Inspection of Flat
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According to HDB, inspection of flat is necessary prior to one week from the resale transaction completion date. So, we called the contractor to come along with us for the inspection, so that we can further discussed the renovation.
Contractor saw the living room floor tiles, and said "there are already many black marks, which are permanent, on some of these tiles." Then he saw the wooden raised platform at the living room, and suspect that there are no floor tiles below this platform. So, I asked him to include hacking the current floor tiles and replace them with new ones for the revise quotation. "So, do you want homogeneous tiles or ceremic tiles? I would recommend homogeneous lar, but it's slightly more expensive than ceremic tiles." Don't play-play, 叔叔有练过的! (singlish, literally means "don't underestimate me..."), luckily I've read up renotalk forum.
"Homogeneous!" was my answer. Basically, a homogeneuous tile hold its properties throughout the entire section of the tile. A ceramic tile, on the other hand, only has a coloured pattern coating on the surface. If you break a homogeneous tile, the color on the surface is the same as the color inside. If you break a ceramic tile, you will see red brick colour inside, regardless of what colour your tiles are. So, in conclusion, it is better to use homogeneous tiles so that when it cracked accidentally, it will not be too noticeable.
Next, he said, the aluminium windows & its frames can remain, since its still in a good condition. I was told by the seller they just changed it recently.
Then he pointed that "Hey, Eng Sing, you see. They have old tv points (which are not capable to connecting to Singapore's CableTV).."! Oh no! I need it (the cabletv point) for every room. Then he said "If I suggest, why not you save your money from building custom wardrobe, and make use of the savings to re-wire the whole house?" Re-wiring - since the flat is already 9-10 year-old...ok, re-wire!
Then my elder sister jumped in and said "Di di" (as she so affectionately called me), you really need to build a wall here to block people from seeing your room directly through the common corridor's windows. -.- Ok, I've asked the contractor to quote that too.
Anyway, I'll modify the quotation accordingly once I get the new one. :)
Contractor saw the living room floor tiles, and said "there are already many black marks, which are permanent, on some of these tiles." Then he saw the wooden raised platform at the living room, and suspect that there are no floor tiles below this platform. So, I asked him to include hacking the current floor tiles and replace them with new ones for the revise quotation. "So, do you want homogeneous tiles or ceremic tiles? I would recommend homogeneous lar, but it's slightly more expensive than ceremic tiles." Don't play-play, 叔叔有练过的! (singlish, literally means "don't underestimate me..."), luckily I've read up renotalk forum.
"Homogeneous!" was my answer. Basically, a homogeneuous tile hold its properties throughout the entire section of the tile. A ceramic tile, on the other hand, only has a coloured pattern coating on the surface. If you break a homogeneous tile, the color on the surface is the same as the color inside. If you break a ceramic tile, you will see red brick colour inside, regardless of what colour your tiles are. So, in conclusion, it is better to use homogeneous tiles so that when it cracked accidentally, it will not be too noticeable.
Next, he said, the aluminium windows & its frames can remain, since its still in a good condition. I was told by the seller they just changed it recently.
Then he pointed that "Hey, Eng Sing, you see. They have old tv points (which are not capable to connecting to Singapore's CableTV).."! Oh no! I need it (the cabletv point) for every room. Then he said "If I suggest, why not you save your money from building custom wardrobe, and make use of the savings to re-wire the whole house?" Re-wiring - since the flat is already 9-10 year-old...ok, re-wire!
Then my elder sister jumped in and said "Di di" (as she so affectionately called me), you really need to build a wall here to block people from seeing your room directly through the common corridor's windows. -.- Ok, I've asked the contractor to quote that too.
Anyway, I'll modify the quotation accordingly once I get the new one. :)
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