this is where my tv console is going to be. the centre is where my tv is going to be mounted, flanked by 2 surround speakers of my home theatre system. but it somehow reminds me my biology textbook that illustrates the female reproductive system.......

eh? where had my toilet bowl, my sink, and my shower gone to??

oh.... they helped to keep it in the bomb shelter. i thought they are being thrown away...

i was trying to find out how much have been heightened after hdb done the screeding....

omg, it's so high until it's half the length of my iphone...

i called and asked my ID if this was supposed to be correct, he said yes. after screeding should be heightened to about 50mm higher.

realized you already got rack for ur HHS! that's fast.

The kitchen will looks good!

Cant wait to see the actual one..

with the concealed water pipes, it's possible to shift the sink?

with the concealed water pipes, it's possible to shift the sink?

according to my ID, yes.

how? i don't know. i've given him my instructions that i don't want any pipes showing. and he'll work on that.

ic. i asked ID for opinions but due to the water outlet, mine cant...

in fact, the very important thing is to give your ID the measurements of whatever electrical appliances you bought. timing is very important. first, you need to agak-agak know how long is the whole renovation process gonna be, even before the ID/contractor gives you the schedule.

ask when is the best time that the electrical appliances should come in, and by when he needs to know the exact dimensions of your electrical appliances that may affect his space planning, especially big items like fridge, washing machine, and even TV.

for me, i have already started looking around at electrical stores like best denki, courts, harvey norman, audio house and even smaller establishments like parisilk, goh ah bee, and everjoint. i created a spreadsheet to list down the possible make and model of the electrical appliances that i was interested, and the amount offered by each seller. all these are recorded via google spreadsheet so that i can record it using my iphone wherever and whenever i am.

and when my ID says he wanted the measurements of the electrical appliances i have bought, i quickly went to harvey norman and show them my spreadsheet and asked if they can match the lowest price of the various sellers of all my interested electrical appliances. see my signature on what i have bought from harvey, total damage < $7k. when i made my purchases, i told them the expected time of delivery is about a month later when my reno is almost complete. after i made my purchases, i gave my ID the measurements of the tv, fridge, washing machine.

with this measurements, he can then re-assess to see what he originally designed can hold my upcoming new fridge, washing machine, and tv.

Wow, u went to many places to compare the prices! Kudos to u! these 2 days, we just went too Havey, Courts, *spam, in the end we decide to buy the fridge only, both of us are very tired already. Maybe i shd adopt ur way of putting in Excel and show to the vendor to match or get lower pricing

Wow, u went to many places to compare the prices! Kudos to u! these 2 days, we just went too Havey, Courts, *spam, in the end we decide to buy the fridge only, both of us are very tired already. Maybe i shd adopt ur way of putting in Excel and show to the vendor to match or get lower pricing

I'm more old-fashioned - I still love carrying spiral notebooks around and writing everything down. Like I suggested to you CutieCat, you don't really need "prove" that somewhere offered a better price. I simply told the HN salesguy "well, they're offering it for $xxx somewhere else" and he would excuse himself to "check the best price", then return to say he'll match it.

I agree with weeeeee's advice about getting everything purchased in time for carpentry. As the pedantic Virgo, I printed out the specs of EVERYTHING - including everything that would go into the TV console, on top of the console, beside the console; the sinks and taps so he can customise the vanity with better precision, the electrical goods so the kitchen cabinets can be planned for better space management, then we can decide on how many drawers/cabinets etc, even down to the size of my laptop so it'd fit the study desk perfectly.

If you haven't engaged an ID yet, you still have time - just jot down the models you like and make phonecalls from home, or check Gain City's/Courts' website. Much easier than physically going down to every store - you'll find yourself very tired indeed.

-Ely

Hi there,

Congrats on your reno journey! I'm also a Punggol Springer and am intending to hack the kitchen walls like what you did. So did you really pay $500 for the PE approval?

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looking good!

im also staying at PS! exact same layout as u.. just got our keys and we r not getting any IDs! thank god u post ur t-blog as i am now racking my brains on how to do the kitchen! nice design u have there! good luck!

I'm more old-fashioned - I still love carrying spiral notebooks around and writing everything down. Like I suggested to you CutieCat, you don't really need "prove" that somewhere offered a better price. I simply told the HN salesguy "well, they're offering it for $xxx somewhere else" and he would excuse himself to "check the best price", then return to say he'll match it.

I agree with weeeeee's advice about getting everything purchased in time for carpentry. As the pedantic Virgo, I printed out the specs of EVERYTHING - including everything that would go into the TV console, on top of the console, beside the console; the sinks and taps so he can customise the vanity with better precision, the electrical goods so the kitchen cabinets can be planned for better space management, then we can decide on how many drawers/cabinets etc, even down to the size of my laptop so it'd fit the study desk perfectly.

If you haven't engaged an ID yet, you still have time - just jot down the models you like and make phonecalls from home, or check Gain City's/Courts' website. Much easier than physically going down to every store - you'll find yourself very tired indeed.

-Ely

that's why i start early, and spread out my "soliciting" as thinly as i could, so that i won't grow tired and give up.

i'm not the sort who love to make phonecalls. prefer to talk to people face-to-face. easier to bargain also

that's why i start early, and spread out my "soliciting" as thinly as i could, so that i won't grow tired and give up.

i'm not the sort who love to make phonecalls. prefer to talk to people face-to-face. easier to bargain also

hi your floor plan is the same as my client's floor plan hahaha but the idea concept is abit diff maybe someday we can make exchange visits with each other

today was the installation of air-con piping, and the extension of gas piping.

my ID coordinated everything for me, and supervised the installations. i went down to do a quick inspection after o knocked off from work and this is what i found...

in the wall of my MBR

view from my MBR out to the living room. notice the big blocky air-con pipe running above my MBR door? ugly, right? hope my ID can do magic on this.

view from my kid's bedroom. the right-end actually terminated and ran through the wall to my MBR (refer to the 1st pic above).

view of my air-con ledge...

view of my living room, where my feature wall and tv console supposed to be. the air-con will be installed above the feature wall, thus the piping terminates here.