DAY 5 OF RENO

yesterday was sunday.

tiler finished up the shower kerbs in the both bathrooms today. nice job!

kerb finished with original hdb tiles in master bathroom
same finishing in the common bathroom
but all happiness were short-lived and i had a rude shock when i saw this wire casing out of no where on my kitchen wall!
now i know why my ID said that the gas pipe should turn right then down instead of the current position the citygas guy did...zzzz. now i'll end up with 2 box up or i just leave the wire casing as it is. sianz to the max liao lor!

now just hope that cabinets would be up soon to cover up this casing.

DAY 3 OF RENO

tiler did up the shower kerb for both bathrooms and also did a sample mould top for my sink and hob.

raw kerb in common bathroom
raw kerb in master bathroom
hob mould on left, sink mould on right
electrician tied up loose wires, shifted light and heater switches to other side of wall and did a new concealed outlet for the study room.

wires are tied up neatly
new switches position on the left
hacked new conceal outlet for scv point and double socket
a short week ~ end of week 1.

next week, the base and titles for the kitchen base should be up, washing machine base will be constructed, aircon trunking also scheduled on thursday noon, after the deepavali holidays.

DAY 2 OF RENO

the action begins today! citygas installation, electrical works and construction of kitchen base.

i cant believed i was locked out of my own unit b'cos i couldnt get the lock to open?!? i gave up after trying for 15mins.

the appointment time for citygas installation supposed to be between 1100 - 1330hrs, but i gotten a call at 0920hrs, the guy asking if i'm at my unit?!? PANIC ~ how? i cant get my lock to unlock and the workers not here yet...zzz. anyway, after asking for help finally open the tupid lock with the citygas guy showing up within 5mins.

this guy is really expert liao! one look at the kitchen, he confirm the position of the pipes, measure the necessary, give the copper pipes a few bends, drill a few holes, clip the pipes in place...THAT'S IT! he proceed to the riser outside the unit, check the pressure, signed a OK and he's off - GONE IN LESS THAN 10MINS!!

all nicely done!
electricians came punctually, much to my relieved. after a short discussion and they are down to work!! efficient lor!

machiam octopus' tentacles ^^
and a pleasant surprise after lunch. the tiler actually did all these by himself in an hour's time?! wow!

this 3 pillars is going to support my sink and stove, it's still raw but will be done up nicely with my harfary tiles.

such a happening day 2. tomorrow is a weekend, also end of week 1.

动土 - DAY 1 OF RENO

as per my Feng Shui Master instructions, I was at my unit by 0700hrs and the actually prayers took place exactly at 0715hrs.


thereafter, I waited more than 3hrs before my ID and tiler showed up at my doorstep 15mins apart of each other.

anyway, I left quickly after some final instructions to my ID so I dont hinder their work.

i return very much later and found these done.

cement and concrete slabs for the cabinet supports and base are moved into the kitchen.
whole unit covered nicely with brand new protection.
the bedrooms are not spared.

ps. later that evening abt 1840hrs, received a call from my ID that our tiles which we ordered from Hafary were gone. stolen by competitors? stolen by workers to be sold off? taken by mistake? we are not sure. all the stuff were at the loading/unloading bay when we left at 1140hrs, the tiler, the ID, and myself were there, i tot they were going to get help to shift up the stuff, but cant believed it happened! anyway, no police report were made since no one was there to look after the good, the guys went to the mscp for a smoke and i left...so well, Hafary will sent down another batch tomorrow, this time round, i'll make sure they send it up to my unit. haizzz so much for a first day.

A VIDEO OF MY FLAT

with the defects all rectified, reno will officially begin tomorrow.

i took this opportunity to film my unit in it's raw state.



the clip is approx 6mins long.

LAST OF MY DEFECTS

gotten my keys on 14 sept 2011, submitted the defect list on 20 sept 2011 with more than 30 defects ranging from rusty tap filters to hollow timber strips.

some defects were taken care of quickly and efficiently but some are really a pain in the neck!

timber flooring - the hdb should seriously consider SCRAPING THIS ITEM OFF for all future projects! i cant believed that more than half of these timber strips were hollow, scratched in all my 3 bedrooms! not forgetting about maintaining it in future.

hdb doors - forget about taking this option during signing your agreement. none of my doors are perfect! NONE-ZERO! scratches, chipped laminates, door magnets didnt align.

even the metal gate is troublesome! it failed to align and thus, my ID couldnt start work bcos the secure lock cant go thru the holes!

and hdb is taken their own sweet time to get the respective contractors for each job. and this contractors is another bunch of guys who cant be bothered about rectifying the defects!

imagine having made an appointment, and exchange contacts, the contractor got me wasted my whole morning waiting for him to show up with no success only to know, 'opps I forgotten about the appt?!'

fuming! first the troublesome flooring correction now just because of 1 gate, my ID cant start the reno?

volcano erupting! stomp into BSC office, bang table and kbkp liao! results!! give me results and solution and not more problems!!

so this is what i got at the end of the day!

the hdb inspector gotten the contractor to arrange another appt again. NO I WANT IT DONE BY TODAY!

contractor apologised, arranged for mangalis workers to fix it for me this evening.

both hdb inspector and contractor said i need not be present ...blah blah blah, but thanks goodness i did! i stood there, taking pixs and stare hard at them while the 2 busy with the replacement... at the same time, they happily chat chat in their language and even got time to answer calls on hp. ok close one eye to it.

after replacing new gate, now the other side gotten stuck, lock holes are still not align and it's edges are rough. they attempted to kick, bent, drills the 3 panels but honestly, even a 3 yr old knows that they are just making a fool of themselves! mangalis now attempted to walk off saying job done, i didnt bring secure lock so cannot smooth the edges for me blah blah blah shit shit shit nonsense nonsense .... you didnt do a good job in the 1st place, now the correction job you also screwed up worst, you try to bluff me saying it's all done?? FED UP RING UP HDB INSPECTOR TO COME UP NOW!

really these FT, nice to them say foreign talents, not nice really foreign trash! taking me as a toothless tiger!

with the hdb inspector and myself around to LOOK CLOSELY at their work, kuai kuai, keep their hp, get down to serious work. smooth the rough edges align the gates all over again so that my lock can go thru. they even vanish the handles of the gate!

老虎不发威，把我当死描！

now that the last defect is being corrected, i can finally rest and relax for the next 2 days before my reno commences.

3D DRAWINGS - 1st DRAFT

my 3D drawings are here.

main view of living room, shoe cabinet and dinning area
other side of shoe cabinet, living room and feature wall from common bathroom to study room to kitchen, other view of dinning area.
cabinet in common bathroom, should be suspended
kitchen cabinets with imperial black granite top
wardrobe color ok, will paint the wall in my boy's fave color
interior shelving of JJ's wardrobe
dont really like anything here, rooms will be painted in Jas's fave color
my gal's very big 7ft wardrobe
right view of WIW
left view of WIW
some adjustment will be made to the interior
color of cabinet ok, artist forgot to add a mirror cabinet for this drawing
will confirm the measurements, materials and colors...etc with ID in due course, probably towards the end of oct.