Great Singapore Sale 4 Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Sunday, June 22, 2008

We set off early yesterday to finalize purchase for another section of the house.  Suddenly, we felt an urgency to get most accessories as we expected the renovation to start on the first week of July. 

The contractors will give us their quotations early next week and we are to decide for the right one immediately.  Plus, we will be collecting the house keys on Friday 27 June. 

We intend to activate Singapore Power services either on friday afternoon or saturday morning.

Yesterday, Chiauw picked us at about 10 in the morning.  We planned that we should settle all the sanitary accessories for both the MBR and Guests toilets so that we can focus on something else there after.  We headed to Home & Bathroom at Balestier Road where we purchased these items:

01.  Metris-S Mixer Taps for MBR and Guests Toilets:

Hansgrohe Metris-S Mixer

02.  As the water pressure in the house is not strong, we could not opt for Rain shower.  Instead, we chose Hansgrohe Shower Head:

Hansgrohe Shower Head

03.  Hansgrohe Wall Panel Sliding Bar:

Hansgrohe Wall Panel Sliding Bar

04.  Hansgrohe Metris-S Shower Mixer:

Hansgrohe Metris S Shower Mixer

05.  Hansgrohe Focus E Kitchen Sink Mixer:

Hansgrohe Focus E 360deg Swiwel Sink Mixer

Next, we went to pick the black tile for our kitchen.  Since, we had decided to go for black gloss, it was easier to choose.

High Gloss Black for kitchen floor:

Black High Gloss Tile

We then went to a natural stone maker at Geylang to choose the chiselled tiles for the feature wall in the shower area.  We picked a design and Chiauw will need to do some modification to oil stain the tiles so as to make it glossy.

After that, we dropped by LightCraft lighting showroom at Jalan Sultan to look for the hanging lights for our dining area.  It was a big 11,000 sq ft showroom space with three levels.  Perhaps, we are fussy and with so many lightings, we could not find one that we really liked.  However, we are keeping these two in mind - they do not use the energy saving bulbs:

01.  An 8-balls Hanging Light

Eight Pendant Balls Light

02.  A 6-balls Hanging Light

Dining Light - 6 Balls

Our biggest purchase yesterday was LG steam direct driver washer dryer WD-14370RD.  This washer dryer is supposedly a 'go green' environment friendly machine with less water and energy consumption.  Its washing capacity is 9 kg and dry capacitiy is 5 kg. 

At Harvey Norman, we saved S$500 and awaiting for a call from the salesguy to confirm if we would be entitled for further free gifts from LG.  We paid $252 for 5 years extended warranty.

LG Steam Washer Dryer WD-14370RD

LG Steam Direct Washer Dryer

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.. to the Drawing Board 8 Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Sunday, June 15, 2008

It was a serious meeting with Chiauw yesterday.  We were very focussed to finalize [some] little details and I was glad that we managed to 'close' those areas and move forward:

A.  Completed Tasks:

01.  Built-in Hob and Hood

Chiauw is to go ahead with the purchase of

- 1 unit EF [Italian made] Island Hood F55120RLN Stainless Steel with Glass
- 1 unit Rinnai 2-inner fire burner built in hob RB-2CG

EF Island CookerHood F55 120RLN

Rinnai Inner Fire Built-in Hob

02.  Toto Sanitary ware

Chiauw is to go ahead with the purchase of:
- Toto Avante wall hung w.c. CW822J
- Toto Eco Washer TCW02SN
- Toto counter top basin LW542J
- Toto semi recessed basin LW533J

Toto Avante Wall Hung CW822J

Toto Eco Washer

Toto LW542J - MBR Toilet - w/o Tap

Toto SemiRecess LW533J - Guests' Toilet

03.  Electrical Power Plugs

We identified all the possible electrical gadgets for the entire house.  In all, we will be installing 45 units of Legrand electrical power plugs.

Legrand

04.  Celing Lights

We will have false ceiling all throughout the house.  We shall leave it to Chiauw to locate all the points and switches for the downlights.  We prefer, at certain area of the house, to have a two-way switch.  The only place that will have a hanging light would be for the dining area.  We also requested for energy saving warm yellow lights.

05.  Wardrobe structure

We decided not to use alumix or ximula modular structure.

- www.alumix.com/TheStructuralSystem.html
- www.ximula.com/products.htm

07.  Bed Frame

It will be custom made with a boxed headboard [with lights shooting upwards] and two side tables.  The size of Arlington Plush Simmons king mattress is 72 x 75 x 11.5 inches.  We want the bed to be low.

Bed Set with Side Tables

08.  Wood Flooring

Chiauw strongly suggested that we go for Oak wood.  She highlighted the colour of wood will change, and drastically to some wood like maple, few years down the road.  The matured colour of oak is supposedly not so drastic from the day of laying them.  Plus, some woods will give stained marks between joins after a while - especially with frequent wet mops.

Wood07

B.  Pending Matters:

01.  Tank Heater

We need to go down to the house to check for the water pressure before deciding on Hansgrohe Raindance showerpipe.  Also, will be considering to install two units of tank heater - 25 litre tank for MBR toilet and 15 litre tank for kitchen and Guests' toilet.

Hansgrohe Rain Shower Pipes

Hansgrohe Wall Bar

Joven Tank Heater

02.  Floor Tiles

Earlier before meeting up with Chiauw, we thought of changing the colour scheme for the MBR toilet from black and white to earth brown.  We thought it would make the tiles selection easier as we could not find a nice black and white previously.

Chiauw felt that we should still stick to black n white theme for the MBR toilet.  She suggested that she should go down to the tiles showroom, picked on few samples, and let us choose thereon.  Probably, this will work out.


C.  Job Tender

We will be going down to the house this Thursday with some contractors.  The purpose of this visit is to let them inspect the house and bid for quotations.

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