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Which block do you stay? You can my balcony ah. I want to see yours also!! LOL

Halo.. we engaged frontier for our house. We didn't really engage them for designs, more for the 'labour'. Our ID was Marlene, we told her our ideas and she convey it into perspective drawing. Though its a bit slow, but then the results were pretty good. (I mean the drawings) The cost is a bit high, but then reasonable. We have gotten quotes from a few places and because we are in this construction line, we kinda know the price. Our house is undergoing renovation now, and its doing well. The ID plan out a schedule, and she is more gan jiong than us. LOL But ultimately its still up to you.

Your house is nicely done! The few pictures u posted is nice! Can't wait for the whole thing to be done!

How u know when is my AD ah! hahaha Yeah.. we are very stress now.. many times almost cancelled everything.. LOL I think thats the prcess lor...

Nice place, nice pics! I'm also a newly Segar resident. I realized our wedding are probably just one day apart! i'm having my AD on the 19th!

I also signed up with Frontier recently. My ID is marleen. I think she is really nice.

WOW.. 70k is quite a lot for reno.. Does that 70k includes furnishes or just plain renovation? I'm sure your house will turn out amazingly great! Can't wait for more pictures!!

Something ridiculous happened... Today hubby went to meet the contractor, who supposedly are there to clarify why they can't do the tiling works. Contractor brought along supplier. (Was thinking if it is in cahoots together) Supplier proudly says 'Yeah, the tiles i supply to you is not good one' OMG, i can't believe this is happening to me! On a side note, i mentioned i notice a hump in the room, but today went, and the hump 'disappeared'. Is it due to like expansion and contractsion of flooring? Will the floor ecantually 'erupt'?

Hi , Not sure if this is the correct thread to post. I'm looking for unit number plate for my house. Looking for simple designs like wooden plank kind. Anyone know of which website or which company fabricate ? Thanks!

Hi. I'm staying with my sis now, and she is ordering tinkkat. I should say that it is very convenient and the food sent are not bad. I don't nkow which cater she is ordering from, but i can find out from you. Provided you must not be a food picker (bu tiao shi), coz for me i'm very particular about my food, i don't take veges or certain items, but for my sis, she did inform the caterer like no brinjors, no ladies finger, no seafood. The items sent are normally suiting her taste. For working ppl, i think tingkat is very convinient. They do no repeat the food so often also, for example, we get to eat different food for 1 whole month, so don't have to worry bout eating repeated dishes. Hope this help! I think her price is reasonable, about $10 per meal if i'm not wrong. She ordered for 2 ppl portion but enough to feed 3 of us and baby.

My contractor quote me $1350 to paint my whole house. Executive including all exposed pipings. My house area is 132 sqm. Any colors i want. Maybe because they are also engaged to do other things for me thats why the low price. I have other contractors quoting me $1100 for whole house 1 basic color, every color u add in must pay additional $200.

HI Black Apple, Maybe my initial post was not clear enough. My home is a preium home. My tiles come together with the house. So initially, we found like what you said hollow tiles everywhere. So called the HDB officer, and they willing to change all the tiles for us free. So we wanted other colors for our home. So the contractor told us, the labour is free, but we have to top up the new tiles ourself. Thus, he refered us to this tiling company. We choose the colors we want and then they start the tiling works. So all the tiles except the living room and bedroom floor tiles were purchased from the tiling company and were self picked by us. BTW, i think its true that the tile were out of stock, coz for me i waited 3 weeks for the HDB tiles to come. The HDB officer told us out of stock also. Hi Chunky MOnkey, My floor tiles are laid straight, no patterns one. When i say uneven, its like when i walk barefooted, i can feel the corners of the tiles poping out. Sometimes not careful, can kick the corner and injred your toes. I'm not so particular about wall tiles, but coz in laws staying with us, so all these safety concern we not able to compromise. U can check out my T-Blog, can see the tiles we picked. Hi Mace, Yup, think we are going to do that. Coz they are getting lamer in their excuses. The contractor even wanted to bring his supplier to meet us.. We were like 'for what!'. Communiaction with the TO was through phone, guess that give him the advantage. Bring nice doesn't mean ppl will be nice back to you. I think have to be more 'political'... We also took pictures of exposed live wires which got one of my reno workers electrocuted. haha.. i think can use that on them..

Nice place you have there! I like your balcony, so long and spacious. Mine is so tiny weeny!! I don't trust HDB contractors now, after getting keys in October, my flooring is still not completed till now! Everything was delayed and i had no choice but to just proceed. Having my AD in January, and really want to live in the new house by then. HOpe your reno will be smooth!!

Hi RenoGirl, i think our ideas are very similar, i also have the WIW in my master and also the other half will be the 'mini living/study area'. My study room and the other bedroom will be for my in laws. But luckily, still managed to convinced hubby to let us have 2 rooms! LOL...

HI maCe, Yup.. A TO was assigned to me. but then He is not being very helpful. Today went to see again, told hubby say nvm lah.. Since many told me, that tiles does not come perfect, so we have to close one eye. Only the 'hump' in the room, die die must ask them to change. Guess we are unlucky to have picked a no so professional contractor and tiler.

WOW.. its been quite a while since i last update. My reno has started. There were some problems with the HDB contractor on the tiling works. Has been 2 months, but till date, they have yet to rectify the tiling defects. Getting really frustrated! They have delayed my air con works and reno works.. NO choice.. decided to get it started anyway. My 2 become 1 bed room. We decided to hack the bedroom and master bed room into 1. Making the MBR into our 'mini living room/study room' and the bedroom into our MBR instead. LOL

HI.. today i went to the house. THe tiles were uneve. LIke at the edge is pop up. In one room.. i could literally feel a hump over the room!! Thats really terrible. HDB officer is sort of siding the contractor. Coz our house is dragging for quite a while. Got a feeling he also want to close this thing fast. haiz.. not simple having a house.

Hi All.. Need all your advice. I'm having an issue with the HDB contactors. After several weeks, our tiling works are still not completed yet. The tiles were uneven, and like when you walk, you will hit the tiles. (That uneven) After several arguments, and the workers redoing, now they are saying we picked lousy tiles? Firstly, is there such thing as lousy tiles? Lousy tiles defination to me is - crack easily, get stains easily etc etc.. but not laying uneven tiles. I believe uneven tiles is caused by the workmanship (Mine is ceramic tiles). Even for ceramic tiles we get such workman ship. The contracts now say we have picked lousy tiles according to him. The tiles shop is introduced by him. In the first place, if it is lousy tiles, he shlould have mentioned to us and adviced us? Even the tiles supply by HDB are uneven, does that mean HDB is giving all the owners 'lousy tiles'? Me and my hubby is pissed off with this issue as it has been almost 2 months, and our defects are still not rectify. I'm thinking if this can't be resolved, shld we go to CASE instead? Anyone met with such situation, can you adivce me, what is the best way to deal with unreasonable contractors?

Why 10 years leh?

to think that i still consider myself lucky for being the last few to get a house at Segar.. So by the time i finish reno, everyone shld have finised theirs also.. Now.. new flats means NOISE + DUST... BTW.. my flat is terrible! The tiles are not done properly.. and now they are going to re-do the tiles. I can't start my actual reno yet. Think can't make it for AD liaoz..

I think you should try Jetstar.. i remember them having a promotion taking Jetstar only $3 for the tickets.. (but not including tax).. The whole fare came up to only $100++

Just went to my house today.. All my flooring done.. You guys can check our my T-Blog.. Alittle update about the colors. Finally got to see it today, i must say the green is quite nice leh! Pastel green... i took some pictures for the benefit of those who havent see it yet..

just a bit of updates.. My flooring are all done... Went to the new house at noon today.. But it's not handover yet as they have not clean up the place, and also a few more defects to be rectify. Surprisgly there was no afternoon sun and my house looks so dark!! Sorry for the very dark pictures.

I can't wait to move in! Don't know when will my renovation complete!!

Nice layout there.. easy to plan for furnitures. . . Do post up more pics on the progress of your reno ok.