Yours is 5 rooms right? 9 weeks is very long and I only gave him 7 weeks for my 4 rooms flat.

I have to rent a unit and really cannot afford to delay...hope Willie can work on his schedules and no hiccups along the way.

wow...must be very fun to check daily doubt i can do so...maybe on Sat only.

Thanks SgNick.

Great chatting wtih you.....

Lyn

Yours is 5 rooms right? 9 weeks is very long and I only gave him 7 weeks for my 4 rooms flat.

I have to rent a unit and really cannot afford to delay...hope Willie can work on his schedules and no hiccups along the way.

wow...must be very fun to check daily doubt i can do so...maybe on Sat only.

Thanks SgNick.

Great chatting wtih you.....

Lyn

Nice talking to you too.

Depends on what your do I guess. I hacked the entire house tiles and retile. Almost everyday (including weekends) someone is doing work, until the 7th week. By eighth week thing slow down a little. 9th week the finishing touch.

Any idea if they work full day on Sat and Sun too? I thought HDB don't allow contractors to work on Sunday?

For my case, I'm also doing the whole house too and really hope by the 7th weeks all the major work is done just touch when we shift in.

Lyn

Any idea if they work full day on Sat and Sun too? I thought HDB don't allow contractors to work on Sunday?

For my case, I'm also doing the whole house too and really hope by the 7th weeks all the major work is done just touch when we shift in.

Lyn

All quiet work can be done on weekends, eg, electrical, painting, cleaning, grouting, even some ceiling works. Lay tiles also can be very quiet

hi how much did you pay for your unit? so big area, must be ex?

I see...then i drop by on every Sunday to give them support...to encourage them to work faster with more food..........hahaha

Thanks

Lyn

hi how much did you pay for your unit? so big area, must be ex?

Inclusive COV is $430K.

I see...then i drop by on every Sunday to give them support...to encourage them to work faster with more food..........hahaha

Thanks

Lyn

Sunday they don't work for many hours. Saturday they do more. All the best for your reno.

Hi,

my reno has finally started. It started last Saturday actually with hacking of cabinets. Or maybe last Friday with removal of window grills. hmmmm...

Here's my floor plan. 122sqm 5I.

Current plan (subject to changes)

I have engaged a company that is relatively unknown here in renotalk, Room For Ideas Pte Ltd, managed by Willie and Vincent.

This is after getting about 8 quotes from IDs and contractors. Both Willie and Vincent are easy to talk to and friendly, and give me a good price for the reno. Quality wise I have visited one of their newly completed HDB project, looks great and owner happy with their work.

Scope for my reno includes full hacking and rewiring, so is a complete overhaul of my flat.

So far so good, hacking done, waterproofing started, tiling started.

Tiles from Hafary and Hup Kiong

Baron WC/Sink from GRLink

Taps from Grohe

Rubine Kitchen Sink from Poh Seng

Mitsubishi Starmex Sys4 from Gain City

Windows and Grills from City Aluminium, Alex (former from Yick Hong I think)

UPDATE 28-July

Renovation is almost done, almost move in condition, just few finishing touches

Over all, everything is well done, and we manage to keep the cost to low 40K which is inclusive of electricians, so I will say my reno is value for money and I will highly recommend my contractor for their value and good work. And their attitude has been top notch throughout the entire period, when i make request for changes etc, sometimes even after the thing is already up, no unhappiness, no blackface, etc, gave me everything i asked for the way i wanted with a very service oriented attitude. Thumbs Up for Willie and Vincent from "Room For Ideas".

40K - what have include ? can you give your contractor contact no ?

40K - what have include ? can you give your contractor contact no ?

40K is hack away every tile and retile the whole house, full electrical rewiring which includes 6 SCV pts and 5 tel pts, ceiling works, all the carpentry, wardrobe, cabinets, living room feature wall storeroom, concrete sink support, partition wall for my maid room, glassworks, painting, plumbing, so is all that you can see in my pictures above.

40K not inclusive window grille or change window.

40K not inclusive buy WC/sinks/heater/lights/fans/aircon

Sent u pm about the contacts

Edited September 2, 201016 yr by sgnick

Hi, I bought this, but upgraded to 80" height (usual 72") and 5 levels of shelf (usual 4 levels).

Thanks for the information. You get a good bargain. I cannot use this as the length is too long, so had to customize.

40K is hack away every tile and retile the whole house, full electrical rewiring which includes 6 SCV pts and 5 tel pts, ceiling works, all the carpentry, wardrobe, cabinets, living room feature wall storeroom, concrete sink support, partition wall for my maid room, glassworks, painting, plumbing, so is all that you can see in my pictures above.

40K not inclusive window grille or change window.

40K not inclusive buy WC/sinks/heater/lights/fans/aircon

Sent u pm about the contacts

Hi sgnick.

Just read your blog. it's like a well organised interesting story showcasing your renovation experience . i'm getting my 5-room (about same size as you) in dec at sims drive. currently searching high n low for id ands contractors. have been really demoralised by the high quotes so far due to my low budget (ard 30k)...

gotta said that after reading your blog, it gives me a bit of encouragement. in terms of the work you have done for 40k, it's really unbelievable.

i presume you design your own floor layout before telling the contractors right? same sentiment here... i prefer do my own layout, then tell the contractors exactly what to do... =)

can pm me your contractor?

btw, couple of questions which need ur advise:

1. when we engage a contractor, should i meet out straight away, or send him my floor plan?

2. your air con is system-3 or 4? you have so many rooms! all rooms have air-con? living room also? which brand u get?

regards,

steelze

Hi sgnick.

Just read your blog. it's like a well organised interesting story showcasing your renovation experience . i'm getting my 5-room (about same size as you) in dec at sims drive. currently searching high n low for id ands contractors. have been really demoralised by the high quotes so far due to my low budget (ard 30k)...

gotta said that after reading your blog, it gives me a bit of encouragement. in terms of the work you have done for 40k, it's really unbelievable.

i presume you design your own floor layout before telling the contractors right? same sentiment here... i prefer do my own layout, then tell the contractors exactly what to do... =)

can pm me your contractor?

btw, couple of questions which need ur advise:

1. when we engage a contractor, should i meet out straight away, or send him my floor plan?

2. your air con is system-3 or 4? you have so many rooms! all rooms have air-con? living room also? which brand u get?

regards,

steelze

Hi Steelze,

thank you for visiting my reno blog.

For my ID search, I actually have HDB floorplans, layout floorplan done with floorplanner.com, plus my own design handdrawing of carpentry things I wanted, attached to a very lengthy email which itemizes and explains everything that I wanted in detail. I then send this same email to every ID contacts I got. Most of them can quote me based on my email cos it already has all the details. Some will call me on phone for some clarification on my email. I spent some time doing the layout and drawings and drafting the email, but saved alot of time meeting and explaining the same things to each ID again and again. Also, once i got very good quotes like from Room For Ideas, I stop beating about the bush in my subsequent emails to other contractors, I will state directly in my email to them that I got a quote for $XXXXX, and they should quote me only if they are confident of quoting lower. This goes on until nobody can quote lower. Then I just meetup with the 2 lowest quote contractors to see who i can click with and prefer.

My aircon is Mitsubishi Electric Sys4. I have aircon in Living room and 3 bedrooms. The last bedroom will be installed with a Sanyo sliding window aircon if I need a/c in that room too. This is the best solution I can think of for my place.

I realize I didn't have much pics on the storeroom I built in the foyer area.

The story is I already have a storeroom inside the kitchen area. But I need more store, and I got my inspiration from many here in RT who built a feature wall to hide their bombshelter entrance, so i told Willie and Vincent I don't have a bomb shelter, but built me a feature wall storeroom at the foyer area anyway. This is a storeroom, not a cabinet, the inside is 7ftx3ft empty space.

Here's some pics.

All 3 doors closed. Cannot see clearly from my small pics, but the panels are not flushed, but actually pop out (in-out-in-out) to give a more featurewall like 3D effect. Vincent have even more complicated designs but i opted for the very simple alternate colours design.

With 3 doors opened. I have a steel rack shelf in this store also, moved from my previous home. U can see the store is full liao, haha. The store in my kitchen is also full.

Been getting lots of PM request for my contractor contacts the past few days. I have replied every PM.

I'll be out of Singapore the next few days so I wont be replying to PMs for couple of days, and I guess putting contractor contact numbers here is probably not a good idea and not allowed.

Anyway, just curious, anyone whom I have PMed contact has gotten quote already, and how's the quote?