After spending time browsing through this forum, I'm impressed by some of the work you guys put in. This reno work of mine was done 3 years ago, please pardon me for sharing my late little reno journey here.

Me and my wife purchased this unit for its convenience as my office is only 5 mins away while she travel using monorail which is 5 mins walk from our place. After purchasing then only we noticed the unit was infested with termites...damn! As we were inexperienced, we did not spot this problem when viewing the unit. Gonna learn with every steps we take, new lesson for newbie...sigh. Due to infestation we had to stripped entire house down (Previous owner had a lot of wood work done), these includes door frames, doors, tiles...almost everything except existing bedrooms windows.

We came out with the design ourselves, no ID firm was appointed. Took quite a bit of effort and research to plan everything out. Below are our work.


Ground zero, everything have to start from scratch... money money


Requested contractor to raise the dining area. Window demolished too.


Kitchen area with tiles layed.


washing area.


Master room pix.


Thanks for termites, have to remove and put in new door frames.


Timber flooring up, since both wall in kitchen had been hacked, a timber support beam is needed for my partition door, later you will see what i'm talking about.


Rest of the pix on next update.

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Continue....gonna fast forward a little bit.


Windows up.


Took us awhile to find this type of window.


Glass panel for kitchen.


Frosted glass divider between kitchen and washing area. Previous owner extended their kitchen all the way to washing area, we were quite surprise when we can't find a washing area, wonder where they do their washing.


Kitchen cabinet up.


Folding doors up.


Partition door fully close.


Common washroom bowl and basin installed.


My mini bar top.

Rest of it coming next, will put everything up.

Bro, my place is near Maharajalela monorail, I'm sure by this you already know where this place it, old condo lah. Due to termites, no choice but to reno, the place was nicely done up, we thought as can save some money but sadly this happened.

Can't fully guarantee on that but I got my contractor to do some preventive measures before he tiles up. Keeping my finger cross.

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Added on March 21, 2012, 1:34 pmMy place only around 1100 sq ft, space constraint so have to come up with this.

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continue...



Wardrobe for 2nd bedroom.


My bar stool.


Living room.


View from living to dining area.


Outdoor concept dining table.



Final product.

We were both happy with the reno. At least after all the money spent, we got a little cosy home. Thank you all for viewing.

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Added on March 21, 2012, 1:58 pmErmm...I understand your point, we don't have kids so far. 3 years later another unit coming, will take that into consideration. Thanks

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Some pix I might have missed out.



Common washroom pix 1


Common washroom pix 2


passage way from bedrooms.


Kitchen


Master washroom.

Guess that's about it. Thanks for viewing and I look forward to learn more from this forum. I'm sure many of you here are expert in reno works, thanks for sharing too.

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Added on March 21, 2012, 2:09 pmThanks Hianz, have to keep my eyes wide open around any corners but I'm sure we have exterminate every one for now. So far there's no more reports of termite in any unit here...touchwood.

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Added on March 21, 2012, 2:11 pmThanks soviet and thanks to the termites too.

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Still have the invoice with me, information is right below as stated;

* Dimension : 156" x 78"
* Material : Aluminum. Expocy with woodgrain
* Price - RM7800.00.

The window is pretty hardy as compared to those regular window frame.

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Reno set me back at about 120K, furniture + electric appliance + bathroom fittings about 40 to 50K. First reno experience, threw all focus and money. Need plenty of time to recover.

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Added on March 21, 2012, 3:46 pmTV size is 40", height from floor is 34".

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I owe this to my contractor, he let me pay bit by bit during entire process and never rush me when I have some delay on payment. Maybe he took a big chunk off me as well that's why no hurry..lolx. Frankly I was pretty anxious to get things done and I did not compare quote from other source, this guy was recommended by a close friend so I trusted him.

I'm thrown in a situation whereby I have to redo everything or else I don't have to spend this much. What's done can't be undone, enjoy the end result of all hard work.

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Maybe you like to try sitting on your sofa to judge the height, your 40" LCD with frame or without? My 3 years old LCD have a frame with a width of about 3 and half inches, do take that into consideration. Hope you understand my point.

Nice setup by the way.

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Added on March 21, 2012, 4:51 pmIt's from clipsal "Zencelo", you can get more info from this link http://www.fullflatswitch.com/
Do note mine was already 3 years old, I'm sure there's new model out which is much nicer. Thanks for your compliment.

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I'm no expert as I paid a uncle to install this for me, my power socket is just right above my TV cabinet as you can see from the photos. Yours seems to be sitting in the area where the bracket should be. Are you going to install this yourself? Before drilling, make sure you know where those cables were layed before making any attempt. I'm sure someone here can give you better advice.

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Added on March 21, 2012, 5:03 pmThanks Vetkin, much appreciated.

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Thanks. They first raise it using cement then place solid timber on top of it. The aluminum is for my folding windows, my contractor source this on his own, no idea which company he bought it from. Sorry not able to help you on that.

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Thanks northface and beandk. This inspiration design came by when I was tipsy..lol, usually I drink in order to get some ideas for problem solving and this came along.

Thanks, my living room is 14 ft x 13 ft , dining area 11 ft x 13 ft. I have 6 downlights in living room where 2 of it is warm white while 4 is white light, per downlight there's 2 x PLC light. So far the brightness for white light is still alright but if you prefer well-lit room then you need 6 x down light with white tube.

Thanks weikee and ggee_7. I have to admit I joined this forum a little late, there's so much sharing and info when I browse through it, with this info it can give birth to new ideas for just about anyone. This is a good place to share and learn at the same time, keep up the good work guys and girls.

Appreciate your compliment. Cons for having wardrobe with louvre is the strips will collect dust, cleaning can be a bit of work. If this is a must with the concept you want then just have to put in a fair bit of hardwork. IMHO for easy fix just get those regular sliding glass panel wardrobe. As mentioned earlier the reno cost me 120K not including furnishing. I don't think is it appropriate to share the contact of my contractor here, I will send you a pm. Please make sure you make comparison quote with other contractor, get the best out of it. Don't have to mentioned anything as I'm only his customer, not going to get a comm out of it

Do share your reno progress if you can, look forward to view dream home.

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Added on March 22, 2012, 12:12 pmThanks Kochin, Redrose and des1662 for your kind compliment. I'm sure there are plenty of owner here with great reno results and concept, some perhaps not sharing due to privacy matter, I can respect that. I have seen quite a few that produce great results and really impressed by their work.

Hoping to gain some new ideas for my coming new unit, in the mean time share and learn along the way. Thank you to all who have spared your time giving comments and advice. Cheers

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Added on March 22, 2012, 12:15 pmHi Auwen, the folding doors cost me about 10K, I'm sure you can get better quote but never the less I will send pm you the contact. Just do a check like a walk-in customer with your design, don't have to refer anything. The folding doors is about 10ft width and 9ft in height.

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From the quote I saw on invoice stated RM3800.00, of course when reno is completed I remember I did told him how come 4 x timber divider cost so much, he did give some discount base on total amount so I can't make up the actual value. Anyone did this before, have any idea what is the market rate?

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Added on March 23, 2012, 11:45 amThanks for your compliment Jootat, I'm sure if everyone can come up with their own ideas and better concept too, just need to brain storm a little bit. Having some ID magazine during the planning did gave plenty of ideas too.

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Added on March 23, 2012, 11:49 amThanks Jay Mari, adelechin and kelifu for viewing. Just sharing my concept, glad you people like it.

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Hi Tiensong, got those plants from Ikea, if you need more then I suggest you locate a plant nursery near you, cheaper too. Pot have to source on your own, mine from Ikea. Some of my plants already half dead in the pix, now I no longer have those potted plants. For indoor plants please do some research too, for me I just don't have the luck with them.

Some artificial plants these days looks really good, some times can't even differentiate from the real ones unless you examine closely. Ultimately it is up to you, real plants you need to take care and maintain, from time to time have to put fertilizer. If you are a plant person then just go for it.

For me the effect from lighting, plants, painting, deco items will take the ambience level a step higher, of course try not to over do it.

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Came out with the concept myself, my wife told me she always wanted a "wooden hut", this is the closes I can come out with. Did check out some ID firm but very expensive so ended up doing simple sketch, guide my contractor along the way. During that period I'm renting a unit just a level above my current home, making monitoring much easier. Thanks for viewing uturn

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