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Our Reno Journey

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  • First guest of my new home (came w/o invite) left me a house warming gift.

  • Air-Con pipes installation day! My contractor told me he will be there to co-ordinate with the air con pple. being the worried kind, i also took leave to ensure everything goes smoothly. and true eno

  • my contractor did ask me if i want slope or step.. i guess step is better TC washing? i did voice out on the your concern before.. he mentioned that there is this aluminium sleeve and vinyl is water

Hi there! Mind to pm me your contractor who laid the flooring for you, please? Tyvm!

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Ya... Seems very popular this hood .

I heard so many good reviews abt this hood...didn't anticipate that it's so cheap...good buy there!

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Hi Cheree.. I got this flooring through my contractor... But i believe he got it from power dekor (hope i spell correctly). The brand of the vinyl is ace flooring.

Hi there! Mind to pm me your contractor who laid the flooring for you, please? Tyvm!

Receive all my taobao items today. Unpack them in the dark after work. Took us 1 hour. I taken some photos, will share tomorrow. Need to sleep and watch soccer! Haha

Thanks Raydon! Can't wait to see the rest of your reno! :good:

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Our taobao hoots finally arrived last night! it took about 1 month to reach here.

We rushed over to our place to sort out the lights after work (my contractor is chasing me for it!).

As we have no working touch lights with us, we had to rely on lights from our handphone and the corridor.

So, please excuse us for the poorly taken photos.

Our 0.86 cbm of stuff!! (ok.... 1/5 of it is Mrs personal hoots :jawdrop:)

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To borrow a quote from Forrest Gump: "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." hahahha

Not knowing what to expect.. we opened the first box....

Our kitchen faucet!

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So having showed that, it has to be the sink next.

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A little side story, our taobao shopping spree started because of this sink. Initially we wanted to get the kraus sink from amazon.

Until i chance upon one T-blog (OceanEleven i think), the reviews are quite impressive. So decided to get this instead.

And in order to fully utilize the shipping fees, we have to buy more more more!!

and here we are.. ok.. back to pic sharing...

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Our track and track lights for the kitchen

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Mrs said the track lights is too big when we were buying. I told her its ok, its not that big.

I was so wrong. Its really too big.

Lesson learnt - trust Mrs's judgement!

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Next up is what we think is the most value-for-money buy.

And also waited the longest. First time it was delivered to the warehouse of my forwarder, the goods are rejected due to damages to the external boxes.

Luckily it was rejected because according to the seller, the basins broke and they subsequently sent me new ones.

Sink, Tap and accessories (龙头止水阀 aka sealing valve, 下水器 aka drainer, 地排水管 aka Drainage pipes)

Set 1

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Set 2

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Looks good, now hope it's as good as it looks. No leak please!

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My dining lights - it's supposed to be white! they sent wrongly!

guess this is part and parcel of buying stuff online...

haiz.. decide to use it anyway...

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Passageway hanging lights

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My downlights - 8 for the living room

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We forgot to take photos of our toilet lights. So i'll share the TB photo instead.

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Also bought LED strip for our toilets to create cove-lights kind of ambiance

And there is also LED lights for my 2 bedrooms and service yard (nothing fanciful, just those normal ceiling lights)

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And finally.. our MBR lights.. from IKEA...

can't remember how it look like... hahaha.. but should be sth like this..

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HI 11finger, I did not take the Kraus sink. i got the sellena sink from TB instead.

:D

Thanks raydon! Is ur Kraus sink sturdy?

Great purchases from Taobao and it seem all come in good condition. :good:

Must have made quite a sum of savings. Heheh

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hahaha.. i hope the stuffs dont give me problem later on...

Great purchases from Taobao and it seem all come in good condition. :good:

Must have made quite a sum of savings. Heheh

thanks! i hope it will turn out good...

Thanks Raydon! Can't wait to see the rest of your reno! :good:

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