Continuing our notes on the Meeting #7 concept proposals. Here are the first concept proposals for our Master Bedroom: Our requirement for our room was a king-sized bedframe, bedhead, night stands – and that the bedframe should have storage. We
Continuing my series of posts on our discussions with our appointed Interior Designer renovating our new home at The Minton. For those of us who’re interested, we didn’t have that many meetings with our appointee, and in fact, sealed the
We went by The Minton over the weekend for a meeting with a curtains/blinds maker we’re interested in engaging. This particular contractor is based in Johore Bahru, but commutes to Singapore every day for work. He was a particularly jolly
One common project item seems to be in changing the general structure of homes, and typically entails either creating of new walls and partitions, or hacking and removal of existing ones. The Minton’s renovation rules at this point forbade structural
One critical event that takes place after key collection to our new home is defect identification, and depending on one’s disposition and optimism, it can be either or both an exhaustive, fun, or depressing exercise! Basically, once one has collected
Most important piece of information first. The final package cost was just a shade under $32,000, and excluding balcony work, window grills, and curtains/blinds (we’ll be getting our own separate contractors for that). Over the months leading up to our
After just over 4 months of searching and discussions, we finally decided on an Interior Designer and committed (i.e. signed off) on the project last evening. It was a bit of a relief to finally be able to make this
The weekend was a pretty busy one for us, with a good part of it spent at The Minton inspecting the unit for defects, cleaning up the place to host visits from neighbors, and also for our very small number
Part two of pictures taken at our keys handover day. There wasn’t many persons about, but once most residents have moved in, the scene will probably look quite different.
About nearly 2 years 4 months after we made the big decision to buy a new condo apartment near the school we are hoping to enroll Hannah into in a few years’ time, we finally got the newly minted keys
We apologize for the lack of updates over the last month of our new home @ The Minton. Key distribution for the first phase of blocks began in early December, and we received our own notification from our lawyers on
So I’ve hinted strongly at Yang what I’d like for my birthday present last year. He gave me a ‘are you sure?’ kinda look when I told him that I wanted a sewing machine. I want to be empowered to
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