How much did you spend on house renovation?

[Theoldjaffa]

Very nice place you have there bro. Was the false ceiling a considerable part of the cost?

thx bro.

 

i had false ceiling for the whole house, including toilet. but the false ceiling for the toilet came with the house by HDB.

 

my reno quote had no breakdown. its a lump sum for everything. so, i don't know how to apportion costs to each item.

[Espresso]

mine around 55K

 

including reflooring minus living room all cupboards and rewiring of all electrical points.

 

run a few place to check, all about the same price.

 

hmmm....how much was the flooring bit bro?

[Joseph22]

mine's not branded one. gotten from sungei kadut and neighbourhood hdb furniture shops.

 

i also saved for years.

house is a place where we return to rest.

 

i always feel its okay to spend a lot in making the house look very nice if we can afford.

[Theoldjaffa]

swee

 

from the pic, you tear down the wall between the kitchen and living room right??

 

fantastic design.. make your house feel bigger too.

thanks!

 

yah, i demolished all kitchen walls and study room walls.

 

built an island for the kitchen, and a wooden wall cum tv console separating the living and study rooms, and a glass wall + swing door for the study.

 

no choice, my flat is small, need to make it more airy.

[Theoldjaffa]

5rm flat - 1100sq ft

completed last month,

87K full renov from granite flooring to ceiling.

exclude furniture, TV sets, home appliances such fridge, oven, cooker, washing machines, etc...

sounds very nice. can share some pix? PM if u don't mind. :)

[Joseph22]

hmmm....how much was the flooring bit bro?

cannot really remember need to check but i think flooring is around 10K bah..

i do a lot of carpentry work though.

 

rewiring of all electrical point itself cost around 2.5K

[Espresso]

thx bro.

 

i had false ceiling for the whole house, including toilet. but the false ceiling for the toilet came with the house by HDB.

 

my reno quote had no breakdown. its a lump sum for everything. so, i don't know how to apportion costs to each item.

 

I got my ID to provide breakdown for everything....cupboard and stuff are not cheap but they are standard pricing...I didnt want any false ceiling though. I kinda suspect false ceiling doesn't come cheap.

 

But kudos to you for building such a beautiful comfortable house for your family. You're a good man

[Joseph22]

thanks!

 

yah, i demolished all kitchen walls and study room walls.

 

built an island for the kitchen, and a wooden wall cum tv console separating the living and study rooms, and a glass wall + swing door for the study.

 

no choice, my flat is small, need to make it more airy.

 

yeah.. now we have to be creative... hmm.. island for kitchen.. i think its a really good ideal... only problem is the cleaning after cooking nia.. but for modern household in singapore where cooking is a luxurity, i guess still do able.

 

i like the whole design, simple and elagant. been to some.. house look like ikea showroom... nice to look but not very practical to use.

[Joseph22]

I got my ID to provide breakdown for everything....cupboard and stuff are not cheap but they are standard pricing...I didnt want any false ceiling though. I kinda suspect false ceiling doesn't come cheap.

 

But kudos to you for building such a beautiful comfortable house for your family. You're a good man

i think false ceiling usually cost around 2K to 5K depending on size bah.

[Porker]

Very neat and very clean design. Is it always in this condition or you cleared everything for the shoot?

[Espresso]

i guess I am very stingy....my budget is way lesser

[Sk65]

the pictures really very nice !

 

 

congrats on your new home.

 

and i'm sure you put in lots of hard work to make this happe.

[Espresso]

i think false ceiling usually cost around 2K to 5K depending on size bah.

 

Hehe I told my wife....no no no...i like high ceiling

[Sk65]

i guess I am very stingy....my budget is way lesser

 

 

a good place would be renotalk.com.sg

 

the folks there are extremely generous in sharing quotations and real invoices.

 

i had my fair share of good information during my reno as well.

 

avoided some bad apples from the industry too.

 

 

[Sunny]

mine's HDB Premium flat.. came with flooring, doors, toilet tiles and fittings.. the likes. not bare like standard flat.

 

4 room, 90sqm, about 65k for everything including furnishing. open concept. that was in 2010.

 

Actual pix.. a few to share

 

Living

 

 

kitchen

 

 

mbr toilet

 

 

my flat entrance

 

 

Very sweeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Joseph22]

Hehe I told my wife....no no no...i like high ceiling

fake ceiling is useful if you are living in top floor where the ceiling in slanted...

 

or you like those lighting which flush with the ceiling.

[Espresso]

a good place would be renotalk.com.sg

 

the folks there are extremely generous in sharing quotations and real invoices.

 

i had my fair share of good information during my reno as well.

 

avoided some bad apples from the industry too.

 

Thanks bro will check it out!

[Sk65]

Hehe I told my wife....no no no...i like high ceiling

 

 

confirm,

 

HDB 2.6metres

condo 3.3

 

am staying in govt.

already my ceiling is significantly shorter (i won't die from it i know)

but y wanna make my already "short" ceiling shorter?

 

valid considerations: lower ceiling, lesser air ventilation.

 

 

of cos,

one can box up, L-box to get the intended effect of no trunking.

i choose the one with minimal reduction to my air-flow.