Jul 16 2010, 10:02 PM, updated 16y ago
Hope u all understand wat i m trying to say here since i m chinese educated.
okay, after i get the key, when i visit my house, there r alot of contractors starting to promote their services. Alot of namecard, flyers u can get from your post box. During the time i get the key, the developer also pass me few forms to signup, some checklists, loose fitting materials, defect forms. On start, i donno what are these, i dont get why they pass 2 me those loose fitting things. Well, i hav learned alot from this forum.
At the first time i visit my house,
i didnt see anything wrong with it. everything seems okay, just the floor r dirty. Thanks to the "Home Defect Rectification Checklist" by aaronpang. For new buyers, please don't skip the Recification steps! unless you are rich and willing to find contractors to fix it all for u. Luckily i didnt skip it n directly ask them to install loose fitting things. else i will regret~
After follow what aaronpang said, i found alot of crack lines, very small lines....very poor paint job and somemore, watermark on the plaster ceiling. The last defects i found is the crack wood of the main door. One of my neighbours teach me that after you setup the loose fittings, try to flood your toilet on 1st floor for 1 day, then you check for water sinking. Else it will be very troublesome after you install your plaster ceiling.
Currently, i m still at the stage of rectification. Next will be install the loose fitting things. during that time, you have to pass out the loose fitting that you keep. The developer asked me to keep it (i don't get why not they keep for you?). Last week, i m doing a survey on everything. Renovation is new to me. So today just wanna share out what m i have in my mind now, and just wanna know what you ppl think about my idea.
Now, i already get a basic quotation from one of the cheap contractors i found. Got another 1 is the most cheap contractors, but it's from indo ppl. Many contractors asked me not to take them, else you will very regret 4 it. They can give you the lowest price, but they also will give u the lowest quality job. Some of them just take money n run. You won't able to find them anymore. So, i just picked one of the chinese contractors who give me the lowest price.
For the basic thing i wanna do, they quoted me as the following.
My house size 22x70 ft, about 2100 sqft (ground & 1st floor)
Wiring
- Light Point - RM70 / pcs
- Plug Point - RM90 / pcs
- Air Con point - RM180 / pcs
- Gate RM4000 - Stainless Steel (Empty Inside) <<-second expensive ( +RM1500 if wan Auto Gate motor)
- Car porch (include tiles, with skirting) - in RM4000, (+ RM550 if wanna extend to near road area)
They said the used tiles is very solid, lori cross over won't break 1... T_T not sure how to check it.
- Security frame for all windows (powder coating) <<expensive thing - RM3200
- Build a 5ft simen fence on the backyard - RM2400
- Backyard with tiles n skirting - RM1200
- Plaster Ceiling, L box (for the living area - 2 square roof), RM2800, +RM800 if wanna add a drop Lbox in middle
- Close one toilet's door (with tiles) - RM850
- Break the front sliding door 9ft x 8 ft, build 4 new fixed dark tinted windows - RM1800
- Main Door and backyard door - RM4000 (wood + steel)
- Build a wall + extention to coverup the staircase = RM3000
- Break a wall - RM450 (2 x RM450 = RM900)
Total = RM28,150 (without additional thing, without the wiring, without lights)
Since that i haven't calculate the light points n plug points yet, i reserve RM2000 for the wiring 1st.
Then, for the aircon, since i havent found any aircon supplier yet. Assume that i gonna have 4 aircon, i heard that some ppl can get RM650 for a branded aircon 1 horsepower (not sure is york or what), n for installation for each is about RM250) But until now i cannot get below RM1k for the aircon. So, i reserve RM4500 for aircon.
For the light, I gonna use about 40 downlights, and about 20 T-Lights
1 stylish downlights, with 2 philip bulbs, the price i can get is RM45 per each.
so is RM45 x 40 = RM1800
T-lights is used for the plaster ceiling, i assume that i gonna use 16x 4ft T-Lights (not sure m i correct or not), the price is Rm25/each
so is RM25x16 = RM400
n I dont think 16 is enough; let's reserve RM800 for it.
Additional Lights
For a nice front gate lights, 2X RM150, RM300
4 wall lights, 4X RM100, RM400
Dinning Lights, RM200
RM2600 + RM900 = RM3500
+ The TOTAL above = RM31,650
OMG~! it's without the kitchen yet~! without the interior design yet~!!~ is their price reasonable?
okay, the following is the kitchen i wanna do.
The cabinet is with 3G glass, granite surface, with soft close.
RM20k ( i m trying to get this price from a cheapest designer) Not sure that i can get it or not, waiting their quotation.
But i found 1 kitchen contrator can do that in RM18k, but he is from rawang.
+ TOTAL RM51,650
Now is the interior design thing,
Here is my own sketched design for the living area, I dont think it is hard to do it with very low budget. It is already very simple for me.
I designed it to save my cost. but it's still over my budget.
I still getting the quotation for doing that thing. Alot of contractors told me that if i m using stones for that wall, it will cost me more than 10k. If using woods, it's so ugly
Okay, forget it, i just only reserve 10k only for that thing. It's already over my budget.
All the things above, still without the Furniture, Electronics thing~~
n i am also looking for lorenzo link sofa, L shape, and others elegant design furniture...
Any professional can help me here?
This post has been edited by WKWebsite: Jul 18 2010, 02:57 AM
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