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i think the colour is mysterious, by nippon paint. yah... hdb wc may be 'green', but it is seriously ugly. having said that, i kept the one in the common toilet as a 'showpiece'. yes. totally agree... btw, that was one of my fren's comment too - a water cooler

Looking good!

will do that once the reno is more or less completed. as of now, just providing sneak peek i think vista wc is not as bad as treelodge. the 'gimmicky' green wc sounds good, but really cmi in terms of looks and function. i prefer a simple, clean cut wc.

your fren is right. with storage heater, the water pressure will improve slightly to ~ 1.5bar, which is sufficient for most rain shower. if you want to use city gas heater, chances are you won't be able to install a rain shower since you are still reliant on hdb water pressure.

sneak peek. much better than what hdb offers me.

congrats.

thanks everyone. things are looking good, even though, progress does seem slow to me. now waiting for carpentry and lights to be installed.

congrats on getting your keys. i remember coral springs being around the same time as punggol vista or punggol lodge. the only challenge i see with the layout is the running of the aircon piping, got to lay on one side of the master bedroom.

this picture is taken when my storage heater is not up yet, therefore, it's 100% hdb water pressure. the water pressure is strong, sure feels like rain size of the rainshower is 240mm, price is >$1k for this model.

Let there be... rain.

slowly, but surely, the house is coming together. some heartaches, some mistakes we've made, but generally, so far so good. Most of the walls are painted, left with minor touch ups after carpentry and the other stuff are up. master bedroom:

yup. he's quite busy running around and meeting house owners. he's been taking photos but i think he got no time to upload them

i'm generally happy with the work by jason. while there may be some minor rectifications (none of it can be classified as 'fatal' or serious), it was carried out with the minimal of fuss once i highlighted it to jason. i think it is important to maintain open communication with id/contractor (and we shouldn't be 'paiseh' to inform them if we don't think something is right). regular feedback (two ways) enhances a common understanding and ensures that we are all on the same page. as of today, painting is on-going and the work on the l-box/false ceiling has been completed. most of the design elements and colours coordination has been completed.

yup. year end isn't always the best time to renovate. unfortunately, hdb gave me keys close to year end, who can i do thankfully though, there're some progress in my place

progress has been slow. only hacking and plastering has been completed. otherwise, pretty much unchanged. hopefully, things will pick up in the next 1 or 2 weeks. here's a picture from a week back, with the kitchen wall hacked (much brighter in the kitchen now). the tiles have since been fixed up and the air con 'wrapped'.

This is so true. One of my shortlisted contractor actually turn me down and tell us to find someone else instead. He is only willing to do my business (on goodwill) if I couldn't find anyone else suitable. He rather lose a deal than not being able to deliver. I've also came across several contractors who can accept any business in an indiscriminate manner. While I understand sales volume and the bottom-line is important to their business, I think we should question their ability to deliver. In my BTO project, there's a contractor who is only happy to let us know that more than 30 households (from about 200 or so who have gotten their keys) have signed up with them. Good luck to the customers, I hope the contractor delivers on time (although given the volume and festive season, I have my doubts). I think we can find several examples of these types of contractors in renotalk as well.

if i'm not wrong, acid wash must be completed before some of the tasks/items like plumbing can start work. otherwise, the fumes will destroy your chrome faster than you expected.

my 5c worth. 6 downlights at the living area is a bit of an overkill. 4 should be more than sufficient. likewise, the 3 in the passageway can be replaced by just 1. and the bar counter area probably just need 1 or 2 instead of 3.

porkypork, the guidelines for approval, pe, etc can be found inside a renovation booklet that you can pick up from hdb (or online here). depending on the specific wall, you may or may not need pe approval. yes, protection will be laid during actual renovation. unfortunately, it wasn't done so during air con installation as it couldn't be done in time. i don't blame jason for that as, technically, air con installation isn't part of the reno service/contract that he was providing to me. it was really out of goodwill (or an assumption that we all had of contractors/ids) that he helped me to manage the whole thing as i couldn't be there. as for the floor, thankfully though, my wife had swept and inspected the area after the air con was up. all was the gain city guys had done a good job - the trunking and plastering of the walls/gaps were

Yes! I would love to be there to whack the wall myself (but i know it's better to leave it to the pros and your good hands) And thanks for coordinating the air con installer and the heart attack in the morning

Yah. I totally agree! Jason has been fantastic so far!

i've checked with jason and examined the reno that i needed, in order to ascertain that the air con won't impact or hinder the rest of the reno before i decided to go ahead with it. ideally, the air con should be installed after i've hacked the wall, and before my pole system closet is up (as part of the trunking runs behind the poles). unfortunately, i guess i was being a little impatient and wanted to see some progress as for the glass door, i think it's a good ideal. however, it never came across my mind to have one installed there. personally, i enjoyed seeing the passageway as it is, as it creates some depth

Bedroom 2 Air Con Bedroom 3 Air Con

Thanks to Jason for coordinating the air con installation, everything looks good! Living Room Air Con Main Bedroom Air Con

While waiting for the renovation to start, we went around shopping around for our electrical appliances - lights, air con, etc, and furniture. Although we had managed to identify and/or secure most of the items for the home, we were held up by the renovation permit due to our intention to hack a part of the wall. Rather than not seeing any movement, we decided to go ahead with some basic stuff that doesn't require the permit first. For the air con, this was the layout that we had decided on. Air Con Layout Plan