Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
We met another bunch of specialist contractors over the latter part of the last week and last weekend, and they included persons for curtains, and also different types of grills. I think we’ve got a pretty good idea of our
We spent a good part of our weekend at The Minton checking on the state of defect rectification – it’s in its third week now – and also meeting several specialist contractors. We’re still hoping that the defects get sorted
It’s just been over two weeks since our defect rectification exercise began with our submission of our first defect list, and we’ve added a few more defects to the list for the team to sort out. Fortunately, all fairly minor
My fifth and last post in the series commenting on the renovation package and proposal. The long holiday weekend meant that no progress was observed in our defect rectification, though we did see that parts of the kitchen had been
Using as a reference our annual family photos taken during the Lunar New Year, it’s fun to watch how we change over time. Not the adults mind you, but the kids. My oldest nephew is now so tall at just
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
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