How should i start it, wife starts looking for a new place since last year as our kids grows up.

Being the typical bor chap and bor lui type, i just tell her to make her own decision so as to "Eng Siew" her.

Looking at the property rocket price i was telling myself "Siao ah, got to work till 60 plus years old to repay the housing loan, 用屁股来还"

Fast Forward.. bought the unit 5 months ago , got till wait for the owner till 1st Oct for completion

Being a salesman myself, went up to the place "recky recky" 3 days before the handover... After a round of "hello hello"

Owner agreed to pass me the spare key on the spot...

Floor Plan

Edited October 9, 201214 yr by popcornm3

Handover day 1st Oct

went with wife to collect the balance key from the owner's agent plus "拜拜"

Huat Arrr......

Edited October 7, 201214 yr by popcornm3

Seems like EMs are the HDB apartments in the news right now and many are changing hands at eye-watering prices......

Anyway, congratulations on your purchase and good luck with the renovation.

Thank you cleong

More Pic

One of the reason i decide on this unit

future maid and store room

Stair case area

will keep the railing also will add another railing on the right side of landing as we intend to tear down down the low parapet wall to allow more lights

Edited October 7, 201214 yr by popcornm3

MBR

Future kids room

One week before reno starts, got a call from HDB saying i need to engage a PE for the hacking of the wall for the existing store room under the stairs case also the parapet wall for stair case landing. best part, adding the railing also need PE endosement.

I told them PE(professional engineer) i have no $$$ to engage but PE teacher i have one... after serveral attempt to nego with them i manage to convince them i will under take the resposibility of the safety issue

Edited October 7, 201214 yr by popcornm3

Kui Kang aka 开工 site progress 3rd day of hacking

Congrats and post pics to keep us update

Congrats and post pics to keep us update

Thank you casa

PopcornM3,

I like your style of writing, I ahev also hacked off my staircase parquet to retile in wood tiles.

congrats and all the best to your Reno.

PopcornM3,

I like your style of writing, I ahev also hacked off my staircase parquet to retile in wood tiles.

congrats and all the best to your Reno.

Thank you Suyun

looking at it, think my wife want to tear down the whole unit

Edited October 7, 201214 yr by popcornm3

Some of the item purchase by wife, dont know where she get all this lorbang from

Dinning chair ( wife order a bench but no pic)

Dinning table (table top will change to wood color just like the chair back rest)

Swing chair for the kids

Day bed for the kids

Sofa

Edited October 9, 201214 yr by popcornm3

just realise my unit is 16 years old not 25.

how can i change the wording below the topic?