Ask your contractor to hack the wall first la, then call any Unify installer to lay the internal fiber cable to your TV room. Must use the white tubing when concealing in the wall to protect the fiber optic cable.

You need to run a network cable to upper floor to prevent weak wifi signal from future Unify wifi router. Also consider a network cable to your MB room for cloud TV, iptv, Apple TV, Android TV, media streaming. Wifi can never match LAN cable in term of content streaming.

The room is at the upper floor.....btw, is that the common way to do?

This post has been edited by maxxon: Oct 14 2013, 12:09 PM

agree... I have those cables at the living room and in the tv room at upper floor too..

Nice home, and your contractor is very fast in the works.

Thanks...
The progress was pretty slow the first few weeks with just 2 workers and only can touch the interior...can't go too extensive until the reno permit is out..

Yes, to avoid being saman by MPPJ. Anyway, you're quite daring to do anything even before the permit is out!

I am doing renovations at Putra Heights and MPSJ is kinda strict on the renovation thing.

Renovation inside the house no need wait for approval...coz no facade and structural change externally..
But if they wanna cari kopi duit, they have all sorts of reason to kacau also lar...

If follow rules, regardless interior or exterior work must have renovation permit.
Just that if your exterior works are extensive (more than the booklet criteria), you have to get those endorsement plans and layouts. Still that renovation permit should be out within 24 hours, as for Selangor.

My case, I personally applied the permit and got approval on next day. Did mention to the officer about additional plans during application, and only submitted after 1 week (as my fault to delay due to my work).

P/S: It will be different procedure if your reno is so major, ie massive reconstruction with basically tear down the whole house, application isn't simple than.
But your reno works seem not so MAJOR woor... hmmm...

My contractor kaotim-ed the submission including blueprint endorsement..
We started with some plaster ceilings, flooring and tiles demolition at the beginning then the exterior work as soon as the approval was out..

Nope, all have to drop top to bottom, that is standard.

Only one side from the ground all the way up to the roof, only from roof drop down.

Err... Mayb they wanna save cable length?
Not sure this will cause any bad impact? If not, i got no choice but just let it be then...

This post has been edited by maxxon: Oct 15 2013, 02:03 AM

Your contractor seems very professional.
Good job done so far with lotsa careful planning. Just hope and pray your end result will be to your satisfaction.
I hate and dread to ask. Judging by what I have witness so far, I think purely renovation minus furnishing would set you back easily more than 150k?

Bad if you need to hack and do others things. If not careful hack on the wiring can be dangerous.

If you already know how the cable run just take note when do hacking jobs.

double up





once your hack the blardy tile, you can slowly count how much is your hard earn money goes into tiling...

buying subsale, the tiling + toilet + piping alone will normally set you back by at least 50k.

if there is a 2nd house many years down the road, i rather build a mansion in the country side.

Kochin,
From my calculation, it will be around 200k for renovation inclusive of:
Demolishing, wetwork, tiling, laminate flooring for upper flr, painting, plumbing, WC & bathroom accessories, plaster ceiling, M&E, windows and sliding/folding doors, 1 x security door, 2 x bedroom wooden doors, termite prevention, alarm system, new gate & autogate syst, kitchen cabinet, window grills & a set of collapsible scissors gill.

Saton 666,
You are right, those things definitely burn holes in pocket....My tiling cost is around 28k, plumbing 5k+.

This post has been edited by maxxon: Oct 15 2013, 09:58 PM

Good job for keeping it under 200k. Especially when you are buying expensive goods.
I bought Niro tiles too and source quotes from ga hing before.
Your contractor seems pro enough hence I think your end result would be nothing short of spectacular.
Looking forward for your final results. Must be very good.thanks for sharing your journey.

I checked already, only the study/tv room has this kind of connection... Luckily this wall is the sharing wall with neighbour next door, so there wont be any chances that I will hack this wall in future....
Hmmm...at least me and other forumer here learn somethings from this...

Is ok, I seen worse. Helping my friend reconnect cables after he drill over it. Don't know what going on with Malaysia quality of work now.

I have been kinda careful on the budget...so that we don't overrun it much as we also need to spend quite a good sum to buy all new furnitures and electrical appliances..That's why I'm sourcing the vendors for some other items myself.. such as windows & doors, grills, gate, alarm, carpenter,etc.

However, I still let the main con to handle main job like painting, plaster ceiling, M&E, plumbing, tiling, etc. So that he can plan the job schedule and sequence better. I think no contractor would be keen on my job if it's too 'small'. Knowing that the main con will sure tops up a little profit on the cost, but I chose to let them 'earn abit', as long as he delivers quality job with quality materials... Hence, the contractor that i choose was not the cheapest among the few quotes that I got...but the review from my neighbor whom I get his contact from is quite ok..

As of the Niro tiles, I'm actually cutting the cost down by mixing it with other brand. I just use it in the bathroom floor as the surface is not as big as the walls...
Moreover, Niro is good for flooring compared other tiles as it is less slippery.

Talk about GH, i find their sales guy (in old Klang Rd branch) is somehow abit passive and not so keen to serve. There is only one bangladeshi guy who has worked there many years is very hardworking and had served us really good. He helped us to take the tiles up and down, in and out, with no unwilling-face at all. He told me his target is 100k a month. I've already helped him up a 18k (bought some bathroom accessories too), so he was so happy and keep saying thank you...

This post has been edited by maxxon: Oct 23 2013, 01:34 AM