zorae 0 Report post Posted November 4, 2011 Went down to see the progress after a long day of work only to find out that there's a different padlock on the gate and no one's there at 5pm. Propped the wooden door open to peek in and realised subtle changes since yesterday. Wasted trip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zorae 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) Got to adjust my expectations on the speed of the reno.. Looking at so many t-blogs and their speed gave me the impression that it should be speedy SO I just make it a point not to go daily to check on the progress. At least I'd be amazed at the changes between visits. Some updates!Went to Jalan Besar to get the essentials for the toilets and kitchen sink. Walked down almost the whole stretch of Jalan Besar only to be pointed back to Genova for their home-brand kitchen sink. Wanted to get a huge single-bowl sink that is deep enough for baking wares.Bought all from Genova during their clearance sales last weekThe famous Arino Caprio WC at 40% off (oddly, I didn't take a picture of it)MBR toilet sink at 50% offCommon toilet sinkTap for both at 30% offAluminum mirror cabinet to hide my barang barangWould have worked out to cost us $3200 instead of $2000+ if not for the sale! Edited November 17, 2011 by zorae Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zorae 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2011 Dropped by to see the progress of the house and I'm pleased! Walked in to see that living tiles are mostly up, kitchen floor and wall tiles almost done, toilet wall tiles done! (I forgot to take pictures of the toilets)Window frames are being installed ( window-man's hair is even longer than mine!)Cabinet base and the low hollow-block wall. Not so keen to use a non-waterproof board so close to water-intensive places.And a nice gesture. We noticed ants crawling in from the refuse chute and notified Wee Kuang and when we came, we saw this:At least no more ants crawling in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zorae 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2011 Gotten the LED contact from a follow forumer (is there such a word!?!) and bought 15m worth of LED strip. Going to use 10m of it for cove lights in the living room and remaining 5m for either kitchen cabinet or wardrobe. Haven't decided yet.It's much much much brighter than in the picture. The lights are set to the dimmest and taken using iPhone HDR. Can't wait to see this in action!Also gotten a kitchen tap online that will compliment my 70+cm single-bowl sink.Love online shopping! No need to brave the weather elements to get it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
