So since we have successfully received our house keys back in late December, we have been procrastinating our renovation. We put it on hold because we were too occupied with mending to Adriaan and learning the ropes of becoming new parents. And uhhh... we just didn't know how and where to start. Lol.
Come April, both of us decided to get things moving by deciding on how we should renovate the house according to the decent budget we have. Remember we used up our savings meant for the renovation to pay for the shortfall to HDB? Haa...haaa...haaaaa....
Did a Powerpoint slide document by attaching our floor plan and include pictures from the net that inspired us (or mostly me lah eh - because I design, Mr. J approve/reject).
Disclaimer: Pardon the disorganization of the pictures with improper pixels and such because we were rushing through it. :p
Come April, both of us decided to get things moving by deciding on how we should renovate the house according to the decent budget we have. Remember we used up our savings meant for the renovation to pay for the shortfall to HDB? Haa...haaa...haaaaa....
Did a Powerpoint slide document by attaching our floor plan and include pictures from the net that inspired us (or mostly me lah eh - because I design, Mr. J approve/reject).
Disclaimer: Pardon the disorganization of the pictures with improper pixels and such because we were rushing through it. :p
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Our floor plan:
Our suggested floor plan - construction:
LIVING ROOM INSPIRATION
Design of L-Box:
Suggested width of L-Box:
DINING AREA / KITCHEN AREA INSPIRATION
(Credit: 9 Creation)
The other side of the kitchen:
(Credit: 9 Creation)
Marble-like backsplash:
(Credit: Instagram of Cortese Architects)
MBR & COMMON TOILETS
Overlay of floor tiles:
(Credit: www.theblockshop.com.au)
Wash-basin & marble-like table top:
(Credit: http://www.contemporist.com/)
Bi-fold door louvres design for toilets:
BEDROOM DOORS
Classic doors:
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With the Powerpoint "proposal" ready, we dropped an email to 3 companies (Contractors) and only 1 replied. Hahaha! That makes things easier for us, I guess? We didn't really go shopping for other contractors after the reply because... malas? :/ Besides, I think they did a great job with Deeyanah's house.
Steven gave us a quotation and we went through it, taking out some parts of the quotation and letting him know that we do not require them. He didn't insist that we should have them included, which was nice. Of course, we should really know what we want.
We managed to bring the quotation cost down by $3k which I think is not too bad?
At the same time, we had the BSC to rectify the minor defects and then we are good to go :)
Renovation progress will be discussed at the next entry, Insya'Allah... :)
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