Preparing for renovation commencement

Today went with ID to see one of his depot road client house. We saw the white pebble stone design he is going to do the same for our entrance foyer. I am surprised that it look really nice than wat we imagine.. cos we tot pebble stone dun look tat nice mah..

M also noticed that the flooring is done quite well, nice alignment and grouting even. I think it is done even better than some of my company's projects.

Later we went to one of the HDB showflat to see the kitchen tiles.. cos the tiles are the same selection as my kitchen. I am happy that it looks nice and cosy.
M commented that hdb showflat workmanship not as good. Me pointed out the skirting.. haa.. and now ID scared liao cos he know i do Quality checks for my company projects one. But actually I think i am the most 'chin chai' (easygoing) among my colleagues who also participate in the Quality checks! Hee.

Today our ID showed us the ceiling plan liao! Oh finally!!
It looks quite nice.. tink he have use more time to draw tis time round.. cos better n more detailed than his first/second set of drawings. We asked him to take out the L box and do inverted L box instead. M think it will look more special while i have no strong preferences.

Our ID also inform that he found out that he has over-quote us for our wardrobe.. he said he has measured again on the plan and discover that he over-quote for 2 more sqft.. so he will refund us back the $$! Hee.. imagine that we initially thought he purposely overquote to earn $$, so looks like he is quite responsible afterall. And he say how come we no tell him when we ored know liao.. haa. Seems like after we confirm with him on the renovation, he has been quite pro-active so far.

But hor! His person really a bit ah beng ah beng lah.. heee.. think some people may not tahan him lor.. cos he can be quite direct at times. But he is not so calculative like other IDs we met lor. So far he is quite negotiable and flexible.
Even when we want to change our flooring etc (from homogeneous tiles to parquet, then to laminate now) he didn't charge us any extra. And when he recommend Supreme laminate flooring, we are not so sure so we wanted to see Kronotex and Supreme he also helped us to arrange to view then decide lor. Not like force us to take whichever lowest etc. Now even M begin to like him more leh.

Now M is considering whether want to print those scenery pictures in gigantic posters and paste over the feature wall. I think it will look really nice if it can be done up. Maybe we will ask our ID next appointment whether it is feasible.

Next appt our ID says he will arranged for the electrician to see our flat together to discuss the lighting points design.. intend to commence works after 4 Sept.


Now a bit fretting over our finances! We realise we need to purchase cooker hood, hob and built in oven, kitchen sink & bathroom sink (for the vanity top) soon. Lightings and curtains too. I may see if i can get discount from one of the supplier I know. Estimate cost $3500! Faintx. Hopefully got enough bonus to buy all these.