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  1. Posted

    On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 10:00 AM, lauyijun said:

    Hi,

    Its my first post here in Renotalk.

    I hope this queries there would be interior designers that can help advice. I just met on ID yesterday. I requested that I don't want floor skirting in my house cos i want my house to be minimalist theme and skirting kinda make my furniture not able to flush to the wall which overtime will accumulate a lot of dust.

    So the ID suggested that i do Vinyl flooring. But from all the internet research the vinyl sound very hospital feel to me like is soft and squishy. I have been living in a house laid with granite for 16 years and i am fine with the cold hard flooring but homogenous tile doesn't allow me to do without skirting and as heard from ID tiles would cost more for the installation. 

    Can someone advice which would be better or people using vinyl for a while what is your view?

    And another thing is i wanted sliding doors for my room. But it seems that the ID i met is quite against it. His take is that the tracks will accumulate dust and if it is a top track the door might crack if knock against it too hard while sliding. Anyone did sliding door for their rooms?

    Hi Yi Jun, ID here.

    Alternatively, you can try companies like Evorich HERF flooring. Many ppl mistaken it as vinyl flooring but HERF (High End Resilent Flooring) is made of materials that looks and feels like wood on the surface. It is easy to install as it is click join and is lifetime warranty, United States patented. Hope this solves your concern of having chemical smell in vinyl flooring. You can ask other companies like TLG  (the floor gallery etc). 

    Skirting can be versatile depends on the way you want to design your house, as a minimalist design approach, minimal skirting looks good.

    I suppose your sliding doors are wooden doors? If it is wooden sliding doors, it is okay for use, however, your track might get 'jammed' with the door connector in the long run, hence i suggest you should apply lubricant regularly(weekly is fine), to ease the sliding effort. 

     

     

  2. Posted

    On Monday, May 01, 2017 at 0:33 PM, pumpkinpie said:

    Hi again,

    I just checked with the timber supplier and was given a quote of $12-$20 psf for white oak engineered flooring. Price includes supply and installation. Is this a reasonable price? They do not do hacking, cement screeding or soundproofing. Does anyone know how much it cost to include a contractor to do hacking/cement screeding/sound proofing?

     

    Thanks!

     

    It's slightly higher price, i suggest you should try to reduce price with your supplier. Some charges a few dollars lower from say 16-17 psf or even less.

    The price of hacking is costly, let me get back to you on this again. 

    Alternatively i suggest you can overlay your floor to prevent a burn in your pocket, however i suggest you should bring your contractor/ interior designer down to your house to have a clear assessment if is suitable. 

     

     

  3. Posted · Edited by threelightsinterior
    Edited the range of allowance to 6-10cm to give more freedom of future fridge selections

    On Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 6:35 PM, pumpkinpie said:

    Thanks for your replies!

    I have one question regarding the kitchen overhaul - do we need to confirm on the type of cooker, hob, sink and refrigerator beforehand so that the contractor knows where to cut out the opening in the countertop and how to do the cabinets? 

    Regarding re-doing the flooring, do we need to complete this first before renovating the kitchen or room wardrobes? For flooring, any recommendations on companies? Anyone used Wood & wood or The Floor Gallery? Is there much difference in price between timber flooring and engineered flooring?

     

    Thanks!

    Hi pumpkinpie apologies for late reply, yes and i suggest you to inform your contractor to leave extra spacings for your fridge, hob and others. Let's say if you plan to build built-in fridge, you should inform your contractor and make sure to indicate extra cms to your in built cabinet depth (+6-10cm), width (+6-10cm) and height(+6-10cm) so you may not to worry for replacements. Usually, a contractor/ interior designer will take care for you, so not to worry but just gently remind them if you need to

    As for flooring, yes you definitely need to do up first before the former. 

    You can try floor gallery and evorich. I am involved in a flooring business as well

    Timber flooring is less expensive than engineered flooring, yet you should get a flooring that suits your expectations.

     

     

     

  4. Posted

    On Friday, April 21, 2017 at 4:13 PM, pumpkinpie said:

    Hi all,

    I just bought a 2 bedroom condo (969 soft) and will be getting keys in mid-September. Our plan is to move in November (preferably by 1 Nov), with minor renovation to be done - whole kitchen (small), hack old tv console/build new one, repaint all the walls, repolish marble floors. When should we start shopping around for contractors? how much time is needed to do the above works? How much more time is needed if we decide to hack the flooring and redo flooring (change to engineered wood)?

     

    Thanks!

    If you are doing hacking and redoing whole room fooring for engineered wood, gradually give yourself 4-5 days safest maximum 

    Do tell your flooring contractor to apply screeding of floor + floor soundproofing as well 

  5. Posted

    On Friday, April 21, 2017 at 4:13 PM, pumpkinpie said:

    Hi all,

    I just bought a 2 bedroom condo (969 soft) and will be getting keys in mid-September. Our plan is to move in November (preferably by 1 Nov), with minor renovation to be done - whole kitchen (small), hack old tv console/build new one, repaint all the walls, repolish marble floors. When should we start shopping around for contractors? how much time is needed to do the above works? How much more time is needed if we decide to hack the flooring and redo flooring (change to engineered wood)?

    Thanks!

    Hi pumpkinpie, you should start at least 2 months before your move in date.

    You may like to get a few quotes and designs from your interior firms and confirm your contractor best by late sep , so that your contractor can execute whatever needs to be done latest by mid oct ( give yourself a week extra so to ensure all things are prep without rush), and the last week of oct you can purchase furnitures and electronics + do a final check with your contractor to check for touchups. 

     

    Of course, you can start earlier to ease your schedule and to source out more interior design firms 

     

     

  8. Posted

    Hi all!

    We are providing supply and install of vinyl flooring at $4/psf with trendy different colours suitable both for home and offices! Usually price $6, cheapest $4.50. This is a direct supplier and in house business offered by Three Lights Interior. Offer ends this 18 june as I hope to acquire new clients by helping you prospects! :> 

    Below is the pic of our recent hdb installation, check it out! :> 

     

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  9. Posted · Edited by threelightsinterior

    On 6/10/2016 at 9:41 PM, quebecme said:

    Hi, I am new to this forum. Please share your ideas or recommendations. Greatly appreciate it! :)

    I live in a 5 room HDB in Punggol, I have been struggling for nearly 4 years with neighbours who run and stamp heavily, drag their furniture from common room to kitchen and piano practicing. I've tried talking to them several times and the last ended not very well when the wife shouted loudly at us if we are not happy renting here, then move. Worse still, they claimed that they were not home the whole week. The noise escalated even more after. The worst for the past 9 months was weekend, 530am hard stamping from Master to Common room, back and forth for at least 1.5hrs. Every month now, they would invite some friends over on a Sunday and all the jumping, stamping, dragging and dropping heavy things will happen at the same time.

    Since we moved in, we could hardly enjoy our home. It is obviously them as we were the first to move in and 4 months later after getting to know my neighbours below and opposite me, they move in.    Someone please kindly advice :

    1) if they had their ceiling or windows soundproofed?

    2) anyway to check if my neighbours are owners?

    I've informed HDB and RC but was told they can't do anything about it & I think CDRT mediation may take too long.

    Hope to hear from you. Thank you in advance :)

     

    Hi quebecme, 

    I am sorry to hear about your inconvenience caused. You can search for 'Affordable Acoustic Foam Soundproofing Materials' and generally buy them online from online shops like Lazada at a reasonable pricing to soundproof your wall without much work. Generally these sound proofing foams can stick upon your ceiling using 3M adhesive stripes and Velcro to reduce your noise levels ( if they continue to stump their feet). However, the reduced noises will actually still exist as this soundproofing materials should be pasted on your neighbor's room to reduce the noise ( not from your house) 

    These soundproofing materials comes in different colours as well and you can take it as a decorative accessories for your home ceiling :) 

    (https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=acoustic+foam+colours&tbm=isch&imgil=kPimsZTE4mJB7M%3A%3BvL2HDylz23PIsM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmusic4less.net%252F4less%252Ffaq-foam.htm&source=iu&pf=m&fir=kPimsZTE4mJB7M%3A%2CvL2HDylz23PIsM%2C_&usg=__yhvtU-YNQU4Lf0dfFEseuYcnjkg%3D&biw=1366&bih=613&ved=0ahUKEwixjf-1vK3TAhXEFpQKHVFGDYwQyjcIZA&ei=zr71WLHuM8St0ATRjLXgCA#imgrc=kPimsZTE4mJB7M:) sample colours, please check with vendor if they have these colours ya?

     

  10. Posted

    Dear All,

    Renovation Contractor here, providing professional paint services in reasonable prices. Work hours is daily at night and weekends.

    Our services are effective and efficient. Standard 2-3 days to clear house painting ( eg. 1100 sqft) 

    Package includes plastering, cleaning and housekeeping after service.

    We are offering attractive packages as low as $1100 (  ICI or Nippon emulsion paint colours : 2 to 3 colours selection) to $1400 for whole house ( for HDB flat) 

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