Sorry...lot of problems...and got another contractor to finish it....

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ha...ha also old bedhead...no time to do shopping..the original contractor caused me to spend another 40-50K..so was concentrating on the basic plumbing and water flow problems...had to break all the 3 bathrooms and my new tiles to redo all new plumbing again.....surprising...isn't it?

from old house, drawings, building, finished..

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Thanks....we made a lot of living space...there was too much garden and not enough living space.Now , there is laundry area,maid room,karaoke room, guest room, extended master and 2 children room,car porch, and some balcony and pergola areas to hang around. Now the garden also can be enjoyed instead of being mosquitoes infested...
Also the bedrooms have internet cables ready.

The water was not flowing out...when we did find it out by breaking the tiles...there was many knooks, u-turns,and the pipes were too small. Hot copper pipes is next to the PVC pipes(imagine it could melt it).

The contractor blamed the plumber but disappeared without The water also leaks from the toilet upstairs to downstair plaster ceiling..
This whole thing was repeated in all the 3 bathrooms. We had to break the tiles as we found out only when we about to move in.

It is mild steel.

Hi, my side fence 80 feet long cost me about rm8500 6feet high.
The finishing was a bit rough, but it was rock solid, as there were re-bars at the top and the bottom.

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Added on January 30, 2012, 1:09 amsorry guys, I was working overseas and had trouble posting in this forum, always had an error..
The top is mild steel only, it is still galvanised to reduce rusting and it is somewhat shelter from direct rainwater.
I think I posted the layout of the house in one of the earlier posting as a downloadable pdf. Please check early posting.
I followed the advice of renovating to increase living space. So I spent about Rm350-400K but I increased the living area to about 4000 square feet.
There is only 1 kitchen , no wet , no dry. This way, I can have a big functional kitchen. Make sure you have a very good exhaust fan AND windows so the smell of Chinese cooking do not linger in the kitchen. The kitchen has an Island and a breakfast bar so that 3-5 people can actually cook and hang around in the kitchen at the same time. I done away with the wet and dry kitchen as I wanted a social kitchen so has to be big. I connected the kitchen with the meals area(dining room).
I follow western style a bit, laundry is small , just to wash clothes only but has a door to outside to hang the clothes easily.

Hope you have fun designing your place...

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Added on January 30, 2012, 1:15 amThere was an outstanding of 8K only. But many of the other works was not finished,even though payment was made, it cost me another 40K to finish those work. Lesson learned, make sure the contractor is richer than you and not rely on your cash to buy cement and so..on.
Next time, a contractor tell you he need your money to buy cement, ask him to piss off.

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Added on January 30, 2012, 1:16 amabout 350K.

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