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We are considering silestones as well. it has some anti-bacteria coating or something. In addition, they mentioned that they left curry on it for 1 week and no issue/staining at all. They have a lot of designs and color but like all have mentioned here, it comes with a premium. I have some contractual issue with my contractor which we need to work out first before we can decide. i think you need to check on your contract with the contractor, if they have quoted matrerial cost, which could be some other material, and if you want silestones now, you may need to top up. Best to check.

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Here are some pics we took on Friday afternoon at sentosa cove, trying to get some ideas for the external clading and also the interior living room wall. Enjoy!

just shot this today at 1030am, don't ask me about whois the guy in that rocking chair, 'cause i really don't know. i guest you can see the whereabouts of the pillars as they are starting to show. We have also just decided to use the Builder shop in changi south fo our marbles, homo tiles and wall features. Hopefully, we can see the dry lay of the marbles by next week so they can start to mark it and put (paint) sealant on it. They will crate it and have it stored till the main con is ready to lay. I hope to load up some shots we took on friday afternoon on some of the houses in sentosa cove, some are great but not all. I have done a check on what CM mentioned here, it is very true if you need some form of certification from the authority eg. rebuild where you need to get your TOP. You need to tell the shop that you are rebuilding or just renovating, they will be able to advise which one is certified eg. shower/mixer and also the sanitary wares eg. toilet bowl etc. If you take the wrong one, rehacking may be needed if you fail the audit by the authority. Which is going to be a costly affair. Though i heard from people that some smart plumber/or even engineers may place an "o"ring inside to limit the amount of water coming out to get pass the audit. ...apply at ur own risk.

Thanks, when do you intent to move in? and maybe you can start a t-blog to share.

can try wan tai in changi, they are a few doors away from SSC. Could be the same one cookcpu saw, it's about $20k-$30k . It's anti-slip, single piece and something unbelievable which the sales lady told me, can see color of water in green or blue or something like that. SSC got a few at a fraction of the cost, ~$11k.

de dietrich does have an induction hub that has a depression in the centre to cater for a round surface of a wok, saw it on their 2008 catalogue. Personally, i think you need a mix of gas and induction hob. If you are looking for a good induction hob, can try considering the de dietrich continuum induction hob, thus far i think they are the only one offering it. It does not have your usual ring heating but a rectangular heating. Power control for top and bottom portion of the rectangle and i find it being less restrictive. Moreover it's a domino with a width of 38, if i remember this correctly.

Thanks CM, will check. Yes it will, my first floor ceiling is 4.5m high and the airwell is all glass. My staircase side wall is also all glass windows from first floor to the artic. The sentosa cove open out to the sea If you are doing major A&A and retains certain structure and the house constructed before this ruling, you can get away from not having it. But since, i am starting from ground zero, the new house will have to follow the prevailing rules which requires a HS.

Good question, not a seat (too small and i think may break the conceal piping if i sit on it ) but you can use it for putting soap etc. It's one of those "atas" bath sprout, i have a sunken bathtub in both toilets. It's from the hansgrohe axor massaud line, which cost me $1150.30 before discount which i still think is overly expensive. I told my wife that she can use that as a step to scrub her legs if she wants. Me, i mandi "kerbau", in/out very fast... so maybe practical for me to put my spectacles.

1st floor plan, this was done in May 2007. Just to give a perspective to the layout.

Yes, it's a lot of work, have been warned by many friends before embarking on it, so somewhat mentally prepared. We have seen many new completed projects or some in the mist of being build and the conclusion at least from my wife pt of view is that some of the layout is strange and does not make sense. I guest it makes perfect sense to the developer but again different stroke for different folks. Yes, big signage outside the house with all those that you have stated below. My limited understanding is that it is a requirement and not an option. The humor part of this is that, when sh*t happens we have to find someone to blame. All the relevent parties must have the "professional" status to be able to approve, sign or put their name down to endorse submission to the authority. I have the tender done in 2 parts, one is for the main con and the other is for the M&E. Architect manage the main con portion and the M&E is done by my friend who is an M&E consultant. Each will draft the tender documents and i only go thru them briefly as majority of them are very technical and seems like Terms and Conditions etc, something like 2-3" thick booklet. When all the tenders came in, they will open it in front of me in a meeting, which i think depending on individual..some may just skip this step. Once i have signed all the copies, i made them summarize all the submissions in a table format for me to evaluate and compare the cost. It will take sometime to shortlist as you will digest and talk to people to assertain that you are not mislead into taking the lowest and get some sub std service/work etc...you may even consider visiting their past/current projects to get some comfort of mind, which we did. Once you have shortlisted, then it's time to negotiate. I will never take what they submit as final and try to formulate some "should cost" to build the basis for negotiation. Once you get to somewhere close to your comfort, it probably signals that you are ready to award. Not sure what do you mean by accounts/paperwork but my architect handles all the paperwork and when it comes to payment, invoicing comes in, architect certify that it is done, then i pay. You can consider using a lawyer to add a step to this, my family lawyer which happens to be my close friend provide me with some guidance here. Sorry for the long reply, but really why it has taken me such a long time to get started is i want to do things at my pace as i am really not familiar in this area and whatever decision i made (after consulting with my wife ) is the right one at that pt in time. If i jump the gun, i could have probably save the 2% in GST and also maybe get a lower quote due to the cement/sand crisis last year. I have not walk into the construction site yet as it is all barricaded and my wife thinks it's dangerous at this pt as there are still many holes on the ground. Will see how first Hope this helps.

some mock up pictures for my bathrooms done by Hansgrohe, all are conceal parts except for the maid toilet. Master BR 2nd floor Common Rest of the BR Maid BR

wilkinson near broadrick rd? I think the abalone king guy house is near there. haha, maybe there is some goodness in it after all. I have seen houses having their external wall "tiled" with compressors and i thought some house keeping will do some good there. If it saves me cost it's a bonus. I think her ID person can do some landscaping and hide the 2 sucker, out of sight out of mind. haha. I will share the pics and findings here when it is operating.

the land size is 3000sqft and when the contruction is done, the buildup will be about 4500sqft. Yes, we have 1 room facing the front of the house, that room is reserved for my mum when she comes visiting. Thanks CM, your t-blog help me a lot on my journey. Legally, they have to handover in Oct otherwise, they will have to pay me some $$ which i cannot remember on the delay. Usually, they will have everything done much earlier, at least 2 months before Oct for getting the approval from the authority. I think by june/july, a lot of pics will be pilling up on this t-blog.

so the noise is less obvious?

Just to put some context to hansgrohe, only their Focus S mixer is from china. All other product line is from germany. Like all have said, it's a personal choice. I personally like their raindance and that tip the scale for me. Both grohe and hansgrohe will survive the test of time and i am sure about that. If any of you wants to know more about hansgrohe, you shd visit their mohd sultan show room to get a feel of their products. They have a fully functional bathroom that you can have a shower to test some of their high end randance product line, towel, shower gel provided !! .

Not sure if it's an over kill or not, but i told them that i do not want all the unsightly aircon compressor on ledges all over the house. And, i want less of those and also it has to be neat, if possible hide them somewhere. Most of my AC is the cassette type, last count i have 14 aircons in my house. I will check since you brought this up. !!

I was at the site this morning, cannot really tell if a lot have been done during the CNY week. Here is what i got. Here are what we have decided thus far:- 1. Aircon, 2 VRV system from Carrier 2. Flooring; + Living, dining, foyer >>>900x900 Ariston marble + Bedrooms and 2 & 3 floor, 100mm width teak timber flooring strip + The rest of the house, various types of homo tiles. 3. Storage water heater, Joven 4. Ceiling Fan, KDK 5. Bathroom fitting, mixed of hansgrohe and axor 6. Switches, whole house, Legrand Mallia 7. Windows, Fascina There are some additional stuff that we will decide most likely by Wednesday as the CNY have slowed some of the reply.

hope they don't exhaust the cooking fume and trunk it over the wall, otherwise i may need to install a BIG fan. I will try to post the floor plan if i can find the softcopy.

wah. Thanks, need to read the website to see if this is something i want to pursue. Will the breweries sell beer kegs to home owners? haha my wife think i am crazy!!

anyone has any experience or have seen someone that does bar counter with an integrated draft beer fittings. Like the one that you will find in all bars where you can serve draft beer? Thanks

Thanks for the info. I guest the only advantage of the VRV is only energy saving and probably being compact.

Thanks for the link, yes i am getting the daikin a/c. my m&e guy suggested 2 units, he did not mentioned about noise. At this pt, all my windows are fascina. But i don;t intent to close all the windows all the time, will have to check on the noise level. How is this compare to the conventional one? Thanks.

We had an original concept and it was further conceptualized by the achitect which also got changed after the FSM site assessment. The final layout is that we will have our living and dining room behind the house, very "ang mo" like. We will also have a koi pond at the rear of the house. The final room count is something like, 6+1(maid)+1(HS) and 5 toilets. It's a 2 storey house with an attic. I have never lived in a house with the living room at the back, so it will be an experience for me. The thinking behind is FS and also that we can get a lot of peace and quiet for the family. My architect is from australia and he mentioned that this is quite common in Australia. Will post more later.

anyone familiar with this system?. I try to google this but cannot understand what they are saying. f you have a layman version, let me know. Thanks. !!