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Things that I throw away. Beside the veneer bedroom door, I also throw away the followings. The shower head and mixer. At first I decided to keep and use until spoil then change, then just after some cleaning around the house using this showerhead, the water cannot even shoot straight, the holes on the showerhead got blocked or water shoot slanting. Worst of all the water pressure is very bad, no strength, the mixer seems to have some kind of filter in it to control water flow. So I remove this and also arranged to replace the 2 tiles behind because got holes after removed. I throw away this toilet bowl, wanted to get something with a cleaner finishing as I don't like bolts showing and also bacteria will stuck there and looks yellowish and dirty after few years. If I didn't overlay, I probably will just live with it until spoil, I change because I overlay, need to remove so might as well change for the better. After I removed this and then I realised one very important thing in my house, water pressure, so bloody strong that I accidentally wet myself. It is those mixer and valve given by HDB which makes the water pressure low so you save water for them. They have some kind of water saving filter in all their taps or valve. Now I am glad that I throw away all their showerhead and mixer. I need countertop space for my vanity and will be doing a semi recessed wash basin with granite top and front profile, thus this have to go. Overlayed my flooring, height increased. Have to remove this kitchen side bi-fold door. Same to the bedroom side, also have to throw. I also extend the wall by 30mm on both entrance to make the door smaller then no need bi-fold. This plastic drain cover on bedroom side also have to throw since overlayed and cannot use back due to different height. Kitchen side also throw. All donated to my neighbour who told me her plastic cover begin to chip off already, and this plastic is very bad design as a lot of hair stuck to it. This hanger was a tough decision. Everyone advice me to keep it. So I weight down the pros and cons. No harm keeping it there, but I feel very cramp if that thing is over my head all the time. When my kitchen cabinet is up and washing machine is in, the only way to use this thing is standing right below it and stretch your arm upwards to hang your clothing as you got no space to stand beside it. I am more comfortable to hang on a waist level hanger and not something like this at our head level. If I keep and remove later, there will be 4 bolts sticking out from the ceiling which will be ugly because I saw my neighbour remove it and left 4 bolts. So in the end, I don't want to keep something so hard to use and make my kitchen so cramp, it also limit the space you have for your kitchen lighting. Forget to mention the mechanism to lower this rack feels very lousy, only worked at a particular angle. I managed to plan alternative ways to dry my laundry so I told ID to remove it, including removing the 4 bolts sticking out. And so I throw away so many things, if given a choice, I would have op out all the above item when booking my flat, unfortunately I can't as I bought a balance flat, the previous owner did all the decision. Well, at least I am glad he op in for the flooring, white tiles is perfect for my hue theme and saved me a few thousand of cash to do other things.

Yes, got a 1850mm sliding shower screen and replaced both doors. Also did a wood tiles raised platform in the shower area.

Don't forget when you overlay, you probably have to change the 2 bi-fold doors which will set you back about SGD1000 depending what door you get. I don't like the flooring from HDB as they have uneven chamfered tiles on each sides of the tiles causing it to look and feel uneven at where all the 4 tiles joined. So I choose to overlay.

My DIY Project While still planning how to do the renovation, I decided to remove the room door and paint the door frame white. Meantime I have booked appointment with BLUM to attend their sales event, they giving a 10% discount so I hope to get my kitchen done by them. Back to the door. This is the door frame and it is very coarse, even if I get the painter to paint over with white paint, it probably will still look coarse. So I armed myself with sandpaper and scraper and try to sand it down. Progress is slow and very tiring, so I intend to get a power sanding machine. Went to self-fix and was recommended to use paint remover instead which is a much cheaper solution. Applied the paint remover then it is very easy however the chemical is so strong that it burned my hands, so I had to use a rubber gloves. Managed to strip to almost bare metal. Then I clean it and paint over with nippon anti rust primer, didn't expect 1 can of paint not enough, got to buy another. Likewise to the matt white paint, bought 2 and end up need a total of 4 cans. So my frame is now ready for the new glossy pearl white door from sunyu. My ID removed this door and I have no idea what they did to it, I only request to keep all the hinges and knot. Actually can sell this perfectly good door online but I don't want to take all the trouble for SGD50. At this time after I complete my DIY frame I had a ID in mind to do my renovation already but just need to iron out some details especially my toilet which cost the most. Will blog about my ID selection on a later part as I don't know how to write yet, renovation still in progress as of now so if not good, will not recommend but so far so good. Next is carpentry stage. I want to keep my blog slower then actual progress to detail out how I landed on every decision of my renovation. Next post I think I will talk about what I throw away from my house before renovation other then the bedroom door.

Oh I thought it is very obvious for the defect, the color tone on the bottom right piece is wrong shade as compared to the other 3. Only chance upon this defect accidentally else i will not spot it too, got them to replace it but end up I throw away this door.

It is a 47sqm, but it is different from others as my kitchen is smaller but bedroom is bigger then those mock up showflat at HDB Toa payoh. My room is about 3.6meter long. Room door is a brown veneer door, very very heavy. Must keep if the color matches your theme but I throw this door away as I need a white door for hue theme to show colors. I didn't want to paint it over too as surface too smooth for paint to stick. So I will be getting a new door, cost about 1k, 3 times the price of a solid wood door.... better be good. I have not place order for it yet. Why I must get this expensive door is because it is the same laminate as my Blum Urban Kitchen that I ordered. We shall see. Will be posting my DIY project for this bedroom door soon.

Key Collection and Inspection I got my keys early June 2015. Opened letter box first to get the tap key to turn on water supply. Then up I go to inspect the house. It was pretty nice as mine is premium with floor tiles done. Shot from LV. Mini Kitchen. View from bedroom, hate this recessed wall. I didn't expect to get such a big window for my toilet. Overwhelmed. I am happy that I can do a sliding shower screen which a lot others cannot due to placement of basin and WC. 1 meter wide entrance for both toilet bifold door. Pretty solid bifold door. But it comes with defect you can never imagine will happened. And this is the nightmare I have on my toilet flooring at both entrance of toilet if I want to overlay it because the HDB toilet tiles is uneven due to the poorly shamfered tiles. At this point I have not yet engage any ID as I am still planning how to go about to renovate my house. The lego style drain cover by HDB gave me a lot of problem if I want to overlay, because I cannot use back as height will be different after overlay, have to replace both beautiful bifold doors too as overlay increased the height and bifold cannot open. After overlay the toilet flooring will be higher then outside flooring and water will flow out, the original toilet flooring is about 3mm lower then outside flooring, after overlay will be at least 7mm higher then outside. So I took a lot of time seeking solution to overlay this toilet, how to replace the lego style drain cover, most ID I spoken to cannot provide a solution and advise me better to just live with it is. Some suggested using a tiles that is wood like feeling but not real wood, usually used in outdoor flooring to cover the drain. None can really give a good solid answer. The search for drain cover continues. Anyone have this kind of drain in your toilet or anything similar to share?

Hi, Would like to start my t-Blog about my 2 Room BTO journey. The idea to purchase a new flat comes to my mind in Nov 2014, browse thru HDB website and saw a sales of balance flat around my area. Only have 7 units of 2 Room and 2 units of 3 Room to choose, so I decided to try my luck on the 7 units of 2 Room. So I applied under married couple near parents scheme and also applied for register of marriage at the same time as I will need the marriage certificate. Good news came in Feb 2015 that I got a Queue No. 2 out of the 7 units available. Got my 1st choice as No.1 is not interested in my unit. R.O.M in March 2015 and with that certificate it complete the paper work for the purchase. HDB gave me my keys on June 2015. From Nov 2014 to the day I got my keys only 6 months, lightning fast, but thanks to Renotalk, which is where I get the most ideas about how to get my house renovated. So I decided to contribute and blog my progress here too. The 2-Room BTO Floor Plan Now my mood board. I want a Platform bed so that I can save space when bed is not in use, just store mattress aside. Platform design which I like to incorporate into my room. Granite vanity top with granite front profile and recessed basin. My kitchen is microscopic yet I want to squeeze in a Blum Urban Kitchen My lighting will be focusing on Philips Hue Bulb for the mood effect. More to come soon as I am new to posting, still learning.

Hi, I am looking for Haiku and spin ceiling fan with led light option, Philips hue and friends of hue, Track and e27 holder to hold the hue. Light switches to replace those from hdb. Any price info will be helpful. You sell Joven storage heater too? Thanks.

Hi, Exactly what I wanted to do to my new house coming in june 2015. I have to meet up with Mr Boon, would you mind to PM me the contact. I had to create an account just for this post so please help. Thank you.