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where did you get this from? good idea, easy cleaning..

wow love the mood board and your view!

can you guess which id we went with? in the end, Id An came up with the most competitive quote for us and he won us over with his straightforward yet knowledgable manner. his team was willing to change our quotation many times as we added and took out some stuff. he also wasn't pushy on us signing and gave us plenty of time to decide. he also told us that he did not earn a lot from our project lol...whether is it sales talk or not, we bought it.. quotation wise, he gave us the most items within the budget such as vanity cabinets and kids cupboard that we had to take out in other id's quotation as it couldn't fit the budget. Electrical and plumbing is included in the quotation. what impressed us most was on the day we went to sign, he told us he spent money to buy our floor plan from hdb as our floor plan we gave him was taken off the internet.. and he upfront told us that he foresee quite a few problems with the design he proposed earlier. he then came up with an alternative plan which suited us. i thought that was honest of him to do so as he cld have just let us sign and then tell us the problem when it happens halfway during renovation and this would become additional cost that we would not have foresee.. so thumbs up for An... signed the contract on wed and was sent home with two thick books of laminates, door brochures to choose! Id An's way is that we give him our chosen laminates and then he would incorporate these into the 3d. this is where the headache starts! so many options! a sample of what is in our quotation Design Services Interior design and space planning Furniture layout plan Perspective carpentry drawing Selection of color, material and accessories Consultation and project management Site co-ordination and supervision Decoration advice Hacking Work / Removal / Preliminaries To provide labour for haulage inclusive of uploading of materials HDB Permit or Renovation Deposit if any To remove all existing door To remove all existing sanitry ware To hack off existing all capentry work for whole house To provide labour / material for Acid Cleaning to Whole House To lay corrugated paper for floor protection to Whole House To hack off existing wall in between Living & dining area only To hack off existing kitchen half height L-shape wall @ kitchen entrance only To hack off existing kitchen & service yard floor tile only To hack off existing floor tiles @ Master & Common bathroom To apply chipping off existing wall tiles for screed @ Kitchen only To hack off existing wall @ Master & Common bathroom To hack off existing cornices for whole house supply labour and material to construct 5ft x 3.5ft half height box up @behind sofa Wet Works / Tiles / Make-Good / Cement screed base / Plaster Supply labour & material to make-good on affected flooring @ Living only Supply labour & material to make-good on affected wall @ kitchen entrance Supply labour & material to lay Homogenous (30 x 60) wall tiles @ Master & Common Bathroom only Supply labour & material to lay Homogenous (30 x 60) floor tiles @ Master & Common Bathroom only Supply labour & material to lay Homogenous floor tiles @ kitchen only Supply labour & material to lay Homogenous floor tiles & level up with living @ Balcony Supply labour & material to lay Homogenous floor tiles @ Service yard Supply labour & material to construct new fridge / kitchen base / washer base with tiles @ Kitchen only Supply labour & material to construct new shower kerb bases with full tiles @ Master & common bathroom Supply labour & material to apply water proffing membrane screed base for plaster @ kitchen wall only Supply labour & material to plaster smooth wall & ceiling @ Kitchen Plumbing Works / Painting / Polishing / Plaster / Bi-fold Door / Glass Door / Sliding Door / Glass backing Supply labour to install 2 sets of Toilet accessories Supply labour to install 2 nos. toilet sitting bowl & Shower Mixer, Spray Jet , Basin & Taps Supply labour & material to run (2 no. )piping ( cold water piping only ) Supply labour to install ( 2 no. ) instant heater only Supply labour to install 1 nos. of kitchen sink & taps Supply labour & material to paint whole house wall & ceiling ( Dulux ICI wear & wash) Supply labour & material to paint all sweage pipe ( Dulux ICI wear & wash ) Supply labour & material to paint ( 4 nos ) of room door / main door frame Supply labour & material to paint wall & ceiling @ kitchen ( Dulux ICI weather bond paint ) Supply labour & material to polish existing marble flooring @ living / dining / passage way only Supply labour & material to polish existing parquet @ all bed room only Supply labour & material to install Bi-Fold Door @ Common Bathroom & Store room only Supply labour & material to install (3 no.) veneer door @ all bed room Supply labour & material to install swing frameless frosted glass door @ Master Bathroom only Supply labour & material to install powder coat white Alu frame swing door & fix panel @ Kitchen only Supply labour & material to install temper glass fix panel shower sceen @ Master bathroom Supply labour & material to install 4ft toilet lourve panel @ Master bathroom Supply labour & material to install 2ft toilet lourve panel @ Common bathroom Supply labour & material to install iron gate @ living only Supply labour & material to plaster smooth whole house Supply labour & material to install tempered glass backing @ kitchen partial wall only Carpentry Works Custom made 4ft Shoes cabinet c/w ABS triming & laminate finish @ Living only Custom made 2ft Altar cabinet c/w ABS triming & laminate finish @ Living only Custom made 7.5ft full height feature & suspended TV console c/w ABS triming & laminate finish @ Living Custom made 6ft full height storage display cabinet c/w ABS triming & laminate finish @ Living only Custom made 26ft bottom Kitchen cabinet c/w ABS triming & laminate finish @ Kitchen only Supply labour & material to install 26ft Kompacplus kitchen table top @ Kitchen Custom made 10.5ft top Kitchen cabinet c/w ABS triming & laminate finish @ Kitchen only Custom made 2ft full height kitchen cabinet @ kitchen only Custom made 4.5ft bottom vanity cabinet c/w ABS triming & laminate finish @ Master toilet Supply labour & material to install 4.5ft soild surfce for vanity top @ Master toilet Custom made 4.5ft top vanity storage cabinet with mrirro c/w ABS triming & laminate finish @ Master toilet Custom made 5ft full height casement wardrobe c/w ABS trimming, laminate finish @ Bedroom 2 only Custom made 12.5ft full height wardrobe & TV console c/w ABS trimming, laminate finish @ Master Bed only Electrical Cost Supply labour & material to run new FRIDGE / WASHER / HOOD / MIRCOWAVE / OVEN Supply labour & material to run new SCV x 1 / AIR-CON x 1 / HEATER x 2 / DB BOX x 1 / TELEPHONE x 1 Supply labour & material to run expose new lighting point with casement ( 15 nos ) Supply labour to install 15 nos lighting fitting @ whole house Supply labour to install 3 ceiling fan point @ Living / Master room / Girl room area only Supply labour & material to run new double power point socket (13amp) - 16 nos

Ya planning to do rewiring so,will remove cornices as wires all in there

can i know the brand of the two grey fans pls?

i have cornices in my flat too! it was a 80s popular thing i guess!

ID Selection (Still on going) Our sellers seems to be quite reasonable people and though we agreed to wait for 90 days extension and 3 months extension, it seems like it is possible that we might get the keys earlier than the initial confirmed date. But its all KIV at the moment.will only know when they get their keys on 18 dec as to the date they can move.. But we started our id search already as we know that it might be a pretty long process and we dun want to waste any more time after we take over the hse. Based on recommendations both from renotalk and , we start the tiring process! Gambit! We also agreed to go the id way as we needed someone to consolidate our jumbled up ideas into a cohesive thing and also to act as a mediator between hubby and wife when required.. Sent a bunch of emails to various firms stating our initial requirements, started meeting them to go through and add on to the list of requirements before getting a quotation from them.. We even tried to find our old id who did our bto flat reno 6 years ago.. but she responded too late Oh My! we had actually thought that a budget of 35-40k was enough for our renovation since we do not need to do flooring for the living room and the 3 rooms but all the firms we meet, quotation all over 40k! i even had a 64k quotation!! sigh, the hacking of kitchen and 2 toilets is taking a lot out from the budget. but these 3 items are a must do for us though.. so cannot siam… Anyway, based on the recommendations, we met these firms: Designer G First id we met. as their firm is more established, she was more biz like in a way but still friendly and willing to take in our ideas. Gave sound suggestions and managed to make us see that some ideas that we had can be fine-tuned. shortlist second meeting to see their design though we know that they weren’t cheap. only id to show a mood board or what would it look like at our second meeting however quote came back sky high..lol.. dropped as we were not the right customers for them money wise... Designer A A was approachable, also gave sound feedback and he came back with 2 quotations. one was within the 40k budget but minus the stuff that he think we can diy or buy off the shelf to fit within the budget and another quotation with all our requirements that came up to 45k. hubby like him but wifey felt that chemistry was little off.. kiv Designer H H had a alternative proposal for our master bedroom design but on second thought seem to be bit impractical. hubby din feel the chemistry with him and his quote came out to be 60k plus! Dropped due lack of chemistry and quotation had some items that we mentioned we din wan e.g. false ceiling. Designer F straightforward but in a nice way and gave us an alternative design for our kitchen. i can imagine how big my living room and kitchen wld have looked in his design.. swoon but sigh.. his proposed design would have suited us if we did not have kids.. quote was on the higher end of our budget also.. had to drop. Designer An I had most chemistry with An and his trainee b. was able to joke with them and hubby said i was the most corny with them.. hahaha. An is very straightforward.. tell me he can see i am very fickle minded… but i made them change quotations many times and they were willing to do so so his judgement of me is right lol. quote was quite reasonable.. one of the lower quotes but inclusive of everything we wanted..top 2 in our list Designer Am had a good session with AM as well.. was friendly and showed us his carpentry work. was very through with his explaining. only con is that first session he mentioned that must pay 1k to see 3d… but he wasn’t pushy when we said that we were seeing other ids at the moment and din wan to commit. quote also reasonable but omitted some items to meet our budget.Top 2 in our list. next up, our id choice after meeting 6 ids! i realised that most ids i met has the initial of A..

yes, will be updating the blog soon with my reviews on the ids i met.. we are meeting our confirmed id on wed to put the ink on the contract! scary.. its a lot of moola..hope our chosen id will give us a relatively smooth reno process..

oh i rem the long wait for the 1st appt! my one i had to wait 90 days before i can submit for 1st appt then had to wait again for 1st appt! this flat better be worth the wait hahaha

thanks! dunno whether actual product can be 80% of the inspiration pic or not ya we went to many houses before deciding on this one.

Haha... OLL indeed! So where r u moving to? Got blog for me to follow and get ideas ?

so close to completion! enjoy your fruits of your labour!

nice! the second company is it starts with a?

hahaha.. the things we do for our kids familiar? in what way? come lets explore whether do we know each other..

House theme before we set out to meet the ids, we had to come up with a theme to let the designer know our preferences.. so difficult to come with one theme that satisfies our needs and wants.. i want our house to look airy, cosy, bright and yet practical in design to withstand our clutter and junk for at least 10 years. I have been savings pictures from , pinterest etc and looking through my saved pictures, they all have the element of wood in them! In 2010, when we were doing up our first house, i was already into the woody theme but our designer came up with a modern theme for us with mirrors. neber knew i had so good foresight and my love for woody elements never wavered (as strong as the wood!). so this house i die die also want some wood elements! and like everyone else, i m leaning towards grey as the accent colour...some pictures for inspiration, but with wood elements means placing our house in the widely popular scandinavian theme that everyone is adopting nowadays… so i hope and want to have some different elements to make the house “ours” and of course within our budget. obstacle that come to my mind is that our existing marble floor and parquet isn’t that scandinavian in nature.. but we shld be able to come up with a compromise or a design unique to our house..thankfully the marble floor is beige in colour so might blend with the wood elements. as for my husband, he doesn’t like clutter (but his wife aka me is a hoarder) so that makes him a minimalist? and he says happy wife equals to happy life.. he is a wise man indeed next up, meeting up with ids and their proposed design!

hi do we need to call to order before heading down?

nice inspirations!

confirmed will be !

can pm me your ceiling fan price list pls?

nice reno! hse looking very cozy!

may i ask what model did u choose for the white track light and which kind of light? yellow or white light?

hey, still shortlisting my id once confirmed i will update

0ur initial requirements with budget of 35-40k - full renovation for kitchen -seal current kitchen door and open new door from another side -hack half kitchen wall for lattice window and lower cabinets -tall unit for oven and storage at the old storeroom door wall - full renovation of master bedroom toilet and common toilet - hack living room/dining room wall partition to expand living area -level balcony floor to be levelled to living room height - carpentry for master bedroom (L Shaped wardrobe and tv feature wall together with storage) - carpentry for one common room bedroom 2(wardrobe) - marble floor (living room) and parquet (bedrooms) polishing -leveling of parquet floor in rooms to corridor level - painting of whole flat - tv feature wall cum shoe cabinet cum storage (living room) - shoe cabinet carpentry -new doors for all rooms/bathroom/kitchen quotes came back all higher than 40k! need to rethink some stuff or budget

hi!

yes, current owners live simply.. no built in carpentry at all means less hacking cost. but renovation was done 19 years ago so must revamp...