I’ve had so much excitement in my life lately. The new house and renovation has given me such drive to look forward to each weekend, to read up on loads and loads of information and also to comparing prices, payment plans and so on for everything related to the house. I’m grateful for this opportunity to own a place of my own at my age. Couldn’t have done it without my mother (and my father too – however small his…
View PostI am HAPPY to announce that the tenants have ALL moved out!!! Hacking starts tmr!! I can’t believe the day for reno to start has already arrived!!! So soon! Waited forever for today but yet when the day has come, it felt like its kinda soon! Hahahaha Yes I will post pics of my selected tiles tmr. I went to the flat to spot check just now and chauvinistically announced to emptiness that this is MY HOUSE! Small but its…
View Post(obviously happened quite a while ago) I’ve just received my letter of approval for the transaction of the flat! I’m mad happy and relieved. I’m so close to the end now. And that also means I need to pay a deposit and confirm the interior design company that I am going with. Within a week of attending my 1st HDB appointment, CL from Vegas Interior gave me a follow up call. She is from one of the 2 ID companies…
View PostI am freaking busy with work right at this minute BUT, I shall take time to announce and celebrate today, the day that I am officially a new home owner. :D I love being 25!
View PostSo since I have been to Vegas Interior and the cost wouldn’t go lower than $26,536 nett without a change of existing windows, I went over to Ideal House to make a final decision. I sat down there with my ID, JY, for close to 3 hours before walking away with a lighter heart. Yes! I made the decision to sign with JY. Before I went to meet him for the second time, I was a bit worried because although…
View PostI’m just reflecting back on the numerous quotations I got from the 15 Interior Design/Construction companies. Why is the price disparity so huge? In the beginning, I did what most others would do. Get the ID firms to itemise and cost every single thing on the quote. Avoid those with lump sums. Simply because lump sums are assumed to be well, shady. I started to compare haulage costs, flooring, etc etc. Item by item. Then I realised I was wasting…
View PostGetting into the customer mode really makes me cringe at how fickle customers are privileged to be. I go to company A and speak with the salesperson on renovation and halfway through our conversation, I would have made up my mind about him/her/the company. And when I step out of the office, I already know if I will be coming back here again. Just like that. If I don’t like that mole on your face, I can easily let that…
View PostOh yes, I don’t believe I have shared my floor plan here yet. But here it is anyway! Let’s zoom in to my kitchen! It’s a L-shaped kitchen. I pretty much have set my heart on where I want my various kitchen accessories and cabinets layout – will prolly share that with you on my next post. But today, I have here, some 3D drawings that 2 different IDs very kindly took the effort to do up in order to…
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