A very warm Hello to you!

Finally, my first time blogging Haha...a little 'sua gu' perhaps I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the community here at Renotalk for such a great forum & contributions, i've learnt so much from here, be it good or bad, we're here to share..Great job everyone

Actually today is already the 12th day of my reno. I'm trying to record as much as i can so that my great-great grandchildren will be able to see how their great great grandparents found & renovated their very 1st own home ( that if this forum is still standing by then ) However things are happening so fast that i'm havin a hard time keeping up..so i better zoom in to my No-Frills reno process before i forget more stuffs

* No Frills = nothing fancy smancy, just the most practical yet value for money reno

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Here's a short intro of our new home. It's a 24 yrs old, 4NG flat, Corner lot, so there's privacy and it's more windy. The reason why we choose it was due to the location - it's 5 min walk to Yishun MRT, Bus interchange, Shopping complex, (future) national library, schools , lots n lots of food n amenities all ard us. When we are richer & wanna upgrade, it's still sellable due to the conveniences ard it If not, it'll still be great to grow old here..hahah Regardless, since we're gonna stay here for at least 5 yrs (cos we took the grant), so good reno is still necessary Hope this will be a good steppin stone for more great things to come

My house floor plan:

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Here are the before reno pics of my home - sorry if i'm a bad photographer

Main Entrance:

Space in front of main entrance:

Hall:

Another angle of the hall

doorway to kitchen:

kitchen:

another angle of the kitchen:

common toilet:

DAY 1 of Reno - Demolition day

When we went there at the end of day, feels good actually I mean the place felt more spacious & the old stuffs are gone to pave way for a rebirth / renewal

Hall wall tiles & floor tiles hacked:

Kitchen:

Common toilet:

Master bedroom toilet:

Spam chop !!

Wah, your living hall looks huge man...

pix pix pix...

WOO i finally see ur blog, going to chop place here see your reno process by Ho Bee

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spam chop

there's so many possibilities for our flat

and i'm sure it'll turn into your dream home

Thank you all so much for your kind support You're all welcomed to spam my blog I'll post as many pics as i can to share my experience Meanwhile it's been a mix of emotion during this period - excitement, stress, fun, frustration, anxiety..But renovation is not something we do every day or month (unless we're contractor/ id), so i'm just taking it all in, embracing the moments & hope to look back as good memories / experience It's been quite a ride so far

Hi mel,

Nice big & convenient place you got there. Your original place remind me of the old and rundown of our place (see my t-Blog for latest pics just updated) before we renovated everything.

All the best and enjoy the renovation progress.

Cheers

hi welcome to renotalk!

its always amazing how once the old flats shed their "skin" from hacking, they looks as good as new!

btw if u need any renovation resources along the way, do feel free to drop bymy blog.

wah Diva, ur art gallery very nice !! Thanks for the informative blog too

Hi mel,

Nice big & convenient place you got there. Your original place remind me of the old and rundown of our place (see my t-Blog for latest pics just updated) before we renovated everything.

All the best and enjoy the renovation progress.

Cheers

heh heh thanks lifestyle ..i think urs shld be bigger than mine..mine is just 92sqm..future when family become bigger and all, wah..can't imagine..if got money my hubby's dream is to get jumbo unit, then he can convert 1 room to become 'animal farm' cos he'a an animal lover- then he can rare fish, bird, cat, dog, iguana etc ( in the end the cat will eat the fish / bird, the dog will eat the cat, the iguana will bite the dog.. )

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DAY 2-4 of Reno - Plastered whole unit

The boys did a really good job I saw them working very hard, treated them lunch on Sat

Sand sand everywhere:

All Tiles arriving on Day 3:

Before plastering:

After plastering:

Process of plastering (darker one is plastered):

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Hey, very good size for the 4NG flat ... bedrooms size are almost similar to ours....guess old place are much bigger than the new ones.

heh heh thanks lifestyle ..i think urs shld be bigger than mine..mine is just 92sqm..

DAY 6 of Reno - start to wire up & tile up kitchen

1st Kitchen tiles up

1st wire up

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DAY 10-12 of Reno - Bedroom toilet wall 90% done, Kitchen base done, kitchen wall tiles 90% done, aircon truncking done

Kitchen ( left wall):

Kitchen (right wall):

Bedroom Toilet Wall ( brown & light beige mix):

Bedroom toilet wall design:

Bedroom Toilet floor:

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