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1st proposal of the perspective drawing. As my budget is very tight, we managed to do just minimal look. There's still need to be change though...

Closed to Demolition, we still preparing on the final layout. Final floor plan layout. part pf the kitchen to make way for dining will have to level up to be the same height as the living room. with partition to split dining and kitchen

Time frame we're looking at: 23rd November take keys pass to ID. 24th November start hacking. Completion / Handover date by 25th December. ID have only 4 weeks to complete as i'm on contra.

Items which are not in invoice are: 1. Toilet Accessories 2. WC and Basin 3. Electrical Wiring 4. Lightings 5. Wallpaper All this will have to purchase / pay separately.

After back and forth with the quotation, we finally agreed on an amount of below $40K after Gst.

Love at first sight. Saw the downlight at my Id showroom and decided to get the same ones Average price saw from some of the lighting stores is at $200plus. (Coconut Tree Lighting / Sembawang Lighting etc..) At last manage to get at Hoe Kee (Tanjong Katong Complex next to First Lady) at $198 each. The 3 bedroom lights are LED with control at $148 each x 3. Kitchen Light at $48 x 1. Toilets Light at $35 x 2. In total $760 nett. Ask to round off at $700 and the boss agreed

Just to highlight homeowners, do check on quoatations given though price is attractive. For example : Supply labour and install...etc.This somewhat did not include materials. It should be Supply labour, materials and install. Thus minus off the materials, price will be more attractive. Unless materials would be under separate cost. Note to myself. I try myself to control on things that are not necessary like shoe cabinet, feature wall etc... However reading forums, magazines, getting ideas from posts photos...just too much poisons. My Moodboard theme samples are like French Style / Scadinavian / Traditional European / Colonial But since the price is way too high i decided to follow the flow of what my budget can do... Along the way i will try to share of any price changes and the things i bought.

...and so the amount hit above $40k. was quite frustrated but have to face reality that the amount today is not the same as 7yrs ago I did to my 3rm for $30K. A lot have change.

After going through on the rough concept, our budget doesn't permits the 'look' that I wanted. But nevertherless we shall see how the id will propose base on the concept.

My budget is strictly $30k. May stretch abit depending on the items we ask for. But I don't think getting and id will work on that budget. I was surprise when the the id says, best to check on the unit condition so he knows what can or not to salvage since we have a budget.

This is the typical Resale Hdb 4NG We shared the id our floor plan. The Kitchen promo consist of 8ft Top Bottom Kitchen Cabinet, with FREE Aerogas tempered glass kitchen hob / hood, sink and tap for $2688. Just nice for size as I want to make my kitchen layout smaller. So while discussing, since we got the kitchen promo items, we decided to get the ids full renovation services, rather then kitchen promo by them, other reno by other id.

Good day T-bloggers, I've been reading the t-blog for awhile before getting my house on renovation. Interesting concept approach with price to pay. As someone who are used to the eastside, the layout of mature estate are pretty straight forward. I also did send in for quotation and received quite a number of calls from various ids / contractors. Initially I do not wish to engage an id, just straight to general contractor. 2 of the Contractors I went to. 1. Gay World Building Renovation Contractor 2. Aspire Renovation Design As such i'm still skeptical to decide who to pick and so ids from Renotalk came around with quotation. With moodboard and concept have in mind and floor plan, most of the ids give a rough quote but on the high side. AsI do have budget, most ids prefer to visit the location to take a look at the condition of the unit, unto whether what are the things can be salvage to save costs. Time goes by and I still have not confirmed who to choose. Until my 1st appointment with Hdb, I came across RenoTalk roadshow. There's a few ids there and what caught my eye is a Kitchen Promo that one of the id offered.

Hi Scarlett, Mine is about $5k plus but with hacking, cement screet for wall/floor tiles. Must double confirmed because if just laying (wall tiles), price shouldn't exceed $3kplus. Just my 2cents.

Finally the final and confirmed layout after much back and forth. That's all for now. 23rd / 24th Nov 2015 is 'The Demolition Day'. Will updates on any hiccups, about the contractor, ID, or any changes to share.

Items which are not in invoice are: 1. Toilet Accessories 2. WC and Basin 3. Electrical Wiring 4. Lightings 5. Wallpaper All this will have to purchase / pay separately.

Interior Designing & Serivce Includes: *Design Concept & Budget Consultation * Soft-Furnishing Consulation *Space Planning & Layout Plan Proposal *Computer Design Drawings Proposal *Materials & Color Scheme Proposal Preliminaries 1. To provide labour / material for General Cleaning to whole house (Additional Includes Acid Wash, internal of cabinets): $280 2. Submission to HDB for renovation Works (exclude PE endorsement) FOC 3. Clearing of Debris, Supply of 3in1 Cement Upload of materials : $800 4. Floor protection by corrugated fiberboard (additional for whole unit, inclusive main door and rooms doors) : $150 Hacking Works 1. Hack off floor and wall tiles @ 02 Toilets : 2. Hack off floor and wall tiles Kitchen : 3. Hack off Kitchen Sink Base : 4. Dismantle of Existing Kitchen Cabinet : 5. Hack Existing Skirting Whole Unit : 6. Remove 04 Doors : 7. Hack off 02 Bathroom Doors : $3200 Masonary Works (Prices includes Cost for HDB new ruling 3in1 cement 1st Jun 2015) Kitchen area 1. Supply labour and material to cement screed wall ( 2.6m ) at Kitchen : $540 (Area based on 442sqft-262 ) 1. Supply labour and material to lay wall tiles (A262sqft) at Kitchen : $2751 (Area based on 262sqft ) 2. Supply labour and material to lay 2 layer of waterproofing at Kitchen : $180 3. Supply labour and materials to lay 300X600mm Non-slip Homogeneous Flooring in Kitchen : $1848 (Max tiles rate $2.80/sqft) (Area based on 176sqft ) 3. Construct L Shape cabinet base complete with Side tiles (L16ft D530) : $360 4. Construct Washing Machine base complete with Top tiles (L3ft D800) : $160 5. Supply labour and materials to erect Rubbish Chute in Kitchen : $280 6. Supply labour and materials to level floor for dining : $498 Bathroom area 1. Supply labour and material to lay 300 x 600mm full height ceramic wall tiles ( 2.6m ) at 02 toilets : $3,832.50 ( Max tiles rate $2.20/sqft Height 2.6m ) (Area based on 365sqft ) 2. Supply labour and material to lay 300 x 300mm non- slip homogenous floor tiles at 02 toilets : $1,600.00 ( Max tiles rate $2.80/Sqft )( LS ) 3. Supply labour and material to lay 2 layer of waterproofing up to 10" wall tiles at both toilets : $180 Flooring Works 1. Supply labour and materials for 8mm Laminate Flooring for Dining Living / 3 Bedrooms : $3,870.00 Glass Works 1.Supply labour and material to install 5mm Tempered Glass Backing (Choice of White/Black) (L10ft X2ft) : $500 (Other Color Additional $10persqft)(Optional Open Hole @$30 per hole) Plastering Works 1. Supply labour and material to Plaster Whole Unit inclusive of Ceiling : $2800 Painting Works 1. Supply labour and material to paint Ceiling Matex White ,Pipings Door Frames, 3rooms, Kitchen Remaining wall : $950 2. Supply labour and material to paint Sealer For 4Room : $450 Ceiling Works 1.Supply labour and material Lbox False Ceiling For Living : $1000 2. Supply labour and material for Curtain Pelmet (L14ft) : $252 Veneer Door works 1. Supply labour and materials to install Semi Solid Veneer Door @ 03 Bedroom 01 Store : $1200 (Choice of D313,351,386,321,324,325,327,328,329,382,423) (lever handset additional $30)(Solid Core additional $80) Door works 1. Supply labour and material to install 02 Toilet PVC Bifold Door White Powder Coat : $400 (TOP BOTTOM TRACK, Top track only additional $80) (Optional Swing Slide Door @$450 per set) 2. Design and fabricate Powder Coated Aluminium Frame with Glass and Bottom Partition (L6ft H8.5ft) $1785 Plumbing works 1. Supply labour to change whole unit COLD existing piping to new stainless steel pipinhg : $650 2. Supply labour to install 02 set toilet accessories (Towel Rack, Paper Roll, Accessories Holder) : $60 3. Supply labour to install 02 Instant Heater : $140 4. Supply labour to dismantle 02 sitting WC and install 02 sitting WC : $200 5. Supply labour to install 02 wash basin : $180 TOP up for Carpentry 1. TOP UP L Shaped Backing (L5ft H 4ft) : $500 2. TOP UP Bottom cabinet for L Shaped (L5ft) : $650 3. TOP UP Kitchen top using Solid Surface (L 5ft) : $400 4. TOP UP Bottom cabinet for Cabinet (L4ft) no table top with Laminate : $560 Carpentry Works To design, fabricate and install using Solid Plywood, Selected Laminate Finish, Soft Closing hinges for casement doors, ABS trimming for doors White Internal colour PVC Living SUPER ROAD SHOW Kitchen Cabinet Package @ SGD 2,688.00 nett 1. Design and fabricate Suspended Bottom cabinet c/w drawers & casement doors (L8ft) 2. Design and fabricate Top cabinet c/w casement doors (L8ft) 3. Design and fabricate Kitchen top using Solid Surface (L 8ft) Package inclusive of all the below items: Preliminaries 1. To provide labour / material for General Cleaning to Kitchen Only 2. Clearing of Debris, Upload of materials (Haulage payable to HDB Contractor) 3. Floor protection by corrugated fiberboard (Kitchen Only) Plumbing works 1. Connect inlet and outlet piping for kitchen sink 2. Supply labour to install kitchen sink, hood and hob : $2,688.00 Total renovation amount : $35,894.50 Discount : $100.11 Total : $35,794.39 GST 7 % Grand Total : $38,300.00

Goodday all, Any reviews on Air Cooler on any particular brand? Was thinking of getting Sona. TIA

From the period of 1999 - 2005, I've travelled afew days to Melbourne,Sydney and Brisbane. Staying at Hotel and Apartment due to work and I wanted that kind of tourist feel/hotel/apartment look. As such the living room and dining, I decided to have an 'Evergreen Wallcoverings' and it works.. However, drawings and reality wont be the same. Though there's some changes to be made.. stay tune.

Goodday All, The moment that I've been waiting for after back and forth with ID on the look that we could have within our budget. ' The drawings'! Drawings credit to 96 Degree Designers for copyright usage.

Laminate Floor Tiles : Lime Oak Goodrich Wallpaper for Living room and Dining area

Bought the same lights as my ID showroom. Average price saw from some of the lighting stores is at $200plus. Also bought other lights for the kitchen, bedroom and toilets. Manage to get at Hoe Kee (Tanjong Katong Complex next to First Lady) at $198. The 3 bedroom lights are LED with control at $148 each x 3. Kitchen Light at $48 x 1. Toilets Light at $35 x 2. In total $760 nett. Ask to round off at $700 and the boss agreed

Went shopping with the ID at Haffary to choose tiles.