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Haven For Our Souls...

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Hi,

Has been a silent reader for the past few months. I must say this forum has help us a lot!

Now that the reno for our 15 years old resale flat started a few days ago (21th March 2011); I guess it is time for us contribute back to the forum:

ID Selected: Stella from Sky Creation Pte Ltd

Feel free to contact her at 81263396.

Updates 30th April 2011: Reno completed...

Floor plan (109 sqm)

Floorplan.jpg

Layout by our ID..

RenoLayout.jpg

Join the master bedroom with the adjacent bedroom to create space for study and walk-in wardrobe.

Relocate the master bathroom entrance to open directly into the walk-in wardrobe.

Partition a fully enclosed TV room in the living room.

State of the house by previous owner:

Living room views

oldLiving3.jpgoldLiving.jpgoldLiving2.jpg

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Kitchen view

oldKitchen.jpg

Master bedroom view

oldMasterBedRoom.jpg

Master Bathroom view

oldMasterBathRoom.jpg

Bedroom 2 view

oldBedRoom2.jpg

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Day 1:

Living room

th_day1Living2.jpg

th_day1Living.jpg

Kitchen

th_day1Kitchen.jpg

Master bathroom

th_day1MasterBathRoom.jpg

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Day 2:

Living room

th_day2Living.jpg

Kitchen

th_day2Kitchen.jpg

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Day 3:

Master bathroom

th_day3MasterBathRoom.jpg

th_day3MasterBathRoom2.jpg

Storeroom

th_day3Storeroom.jpg

Rewiring the house... so moved the DB board into the storeroom.

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Hi,

Has been a silent reader for the past few months. I must say this forum has help us a lot!

Now that the reno for our 15 years old resale flat started a few days ago (21th March 2011); I guess it is time for us contribute back to the forum:

Floor plan (109 sqm)....

Floorplan.jpg

Layout by my ID...

RenoLayout.jpg

Join the master bedroom with the adjacent bedroom to create space for study and walk-in wardrobe.

Relocate the master bathroom entrance to open directly into the walk-in wardrobe.

Partition a fully enclosed TV room in the living room.

State of the house by previous owner:

Living room view from entrance

oldLiving3.jpg

Living room views

oldLiving2.jpg

oldLiving.jpg

Hi amokdude,

Thanks for your contribution!

Wah, so envy of your space layout compared to mine! Yours is 109sqm compared to mine 104sqm..

Who is the ID you selected to reno your place and what is the total cost? Care to share the breakdown of the quote? Can Pm to me?

Thanks :) Emobebe

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Hi amokdude,

Thanks for your contribution!

Wah, so envy of your space layout compared to mine! Yours is 109sqm compared to mine 104sqm..

Who is the ID you selected to reno your place and what is the total cost? Care to share the breakdown of the quote? Can Pm to me?

Thanks :) Emobebe

Sure... PM sent

Congrats in starting your t-blog!!! Your flat is really very spacious.... no wonder you would rather reno than buy another unit. At a very central location too!!!

Can't wait to see the transformation!

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Day 5:

Today the Opennet installers came to install the fiber optical terminal (guy in purple).

th_day5OpennetandWorkers.jpg

The terminal's cables ran along the trunking done by my ID and will be concealed by the TV wall feature/console.

th_day5Openet.jpg

The friendly opennet uncle even snip off a bit of the cable to show me how thin they are.

th_day5OpennetFibre.jpg

How the living room looks like now.

th_day5Living3.jpg

th_day5Living.jpg

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Day 5 continue...

Living room.

th_day5Living2.jpg

Partition Boards have arrived.

th_day5PartitionBoard.jpg

Storeroom with the temporary DB board.

th_day5Storeroom.jpg

Kitchen with the temporary tap.

th_day5Kitchen.jpg

Master bathroom. (a bit of the new titles can be seen on the left)

th_day5MasterBathRoom2.jpg

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Day 5 continue...

Master bathroom. The new entrance to the walk-in wardrobe will be hack later today

th_day5MasterBathRoom.jpg

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Day 6:

My ID works very fast... The progress is astonishing!

Living: The old entrance to the Master bedroom is sealed already

th_day6Living3.jpg

Living: Even the partition for the TV room is up already. The big lobang is for the glass panel. so that one can see the TV from the dining area.

th_day6Living.jpg

Living: The false ceiling for the dining area is up also.

th_day6Living2.jpg

Living: Installers from GAIN CITY came to install piping for the house. The L-box for the TV room is also done.

th_day6Aircon2.jpg

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Day 6 continue

Kitchen: All the flooring is hacked away. New tiles are being laid and the base for the kitchen cabinet is in progress)

th_day6Kitchen.jpg

Master bedroom: The view of the walk-in wardrobe through the hacked entrance linking to the study.

th_day6MasterBedroom.jpg

Study: The old entrance to the toilet is sealed. The new entrance can be seen inside.

th_day6Study.jpg

Walk-in wardrobe: The view of the toilet from the walk-in wardrobe

th_day6WalkinWardrobe.jpg

Aircon piping for the 12,000 BTU blower inside the Master bedroom/study

th_day6Aircon.jpg

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Can I know which ID you have sign up with too? Pls share with me your experience and why you have decided to choose them.

Also, can I know the reno costs and breakdown too?

Currently shortlisting ID/contractors and working out budget..

Appreciate your input and advice. Thanks.

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Can I know which ID you have sign up with too? Pls share with me your experience and why you have decided to choose them.

Also, can I know the reno costs and breakdown too?

Currently shortlisting ID/contractors and working out budget..

Appreciate your input and advice. Thanks.

Sure, PM Sent.

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