Bro.... Water stain show up white more obvious on black ....

Bro.... Water stain show up white more obvious on black ....

oh...i didnt know that...haha

lucky i go for grey... thanks for the info...

some issues for windows as well.

It seems that powder-coated window panels cannot be painted or sprayed over...

i read that powder-coated stuffs are very durable and lasting...however, it seems previous owner didnt maintain and it turn yellowish a little and i have been cleaning and cleaning and still not any whiter....

anyone has any suggestion on the window panels cleaning??

the window handle is another issue...

managed to get a similar from Handyman shop at Shaw building...but then depth of the handle is not correct .... sigh,,,

and for those who want to buy hard to find hardwares stuff for house..try checking with the Handyman Centre....there are many things which you havent seen for ages and some hard to find stuffs..

the shop owners are very friendly as well..

Monk8 you can try getting the Japanese magic sponge at NTUC. It look like a block of white sponge. It does wonder to remove "yellowish stain" from old switch, etc

Monk8 you can try getting the Japanese magic sponge at NTUC. It look like a block of white sponge. It does wonder to remove "yellowish stain" from old switch, etc

oh..really?

great! maybe there is some hope to "whiten" the window panels a little...

will go look for it at NTUC...thanks!

end of week8, cleaning of the house to prepare for the woodworks..

everything looks "cleaner" without all the tiles, sand, cupboards lying around...

finally, the wood stuffs arrived after 3 weeks of waiting!!

taking up all the space in the living room.....

for the past week which is week9, there are 5 carpenters working to get everything up...

frankly speaking, i would like to watch them fix up the wardrobes and cabinets to ensure everything is correct but it's tough and I'm basically blocking their way around as well...

But i went to check daily for an hour or so....and had discovered major issues..

master bedroom and bathroom wardrobe and cabinets sizes are wrong!!

yes, ID showed me the dimensions agreed but when it's up, it is so wrong...it's right up to the door frames!

imagine opening the door and you see the cabinet/ wardrobe right next to you....visually it's very enclosed!!

asked to change the dimension shorter...

then ouch!!

one of the carpenter dent a hole in the kitchen wall!!

sigh....tough work checking and asking them to be careful...

last week was when my stove, fan, aircon and dining lights all arrived...

technogas stove bought from GAB

silver in color as the white that they have is green-tinted...

white fan from amasco

dining light from Lights Station.

covered up as painting is still ongoing...dont want to stain the crystals.

aircon is starmex mitsubishi

another major issue happened...

electric box cannot open!! due to the door being boxed in...

have to discuss with ID and carpenter how to fix it as we didnt see it coming..

sigh!!

the electrician managed to fix up most of the lights and sockets last week as well...

foyer

living room

sockets and switches

at the end of last week...most of the woodworks are completed...

so mentally and physically exhausting....one more week to go!

went to confirm the sofa over the weekend as it needs 2-3 weeks to make.

finally my reno blog is up to date...this week is the last week...

didnt have time to update week by week as it's been very busy - reno and work and shopping around for lights, sanitary items and stuffs....

hoping everything will go well this week..

ID informed that final cleaning, painting, varnishing and whatever are done next few days...

may i know for those of you who had already reno...do you have soft-closing cabinets?

how many types of soft closing are there??

for mine, you have to open more than 45 degree to get the soft-closing effect....is that correct? if i open like 10 degree, the door will slam...noisily...

i thought there is another type where it will soft closed no matter how wide you open the door....but my ID said that type is not good and will spoilt very easily...

anyone who had soft closing...please comment...

this week (week10) started rather slow...handover date is supposed to be this thurs....i do wonder if it's possible since many things seem not completed yet..

As of yesterday monday morning, things not yet completed:

- mirrors not yet arrived.

- kitchen top not installed.

- all glass doors and walls not installed.

- sanitary items not installed

- still have 1 cabinet door not done yet.

only the painter was there painting and touching up...