I like the layout! Condition looks ok but enjoy your reno journey. Can't wait to see how it ends up

Thanks, i like my layout too. Quite easy to plan.

During quotation, i was thinking why my floor area so big, have to spend so much $$$ on hacking and tiling.

But when buying furniture, i wished that i have a bigger floor area.

Coz i realized that i can't buy the ones i fancy as it will cramped up the place.

E.g. the sofa i liked is 3.2m wide, not able to fit into my narrow living room.

the bed frame i liked has a depth of 2.33m, not enough walking space if i try to squeeze into my bedroom.

I have a fetish for big furniture.

Today is a tiring day.

Went Everjoint to look for washer, but didnt manage to get anything.

Went Mega, bought Hob & Hood and Oven.

Went Ikea Tampines, bought hanging rods for kitchen and fixtures for wardrobe.

Came home past midnight, didn't have a chance to check out the 1st day hacking.

I'm trying to look for a 6.5kg-7kg top load washer in white.

So difficult to get one!

Most of the top load washers are in grey color while front load in white.

Why?

Edited May 19, 201115 yr by wei2

Contractor just called me up.

The tiles that I have selected for master toilet feature wall is out of stock. Super sad.

He has called up the tiles supplier to bring down some other alternatives for me to choose.

On my way down to my new house now to look at the tiles.

hi wei, hope that you managed to find an even better alternative for your tiles. as for why top loading are not white, i really dont know why and havent used them for at least 15 years! perhaps you can consider a front loading this time round, they are more water efficient though will take longer time than top loaders.

These was the original tiles selected for my MBR toilet.

White with grey featured tiles in the middle.

I needed only 9 pieces of it for my feature wall, but the grey uneven brick-liked tiles was totally out of stock.

I went down to my flat to select an alternative. But the samples they brought down were too small and not to my liking.

Rushed down to the showroom at Eunos to reselect.

I have to find something that matched the original white wall tiles and grey floor tiles i have selected.

Spent around 2 hours before i finally decided to use the tiles shown below.

It has a natural stone feeling with splashes of brown yellow over.

Each piece of tile is different and unique. You might get a piece which is very yellowish, or a piece that is totally grey.

I liked the tiles but i have no idea how it will turn out in my bathroom.

Finally, work commences!

Tiles arrived at site.

High gloss tiles, slightly cream for the living area.

Matte grey tiles for the kitchen.

Flooring protection chucked at one side of the room.

Sand and cement all over the place.

Cornice hacked down. There's holes above my room doors.

Kitchen floor hacked.

Wires dangling all over.

Common toilet window tore down.

Covering the hole smaller so that the concealed pipes will not be seen from service yard.

We are doing overlaying of tiles for toilets.

I think the black thing that they apply on the wall is to make the surface uneven so that overlay tiles will stick better.

Renovation Progress - Windows

Windows were up yesterday.

I initially wanted 3 tracks for all sliding windows so that all panels can be pushed to 1 side to allow more wind to enter in.

However, i wanted the grills to be flushed with the wall instead of protruding out.

Windows guy mentioned that i can only have 2 tracks.

Aesthetic over Functional.

Living Room windows. 4 slide panel with 2 top hung. 2 tracks.

Room windows. 4 slide full panel. 2 tracks.

Kitchen windows. 4 slide full panel. 3 tracks.

Master Toilet window. 2 top hung.

Supposed to be white powder coated, workers made a mistake. This window will be taken down.

Master Toilet window view from kitchen.

Renovation Progress - Tiling

I reached around 5pm yesterday and the workers were packing up ready to go home.

Homo tiles halfway done for living area.

Tiles up in shower area for common toilet.

Can't really see the tiles clearly as it was quite dark.

Hollow blocks up for master bedroom toilet entrance to make it smaller.

Tiles up in shower area for master bedroom toilet.

I like the tiles combination together with the shower seat.

Went down yesterday afternoon, workers were still doing tiling.

No pictures to show as there wasn't much progress.

I will list down on some of the items we have bought over the past few months.

Items Purchased

Rinnai 2 Burner Hob (RB-2FV) - Mega Discount Store

Rinnai Hood (RH 382) - Mega Discount Store

Bosch Oven (HBN331E2J) - Mega Discount Store

Samsung Top Freezer Fridge (RT72KASE) - Courts Megatex @ Expo

Congrats on your new home and welcome to RT nice reno progress !

Edited May 25, 201115 yr by Kobelala

Items Purchased

WMF Cookware Set (4-pc Diadem Plus) - Robinsons sale @ Expo

WMF Non-stick Frying Pan (Frying pan Ø 24 cm) - Robinsons sale @ Expo

Electrolux Bagless Vacuum (Lite II) - Courts Megatex @ Expo

LG System 2 Inverter Aircon (A3UQ186FA2) with extended 5 years warranty - Courts Megatex @ Expo

3 Seater Sofa with 1.2m Ottoman - SY Living

Edited May 25, 201115 yr by wei2

Hi Sis, first off, congrats to your new place! I was in the same SBF excercise too, dint managed to get our 1st or 2nd choice, however we were quite pleased with our eventual choice. Will be starting a t-blog soon once we finalised the ID peeps and will document the entire reno process too. Will be looking forward to seeing the progess of your new home in time to come!