Sunday, March 7

Love Nest reno updates

Finally started Our Love Nest reno after delaying it like for nearly 1 year on 11th Jan~ We confirmed our contractor with Promax Design as dar’s used to work @Queensway shopping centre. He happened to know the boss there..


Updates of Love Nest reno:

(Location at Punggol, abt 5mins walk to Punngol MRT/interchange)


Mid-End of Jan:
i. Kitchen & ServiceYard base(For placement of washing machine area)

ii. AirCon(A/C short form) trunking for all 3 rooms

iii. L-box & lighting points in living hall("LH" in short form)


Early-End of Feb:
i. Window grilles for all 3 rooms & LH (inc near to A/C compressor small window, which i completely forgotten abt~)

ii. Service Yard sliding windows

iii. Master BedRm toilet: Shower screen

iv. Kitchen additional power point

v. Whole house painting (1st coat) except LH & service yard areas

vi. A/C units in 3 Rms installed

vii. Both toilets “swing&slide” design


Early Mar:i. Kitchen & Master BedRm carpentry in the midst of doing when i went over yest after work

ii. All 3 rooms wooden doors up, they did some sanding of all edges for smooth finishes..
(stove/sink shld be up by early next week, followed by both toilet accessories & hopefully lastly lightings~)


Furniture hunting:

  1.  2 burner Stove/Hod (Turbo brand) 
Gotten from Courts, apparently no more stock whole s’pore stocks controlled by this lady. Initially need to wait for end of mar for new stocks arrival, after calling up supplier saying tat we’re “return customer”. Then we able to get it, kudos to tat lady.


     2.    Toilet accessories fittings/water heater unit/kitchen sink & tap à gotten from hardware shop @ kovan, near to hougang central by this nice elderly couple. Lady in shop very patient in explanation & give alternative solutions also. According to uncle, he said got quite a number of customers from Punggol area.


     3. Lightnings -à Premier Lighting Centre
Recommended by dar’s fren who’s working nearby. Most of my hse lightings more to simple designs. Apart from my MasterBedrm-more to a diff contemporary design. Also those 3 rms lights are “warm-lights” as compared to the norm bright white type.


     4.  Dining glass table, 4 *atas type black chairs, customised design cover bedframe,mattress, TV side board, coffee-table and 1 shoe cabinet all bought @ Full-house Furnishing. It’s a like warehouse located at Yio Chu Kang, aimed tat place like 1 year ago.

Left pending sofa (maybe fr Sea-horse), my dressing table and computer table in study room(most likely from Ikea bah)

Total damages-abt nearly 6k if including my 40” TV i gotten from expo “GAINcity” sale~

P.S Will post some pics when more/less completed & when most furnitures tentative arrival by 3rd week bah.. Stay tune for more updates..