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for us.. we getting rom in sept this yr.. really feel v lucky.. coz we also 1st time try to get our flat.. n our q no is out of the units allocated.. so wori cant get it.. bt we are so lucky.. can still get a unit and is above 5th floor..

me love walk in wardrobe.. bt think nt enough space in our masterbed room to do tat..

wow.. kitchen cabinet so exp 1 huh.. 8k to 10k...wow wow..
 


kef> eh, the build in wardrobe is cheaper than i tot leh! if $1600-2500, its abt wat those ready made wardrobes cost! n i dun like it that theirs doesnt go all the way up to the ceiling.. got gap to ceiling then ugly n will get dusty!!
wa! kitchen cabinets r soooooo expensive!!! my god! thats almost one third of wat i wanted to spend on reno!
my bf's fren is ID, she say if use homogenous tiles for our flooring will cost abt $4k.. i dunno whether thats expensive or not.. i guess if by then, my wedding nt too near the housing completion date, then mayb i will still have time to coordinate by myself and save some money.. but if also preparing for wedding then i rather let someone do it for me..
hahah, your bf actually told u when he plan to propose?? so funny..

CH> wa, seems like there's quite a number of first timers here huh!
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ya, i also like walk in wardrobe, but our hse cannot la.. too small.. my fren's flat at toa payoh, think shd b abt the same size as ours.. she has a small walk in wardrobe, but ended up the rest of her room very cramped.. the distance fr the wall of the walk in wardrobe to the edge of her bed is abt 1 ft only.. and she still planned to get a plasma tv to hang on that wall! i think will faint..
 
i dunno abt 4 room but for 5 room if u wan walk in wardrobe u can break the wall to the next bedroom and do a walk in wardrobe...but i feel like that waste one room...hse very small le still one room gone...next time my kids v ke lian needa share small room...

ya kitchen is the most expensive of the whole hse one. but doing a feature to cover bomb shelter and the ceiling cornic is not cheap also de...

ting> my bf never say but i am guessing he will do on 11th Nov 2011...reason being on my bday he will nv forget the date of proposal and all 111111 very nice...he is those hor...cannot hide 'surprises' v well de...
 
wow.. so swt.. 111111.. my bf also suggest b4 we hv our AD on 111111.. or 101010.. hehe.. coz our rom is on 090909..

yah. if wan walkin wardrobe , must hack dwn 1 room.. i dun think i wana waste a room too..

we wana hack kitchen wall.. to b it open concept.. think will b quite exp..
 
kef> ya lor, i already expected kitchen to b the most exp place of the whole hse.. i already budgeted the appliances cost in the kitchen too le.. that also took up the bulk of the furnishing expenses budget liao..
eh, by right we cant remove or do anything to the bomb shelter door rite? i have seen pple remove the door n keep inside the bomb shelter wor.. then they do a nicer door to cover up..
wa.. your bf sounds so sweet.. i doubt my bf will b like that wor.. he like bo chup bo chup like that leh..

CH> so when's your AD huh? forgotten wat u say last time liao.. that time i was thinking if our hse going to be ready in abt 2yrs time, probably we cn get married end nov.. so i was thinking 20112011.. and that happens to be his birthday too! but of cos i nvr tell him la.. later seems as if i very desperate like that.. haha..
any reno that involves hacking is exp.. and if u want to hack the kitchen wall hor, u got to see whether u cook often leh.. if cook often, then will have alot of cleaning to do leh.. that day i was complaining to my bf's ID fren that the kitchen very small, then she also ask me to hack, say more open and its the in thing nw.. but i think i will cry everytime i cook.. so i better nt.. thinking of hacking the wall partially but covered up with glass panel.. so at least got more light into kitchen and yet prevent the grease n smoke fr dirtying the whole hse..
 
Hacking of wall at kitchen make more space. But cooking then headache. Adding Glass panel is good idea but can the full glass panel go into the lift?
 
icy baby> err.. if cant go into the lift, mayb gotta request that the contractor come up by the stairs.. heehee luckily my unit is on the 6th floor only.. :P

ah kiam> think 11 nov is Kef's bday..
 
haha..my bday same as my dad...bday on 11 nov good la...my friends all surely remember de...they said if forget really is no heart le...

for me i intend to like do a glass panel window in the kitchen wall there...with like a bar table extended out so if nv cook u can slide open the 'window' i oso dunnohow to describe...if hack all the wall when cook i think i will cry man...the whole living room later oily or smokey...but oso must see got the money anot lo...

If got money i will do many things man...

the door my friend said cannot remove...but u can do a fake door to cover...for his case he built a cabinet on the door itself...cuz he said v ugly de if nv cover...
 
my idea is to hack the kitchen n build a bar top instead.. this way got mre lights enter then the kitchen will looks bigger.. bt i think the kitchen nt v small lor.. i find it ok lor.. if only me n my bf at hm.. then we cook alittle then can eat at the bar top there lor..
 
kef> so cool! my bday is same as my bro! we are borned exactly 3yrs apart.. heehee..
i know wat u mean by creating a glass panel window at the kitchen wall there.. i have seen it b4.. was considering between something fixed or something flexible like that..
how he build a cabinet on the door itself? when he open the door the things on the cabinet wont tumble over meh?..
 
ting> his cabinet got doors de...den when he wanna open the bomb shelter door, he also needs to slide the cabinet to one side then he open the door...the cabinet is not like fixed to the door lo...can slide left and right kind...but that one cost him around 7k already...dunno why so expensive...
 
kef> wa, sounds cool! but abit painful on the pocket.. probably its expensive cos of all the fixings to allow it to slide here n there, plus the designing lor.. nvm la, we still got some time to think abt how to hide the ugly door!!
 
hey this thread suddenly so quiet.. hehe.. me heard fm other friend tat dun hv to wori abt the HLE.. even if hdb invite us to sign the AOL on the date after our HLE expired.. hdb will automatically extend the validity date for us 1.. we dun hv to 're apply' for HLE again.. bt we hv to do so when we go collect our keys lah..
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for 5 rooms, the shelter door can be hidden that way, but for 4 roomers, it's not as easy. The space between the door and your front door is really puny.

Quite impossible to make a feature that is functional for this case.

Maybe maximum can do is a cabinet to keep CDs DVDs and small books.

but it is weird to do something like this at the front door. Alternatively, can do some sort of compact shoe rack or maybe a cabinet to keep small things.

It is quite a headache for 4 room layout, to hide that door.
 
CH> then y is it that when we collect keys still have to reapply HLE leh? so ma fan.. apply so many times..

ryan> u mean the bomb shelter door dor 4 roomers is very near the front entrance ah? sian.. btw, i tot that time i heard somewhere that hdb going to stop making flats with bomb shelter liao? y still have huh? or did i remember wrongly?..
 
think hdb is still building houses with bomb shelter..

we gona reapply again while collecting keys coz only then they gona finalise hw much gona deduct fm each of our cpf.. n hw long we gona repay.. then c if we can still finance the debt lor..
 
ting> yeap the bomb shelter door for 4 rooms is near the front door.

in fact it is like perpendicular to each other.

maybe order too much of the doors bah... or got agreement of number of units to be completed with it.

To me, i'd rather die than to tio stucked in there. or maybe i need to install some escape system for me to jump down 12 storeys to land safely on the ground level.
 
Hi all! I'm backie from my short getaway trip wif hubby! =) Finally our HLE approved le! After such a long wait. Our HLE will expire on 8 Oct.
 
haha.. i nvr believe bomb shelter will help.. cos most of us will take the place as storage room and fill it up with things.. so how many pple cn still squeeze inside at times of crisis?.. then hor, i alwaz think hor, if really got pple want to bomb singapore, we r easily gone de.. haha..

btw, i juz went to my fren's place.. she create a false wall such that the bomb shelter door is level with the wall.. then the door looks like a normal store room door la.. i guess thats a cheaper alternative to feature wall?..
 
i saw a friend hse he also use those false wall to cover bomb shelter.. then he dun even hv door knob.. juz give the door a slight 'push' then it will open lor.. v nicely done..

bt think the walkway to the main hall is small liao lor.. with the bomb shelter along the way too.. dun think wana build that lor.. space constrain... :p
 
CH> i agree the walkway is narrow.. hmm, cant remember which way my bomb shelter door opens.. but can KIV this idea la.. yday i visited my fren's hse, she actually showed me a folder file that contains her wedding brainstorming/ ideas etc etc.. so i guess cn create something like that for our hme reno n my wedding too..
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wow.. ur friend so steady.. still got a folder containing her weddign brainstorming things..

me only got a folder for my hse things.. those letters fm hdb lor.. fm 1st letter till this HLE letter..hehe.. :p
 
ya lor, she say last time she even kept 1 folder that kept the cuttings of gowns n suits that she n her hubby like, so that when they choose their BS they cn show the style they want.. cool!
heehee, i also have a folder for my hse things like u.. incl application forms n stuff.. haha.. i wanted to keep a scanned version of the reno ideas i got fr magazines, but have yet to get down to it.. then at least wont have to keep so many bulky files since we still have a few more yrs to go..
 
ah kiam> haha! No lah, i left on tues, came back yest lor.. Jus 3 days nia mah! Y leh, miss me ah?? hehe! Btw, ya, i tink hdb will call us for signing of lease ard mid-late sept (definitely b4 our HLE expires), coz i did ask the officer during flat selection, she assured me tat we no need to reapply HLE again till wen we getting keys.
 
yah... think we shall wait patiently for the letter to invite us to sign the AOL lor.. think for norm cases.. our HLE will still b valid till we sign the AOL lor..

Alicia, where did u go?? soo good.. me wanting to go for a break too.. bt plan to do so after rom..hehe.. :p
 
CH> we went batam nia. Had massages there. =) We went sentosa for a nite stay after ROM tis march, now go batam for short getaway from stressful work! lol... Soon will start to be bz liao. Will be gg for a fren's wedding in church in 26 July, her dinner 27 July, den 2 Aug another fren's bdae party, 9 Aug SIL's ROM, 12 Sept my fitting & trial MU, 14 Sept PS, 20 Sept SIL's wedding in church + luncheon, 10 Oct my sis's wedding + dinner.
 
CH> ya, i agree with Ryan.. Bintan is exp! even food is more exp at bintan than at Batam.. but i think spa at Bintan so-so only.. i still like the one i had at phuket better.. heehee..
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i also want to go for short trip..
 
CH> Ya lor, will be bz liao... keke! Batam is cheaper than Bintan, was actually deciding between the 2, but agent told me since i'm targeting more on the massages, den batam wld be beta. We stayed at Batam View Resort, overall still alrite, jus tat not a lot of the staffs der speaks eng, so communication is a bit of a prob. Hubby noes a bit of malay, so still able to get by. We had massages at the resort's premises, once was a 3 hr each massage tat includes a couple of tings, like scrub, steam room, body massage, face mask followed by a herbal soak. Costs S$181.50 for both of us, the package is called prince & princess. Then we also had a beach inspiration massage for an hr by the beach, costs S$50 for both of us, it's on promotion. The breakfast der is suitable for us, at least beta than sentosa's treasure resort. =)
hubby says next time we'll go bintan. lol...
 
CH> Oh, the 3D2N stay at the resort i booked for $122 per pax, inclusive of 2N room stay, 2-way ferry tickets & 2-way land transfers. All meals r by ourselves. We had a dinner at their kelong at S$25++ per pax, includes tom yum soup, a plate of plain rice each, deep fried sotong, fish fillet in sweet & sour sauce, prawns in sauce, a plate of green veg, 1 small black pepper crab & a plate of fruits as dessert.
 
alicia> thats cheap!!! i alwaz remember batam as a place for cheap seafood.. heehee.. n the spa package is cheap too! last yr oct i went to bintan, did spa package that includes of scrub, body massage and something else, already $100++ per pax, so 2 of us spent almost $300 on spa liao..
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n the food there also expensive..
 
ting> Ya lor.. Bintan sure is more ex than batam. Coz tat time i told agent dunno where to go, she says if i'm into shopping, den go batam, if into seaside, den go bintan, so i told her i'm into massage, so she says go batam lor. But batam oso nth much to do de lah, we reach der on tues morning (their time, 1 hr behind sg). we took the 11am (sg time) ferry, reach der abt 11am (batam time), den was transferred to the resort, den we went for the 3hr massage liao. After massage we went to the Mega Mall, nth much der actually, not much ppl oso, & the shops der mostly closed de. After tat we went back resort liao, bought dinner back & watch tv in room & haf dinner. lol... We still can watch sg shows, like the ultimate last episode, hubby 1 2 catch tat, so we gotta reach resort b4 the show starts. Over there, the show starts at 8pm (batam time). But we sleep early der leh! coz i tink in sg, usually after show it's almost time for us to sleep le, so over there, after the show, we r sleepy liao. lol... Den next day wake up early oso.. keke! Den haf breakfast in their resort, den went for the beach massage for an hr, den we went to nagoya, their town area. More tings & more ppl der, but bought nth oso, onli bought some of their native food, keropok, etc. Den had lunch der, we ate texas chicken, was gd! Liked it. Over there mostly they sell fried stuffs, at nagoya, alr saw at least 3 fried chicken restaurant like KFC. After tat we went back to resort again, den went for a dip in their pool. Den is dinner at 6pm (batam time). Whoa! their 6pm is alr quite dark liao & their streets r not as lit as ours.
 
har.. so to say.. u really go for massage in batam lor.. really so boring huh.. no water activities?? bt ur massages sounds interesting..hehe.. bt dun think my bf wana go.. coz sounds abit boring lor..
 
CH> The water sports der quite ex leh.. Jus the water ski is S$50 for half hr, so din play any of it lor. Onli went for a swim in their pool lor. =) Haha! Coz we go der for relax mah, my hubby always go for massages & foot reflex, so we went batam to get cheap massage lor.
 
ah kiam> Hahaha! =P Btw, i tink for 3-rm & SA selection, most prob will end ard late July. Den after tat we can look 4ward to the signing soon liao. =)
 
the response for 3Rm and SA v good leh.. hope it will end soon lor..then we can start to lok forward to receive the letter fm hdb for signing of AOL liao..

went to 'test water' with my mumi at those reno offices juz nw.. well the kitchen cabinets are nt as exp as some1 mention here.. think if wana do simple cabinets.. can get it at less than $5k... some1 mention $10k.. so scary... we enquire including hacking of kitchen.. then the ceiling.. cornice ard 1k+ caqn get liao.. then raise platform, less than 1k can get liao..
 
Cecilia> so cheap?? then good le...e one i enquired kitchen cabinet around 8k leh...somemore is friend intro de...

if less than 5k somemore include hacking of kitchen den i can put my heart at ease...no need worry so much about money le...

den now i can all the more happy den wish CC faster build finish..haha
 
Kef, CH> I tink it depends on the material bah.. Tat's y the difference in price? Mayb color oso will affect the pricing? U both tinking of hacking kitchen? Wich part of it u wanna hack?

CH> Wen u "test water", u got show ID the floor plan?
 

actually if u wana go n get ID to do the job.. sure mre exp 1 lor.. get ideas.. then get contractors to do.. i also thnk material play a part.. bt as im planning to hack 1 part of the kitchen.. means i dun hv alot of cabinets to build.. 1 part dun nid to build mah.. so mayb cheaper lor..

juz happen to walk pass the shop.. then saw some pics outside the shop.. so juz ask lor..
 

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