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Today, we went to City Gas Carnival at PWC Building to purchase our gas heater. The salesperson explained a whole lot of things to us (it almost felt like an hour long lecture) for about 30 min and we finally settled on this. Installation scheduled on 26 August along with the delivery of our hood and hob, floor standing basins, KDK fans and bathroom mixers! MACRO MA-10FE ($325) The perks of purchasing it at the carnival sale include: - Extended warranty from 1 year to 1.5 years - Gas rebate of up to $20 per month for 3 months - Waiver of $90 installation fee We were also told that there will be a $50 charge after reno is almost over because the people from City Gas need to make another trip down to fix the meter and to turn on the gas. This will be charged to your monthly bill. As for the rebate, we just have to e-mail our SP Group bill to enjoy the rebate. On another note, decided to take a better picture of our floor tiles against my brown sofa. Mr K told us that our tiles are not completely "flat" so he will have to "smoothen" it as much as possible. Today, hubby finally told me that actually our Taobao loots are scheduled to arrive in SG next Wed. He has been telling me stories like the shipment dropped into the sea and the dustbins for the bedroom hasn't been shipped blah... I think he enjoys seeing me getting all flustered -.- Crossing my fingers that the items will be hits and not misses (learnt it from fellow renotalkers). ** UPDATE on Sunday ** Wanted to bring our pet dog for sterilization at a vet (coincidently there is one at blk 124) but was told that she has to fast the night before. So we booked an appointment for Thursday and decided to pop by our house since it was nearby! Pleasantly surprised that more stuff are being done 1. Service Yard windows up 2. Service Yard side windows changed to glass panels 3. Sink finally up together with cement support 4. Floor tiling in progress! 5. Box up of recessed wall in living room done

Was just telling hubby yesterday that the tiles are taking so long to be done even though Mr K brought us to select them first thing when we met. Today, Mr K shot us with a series with messages to confirm certain things because today his workers fast hand fast leg did quite a number of things! 1. He asked us how wide we wanted our tile grout to be. Pros and cons for 1mm: Nicer looking since tiles are closer; Easier to wear off over time Pros and cons for 2mm: Tiles look more far apart (actually not much also la); Would not wear off so easily since it is a thicker layer Hubby and I went ahead with a 2mm grout since we wanted durability. 2. He double confirm with us that our bathroom seatee will be hollow. Initially, hubby told him we didn't want a hollow seatee. But Mr K assured us that if you sat down, you would not fall so hubby was fine with that. Also, if you notice right in front of the seatee is the floor trap (is that what you call this thing?) so the seatee width cannot be too wide. Otherwise, Mr K said he has to "expose" the bottom (like an 'n' shape bench) and not seal up the seatee like a block which we didn't want because I don't want any dirt of hair to be stuck underneath. 3. He told us that he cannot do a "slide down" from room to bathroom (forgot the reason) so he will be doing a kerb instead.

@spikeling yup I bought the 001 model.

@spikeling I ordered mine from Heritage Bathroom at Geylang. It is not on display but I showed them a picture and they found it on an OTTO catalogue that was sitting in the shop and said they would be able to order it for me. Got it at $400 each. Universal Union (a few shops from heritage) also sells floor standing basins and they have some designs on display so perhaps you can go take a look! I didn't purchase from them as they quoted me $380 before gst.

Found time to visit the house during the public holiday. I think the two workers assigned to reno our house must be thinking how come these two always come and do spot checks. 1. Toilet floor tiles are in for master toilet. 2. Bomb shelter "holes" fixed. 3. Feature wall ready for craft stone to be pasted. 4. The last photo of the living room is to explain why my hacked bedroom will not look like the Pinterest photo which I shared earlier. If you notice, there is a beam stretching from bedroom 3 all the way to the kitchen side. Initially, I had wanted for the glass to be full height, from floor to ceiling, however this cannot be done now

Happy National Day Eve! Both toilets' overlay of the wall tiles in progress! I've seen nicer toilets, so I don't know if we selected the best tile for overlay anyway it's too late for regrets now. Hubby kept saying that it's nice but it's far from my envisioned look.. Anyway, kitchen cabinet kerb, tall unit kerb + cement sink support also done. Mr K has been prompt with his updates. Keeping my fingers crossed that things will stay this way. I was browsing tblogs to get some inspiration and saw that the dining wall need not be always white although the entire house revolves around white, black and wood. So I decided to go to Pinterest to look for my favourite colour (navy blue) wall. I sent this picture to Mr K and asked if he could show us this colour on our 3D layout. He said ok so I shall wait. Hubby isn't very convinced with using this colour but I told him that it actually acts like a "feature wall" and everything need not be just black, white and wood. I'm quite glad that works in the kitchen and toilets have started. Initially, I thought that flooring for the whole house has to be completed before any other works can take place. I must say that when Mr K gave me the estimated completion date to be in mid-Oct, it makes me less kan cheong and more chill. Hubby also reminded me not to rush him as we want him to do things sui sui for us. Recently, I have been looking for things that cannot be found easily using the Taobao photo function. I think it's super useful as people who don't know what something is known as could just take a screen shot of the item and search for it on Taobao.

Electrical works took place on Thu and Fri and have now been completed! Some pictures that Mr K sent me as soon as it was done.. Basically the highlight of each picture are the wires nothing fancy. We didn't have time to go and have a look so we only went to see see look look on Saturday morning because it was also the delivery of our huge Blanco Naya 6 sink from Hoe Kee. Having read quite a bit on forums, we were quite prepared for the bottom of the sink to look like that. Hubby also asked the delivery man and he explained that this is normal. When we went up, there were 2 workers doing some works and I must say that the entire place is truly messy! Hubby was quite excited so he brought his brother up our house to have a look at night and to our surprise, the common toilet wall is already half-way overlaid! This was taken in the morning: The kitchen wall was also in the process of being "plastered".. Over the week, our Unifi from Amazon also arrived! The only downside was that it came as a US power adaptor so we have to use an adapter for it to fit into the power socket. Besides shopping on Amazon, I was also addicted to Taobao. It was because I wanted to purchase lights from Taobao and the usual air shipment did not allow that. So I googled and found that sea shipping was possible so I sprung into action immediately! Each LED bulb was only 25RMB as compared to Singapore stores which sold one for $40! The total cost of my lights and a few other stuff without shipping was about $600. These were the items... Hippo Stool Chair Legs' Cover LED track LED bulb Round Mirror for bathroom Simple Circle Light for bathroom Captain America floor mat Bathroom floor mat (thick) Vegetable Cushion (potato and broccoli) Hope that the items are true to the pictures. Floor tiling will be done next and will take 3 weeks according to Mr K so I guess the next update will be at the end of August!