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Wallpaper
I love wallpaper because they come in a huge dazzling range of patterns and designs. However, after much research, I realise that wallpaper is NOT suitable for a hot and humid climate like ours.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
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Renovation Plans Ahead
I have fallen pretty sick for the past few days. It is fortunate that my husband, let us address him as Mr Diva for this post, was around to take care of me and our place when I was out of action.
On the first day, I clogged up our basin because I couldn’t keep any food in my tummy. Then I realised how silly I was after Mr Diva gently reminded me that I should have used the toilet bowl instead. Over the next 2 days, Mr Diva constantly fussed over me and also took the opportunity to reassess together (by the bedside when I became restless after waking up from my drug-induced sleep) how we should best remodel our nest place.
Well, since I was constantly brainstorming on how to optimise and reorganise our so-very-limited space, I leaped on this rare chance to share with him some of my mini-renovation scope of work for the coming year.
Our Study and Guest room was deliberately left out of our original renovation scope of work as we were unsure how we should maximise the physical space. We figured that instead of wasting precious resources – read: money, time and effort – on these two rooms, we should concentrate our efforts in other areas which we utilise more often.
Well, our lifestyle needs have evolved and certain habits have somewhat converged and become shared habits after living together for around half a decade. Aside from drawing, my interests expanded to include home interior designs, trends and new media, whilst Mr Diva has taken up photography and even serious political readings! Our shared hobby is now mountain biking.
Thus, we are in serious need of customised book-shelves and cupboard to store the numerous piles of books, magazines, photos, paintings and photography equipments and tools. Not forgetting, a decent storage solution for our pair of mountain bikes too.
We also realised that our living room is more multi-dimensional that we have originally thought of; for guest entertainment, meals, studying, doing work (somehow we dislike working in the study room), relaxation and chill out after a hard day work. In fact, we spend an extraordinary amount of time there. Thus we are looking at creating more storage space in our living room to keep up with such heavy utilisation.
We have more intimate knowledge of our flat right now and realised that although our home features the much sought-after breath-taking unblocked view of part of our neighbourhood, our place is still warm especially in the first half of the year. Although the fans and air-con helped, we are looking at having solar window firms to keep the heat out and consequently, our carbon foot prints down.
When we first started our renovation journey, we concentrated heavily on our needs, and our wants were set aside. As a result, our toilets were also left untouched and as what Mr Diva always deadpanned (whenever our relatives or friends enquired about the apparent clash in our design theme), in 100% “stock-condition”. However, we have somewhat gotten really tired of the awfully mismatched wall tiles – all thanks to aesthetically-challenged HDB architect – and desperately wished for a decent face-lift.
We felt that this mini to-do-renovation-list might be a bit too ambitious to accomplish over the upcoming year. Even though we have narrowed down our scope, we have yet to perform some decent ball-park figure on the total expected expenses and work out a decent renovation plan.
Well nevertheless, let us see how these will work out over the next year. :)
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Friday, September 21, 2012
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Hidden Costs in Renovation Quotes II
I covered on areas to watch out for hidden renovation costs in my previous blog post. Now, here is a list of other areas which you should also be mindful of.
1) Price fluctuation
Another factor to cause prices to change or escalate is the cost of building supplies. For instance when there was a period when sand is limited in supply. Consequently, the price of renovation shots up.
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Another factor to cause prices to change or escalate is the cost of building supplies. For instance when there was a period when sand is limited in supply. Consequently, the price of renovation shots up.
2) Peak Season
Usually, the renovation prices are more expensive during “peak” seasons. Examples include the period leading to New Year, Chinese New Year and Christmas as many homeowners want their homes to be ready before these festive seasons. Under such circumstances, the resources to complete the home renovations are usually stretched. Therefore, renovation companies usually try to attract customers homes during “off-peak” seasons by giving discounts.
3) Rectifying Mistakes
Sometimes, people who try to DIY may end up messing things up and paying more to get the problem rectified.
4) Relocation
Most home owners forgot that there is a cost when they need to hired professionals to help them in the relocation. The price of professional movers is around a few hundred dollars in Singapore.
5) Inexperienced Interior Designers or Contractors
Inexperienced Interior Designers or Contractors either under or over estimate their renovation costs. In the first scenario, you have to end up paying more than expected whilst for the second scenario,, you are paying more than expected (but not realising it).
What other areas could you think of ? Do share! :)
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
How to check if your contractor is registered with HDB or if he is a BCA approved window contractor listed with HDB
To check if your contractor is registered with HDB or if he is a BCA approved window contractor listed with HDB, you can actually use Short Message Service (SMS) to 90112222 as shown :
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
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