Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Updates on my flat (Aug 2007)

Lift at Blk C
Between Blk C and B
Between Blk C and D
Blk C and Carpark Rooftop
Multistorey Carpark

My flat status finally change to 4th Quarter 2007!! So happy to hear that.. Heard that Blk C is getting their keys soon.. Hope my turn is coming as well.. :)

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Meeting with Gylenn for quotation

Finally the quotation is ready last wednesday (25th Apr). But the first thing Gylen say is "i dare not let u all see the quotation".. from that, we know that the quotation must have exceed our budget! Ok fine, we just sit there patiently going thru the quotes.. all he mentioned was " base on the material u had chosen.. bla bla bla.. the part that is expensive is ur masterbedroom.. all items in the quotation are big big items.. eg. wardrode 14ft, study table 10ft.. etc etc.." my first impression was "hmm we did not select any material leh!!??!! he only bring us to see the tiles and showflat, then he say his quotation is base on the showflat material.. but in the first place we din say we want to follow everything according to the showflat what... ok fine.. that is one problem.. the other thing is, i realised there is no hacking cost in the quotation, so San ask him,, Then he got the cheek to ask us, u mean HDB din hack the wall for u?? OMG! he said that! Does HDB ask every owner how they want their walls to hack??? then he say if we take this quotation, he will absorb the hacking cost.. Like real lor.. then he say ok let me redesign and re-quote.. Then he went thru the design again.. then he say... actually u dun need timber stripe, they will obstruct ur walkway.. in my heart, i was thinking, hey tat is ur suggestion in the first place!!! overall experience with them is they are not sincere and not reliable.. there are alot of hidden cost that is not mentioned in the quotation, Jennifer is supposed to be our designer but she change to Gylenn without formally informing us.. And gylen was like always rushing for things to be done..

btw, the quotation is $36k while our budget is $20k leh.. so how u think they can reduce even he requote?? we decided to give up this ID firm liao.. but our $1000 is still with them.. got to bear with them and i shall see what he will let us exchange!!

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

2nd meeting with ID Jennifer

We were so happy when Jennifer finally sms us to inform us of our 2nd meeting on saturday 21st apr, 4pm. In her sms, she said will be showing us the amended design, material as well as showflat.. To me, i tot we need a full whole day coz she say source for materials mah.. and during our 1st meeting she also said need a whole day and could be tiring.. We din really get to talk to her on sat as she was busy attending to another customers.. so she asked her assistant to bring us to the tiles supplier which is Hafary (quite well known among balestier suppliers).. Gylen also came to attend to us and seems to us that he had already chosen the tiles for us.. which is a white tile and it cost $3.60 psf (code is 6XPOOO), i.e each tile will cost $14.40... quite expensive leh.. And also the tile for our passageway which is grey (abt $2.80 psf).. After that he brought us back to their shop where he show us the design.. And THAT WAS THE END OF THE MATERIAL SELECTION!!

As for the design, there are some things we discussed during our 1st meeting but it was not done:
1. Master bedroom lighting - We only need one instead of the proposed spotlight.
2. Kitchen door - Not included in the design which we request her to draw
3. Closet - No curtain included which we wanted to see how is the feeling of a curtain instead of door
4. Layout and 3D design - promised to give by jennifer but gylen say cant give..

Things that were amended:
1. colour of the master bedroom - change to purple
2. colour of pebblestones - change a darker colour
3. aircon removed from living room (i dun tik we ask her to remove it)

After about one hr discussion, Gylen ask us to meet him at redhill showflat at 7pm.. And that time was only 5pm! gosh wat a wasteful trip we had.. Not up to my expectation.. Now considering whether to engage them.. but we had already paid $1000! Think im nt gog to let the $1k affect my decision.. But i must say the showflat is nicely renovated.. carpentary seems ok to me..

So now, we are waiting for their quotation... but i really dun wish to engage them.. lets see hw 1st..

Monday, April 9, 2007

1st meeting with ID Jennifer

April 7 Satuarday 11am..
Jennifer finally complete the 3D design after two weeks when we 1st told Glenn how we want our house to be.. Initally Glenn gave us abt 4 designs to choose from.. din really like the way he present as the layouts are juz simple drawing.. cant really visualise how our home will look like.. The 3D design that Jennifer show us dun hv the WOW effect.. hmm.. just one of those i always saw in magazine.. perhaps our budget can only allow us to do this simple design?? Anyway it is still acceptable.. This is our plan:

1. Dining table to be put in kitchen.. as we find that our kitchen is big enough to accomodate it.. furthermore we dun need a big kitchen. becoz we seldom cook.. or perhaps dun cook? ;p

2. Entrance foyer: will be laying pebblewash and also place a few timble stripe as divider. We will have mirror to cover the bomb shelter door and there will be a shoe cabinet built in.

3. We will hack the wall between master bedroom and the bedroom 2 beside it.. After which, we will have our bed in bedroom 2 and study table and closet in master bedroom.. initially i wanted a walk in closet and i wanted a door to cover up the mess in the closet... but drop the idea as san DUN SUPPORT my idea.. :( he said it is pointless to build a door when we wanted to hack the wall.. kaoz.. actually i dun need a big big space in the closet.. mayb juz one feet space for me to walk in the closet?? anyway i still prefer a door.. but lets see what jennifer can come out of 1st...

4. bedroom 3 will be left empty

We had requested Jennifer to email us the 3D design.. will post up soon.. :)

Monday, March 26, 2007