Hi,

Can share with me your quotes and Calvin's contacts..my email is Evelyn_zilan@yahoo.com.sg..

Thank you very much..

Hi where did you get your key pouch from? thanks :-)

HEY HO EVERY BIRDIE!!

First and foremost, Happy Mother’s Day to all Mums!

Wanted to upload this post a couple of days ago but dunno why got problem accessing Renotalk lei... Oh well glad it's back up!

CFO & I just submitted our list of defects to the Building Services Centre (BSC) located in our estate..

Just a piece of advice to all future home owners, do google for “HDB BTO defects tips” or something along that long… A few kind souls have compiled and put up their recommended list of things to do & defects to look out for.. So yeah.. Just helping to spread word of it and share..

My dearest CFO is currently seated beside me, surfing #TaoBao right now for Philips downlights, and here I am beside her blogging away… Heh heh…

Oh, if any one of you dearest beloved readers happen to know of any good 12W round LED downlights with diffuser on #TaoBao, please PM me to share your lobang… LeonJennaWong would be most grateful… hehehe

QUICK UPDATE ON PURCHASES

OK, just a quick update on purchases so far by CFO & I… Turns out that we are both quite ngiao on furniture choice & colour… As we both believe the furniture we buy can definitely make or break our Scandinavian design…

We have been shopping around for furniture at some places.. Like Tan Boon Liat building, #MakeRoom, #Pomelo, #Ikea, #MountainTeak, #GalangaLiving, #XTRA etc. etc.

We both find the furniture designs at #Grafunkt, #TheDesignStoreByLifeStory & #XTRA are the most appropriate to compliment the theme of our currently-imaginative-dream-home. Hahaha…

Speaking of which, #PoshHome’s carpenter didn’t manage to come up with the washed-up finish for the colourful dining tablethat we had wanted.. They told us that they would have to ship in and use the actual marine-ply scavenged off old ships which would cost a mini fortune… Anyway, not a problem for CFO & I because we were starting to think that the colourful vintage table would be too ‘complicated’ for our theme…

In the end, we chanced upon and fell hopelessly & deeply in love with a beautiful solid oak table from #TheDesignStoreByLifeStory… The grain and colour is just the right combination we were looking for! Needless to say, we bought it… For $1970… Chairs not included..

1.8 metre-long Solid Oak Dining Table:

Also at #TheDesignStoreByLifeStory, we got this great deal for 2x #Muuto coffee tables at $1300… Very excited about these purchases!Now I finally understand what #CalvinTan meant in our first proper WhatsApp chat with him, when he said that Scandinavian theme done properly, is more expensive one… *gulp*

#Muuto Coffee Table combination (Light Grey & Light Oak colour):

Now all that we need to do is to wait long long for the BSC peeps to call us back to inform us that the defects have been rectified before we can fix a date for #CalvinTan to COMMENCE WITH OUR RENOVATION!

See ya’ll again! :)

FIN.

KEY COLLECTION ON 28TH APRIL 2014, 2.10PM

FINALLY collected our keys! The whole appointment took only about 30 min.. Inclusive of the Singapore Power water & electricity account set-up, house keys hand-over & also the fire insurance briefing... CFO & I immediately popped down to our new home after getting the keys.... Let me tell you new home owners, the feeling as you approach your new house is immeasurably exciting & intimate.. I was looking all over the block, even before I stepped into the house, thinking...

"Waaaaaaaa... This is going to be the void deck that is GOING TO BE MY NEW HOME... This is the wall that I will pass by everyday when I go back from work TO MY NEW HOME..... This or That will be my view everytime I choose to walk by this particular way to MY NEW HOME...."

Finally we get to see some action and not only paper talk.

Congrats on the key collection and good luck on the reno.

this is like a movie in the making...I am also anticipating the finale.

Very good build up! Jia you and happy holiday!

Time for my ikea trip too...

According to oldies, stove have to place far from sink, and stove have to place at south east.

Is that true?

Hi Leon & Jenna

Could u send me the quote too ? Thanks

sarasamuel02@yahoo.com

lol you are very funny, enjoy reading your updates... I can imagine your excitement.

Btw can you PM me your renovation costs please?? Thank you!!

According to oldies, stove have to place far from sink, and stove have to place at south east.

Is that true?

Hello Sporerabbit! haha... I ever had that discussion with my parents on the stove-sink proximity before.. The most practical application I can relate this fengshui requirement to, is a fire-safety concern if and when water from the sink splashes over to a gas stove, somehow extinguishes the flame... And cooking gas continues to come out and accumulate dangerously...

(BTW dear readers, I have just come off a SCDF Fire Safety Manager course and it is useful to know that cooking gas is relatively heavier than air... So it will accumulate at the feet-level)

Assuming that this safety concern is in fact, the very reason that this fengshui requirement is trying to guard against; it is not very applicable in the modern world with better gas stove designs that doesn't allow flames to be put out so easily and also with the in-built automatic gas shut-off devices in mind...

That being said, I still try to give fengshui the benefit of the doubt that there are logical reasons behind their many many requirements...

Anyway, it is the first time I have heard of your south-eastern stove conundrum, so I am sorry I can't help you much there...

The final conclusion, summarised and advised before by my dad; is if you choose to follow fengshui, should follow all the way. If not, then better don't go and look at it at all....

Agree on your fengshui, not knowing is better off than knowing and not following...

We also consider fengshui but give it up.

Just enjoy the reno process and do what we like!

Hi Hi,

Just dropped you a PM.

Nice designs and great follow up of your ID. Love that he is committed and makes a point to get his message across..

Would like to re-renovate my kitchen though we've only been living in our current resale unit for 2yrs.. Hope it is not too small a project for Posh Homes to take.. Thus, appreciate your quote and will contact Calvin should it fits my budget.

Cheers! Have a great Monday!

Hi Leon & Jenna,

Thank you for posting and recommendation. Do you mind sending me the contact for Calvin and also share your Reno quotation.

Appreciate it. My email is tanw0113@gmail.com.

Cheers

Wen Bin

Edited May 19, 201412 yr by TanWenBin

wah.. my contractor quote me 160/ft for iquartz

Mine is $220/ft!!

Reading your T-blog is addictive (some more reading from iPhone 4 - crossed eye liao!) that it is now 2am!!

Congratulations on getting the keys. You succeeded in spoiling the momento when you broke the news on keys collection date. I thought you were already there up to that point! Haha.

Anyways, nice 3D drawings, great concept choice and your many many many impulse purchases and being reprimanded on it haha. I can't wait to read on your next progress!!

One question I have on flooring - you ended up buying from Bilrich (?) directly but who will do the installation? If it is not Calvin, does it mean he will reduce his initial quotation? The ID I like is partnering with Power Dekor (China Brand I think) but I love Inovar so I have no idea how to go from there.

If you could share your experience, I would be most grateful!

Right. Goodnight!

Awwww..... Thanks so much @AshleyAdams you make me such a happy person... :) some people have the sweetest mouths... I'm glad and sad all at the same time; that you enjoy my blog so much, and yet you ended up having less sleep as a result of it... hahaha... You must have become a zombie the next day..

Yes you are right, I am indeed buying the vinyl flooring from #Bilrich directly. The vinyl floor installation itself will be done by #Bilrich workers, not #CalvinTan... As they are 2 seperate companies with no tie-ups together..

But the good thing about my ID, #CalvinTan is that he volunteered to liaise with the #Bilrich salesperson directly to get the vinyl floor samples; From there, #CalvinTan suggested a few colours that he thought would be suitable for my scandinavian theme, for CFO & I to decide..

On the actual renovation (though mine haven't start hehehehe too excited!), #CalvinTan will liaise with #Bilrich directly to tell them which period is open for them to come in to lay the flooring...

You may want to bring these ideas up to your ID and see if he/she is willing to coordinate the entire flooring installation phase for you! Thanks again!