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  8. Posted

    Hi forumers 

    Am not a blogger or writer by any means but I do believe in giving back to the community of renotalk who have provided great insights and advice. Also, to give credit where it is due - hence the short shout out to Alan Design who has done a great job doing up my place. 

    Alan is a contractor with 20 years experience and it shows. His professionalism is commendable e.g. short notice meetings on Sundays, late night replies, patience and understanding. While his strengths lie in contracting (vis a vis Design), his workmanship and pricing is one of the best I have seen. What impressed me the most is his insistence on doing things right despite us constantly rushing him (we were doing marble flooring among many others).

    For those who have clarity of design and are looking for responsible and capable contractors, I cannot recommend him enough. Am in the final stages of touch up and I have no complaints (thus far). Hopefully i can upload some photos once the house is fully done up. 

    In any case, his mobile is 9889 XXXX. Cheers and best to those who are embarking on their renos. 

     

  10. Posted

    5 hours ago, slashmylove said:

    Haha usually I secretly log on during office hours la.. at home too lazy to on my laptop liao.. need to ask my ID what's the update so far, then weekend go and check it out.

    Btw I uploaded my 3D drawings, hope it can help you visualise a bit!

    Awesome thanks so much!

    We were also thinking of putting the fridge where it is in the drawing. And the subway tiles too! :)

    The drawings will give us some idea of how it will look like. Look forward to more photos and updates! 

  11. Posted

    6 hours ago, slashmylove said:

    Congrats!

    Initially I wanted to save money and do the liaising myself. However, both our jobs doesn't allow us to take leave so easily thus we decided to engage an ID as there are things that he may have thought of and we didn't. Anyway, I feel that if you are not in a rush to move in then no issue la. My project is in Sembawang and actually even if our unit is done, I don't know if I would move in yet, cos it seems quite scary to be one of the few units occupied lol. And it is VERY DUSTY!!! Gosh!!

    So you are planning to seal up the current doorway and shift it inwards? Sounds interesting leh, I cannot imagine how it's like. Then the space between the new doorway to the service yard windows, what is your plan for that? Leave it empty? Are you planning to do a door for kitchen? Swing door, bi-fold door or sliding door?

    The kitchen is really small lor.. Squeezy to have double door fridge.. I also had problems with sink, I wanted a big sink. End up I don't care lah still got a bigger sink lol! Just that less counter space to do food prep or do things lor..

    Maybe later I go dig out the 3D pics and post, then you can try to visualise haha! But the 3D pics - according to ID - is to see the carpentry and choice of laminate colours, not drawn to scale one..

    Ya lor Space super small! Dunno where to put double fridge and double sink. We were thinking of hacking the service yard walls too but then have to hack or overlay the floors because the service yard floor slopes down = more m$$$lah. 

    After we shift the door inwards then we have a long wall that we can put a long dining table since we like to have family over so the grandparents all have space to eat together. 

    No worries lah if and when you have time can post the pictures, am sure you're super busy with the renovation.

    All the best and congratulations once again!

  12. Posted

    26 minutes ago, slashmylove said:

    Hi! Have you gotten your keys? Must really see it to gauge the small-ness... lol! Where is your project at?

    Really agree that the bomb shelter makes the kitchen smaller but I would still prefer it being in the kitchen than the living room.

    We're doing top & bottom cabinets along the longer stretch of wall, with sink & cooker there. The other stretch with the entrance to living room, we're doing bottom cabinets only with base for fridge. Bottom cabinets near the windows to service yard and fridge base nearer the dining area.

    We're gonna have glass swing door to separate the kitchen/living area. The lights switches are currently behind the proposed position for fridge so we're going to shift the switches outside the kitchen so that it'll be easier to access than from behind the fridge...

    Yup we've gotten our keys and we're shocked at how small it is! We are in Clementi, where is yours?

    We're really taking our time and to save money, liaising with individual contractors. Right now only the air con trunking is done. Haha :)

    For the kitchen we are planning to shift the opening to the kitchen to beside the adjoining common toilet wall so there is some hacking to be done. Still.looking for ideas on how to place the double door fridge and sink. Sigh :(

    Look forward to photos of your kitchen works!

  15. Posted

    On Thursday, May 07, 2015 at 7:51 AM, jenhsing said:

    Is it possible to retile your own floor? planning to use granite tiles for living room and search WWW they say need installation experts

    Hiya, did you manage to tile your place on your own? Also where did you source for the granite tiles? TIA

  18. Posted

    On Thursday, June 02, 2016 at 5:43 PM, kelvintzy said:

    I installed marble flooring for my house too. Went to a Marble factory in Sungei Kadut. Apparently to install marble u need specialised personnel because marble is different from normal tiles. the marble shop people have to actually plot out the layout of the pieces of marble on autocad before installing

    Ah soooo

    Thanks for sharing this

    Would you mind sharing which marble you chose and the cost

    Many thanks 

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