Hi everyone, We have been silent readers on t-blog and it's finally our turn to start our blog!!

Though we collected our keys in July 2014, we were not in a hurry to move due to a young infant (worried about the dust and noise from renovation projects around).

Like everyone, we begin our quest to search for my 'perfect' id whom understands our needs/demands as well as fits our tight budget. We were very clear not to overwhelm ourselves with too many choices so we met with the only the following companies' ids.

- Posh Home

- Sky Interior

- Ideal House

- Renoguyz

After deliberating our choices, we ended our search by picking Renoguyz (Nic). I supposed many are very familiar with Nic from Renoguyz. We felt that they understood our needs/demands the best and also fitted our budget very well.

Will update this blog with more details and pictures soon!! =)

Edited March 26, 201511 yr by butterscotch

Here is the copy of the floor plan of our new home...

The following are the things which we have planned for our new home:

1. Brick wall in the living room

2. Storage area plus study table at the suggested study area

3. Top and bottom cabinets for kitchen

4. L-shaped wardrobe @ main bedroom

5. L-shaped wardrobe @ bedroom 2 (parents)

6. Wardrobe at bedroom 3 (bedroom for our infant)

Edited December 3, 201411 yr by butterscotch

Our proposed layout to Nic & Cf...

We decided to remove the folding door & window panel at the service yard to make the kitchen looks bigger. We will also be doing windows and window grills at the service yard too!

Edited December 3, 201411 yr by butterscotch

Morning everyone!

We are actually quite 'picky' during inspection of our flat as we have paid for a premium flat. During our defects checking, we have identified more than 200 defects in our house .

We also found that our living room tiles, which came together with it, the tiles are not really flat. We can see that the side of the tiles are slightly bended . We are quite particular about this because we have heard of cases of wrapped tiles. The wrapped tiles after a period of time, the tiles may pop out. Therefore, we decided to redo the floorings for the entire house.

Edited December 3, 201411 yr by butterscotch

Redo the tiles means u r hacking the HDB tiles and getting the cement screening again

Redo the tiles means u r hacking the HDB tiles and getting the cement screening again

Yup, we are hacking off HDB tiles & wooden flooring at rooms and replaced with our preferred tiles throughout the whole house.

is your BTO at jurong west? good luck with getting the defects resolved!

is your BTO at jurong west? good luck with getting the defects resolved!

Most of the defects are resolved... Just left a few more which we are liaising with BSC...

Edited December 4, 201411 yr by butterscotch

Updates: Actually, our renovation is about to be completed... However, we will like to share our experiences with everyone here!

During the hacking of the flooring, they brought us to Hafary to choose tiles. We were overwhelmed by the selection of tiles they have...

We wanted 60cm x 15cm wood grain tiles for the bedroom and living room as this length of tiles is below $3.50. We are only able to select tiles which is below $3.50 due to the budget constraints. However, the selection of this type of tiles is limited and out of stock. We were disappointed due to the lack of selection. On the other hand, we have found the tiles for our Kitchen, Toilet Floor Tiles (as we planned to overlay) and one side of the Toilet Wall Tiles (to cover the mosaic).

Due to the lacked of selection, Nic told us to choose other length of wood grain tiles first which cost more. They will later bring us to Soon Bee Huat to see if our preferred size tiles is available there. In case of Soon Bee Huat do not have the type of tiles we want, at least we have a reservation in Hafary on our initial choice. We found our ideal tiles at Soon Bee Huat and it is within our budget!

We didn’t capture many photos during the hacking process and here are the pictures of it.

Passageway

Remove of Service Yard's Door and Window Panels

Edited March 26, 201511 yr by butterscotch

Hi butterscotch, how much it cost to remove the service yard door and window panel? Mind to share how much u paying for the whole reno?

Hi butterscotch, how much it cost to remove the service yard door and window panel? Mind to share how much u paying for the whole reno?

They initially charged us $100 for removal of service yard’s window panels and door. As they know we are on tight budget, they got their tiler to remove foc .

As for the total renovation cost, we spend about 40k after many add-ons to our initial plan...

Edited March 26, 201511 yr by butterscotch

We were quite surprised of the tiler’s speed. They took about a week to do up the entire house!

Kitchen

Living Room

Passageway linking to Common Toilet

Edited December 4, 201411 yr by butterscotch

Shopping Time!

We bought most of our electronics from Gain City and Harvey Norman Expo sales.

Gain City Expo Sale

Mitsubishi Starmex Inverter System 4

Electrolux Built in Oven

Electrolux Washer & Dryer

Harvery Norman Expo Sale

55 inch LG TV

Samsung Fridge

hmmm.. does the 40k reno include the electrical appliances and funiture? lol

hmmm.. does the 40k reno include the electrical appliances and funiture? lol

Hi,

It is just the renovation cost. This is the things that we will be doing:

Living Room

1) 3.5 ft full height shoe cabinet

2) 8 ft full height cabinet

3) 4 ft study table with 4ft top cabinets

4) Hide exposed air con piping

5) L Box (Center of Living Room & Passageway)

6) Brick Wall & Wood on one side of the living room

7) Laying of Floor Tiles

Master Bedroom

1) 10 ft full height L-shape cabinet

2) Door

Bedroom 2

1) 8 ft full height L-shape cabinet

2) Door

Bedroom 3

1) 5 ft full height cabinet

2) Door

Kitchen

1) 2 ft full height cabinet

2) 14 ft top and bottom cabinet with quartz top and glass backing between top and bottom cabinet

3) Construct cabinet, fridge and washing area base

4) Glass Door

5) Laying of floor tiles and overlay service yard

MBR Toilet

1) Fixed panel shower screen

2) Overlay floor tiles and one side of the shower wall

3) 3 ft vanity

4) Aluminum louver bi-fold door

5) Box-up of exposed air con piping.

Common Toilet

1) Fixed panel shower screen

2) Overlay floor tiles and one side of the shower wall

3) Aluminum louver bi-fold door

Windows

1) Window @ Service Yard

2) Aluminum grille for bedrooms and living room

3) Invisible grilles for Living room

Painting of whole house

Edited December 4, 201411 yr by butterscotch