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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - The HUGE Kraus sink!!!

November 14, 2013, 7:50 am
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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - Kitchenworks!

November 14, 2013, 7:51 am
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 Cabinets are lying all over the area. Mostly in the balcony area. Tallboy is up!

Top and bottom cabinets are up! Here's where the hood and electric hob and gas stove will be.
Right: side of cabinet.

 Above: Part of kitchen breakfast counter, still lacking another piece at the long pipe area.
 Right photo: The woody grain of the laminate can be seen at the side of the tall boy!


 Left: View from staircase area. Right: View from dining area, looking at the breakfast counter. Another piece is missing here too, will be installed soon!



 Here are the guys shifting another piece of the kitchen counter for the pipe area!
stay tune for more updates!!
The electrical appliances are due to arrive come friday.
Will post more photos of the finished kitchen works by weekend.
Fingers cross.

xoxo
velle
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Reno@Yishun - Laminates for carpentry!

November 14, 2013, 7:55 am
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 Here are some of the pre-selected laminates which we have chosen for the young couple.

Colours of the laminate are not very accurate as photos are taken at night. Will try to take some day photos!
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Reno@Hougang 2 - Floor plan

November 15, 2013, 6:01 pm
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Here's our third project in Hougang doing maisonettes (including the Kovan Maisonette)
I think we have grown quite an affinity for Hougang. Love the beef noodles (the Teochew one at the foodcentre as well as the Alishan Taiwanese Beef noodles) ivins peranakan food, hougang mall and kovan mall!

Recently a very cherry couple, always laughing and always in a very good mood came to look for us to plan their living spaces for their new home.
For us, this is definitely our first time doing a maisonette floor plan with the kitchen in the heart of the flat. The living and dining are separated by the staircase and kitchen. The balcony is curved which is rather unusual but I guess it brings out a certain character to the whole place.

stay tune for its transformation!
xoxo
velle

ps: owner has requested for not too much information to be blogged for this flat, so I'll just show the pre-reno photos, renderings and the final images.


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Reno@Bishan Maisonette - Floorplan

November 15, 2013, 6:13 pm
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Hi there!
Sorry for the lack of updates but recently we have gotten another project at Bishan!!! This is a first time for the both of us venturing into Bishan area. And guess what, the layout is so similar to Hougang2 Maisonette and a twist of the Kim Keat flat!!!

hahah for you readers who have been following my blog, you will know what I mean by that!
The Happy family of 4 has just put down their first OTP and has engaged us to revamp their flat. They have requested for hacking works to start before CNY, but we told them that it's quite impossible given the amount of time left from now till CNY. They also know that the contractor will stop for 2 weeks during CNY and then the reno works will continue from there which is about 2.5 months thereabouts, hearing that they want to do a major overhaul of the place.

Ritey, will keep everyone updated soon cos it's the weekend and it's time for me to visit our projects, take more photos and blog about our learning process!

xoxo
velle


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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - Wallpaper

November 16, 2013, 5:37 am
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Wallpaper in the study done by the home owner who is an avid fan of ManU.

Wallpaper in the master room, also chosen by the home owner.

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Reno@Yishun - Aircon ducting

November 16, 2013, 6:59 am
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Aircon location for living/dining.
Some updates on the Yishun Flat, the aircon trunking and condenser pipes are finally all settled and laid. it was quite tough as there were structural beams everywhere which we couldn't penetrate through. And the condensate pipes had to flow back to a bathroom so double the trunking works.

We are going to box up most of the trunking to make it look like it's part of beam.
Aircon location in master

Aircon location in study/walk in wardrobe

Aircon location for bedroom 3

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Reno@YIshun - Reno updates

November 16, 2013, 7:02 am
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Aluminium frame for lourve window installed, waiting for the glass lourves to come in now. All the electrical works are being laid with loose wires dangling here and there.



 
Water heater installed in the common bathroom area, we are going to have a false ceiling here with access panel to hide the huge storage water tank.
We have taken out the original sinks from HDB because we are going to install TOTO sinks and hans grohe taps with integrated vanity top and bottom cabinets. The original sinks were the pedestal kind of sinks that has a stand which took up quite a lot of space if we were to cover it up with a bottom cabinet.
Left photo: the 2 sinks from the master and common bathroom, both taken out.
Right photo: Location of the sink leaving only the water pipes.


Electric works are almost 90% completed now and painting works are going to start this week, together with installation of the lights.
This weekend, the rain shower and shower mixer, taps and sinks will all be delivered to site for installation.
Carpentry works are off site fabricating now, most probably will be delivered next week.

Here's hubs eating a Ramly burger on site because it was a mad rush (long story short, hubs had to be in the office from 9am-12noon) to the reno place and so hubs didn't have time to eat anything and went to meet the contractor while myself and Jules went to makan first at the food centre downstairs. I was starving and feeding for 2 so I had to eat first. After lunch, I packed a burger for hubs as there was a pasar malam where the Yishun Reno was ongoing.

next, we are heading over to the Toa Payoh flat. The existing home owners have moved out already and hacking works are going to start next Monday.



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Reno@Toa Payoh - Pre Reno Photos after clearing out!

November 16, 2013, 7:19 am
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Hi there! We have just came from the Yishun Flat and now going to view the Toa Payoh flat with the contractor.
Hacking permit was submitted over the week and come Monday, hacking works for the floor will start as we have gotten our HDB approval permit. Hacking of walls still pending.
view of kitchen

pipe works in kitchen

view of kitchen from window area
common bathroom

view of living from kitchen

view of living from balcony area
view of future dining area

Currently the bedroom will be converted to a dining area next time. So goodbye orange walls and star lights!
Part of master which we will add back the wall to form bedroom 2

view of master with half height wall






Where the beam, column and half height wall is will be a future wall to separate the master and bedroom 2.  The previous owner had both their children sleep in one room and knocked down a wall between bedroom 2 and master to form a long wardrobe space and study corner. So we are going to put back the wall because we need one room for the girl and one room for the boy!
Here's a relook at the master toilet. Goodbye black tiles!



View of bedroom 3

side track a little, which has nothing to do with reno, here's a link to some photos of Jules while he was at the Toa Payoh flat playing and running around in the wide open space!
click if you are interested!
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Home@Stirling - Measuring spoons!

November 17, 2013, 7:28 am
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Look what I bought!
Aint they the cutest measuring spoons you have seen?
Makes me want to do some baking!!!
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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - Kitchen works update

November 18, 2013, 6:30 am
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Here are some kitchen updates on the Kovan Maisonette over the weekend. We arrived at the place late afternoon and it was quite a rainy and cloudy day so the photos are abit dark. Most of the carpentry are up over the week. The electrical appliances have arrived.
Here's a view looking at the breakfast long counter. In the centre is the sitting area, more to right of the photo are some cupboard space along the sink area for storage.
Carcass of the carpentry for the balcony area is up too. Waiting for the sliding doors to be installed and a standalone cupboard for the water feature.
 View from balcony area. Ugly long pipe in the kitchen is all hidden in the cabinets.
Here's a look at the big krauss sink at the kitchen long counter, this will be the place where the mistress can wash her dishes and wash tv at the same time!
 Tallboy with the built in microwave and oven.
 Hood installed, leaving the electric hob and 1 burner which is placed on the other kitchen counter.
 Zoom in on the big big sink

Here's a window view from living into the kitchen area where you can see the sink and the tallboy with the beautiful microwave and oven and full height glass sliding panels which allows more light into the kitchen area.
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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - Common bathroom downstairs

November 18, 2013, 6:36 am
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The home owner has gone for a vintage retro theme for the common bathroom downstairs. They have purchased some of the sanitary fittings from Taobao like the basin tap and shower mixer.
Below are some photos:



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Reno@Kovan - Bedrooms

November 18, 2013, 6:39 am
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Bedroom 3's wardrobe is up and it was brought over from the previous home. The home owner has left it at the contractor's store during the renovation, so now it's being installed here.
Here's a look bedroom 2: Painting needs to be touched up because of the relocation of electrical power points.


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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - Bathroom updates

November 18, 2013, 6:54 am
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The bathroom vanity cupboards are up over the weekend too. However the top cabinet is slightly too deep outwards. This was because previously we had allowed for some shelving space behind the mirror, deep enough for a hair dryer, but the home owner decided that they didn't need the extra storage area behind the mirror, so we did away with the adjustable shelvings behind but the depth was still kept. So now it's too protruding out. So we will have to ask the carpenter to take it down and make it shallower.
The other slight hiccup was previously the top cabinet was too tall because the carpenter did not do a site measure and followed our drawing per say. Thank goodness the master toilet one fit because there wasn't a box up for the pipe works.

The good thing is that everything can be rectified as there are some cases which i heard from other clients is that they will have to live with the mistake.  On the other hand, sometimes they get so cooped up with every single detail and try to make everything perfect that they end up very unhappy. On looking back, once they start to live in the flat, they suddenly realised that it's actually a very small mistake and that they actually needn't make themselves so miserable at that time and muled over it for such a long time.

I'm hearing these from experiences from home renos and well as wedding preparations. I guess they are all pretty the same. All brides do want to have their wedding perfect but to err is to human. So....
Keep Calm And Carry On.



Back to the reno, the shower head and mixer are all installed for both the bathrooms, technically the home owner can shower here already!! Heard they are planning on moving in next week.

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Reno@Kim Keat - Renderings

November 21, 2013, 6:03 am
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View of the kitchen 
Dining area
Living
Master vanity
Master bedroom with walk in wardrobe on the right
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REno@Toa Payoh - Hacking works have started

November 21, 2013, 7:03 am
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Hacking works started officially on the 18 Nov 2013, Monday and by now, all the floor and wall tiles have been hacked away, walls are demolished to make new doors and re-zoning of spaces. All built in cabinetry have been removed. False ceiling almost all have been removed. And so are the sinks and WCs in the bathrooms.
living

Future dining area and bedroom 3

Bedroom 2
Master bedroom
kitchen and common bath


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Reno@Kovan - Bathroom updates

November 22, 2013, 7:27 am
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Master toilet - Granite countertop installed. Tap and sink installed too. Now waiting for the mirror to go onto the mirror box.
Notice the open shelf on the further left? Actually the inital plan was to have all swing door cabinets, but we were so worried that once the WC is installed there wouldn't be enough space to open the cabinet door. So we changed it to open shelf instead. It will be a good area to house a nice woven basket of knick knacks.
 Internal view of the lower cabinet. Needs some cleaning up here from the contractor.

Some of the toilet accessories have be installed on site too - like the towel rail.
View of the common bath. For this bathroom, there was not much of the space constraint which we faced in the master bathroom, so this long vanity had all swing doors and a long granite counter.
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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - Kitchen updates

November 22, 2013, 7:41 am
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Hi there folks!
it's nearly weekend again and here are some updates on the Kovan maisonette which we are doing.
The carpentry is almost 90% completed now. Above is a photo of the balcony area where we created a storage for the washer, laundry basket, shelvings for the detergent/bleach/ pegs and what nots.
Also it hides the chute away from sight. Heard from owner that this might be a place for mahjong session where they can gain access easily to the kitchen for drinks and snacks and can watch telly from here too!
Here's an open view of the storage which we have created. Furthest left is a standalone cupboard which will house the water feature, location is proposed by FSM. So we designed a simplex box and a small light to cast some ambient light on it with a powerpoint there. Hopefully it's small enough because we are afraid it might hit into the window above.

Side view of the tallboy. Quartz countertop has been installed for all the kitchen countertops and so is the mosaic backsplash.
 Bi fold door between living and yard installed. Will come in handy next time if owner wants to completely seal balcony away from the living cos the mistress of the house is afraid that the mahjong sessions might be too loud.
Here's a view from the balcony area, like i mentioned before, when playing mahjong here, still can watch telly ...i think the guys will watch soccer here while playing mahjong. hahaha.

Here's another view of the kitchen from the study room. Mosaic backsplash for the cooker hood area done too. Looking very spiffy now.
Closer look on the mosaic pattern which we have designed - it's actually cut from 3 different mosaic tiles to form this random pattern. Hood installed too! leaving the electric hob and burner. Doors to the common bath installed too. Left of photo needs some painting works to be done, there's where the fridge will go.
 view of kitchen from dining area. A bit of boxing up still needs to be done and the glass panels to "seal" the kitchen away from the living areas.
my favourite part of the kitchen - view out to the tv console from the kitchen sink!
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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - Fan updates

November 22, 2013, 7:44 am
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Will post my thoughts later.
Meantime, enjoy the photos!







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Reno@Kovan Maisonette - Staircase updates

November 22, 2013, 8:00 am
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Finally the glass railing is installed!!! Now waiting for the hand rail to be installed. Next will be another layer of lacquer for the staircase risers. Plus some painting works on the sides. And owner is shifting in next Monday!!!!
Here's a close up view of the tiny LED lights which the contractor has proposed at the side of the steps. So small so cute. Haven't test it yet, so I myself also not sure whether is it bright or not.

 Missing handrail.
Well at least it's a job done! We took really long to settle this staircase because of all its turns and we wanted the glass slanted railing to end nicely when it meets the horizontal glass railing. So that took quite abit of coordinate plus we wanted to sides of the staircase to be flushed neatly, so the carpenter had to box up quite a fair bit underneath the steps all the way down to the staircase storeroom.
Also there was the side lighting bit which need to be coordinated with the electrician, where to put the lights.
And as I mentioned before, this staircase involved so many trades! From carpenter to glass, to parquet and electrician and of cos the contractor! And ourselves too. :)

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