Pooroldman

February 27, 2019

Hi

Saw u had done a platform bed with storage but tot HDB dont allow it ?

Thks

February 25, 2019

Hi

Saw like platform bed with storage , tot HDB will not allow?

Thks

February 25, 2019

Hi

My PCD is on 2019 end and after some reaserch l find out that a platform bed with STORAGE is not allow in HDB rules .

But l had seen a couple of homeseeker blog doing that and lm quite surprise. So will there be any HDB inspector to inspect new BTO after a while?

Thks

February 24, 2019

Thanks for sharing ..

February 23, 2019

Hi

The platform is interesting . Can share if the 2 pillar in red also done by Evorich?

Thks

January 9, 2019

On 1/16/2018 at 6:14 PM, ryanyth said:

Blog Entry Date: 16th January 2018 Tuesday
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Post Renovation - Slidearm and HDB Bomb Shelter Walk-In Wardrobe

Yet another surprise Blog Entry lol!
Happy New Year 2018 Everyone, how has the new year been for all of you?

Very Sorry, I know some folks have been waiting for this blog entry for some time to see how I convert the
existing HDB Bomb Shelter into a Walk-In Wardrobe, because after all, I don’t have a wardrobe in my bedroom.

So without further delay, here it is.

In addition to the Walk-In Wardrobe Installation, I’ll also be including the Slide-Arm Door Holder installation process because its also done by the same company.

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Slide-Arm
So way back in Oct 2017, if you’ve been following this blog, I shortlisted this company “Smart-Home” and
engaged them to install this Door Holder called “Slide-Arm” and also to install a Walk-In Wardrobe for my HDB Bomb Shelter.

After Renovations was completed, I went ahead and made my appointment with Joe from Smart-Home, and his installer Matthew visited my place.

Below are the pictures of how the installation went.
Installation of Slide-Arm took only about 5-10mins and was completed really quickly.

Slide-Arm nicely aligned and installed.

Working beautifully today even after 1 month+ after installation.
An elegant and nice solution for holding the door open.

In addition to installing Slide-Arm, Installer Matthew also took measurements of my HDB Bomb Shelter
to prep for the fabrication and installation of my Walk-In Wardrobe which took place at a later date.
(He actually came 2 times to do measuring because Smart-Home lost the initial measurements he did and he had to come again.)

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Walk-In Wardrobe

It took a couple of weeks for the Pole Wardrobe to be fabricated and once again, Installer is Matthew lol.
Below are the pictures of how it went.

This was the line drawing of agar agar how its supposed to look like once completed.

Installation of Pole-Wardrobe was significantly longer, and took a couple of hours.

This is the final result after installation.

I really liked how it looks, as it fits in beautifully in my HDB Bomb Shelter.
There are ample areas to hang clothes, luggages, and even 2 drawers.

Sorry I wish I own those special 360 degrees ball camera because these
photos can’t really convey how the thing looks like, I hope you get a vague idea though.

Got Matthew to help me leave a little space at the side to be able to store a small foldable trolley.

The other side of the HDB Bomb Shelter Wall holds my ladder and ironing board.

Even has space at a corner to hold a Toyogo Plastic Shoe Rack.
(Yes, I also kiasu until buy a small fire-extinguisher from Lazada for peace of mind lah)

Another thing of note, I got this hanging metal shelving from Lazada, and found that it can hang perfectly on the HDB Bomb Shelter door.
No drilling or adhesive required, just simple construction to fit the pieces and simply hang it on bomb shelter door.

While it does obstruct the Bomb Shelter door to not be able to close completely,
I gain extra storage to hang my bags and more barang barang on it.

Highly recommended and is a good buy IMO. As of this post, it costs only $14.90
https://www.lazada.sg/door-back-wall-hangers-nailless-storage-rack-adhesive-hook-63584867.html?spm=a2o42.customer.0.0.499f3f8d2cCPnM

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Final Verdict

Total Costs:
Slide-Arm Door Holder – $50 (including delivery and installation)
Pole Wardrobe – $650 (including delivery and installation)

Personally, I’m very happy with how Slide-Arm and Pole Wardrobe eventually turned out.
They fit in nicely with my apartment’s aesthetics, looks good and completely functional.

However, I find dealing with Smart-Home to be a very time-consuming process.
I dunno if they are short of manpower or what, but Joe, the person whom I’ve been
liasing with takes so long to reply to my Whatsapp messages.

At one time, he even told me he lost the measurements of my HDB Bomb Shelter
and had to get Matthew to come up my place a 2nd time to do re-measuring. Ughhh.

I was especially worried when I paid my deposit, and he took his sweet time
replying to make appointment for Pole-Wardrobe installation. Double Ugghh.

Matthew the installer on the other hand was very good with his work.
He is very friendly, and when he is working, you can tell he is very experienced with what he is doing.
It was a joy having him as an installer.

Honestly, I don’t know whether I should recommend Smart-Home or not.
Price wise is pretty good for me personally, and they did do a good job eventually.

I just don’t like vendors who take their own sweet time in replying to messages especially when
you’ve paid money already. (Maybe I was spoilt by my ID Jason who replied to my enquiries promptly lol)

If you engage Smart-Home, I hope you get a better response service from them,
but do take note that Joe will take a very long time to respond to your messages.

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And so we come to the end of this Blog Entry.
Not much more entries to add from what I see other then the conclusion of my IKEA Curtain guide lol.

Sorry it took so long, very nua to do blogging now that my renovation is already completed lol.
Other then my curtain guide, are there anything else you’d like me to do a blog entry for?

Please do let me know.
Until then, see you in my next Blog Entry!

Click Here for the Next Blog Entry:
A Little Curtain Experiment - Part 3/3

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Hi Ryan

Sorry .. one question. Is the pole Wardrobe drill into the wall of the BS ?

Thks

January 6, 2019

Hi Ryan

Veri interesting post and l enjoy reading it . Provide lot of information for my furture 2rm

I wan to check with u since u are not taking any loan as u mention yr CPF is enough to cover .Do u need to do submit any HLE before key collection ? Did HDB request it ?

Thks

Valley Spring 2rm

November 16, 2017

20 hours ago, mmoh said:

a hole with electrical cable.

Thanks mmoh

November 15, 2017

3 hours ago, huairen said:

Mines at Punggol Sunray.

The wall between room and living will be gone.

I think I might get the invisible grill for the room window if I feel it's dangerous. But I still don't wish to have any grills.

Hi

What the black thing on the bedroom ceiling?

October 17, 2017

10 hours ago, flowersinherhair said:

@Pooroldman Hi, if I didn't remember wrongly, the tiles cost $6 per piece. They are made in China though.

Ok ,Thanks .

October 16, 2017

On 03/10/2017 at 11:59 PM, flowersinherhair said:

Day 14

Wet works proceeded after air con installation. Met up with my contractor over the weekend for a discussion.

Tiling works begin today. We got our living room and bedroom floor tiles from Lian Seng Hin

http://www.liansenghin.com.sg/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=88

Each tile is offset by 200mm, arranged in a staircase fashion.

As for the feature walls, I got them from Hup Kiong.

http://www.fioranese.it/en/floor-and-wall-tiles/urban_avenue/

Off white version, will be arranging them horizontally in a random manner, with a 8mm grouting throughout.

Half the living room has been completed, if everything goes well, tiling works will be completed by this weekend. Will be back for more updates then, stay tune!

Hi

Hw much u pay for the floor tiles (Lian Seng Hin) per sqft?

Thks

October 10, 2017

Hi ,

Are they really a difference between HDB Registered Renovation Contractors and non Registered ?

I dont believe that HDB Registered will delivery a good result and vice versa , anyone experience good non Registered contractor ?

And some how non Registered seems slightly cheaper . Kindly share and for discussion .

Thanks

October 4, 2017

1 hour ago, Clarence Lye said:

i believe the tiles are laid for illustration purposes only. ahaha

But the photo shown cement , Boot and other material ...

October 4, 2017

8 hours ago, flowersinherhair said:

Day 14

Wet works proceeded after air con installation. Met up with my ID over the weekend for a discussion.

Tiling works begin today. We got our living room and bedroom floor tiles from Lian Seng Hin

http://www.liansenghin.com.sg/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=88

Each tile is offset by 200mm, arranged in a staircase fashion.

As for the feature walls, I got them from Hup Kiong.

http://www.fioranese.it/en/floor-and-wall-tiles/urban_avenue/

Off white version, will be arranging them horizontally in a random manner, with a 8mm grouting throughout.

Half the living room has been completed, if everything goes well, tiling works will be completed by this weekend. Will be back for more updates then, stay tune!

Hi flowersinherhair ,

Sorry for the second question , they lay the tiles straight to the raw flooring ?

Thanks

October 4, 2017

9 hours ago, flowersinherhair said:

Day 1

Renovation works officially kicked off after 7th month has ended. Air-con guys came in to install the air-con. Installed Mitsubishi Electric 3 system in my living room, and 2 bedrooms.

Living room

Common bedroom

How do I rotate image??!

Master bedroom

See that trunking? Will be boxing that up.

Hi flowersinherhair,

As for the AC , the switch is provide by the installer or connect to switch that HDB install ?

Thanks

October 3, 2017

8 hours ago, dietgalvon said:

@Pooroldman Delivery to home, but they do charge a delivery fee.

Thanks

October 2, 2017

On 12/28/2016 at 10:50 PM, osiris7777 said:

Shower Screen

We did not engage E to install our shower screen as we managed to get it at a good price from a glass contractor. Workmanship is acceptable but one of the wall tile in our master toilet crack when they drill the wall to install the door.

Common Toilet

Master Toilet

Hi osiris7777

Undertsand that a 2016 post , but possible to PM the shower screen contractor?

And how they repair the damage tiles fro drilling ?

Thks

October 2, 2017

On 6/1/2017 at 11:18 PM, dietgalvon said:

UNBOXING OF TAOBAO ORDER 1

This shipment took 1 whole month to reach us because there the seller of the vanity set did not ship out the item! It took very long till ezbuy got back and I eventually cancelled the order. Part of the items already reached us earlier as they were shipped by air.

These are the items from order 1 which just reached us!

We have unboxed everything to check on the condition. Will do a review soon!

Hi ,

So Ezbuy deliver to yr Door step ? Or collection point ? ( Carpark)

Thanks

September 27, 2017

On 2/9/2017 at 10:56 AM, Whisperer said:

@chubbymummy

I paid $80. They got Group Buy too, it will be $50 but heard have to arrange on a specific date for the Block.

There are 3 designs. You can go their Facebook to have a look.

Hi ,

But does it look "flat" on the wall ?

Thanks

September 26, 2017

On 9/25/2017 at 1:21 PM, hoWL said:

Hi @Pooroldman

Sorry for the late reply. No it did not come with a pre-drilled tap hole. My contractor helped me drill a hole.

I probably should have asked seller to do it as I am sure he can if I had informed him.

Cheers

Thanks for sharing

September 25, 2017

On 6/21/2017 at 3:45 PM, jojo28 said:

Quartz and KompacPlus are both durable, resilient to wear and tear after years of heavy use. Both of the products are also heat and scratch resistant, easy to clean and maintain. Hence, both quartz and KompacPlus are suitable for wet or dry kitchen, vanity tops, bar counters, and many more.

However, there are a few differences between both the materials. iQuartz have a thickness of 15mm, while KompacPlus have a thickness of only 6mm. Besides that, KompacPlus can have wood kind of design, but quartz can only have granite or marble kind of design.

Both of these beautifully crafted panels have low flammability and do not disintegrate, thus making it the perfect choice for your kitchen.

Feel free to contact Stone Amperor at (+65) 67107168 for more information or queries.

Hi jojo ,

So Stone Amperor does Kitchen Cabinet too ?

Thanks

September 25, 2017

On 9/20/2017 at 11:58 AM, sherlynkua said:

Decided to write up a short blog on our renovation journey, hoping that it will help future home-owners with their reno process!

First things first, contractors or interior designers?

Probably the ever-famous topic for every one. Of course, contractors were our initial plan. Why? Advise from friends & relatives for being famously cheap (cheaper than ID that is). I guess that's one of the main reasons why people opt for contractors instead.

As it was our first house, we didn't really have a concept/theme (which is a problem if we took contractors) other than the usual Scandinavian/Minimalist settings which I prefer not to have because everyone is doing it (don't have concept still want to be different). After probably months of debate (i think?), finally we decided to just go for an ID. Problems we faced? "Why so expensive, you all still take?" "Contractors also can do the exact same thing, but at a cheaper price" "Do you know that some IDs cannot be trusted?" I guess the very reason why we chose ID over contractors was not only because we didn't have a concept, but we were also worried about the liaising issues. Having contractors meant that, we have to liaise with them directly and telling them specifically what we want/do not want. So it still boils down to whether home-owners know what they REALLY want. (very obvious we don't, hence the choice of ID)

After the first obstacle was done, next came the interesting/time-consuming part; finding an Interior Designer!

We didn't really meet a lot of IDs mainly because we don't want to give ourselves too much choices to choose from. For me and my husband, being comfortable with the ID and s/he is able to understand what we really want is the essence of the whole process (of course also making sure that the firm is trustworthy, find reviews!). Finding the cheapest deal is definitely on everyone's list but then again, what's the catch? Make sure to run through the entire quotation(s) point by point, and please do not hesitate to raise any questions (we are talking about a huge sum here). End of the day, cheap doesn't entirely means good.

We met about 4 IDs? End up, we decided to hand the trophy to Jade from The Local INN.terior!

She was the first designer that we met. Quirky, genuine and very confident in what she delivers. She was very prompt in following up too, despite us not signing any deals with her yet and mind you, she was having a leisure trip at that point of time. Other than her quirkiness & funny laughter, probably one of the biggest reason we chose her was because, not only we felt that whatever she designed/proposed was aligned to what we wanted but she would also input her own designs for our references (if not what's the point of having an ID right?). In a nutshell, she's someone that we can talk cock to but yet serious at the right time.

Proceeded to signing the treaty with her, and down to Hafary for tiles shopping!

Kitchen Tiles with Kompacplus, Vinyl Flooring & Paint Color!

Toilet tiles with Kompacplus & Carpentry Laminate!

Of course we went together with Jade, and spent a good 2-3 hours walking around choosing the best tiles for our nest! Never did she once rushed to choose the tiles or attempt to brush us off by just choosing those "common never go wrong" tiles. Hanging out with her was never an issue, below is an example of what she posted;

Asked us to pose with the tiles so she's able to visualise how it will look like (where to find this type of ID!)

What comes after tiles shopping? Everyone's favourite; 3D Drawings!
(from entrance of the house - living room - kitchen - toilet - bedroom)

It was amazeballssssss!! Even though these were the final set of 3D drawings where she conceptualise the actual tiles and materials to the drawings , prior to it Jade had already sent us a draft 3D drawings of our house.

Fast forward to taking our keys and house renovation is already on the way (it's only less than 2 months!). Got myself some 'before' pictures of our house! Slipped our mind to snap pictures of the house before any work is done But yay to emoticons!

'Before' works!

Hacking away the room adjacent to the living room for our Glass Room in the 3D drawings!

Open concept kitchen!

Back-splash for our kitchen! So prettzzzz!

Master bathroom! (i thought the toilet was big.. )

If any of you homeowners opted for Vinyl flooring, you guys might have to go through cement screeding. However, homeowners are now required to pay for this service from HDB. Luckily, our appeal was successful as we applied for the flat before this rule was implemented. My advice? PLEASE APPEAL! Or at least try even if you apply the flat after they implemented the rule. I have to admit that ID charges a skyrocket high price for this service, hence Jade told us to send in our appeal letter upon getting our keys. She was the one that told us about HDB's new implementation and also advise us on when/how to send the appeal letter to HDB! Honestly, why wouldn't I entrust my house to her?

Although our appeal was successful, but we were required to wait almost 8 weeks for their contractors to schedule a timing for the cement screed. Thus we thought that nothing could be done or at least until the screeding was done, but sometimes Jade seems to be more.. excited/worried about the progression of the house than us. In a short span of 2 weeks or 2.5 max, she did almost everything she could, like; hacking, air-con piping, electrical points, false ceilings, tiling for master bathroom and kitchen! (kudos to her workers too) Both our families were equally shocked too. Spell impressive and efficiency

Ready for some 'after' works?

Back-splash for kitchen! I'm definitely gonna step into the kitchen much more often
(oh and the plaster smooth of the walls were done in like 1-1.5 day?)

Started works for our master bathroom!

Opted for wall tiles in the wet area and cement screed for the dry!

Close up of the wall tiles! Definitely hitting the resort style

False ceiling was up too!

Same goes for the master bedroom's. Cosy house here I come!

Mortar base done up nicely in our service yard!

What I really really love about Jade is, she's always making sure that we were kept informed of all the works that were on-going or any hiccups along the way. She even introduced us to an app, Trello. Which allows her to put in the entire schedule of the renovation process, what are we supposed to purchase (even state which is urgent) and what were done already. And yes, she did all these manually for every client of hers (not just us). That's what everyone likes right? Black & white all stated very clearly, and knowing what were the next steps going forward.

Currently that's all I have to offer! Hope it helps someone!

Will come back with more pictures once the screed & more works are done!