Here are the pictures in advance. =)
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| 081114 95% Renovation Completed |
13 nov 08
17 years ago
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Internet is finally up at KFC~!
Yay~! Singtel came over and setup my Mio Plan Voice/Internet/TV today (12/11/2008) at KFC.
And yes, I have not updated the blog for one month already, because there have been many many events going on (chasing contractor for fine items, furniture buying, house-moving, settling into the new house, going for interviews for a new job, ROM, went for a Bali trip with K, going back for ICT, RT sessions @ Maju camp)
Will attempt to post-update.
I have received many emails/phone calls/sms from people who are interested in getting my contractor, and I'm not responding to the new ones (yet!) for selfish reason - Ah Soon still owes me some renovation items, and he's pretty bogged up this period.
Was actually quite angry with Ah Soon for delaying me all the small nagging items (I had a 3 page list, now left 1 page) until I saw my friend's writeup on his NorthWest contractor
Will update more later.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Furniture from Malaysia: No Go
Went with the Malaysian friend to Taman Sentosa, and Taman Molek.
Quite a lot of furniture shops there for viewing, but prices were no-go.
Although the prices of furniture there is slightly cheaper than Singapore (can get a full bedroom set @ RM$1200), there is the 7% GST and the delivery charges (SGD$100-SGD$200) to consider.
As we were interested in only getting
1) 1 queen-sized storage divan (quoted RM$2100= SGD$875.70)
2) 2 bedroom sets (quoted RM$1200=SGD$500 each)
3) 2 mattresses (variable)
4) 1 dining table (quoted RM$1200 = SGD$500)
The prices do not differ much from the prices in Singapore shops (if you know where to go!) after adding in the GST and the delivery charges.
Will be making another trip down to the furniture shops around IFC @ Sungei Kadut to get my furniture.
Quite a lot of furniture shops there for viewing, but prices were no-go.
Although the prices of furniture there is slightly cheaper than Singapore (can get a full bedroom set @ RM$1200), there is the 7% GST and the delivery charges (SGD$100-SGD$200) to consider.
As we were interested in only getting
1) 1 queen-sized storage divan (quoted RM$2100= SGD$875.70)
2) 2 bedroom sets (quoted RM$1200=SGD$500 each)
3) 2 mattresses (variable)
4) 1 dining table (quoted RM$1200 = SGD$500)
The prices do not differ much from the prices in Singapore shops (if you know where to go!) after adding in the GST and the delivery charges.
Will be making another trip down to the furniture shops around IFC @ Sungei Kadut to get my furniture.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Furniture from Malaysia?
IN yet another desperate bid to save money, Frank has contemplated hard on whether to attempt getting furniture from Malaysia.
Raja kita, selamat bertakhta...
Ah, yes. Quite our usual favourite getaway for seafood and cheap booties. But furniture?!?
From good ol' renotalk, Frank has gathered information on an area called Taman Molek, which has quite a few furniture shops to look around.
Frank has garnered accolades for his bravery/stupidity in venturing up North where Singaporeans are often sought after in "unaccountable donations" and "long term loan of personal effects" to the local social entrepreneurs, who seek funds or long-term loans using creative means including tapping your car screen with certain large objects.
Local Social Entrepreneur
Whilst their furniture-selling counterparts are not so "entrepreneur"-ish, one must not doubt their ability to remove wool from lambs which are acclimatised to the southern island.
Noting this, Frank intends to bring along a malaysian singapore-PR friend to explore the potential and possibility of such a dealing with our friendly neighbours this coming Sunday 12/10/2008, in the hope that he'll not be fleeced as much.
If there is anyone keen on going for this expedition, please contact Frank @ 93830241.
Raja kita, selamat bertakhta...Ah, yes. Quite our usual favourite getaway for seafood and cheap booties. But furniture?!?
From good ol' renotalk, Frank has gathered information on an area called Taman Molek, which has quite a few furniture shops to look around.
Frank has garnered accolades for his bravery/stupidity in venturing up North where Singaporeans are often sought after in "unaccountable donations" and "long term loan of personal effects" to the local social entrepreneurs, who seek funds or long-term loans using creative means including tapping your car screen with certain large objects.
Local Social EntrepreneurWhilst their furniture-selling counterparts are not so "entrepreneur"-ish, one must not doubt their ability to remove wool from lambs which are acclimatised to the southern island.
Noting this, Frank intends to bring along a malaysian singapore-PR friend to explore the potential and possibility of such a dealing with our friendly neighbours this coming Sunday 12/10/2008, in the hope that he'll not be fleeced as much.
If there is anyone keen on going for this expedition, please contact Frank @ 93830241.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Some financial statistics
| Housing costings | |
| Renovation | $18,000.00 |
| Electrical | $ 6,697.00 |
| Furniture | $ 4,999.00 |
| Curtains | $ 650.00 |
| Tap + Longbath | $ 320.00 |
| Kitchen Accessories | $ - |
| Store room racks | $ 200.00 |
| Misc(Vacuum cleaner,lock,kitchen stuffs) | $ 500.00 |
| Total Renovation costings (4/10/08) | $31,366.00 |
Aircon Analysis
There's so much aircon people saying
1. Inverter-based aircon is cheaper in the long run, and
2. Inverter-based aircon is more expensive if you dun use it often,
that we were really stuck in this "left foot first or right foot first" dilemma.
So I took out an excel and did some calculations of our own, with our own estimated variables of projected aircon usage.
If you are considering inverter/non-inverter, you might also want to do something like that. Here's a cut-and-paste of the excel calculations we did, based on Mitsubishi Inverters and non-inverters (we settled on a Toshiba, though):
As we are ASSUMING 8 hours use a day, it makes sense for us to get an inverter as we will have a savings of $541.71 a year for electricity bills, meaning we can recoup the overheads in around 2 years.
Hope this helps. =)
1. Inverter-based aircon is cheaper in the long run, and
2. Inverter-based aircon is more expensive if you dun use it often,
that we were really stuck in this "left foot first or right foot first" dilemma.
So I took out an excel and did some calculations of our own, with our own estimated variables of projected aircon usage.
If you are considering inverter/non-inverter, you might also want to do something like that. Here's a cut-and-paste of the excel calculations we did, based on Mitsubishi Inverters and non-inverters (we settled on a Toshiba, though):
As we are ASSUMING 8 hours use a day, it makes sense for us to get an inverter as we will have a savings of $541.71 a year for electricity bills, meaning we can recoup the overheads in around 2 years.
Hope this helps. =)
Washing Machine, Hood, Hob, Oven, Fridge, Aircon...
I love Renotalk.com It is so informative and full of tips/contacts.
For the household applicances, we got our stuff @
1. Goh Ah Bee: Blk 210 # 01-247,Hougang Street 21, Tel: 6288 8611
2. Everjoint: Block 159, Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, #01-534, Singapore 560159.
Tel : 64589569 / 64582531 / 64582578 Fax: 64562335
In case you don't know, there's a lot of mention on these 2 electrical applicances shops in renotalk, and we found them indeed commendable when we went over to these two shops. Love love love their prices.
Got most of our stuff from there, except for the aircon.
Our aircon is Toshiba System 3 Inverter, and the price is @ $2480 (with armaflex core insulation). Got it from a subcontractor whom The Contractor recommended. It's not the best price, but it ain't shabby either.
Just for effect, I'm posting a picture of a really delicious fridge here (which doesn't happen to be the one we're buying.) Not sure why I'm doing so either. Hmm.... but here it goes:
A delicious fridge
Oh, and we got our heater and dryer from CityGas
The $730 package for both items.
For the household applicances, we got our stuff @
1. Goh Ah Bee: Blk 210 # 01-247,Hougang Street 21, Tel: 6288 8611
2. Everjoint: Block 159, Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, #01-534, Singapore 560159.
Tel : 64589569 / 64582531 / 64582578 Fax: 64562335
In case you don't know, there's a lot of mention on these 2 electrical applicances shops in renotalk, and we found them indeed commendable when we went over to these two shops. Love love love their prices.
Got most of our stuff from there, except for the aircon.
Our aircon is Toshiba System 3 Inverter, and the price is @ $2480 (with armaflex core insulation). Got it from a subcontractor whom The Contractor recommended. It's not the best price, but it ain't shabby either.
Just for effect, I'm posting a picture of a really delicious fridge here (which doesn't happen to be the one we're buying.) Not sure why I'm doing so either. Hmm.... but here it goes:
A delicious fridgeOh, and we got our heater and dryer from CityGas
The $730 package for both items.
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