - False ceiling in MBR , cover up for 1-side bomb shelter, box up for living hall beam (aircon pipes) I will say so far my I.D done a good job for me, not worrying much with his commitment in my project. Hope renovation will continue to run smoothly as carpentry works & installation of stuff like my storage heater/sink/shower set are the core of the renovation. As informed by him, next week will be 2 layer of paint works, once that is completed, carpentry works will commence soon.

yup, haha you guys have sharp eyes like me... I have asked to shrink the measurements on 9th Sept itself for the below:- 1) MBR (too obvious, after fabricating the platform, I was expecting only a small path for me to walk to my bed) 2) Kitchen (too long, seems like a 4 or 5-room kitchen space layout)

I like the eco-feel of the drawings very much. Like mixing modern + nature in a theme. But feel like going to be hard to maintain? With sofa/coffee table/curtains being white... haha..

On 9th as well, my 3D drawings were ready. Overall, it was nice of course, just like most decent 3D drawings we can spot on HDB portfolio. Being a realistic person, I want the drawings to be as close as what I expected it to turn out to be. I did not thought of it earlier so did not feed him with such information, thus he wasn't to blame. Just that when those drawings appear to me, I am like, hmm... many things I want to remove from the drawings, I do not want those artsy fartsy accessories.. Haha *picky* I sent to my I.D the list of stuffs I wanted to edit. (accessories, windows design does not match with actual one, to redraw windows frame, to change wall colors according to my selection) . Carpentry design-wise, only Shoe cabinet design I asked for a change, I supplied the design with a picture which I found in other people's portfolio on FB and hope he can photoshop in for me, really like that design~ Also requested MBR wardrobe shelving to be re-engineered. Hopefully he have time to amend for me so I can share the final draft. Apart from above items, I like the other carpentry designs - wardrobe design, TV consoles & features wall. Simple & neat so I am keeping them. Afterall, a happy me despite the above changes I am requesting.

9th Sept update Aircon bought: Toshiba Inverter Sys 3 (18k for living room, 9k MBR, 9k common room) Contractor: Hong Huat Electrical Salesman: Tim Wong in RenoTalk 1st installation: Air-con trunking done. Review so far: Tim is pretty knowledgeable and patient while introducing the different brands air-con to us. After some air-con 'orientation', we are confident that Toshiba is the one for us, (*made in Japan* stuff always have better QC) so had signed immediately. Tim also came for a site visit & coordinate with my I.D on the piping locations & units' placement. A little hip cup on the 1st installation though, despite the site visit and run through with my I.D. on the locations to do the air-con works, the contractors (a group of 3) came to my home - unsure how they should begin, like placement of my air-con units / piping to run through my rooms to the living room. Was a little disappointed and gan jiong because I expected the briefing to be thoroughly done before they came but the contractor quite steady and asked me to give my I.D contact to them, they will talk to him and start work. My I.D. on the other hand, came down to inspect the trunking for me in case they are still puzzled on how to run the trunks. Nevertheless, the contractors are quiet & serious in the work. Took approximately 3 hours to finish up the work. Wanted to thank them but they left pretty fast after packing as they need to rush to next site. Overall I am still satisfied with the 1st installation. Time is not wasted to chit chat on phones etc. They did a basic sweep of the residues remains before they leave too. Workmanship wise, will only judge after final installation and review after I have tested after 1 week. Probably 1month from now? Some pictures on the aircon works.(Living area was took before the work was done, I had one but it was quite dark as it was already evening, might as well don't upload here)

Really bigger? Hahaha still so small! I read ur blog too jane..yours so nice anyway i tried floorplanner but i totally dunno how to use..im supposed to draw my own floorplan? Or somewhere i can upload into it lol..i played with the website around 30mins n gave up -.-

MrWhiteKnight: Thanks! Read your t-blog before too.. Hope you have a smooth one too~ HKNDNDaniel: PM-ed you.. good luck!

Thanks bro， now waiting for 3D drawing, hopefully within these 2 days will be ready then I can share here. After air-con piping done, should be some touch-up for trunking, paint 2 layers then start carpentry, after everything finish then will paint 3rd layer according to my I.D Praying for a fuss-free renovation process for myself.. haha

JohnB: thanks bro kindaichi24: sent ya for your reference ..

Hello~ hahaha, true, those built-in cabinets are indeed the costly one since they fall under carpentry category... But I really like something of my own in my own house so looks like I have to work a few years harder to make it happen.. haha.. Thank you for the suggestions ! Think they can really help save a lot but I really hate DIY since I am bad in art, I cannot even draw a straight line , straight enough.. I can imagine my whole house painting is wreck by me if I DIY. lol

Hello! Actually I saw this light in taobao before and also like how simple and elegant it looks! Wanna ask you.. what dimension and watt did you choose for these ceiling lights? I really scared buy over bright / too dim for my room.. So wanna take yours as reference. Thanks in advance~ Edit*: Tried ordering myself but realise lights we cannot import on our own? How you order lights ar? If possible to share..

Renovation has just started a few days ago, with kitchen cabinet base & some electrical wiring works completed. Meanwhile we are having headache with Furnishing. Wanted to get it by completion of renovation but totally unable to meet our budget of 10k. Anyway would like to share what I had gotten for my house so far. 1st door opening 'ceremony' Tecno Induction Hob TIH-280D Wife wanted Induction Hob since years ago, she like how they look and how it does not involve gas. Also safer for our little baby Rinnai in-built oven & Joven storage heater 25L Taobao stainless steel 2bowl sink & rain shower set (will share again after installation, maybe month end?) They feel sturdy and not those kind of cheapo material. Definitely a good buy if it works. SG kitchen sink / rain shower set way too expensive! Advance gift from my elder brother, Electrolux Tornado Vacuum cleaner, looks cool! Love it Naturai Air fryer, got it from a deal, just to test out if we really likes Air fryer food. Once more skillful we will get a better one like Philips? haha Hair dryer is Panasonic Nano, good reviews about it too since nano-technology 'protects' your hair... lol? Not really bothered about that fact though. Just like it since it is not very noisy. My dining set, got from Star Living, went many places to see, always unable to find a dining set at a reasonable price and to our liking. Finally found this as it matches our 'grey' concept well. Wife likes shades of grey so our kitchen cabinet, warddrobe, etc will be matched with grey.... Also signed with Kingsley Windows Furnishing for roller blackout blinds for my whole house. (MBR + Common Room + Living room) less than $600, pretty reasonable I would say. Rick from the co. is pretty patient and came prepared to our site visit thus we engaged him! The below pic is taken from google. Will install mine after reno is done Nothing much to take from my flat yet but yeah below few pics just for a glance

Introduction Hello everyone, been lurking around this forum for 2months to get a better idea on renovating my new home. TBH, I am a 1st time owner and have little to no knowledge on how to go about it, esp on a tight budget until I came here to read up. *Thanks all bros / sis for sharing!* Anyway, we have finally gotten our keys around end of August, thankfully, my flat is not 'bestowed' with tons of defects. Before getting my keys, have read a lot of bad reviews online for HDB optional component scheme and alas! I had opt for all the options. For 3 years, not sure if my decision to get OCS scheme was right and keep worrying that HDB might get me a lousy quality flat. Luckily, so far so good, only submitted 2 lines of defect, main door + 1 light switch. Others are checked by my I.D, he said, one of the best new flat he had inspected. (Some were no-eye see) Just pray a few years down the road, no funny tiles popping or such happen. *touchwood* Here's my floor plan, as my topic suggest, it is itsy bitsy teeny weeny ! But my wife and I are contended. It should serve our small family of 3 well I laid the structure of my furnishing on the floor plan, it is not drawn to scale cause I drew it myself on the paint app and my art is bad. Would like to share the journey of my renovation to all future flat owners on a tight budget and hopefully to learn something from the experienced ones as well. I.D sourcing with a 18k budget Most of the decent designs (even 3-room) which I saw online, cost around 40k+ without any furnishing, that reminds me why there are so little 3-room portfolio design around. I mean... if you are someone who can afford a $40k+ renovation, you probably have opt for a 4 or 5 room, make sense isn't it? lol Well.. many friends & relatives are aware that we are getting our new flat soon so they cannot wait to share their recommended I.D/contractors to us. With these contacts, we have met up with quite a number of them. I do not want to mention the I.D(s) which I did not shortlist. But one of the main reason is that they cannot work within my budget well even though they said they had tried their best. Most that I met up with are with positive attitudes though and I appreciate that, probably had my wallet to be blamed. So finally, I had decided to go with my friend's relative whom they themselves and a couple of our cliques had engaged him before with positive feedback. He offered me some advice to do away un-necessary wants, and focus on my needs such as excluding shower screen in my already usable toilet and common room wardrobe since my baby is still small. So we redirect the budget to my MBR which he proposed as it is our resting corner and we should make it as comfortable as possible. In general, we skipped all the costly stuff for living room like L-box false ceiling, cove lights / down-lights etc which will also incur more cost on your electrical works. Electrical works can be a killer for my pocket so I try not to install additional points. Squeeze budget! Final quotation Hacking works1 Haulage & debris removal Masonry Works 1 Supply labour to construct kitchen base Plumbing Works 1 Extend piping for kitchen & washing machine 2 Labour to install kitchen sink 3 Labour to install connect storage heater 4 Run & connect all inlet and outlet pipe Kitchen 1 Fabricate & install 11' bottom kitchen cabinet laminate finish 2 Fabricate & install 8' TOP kitchen cabinet laminate finish 3 Supply & install 11' solid surface worktop 4 Fabricate & install Full height Cabinet for oven 5 Supply &install 2x 11' tempered glass backing 5mm Living room 1 Fabricate & install 8' L full height shoe cabinet Master bedroom 1 Fabricate & install platform bed in selected laminate finished with drawer 2 Fabricate & install simple bed headboard 3 Tv feature wall & Ledge 4 Install false ceiling as proposed + 5 light point + 4 led light fitting + 2 T5 light 5 Fabricate & install casement wardrobe 6' L full height Painting works 1 Labour & material to paint whole house ICI / Nippon paint emulsion 5 colours Miscellaneous 1 Provide general washing upon completion 2 Provide floor protection with corrugated paper roll OPTIONAL (Included) 1 Fabricate & install 5' TV console & half height feature-wall with T5 lighting 2 Supply & install aluminum powder coated window grille for kitchen, living, 2 bedroom & service yard - Middle portion only 3 Supply & install sliding window at service yard Total $ 17,290.00 ALL CARPENTRY WORKS BASED ON SELECTED LAMINATED FINISHED C/W SOFT CLOSING & ABS TRIMMING INTERNAL WHITE PVC FINISHES unless otherwise stated Quotation still yet to include electrical / lighting installation works. Update 8th Nov (handover date) Electrical bill adds up to $860,thus totaling my renovation cost to $18,150

please pm catalogue for ceiling fan, best if price included. Thanks~

Cadence123 I think you are being too nice, should have go to their FB and expose him, it will save a lot of people from signing up with them. Make them pay more by losing customers just because they want to take a little from you. Threaten them that u will file a small claim against them, go to their showroom and scream u want to speak to their boss. If your case is genuine, there is nothing they can do to u except watching their business shrinking day by day.

Hey HappyCouple, Congrats to your new home, like you, I am an excited owner-to-be for a 3-room flat. This quotation, I cannot compare all especially the tilings and such but most of your other items like cabinets, wardrobes & cleaning all cheaper than mine. So yup, should be quite cheap! Anyway I believe the trimming on your quotation should be ABS Trimming

hey bro, looking for a ceiling fan for my new 3-room HDB BTO living room. Can you recommend me some of the good choices and price? Thanks!

hi Snorlax85 please pm me your contact. hi Aki0124, mind sharing your ID with me too? please pm me thanks!

Hello, please PM me the contacts too.. Thanks in advance!