Shall share my house renovation journey here with you guys...

I got the keys of my house in early july. Before that I had gotten 4 renovation quotes and had shortlisted 2 of them. Eventually, I selected this ID called Sunny because he sounded very experienced and sincere.

The renovation started on 15 July. We first started with hacking works - The existing tiles (wall and floor) and the kitchen cabinets were hacked off.

Just visited my place today, new tiles have been laid in the kitchen, living room and the toilets.

Wanted to post some pictures, but I don't know how to... Will post some pics once I have figured out how to do it...

My renovation journey has been quite okay so far... keeping my fingers crossed... hopefully everything will turn out as planned. =)

Any floor plan or pic to share?

Pictures pictures! Haha, Looking forward for them!

This is the 3D pic of my living room... shall see if I can post this up..

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Here are the pics of the work in-progress:

Master toilet - the tiles are up already

Kitchen

More 3D pics...

Kitchen sink area (My kitchen is made up of 2 "L shapes")

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Kitchen - the other L-shape

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Common toilet (my common toilet is very very small. Had wanted a more "modern" design (maybe something like red, black and white?) but my ID advised me to keep it simple, because designs that are complicated will make the toilet seem even smaller. I think he has a point)

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Master bedroom toilet

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Entrance - shoe cabinet

As for the living room, actually he provided me with 3 options:

Option A - beige and light brown (the pic is sent via whatsapp, so it's a bit blur)

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Option B - light brown backing and dark brown cabinet

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Option C - dark brown backing with light brown cabinet.

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I am inclined to choose Option C. Any comments out there?

Hi bumblebeez,

I agree - option C is the most eye catching one!

Thanks Zihui! I've already confirmed option c

My ID has started with the ceiling works... The sanitary wares have been delivered to my new place... Looking forward to completion...

Anyway, I'm challenged with a bursting budget... I was quoted 40+ k for renovation (without the electrical stuff.. As per common market practices), but now I'm spending beyond 50k already... The electrical stuff (installing of light points, plugs, concealing etc) came to ard 4k, sanitary wares, kitchen hob and hood went beyond 3k... And lightings cost 2.1k aft Discount... We did not opt for fanciful lights, most are plc and led lights.. But all add up to quite a big sum of money....

So I told my ID I'm planning to return some of the sanitary ware (towel hanger etc) to the shop and source for cheaper options.. And he's very understanding and even suggested me to try my luck at JB... Do u all have any recommendations?

If u hv time, try taobao?

Think no time for taobao already.. Plan to move in on 6 sept...

So JB and ikea are my current options now

Hi!

Can I ask, how did you get your quotes before you got your keys? we just bought our first place and get the keys in October, but some of the contractors are saying they have to do a site visit before they can give us a quote....even though we have given them a floorplan. Is this normal?

Thx!

Hi!

Can I ask, how did you get your quotes before you got your keys? we just bought our first place and get the keys in October, but some of the contractors are saying they have to do a site visit before they can give us a quote....even though we have given them a floorplan. Is this normal?

Thx!

They should be able to give a rough quote based on what you want, and your floor plan.

Yup.. I sent them a floor plan.. In fact I got some of my quotes from this site. I submitted my floor plan and stated my requirements.. Then the IDs started to contact me.. I also looked for a contractor whose shop is in my neighborhood.. But that contractor's quote is more than 10k higher than my ID's quote... And I need to pay extra for 3D pics some more...