Wah, very colourful before-reno pics. Hehehe.. Will you be keeping any of the items there, or will you be doing a complete overhaul?

Hi, welcome. your house is indeed very big. is it on a high floor? how much COV u paid? the wall colours are very daring and bright indeed, by e previous owner

Hi, welcome. your house is indeed very big. is it on a high floor? how much COV u paid? the wall colours are very daring and bright indeed, by e previous owner

sigh we bought it during the peak at abt 26k COV...initially we tot of doing miminal reno (keep the painting, flooring, etc) so tat explains partly for the high COV as well but when we inspect the hse closer, we decided to paint the whole house and redo the flooring for whole house (except kitchen) as there are visible scratches on the existing laminated flooring...

poseidon_gal, can share how much did you buy your unit for? can PM me if you dont want post it here...

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your unit has got a pretty colourful ex-owner

the COV is pretty worth it considering the upcoming mega mall

ya i agree 26k COV is considered not that high for Serangoon area unless it's serangoon north then COV is much lower...

Better inspect your home properly... i didn't realise all the tapes and toilet bowls were badly leaking until i got the keys! Luckily i already plan to change these things else it become unexpected costs!

I did keep the existing windows and iafter many trips to the house then I realise it's really in a lousy condition... the rubber at the side of the windows are worn out and some are dropping out, dirty and hinges not working well... sigh maybe next time got more $$ then change

Went to shop ard for some furnitures last weekend...Shortlisted some

dinning table

sofa

Tv console

Sofa is nice!!! wah dining table $915... think I'll never be able to afford one for my house. haiz still got so much to buy. Congrats on your new house!

Sofa is nice!!! wah dining table $915... think I'll never be able to afford one for my house. haiz still got so much to buy. Congrats on your new house!

the dining table is before 20% disc so after disc is $732...actualli we oso saw another one at another neighbourhood but c pic onli and quote us $800..duno stil can discount or not though...

we wanted to have a mirror at our dining area, so duno whether to keep this existing one to cut costs..any feedback? izit v obiang?

the dining table is before 20% disc so after disc is $732...actualli we oso saw another one at another neighbourhood but c pic onli and quote us $800..duno stil can discount or not though...

mmm usually can still discount one esp if buy more than one thing ba. But $732 does seem like a better price.

we wanted to have a mirror at our dining area, so duno whether to keep this existing one to cut costs..any feedback? izit v obiang?

mm think these are the Ikea mirrors? Look ok to me unless you want to get those one piece mirrors which will be quite ex.

Sigh...still waiting for some of the contractors to be back from the CNY holis before we can finalise...

Cant wait for the reno to start though.....

u got quotation from contractors liao har?? haa can share anot?? who are ur shortlisted contractors? heee can PM me if not nice to say here..

how much is ur reno budget?

Yes! We finally signed up with a contractor today! Will start the hecking & stuff on tues. Will reserve our comments for my contractor after the reno and hope that all things will go smoothly. Hopefully got time to go over to take some photos

Btw, just wondering, do we need to inform our neighbours before all the hecking and knocking starts??

Yes! We finally signed up with a contractor today! Will start the hecking & stuff on tues. Will reserve our comments for my contractor after the reno and hope that all things will go smoothly. Hopefully got time to go over to take some photos

Btw, just wondering, do we need to inform our neighbours before all the hecking and knocking starts??

Technically contractor is suppose to inform. But I did also. I bought some chocolates and gave to my neighbours (upstairs, nextdoor and below) 2 days before the hacking started. No one likes to put up with the noise and dust and I always believe in starting right. Then when I moved in they were all very nice and even gave us some free goodies for CNY. My immediate neighbour apparently sells chicken rice (quite famous one) and promised to bring some for us soon.

Always pays to be neighbourly.

pinkpetter..that is a very neighbourly move..hee i will do that too when i start my reno