Reno Journey - Yishun 4rm

[blacksheep 1]

Turning out great for your reno. looking forward for the finished product.

[soulforger 2]

16 hours ago, blacksheep said:

Turning out great for your reno. looking forward for the finished product.

Thanks, Vincent has installed the curtains yesterday and Ray will arrange painter to paint touch up today, once the kitchen sliding door is up then the renovation will be completed 

[soulforger 2]

Renovation Progress - 01 Nov 2016 to 05 Nov 2016, Day 11 to Day 15

The Happy Lodge is highly efficient and work very fast, almost too fast too furious.

The painter has painted the whole house with oil base sealer and everything starts to look more neat now.

Let's there be light, on 04 Nov, the electrician proceed to install the lights.

Me and wifey really like this pendant lamps but feel the daylight less romantic so decided will buy warm white bulb later.

At the same day, tiler has lay the homogeneous floor tiles at front entrance steps, kitchen wall and built the hollow block sink.

At 05 Nov, we met the carpenter to discuss the kitchen cabinet and Ray said the progress will slow down because have to wait for carpenter to fabricate the kitchen cabinet yet he said will ask the carpenter to expedite for us.

Edited November 25, 2016 by soulforger

[soulforger 2]

Renovation Progress - 12 Nov 2016, Day 22

On 12 Nov, Ray has arranged worker to install window grilles.

Being effective person ourselves , we have arranged store room racks, aircon, washing machine and fans delivery at the same day.

Bought the rack and ladder from Storerack, they called us to confirm the timing and come on the dot.

The aircon, washing machine and fans delivery also come at about same timing so lucky no need to wait...

Since afternoon we still got time, we have tried to fix the display shelves on the wall and boy, this is quite a tough job and my wife laughed me for bring trouble to myself, lol... 

Edited November 25, 2016 by soulforger

[soulforger 2]

Renovation Progress - 14 Nov 2016, Day 24

To our surprise, the carpenter is rather fast and fabricated the kitchen cabinet in a week time and install it on 14 Nov.

The aircon vendor is also quick, we told him the aircon has been delivered on 12 Nov and next Monday he has get all the aircons installed.

[Stream 4]

14 hours ago, soulforger said:

Renovation Progress - 12 Nov 2016, Day 22

On 12 Nov, Ray has arranged worker to install window grilles.

 

 

1) How do you find the quality of this pole rack? Looks useful thing to have. Is it sturdy and not wobbly?

2) How is the quality of carpentry work for the kitchen cabinet?  Is stainless steel screws used for the hinges? 

3) Does the contractor provide warranty for renovation works? For eg, for wet works, to cover things like tiles pop-up, 

[soulforger 2]

4 hours ago, Stream said:

1) How do you find the quality of this pole rack? Looks useful thing to have. Is it sturdy and not wobbly?

2) How is the quality of carpentry work for the kitchen cabinet?  Is stainless steel screws used for the hinges? 

3) Does the contractor provide warranty for renovation works? For eg, for wet works, to cover things like tiles pop-up, 

1. I would say the pole rack is quite sturdy, for it to be steady require some technique, when install have to push the pole up and extend the pole to full height so when release the spring will hold it in place firmly.

2. For capentry work, we are quite satisfy with his work but maybe we rush him to get the cabinet done asap, there are few minor issues like some scratches, board not place evenly and he has fixed those immediately. We use Blum lever at dish rack and DTC slow close track runners at drawers, those hinges we feel are quite good quality but not sure are they using stainless steel screws or not lah, haha.

3. Contractor covers warranty for overlay tiles but not for vinyl floor tiles at kitchen/toilets (we initially wanted to use vinyl tiles for kitchen and drop it because no warranty), they've inspect for hollow sounding wall tiles and recommend to hack/even surface then overlay the wall. For floor they did the inspection and compulsory to do water proofing to provide warranty.

[niel85 1]

slowly getting finished..happy that you dont have problem with your chosen ID, no headache for you 

[slashmylove 5]

I'm waiting for my appt next week with Vincent to install curtains. Meanwhile, your place is coming along really nicely! Looking forward to see more pics of the completed reno with curtains & furniture in!

[kachan 2]

how is your budget looking? strictly still within budget or you have exceeded already? looking forward to more updates yah

[blacksheep 1]

Waitng for some udpates as well;)

[soulforger 2]

On 11/28/2016 at 2:25 PM, niel85 said:

slowly getting finished..happy that you dont have problem with your chosen ID, no headache for you 

Yeah, really satisfy with happy lodge's workmanship, everything goes smoothly without hiccup. 

[soulforger 2]

On 11/28/2016 at 3:37 PM, slashmylove said:

I'm waiting for my appt next week with Vincent to install curtains. Meanwhile, your place is coming along really nicely! Looking forward to see more pics of the completed reno with curtains & furniture in!

Thanks for the complement and I feel the outcome is simple and nice, haha. Vincent has put on the curtains on 24 Nov, rather busy for last few days and will post more photos soon! 

[soulforger 2]

On 11/28/2016 at 5:27 PM, kachan said:

how is your budget looking? strictly still within budget or you have exceeded already? looking forward to more updates yah

Slightly more than our initial budget (around 5-10%) because later on we have opt in for few optional items (e.g. acid wash kitchen and toilet flooring, upgrade paint from ICI pentalite to Delux wash & wear, get new main gate and door, change the kitchen sliding door to slide & swing door, add 1 more power point, get BLUM lever for dish rack and DTC slow close track, box up trunking etc).

But I think the detail quote really helps to prevent/minimize any surprise, at least for our case, most of the cost increase is due to us opt in for better options.

Only at one point we found the lighting installation charge at updated quote (electrician update Ray after job completed) become much higher than first quoted, upon checking the quote ourselves then find out Ray quotes base on previous number of lighting points which is part of our fault for overlook the quantity lah, haha... 

[soulforger 2]

Renovation Progress - 19 Nov 2016, Day 29

The renovation has been completed by 26 Nov yet we are rather busy with furniture/appliance delivery arrangement and all the cleanup, will try to keep the blog as updated cause all furniture and appliance should be deliver by these 2 weeks and we will move in by early December, haha. 

So for day 29, Happy Lodge has done the marble floor polishing and install kitchen top, at the same day we proceed to install Ikea blind and decoration paintings **** room.

Living room- after polishing can clearly see the reflection! 

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Ikea Hoppvals blind, found it quite unique with cordless shades and very easy to operate. 

Kitchen - Install Quartz surface with L shape extended, the starry night series is beautiful with twinkle star effect, you may saw similar effect on floor tiles at Changi airport terminal 3 before exit to bus stop.