Saturday, October 19, 2024

For Surely there is an end, but it is just a beginning of another..

 Today marked the last day that we will visit our house in Depot road as house owner. 
We have sold the house last month!

Our family have grown from just my wife and I to a family of five, with 3 beautiful children; and we decided to move to another place.

It was quite sad to leave the old Depot Road house.. but at the same time, I am very happy that this house is still very much in good shape .. in a similar shape to what we built 17 years ago ! 

Here's parting pictures of the house. 
Farewell, my dear Depot Road house. 

Till next time.



Bedroom 2 - which became study room


Bedroom 3 - which became the children's room



Study Room
Living Room

Master Bedroom



Farewell...


Thursday, July 26, 2007

Moved in!!

Hi!!
Shouldn't have many updates now that the renovation have completed.
I foresee this is to be my second last update for this blog.

I have moved into my new place last week. That was a horrifying experience, the mover decided to increase the price last minute. He came, doubled the price, then we negotiated, and settled for an extra $20 for the moving.
Not a good experience.
Avoid at all cost: Name of mover: Wah 96265782 . Avoid at all cost.
Office (Soon Hup): 67841592
Did I mention to avoid the above mover company at all cost?

After I moved in, we got metal shelves for our household shelter.
Hole in the pocket: $280.
Would recommend the company anytime: Yee Sin (64547335).

Anyway, some pics to compare the design and the actual pictures..

Kitchen


Master bathroom
Master bedroom wardrobe




Guest room wardrobe
study room

Dining and living room



Shoe cabinet


That's all the update for now..

Sunday, July 15, 2007

sofa, dining chairs and guest room bed

A short update..
Lorenzo delivered the sofa today, but they were only able to deliver the dining table next week, so they loaned us a table for us to use in the meantime.
The bedframe and mattress for the guest room was also delivered along with the bedside table. Another items that we got to complete our study room, we bought some chairs from Vhive, and spent a quick 15 minutes assembling them..
As all the renovation works have been completed, we paid the last payment to our ID.. he'll still help us do some touch up for our apartment though.

Our interior designer: Mike Koh is one guy I strongly recommend if you're looking for a reliable, knowledgeable and dependable interior designer.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

electrical appliances deliveries, painting touch up

Last week, the electrical appliances were delivered..

Firstly it was the refrigerator and the washing machine..
It was pretty easy to install them..

While waiting for the rest to be delivered, the painters came to touch up on the painting.. He was one of grouchy guy.. Didn't like the fellow.. did a sloppy job too..
Had to request another painter to come down the following week (this week) to touch up on what Mr. Grouchy did.
Mr. This-week-painter-touch-up turned out to be a very friendly guy with a good quality painting..
:-)

Anyway, the TVs were also delivered last week..

Installation of the TV on the walls was easy, the hard part was getting the cabling done..

we had to wait for the Home Theater system to be delivered.. and this had to be the last item to be delivered.

and after the Onkyo system came ..
It was time to install the cables.. red wires to red wires, blue wires to blue wires , yellow -> yellow.. etc etc

End results:

Living room TV:

Bedroom TV:

Surround speakers

Plumber came and installed the tap for the master bathroom..

Before forgetting, I would like to express my thanks to a colleague of mine, Mr. CP, who has kindly lent me his vacuum cleaner to help in the cleaning up of my place.

Also another thanks for my friend, Mr. JH, for helping me getting the audio and video cabling done.

Next items to deliver: sofa, dining table and guest room beds..

Friday, July 6, 2007

kitchen and wardrobe glass works

A small update..

The glass has been installed at the kitchen wall and the wardrobes now have mirrors....
a touch of glass on the wardrobe doors too..


Also the mirror for the vanity cabinet has been installed..

Hey.. check out this nifty gadget: the door stopper. :-)
Look! No holes on our tiles ..


To conclude this small update..
a peek on afternoon sun shining on to the newly installed curtain..


Busy weekend plans:
- Delivery of electrical appliances: TV, Fridge, washing machine, hifi..
- Final touch up on painting, timber skirting, plumbing, carpentry..