The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 38 – Day 35

Day 6 of carpentry installation and Day 35. We were just hearing from another neighbor staying in a block beside us who’s renovation project is now into its 11th week already, with long lull periods where nothing has been happening.

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 35 – Day 32

Day 32 of our home renovation project @ Minton, and Day 3 of carpentry installation. We’ve been quite pleased with the internal structures of our various carpentry items in our home – though we also ran into our first hitch

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 34 – Day 30

While both the front and back facades of our Minton apartment looks pretty cool, with its liberal use of glass, concrete and colors, practically, that even the toilets are featuring full glass windows have posed problems. Basically, as pretty as

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 32 – Day 27

The installation of invisible grills at our Minton home completed ahead of the original projection; we’d been early advised that it’d take four days when in actual fact it took just two. Generally speaking; the grills in the front and

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 30 – Shelving Everywhere

A mid-afternoon visit to the ongoing renovation at our Minton apartment on Day 21 showed that work has indeed slowed down. Again, not surprising since there’s a lot of time from now till the workshops finish the ton of carpentry

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The Minton: Ideas and Renovation – 29 – Day 20

As Ling tells it, the electrician team had such a difficult time mounting our LED downlights yesterday that one of the two walked out in sheer frustration for a break. Apparently, the securing clip mechanisms in our downlights are ‘unique’

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