The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 10 – The Proposal and Package (D)

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

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 9 – The Proposal and Package (C)

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

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Work-in-Progress – Part 44 – Flora @ Tranquil World

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

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 8 – The Proposal and Package (B)

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

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 7 – The Proposal and Package (A)

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

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 6 – Decisions

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

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