All tiles except for the designs that are out of stock as mentioned will be coming in tomorrow! Yeah, can't wait to progress further!

I think I've forgotten to share the very initial part where I applied for the electric supplies from TNB and upgraded it to 3-phase. So, here it goes-

The house was original with the single phase but the 3-phase wire is already there right before my db meter. I went to apply a new account and asked for a 3-phase upgrade at TNB. The staff then introduced their registered electrician to handle my case. I decided to engage that recommended vendor although my contractor can do it because I presume it should be faster as they were recommended from ppl inside, hence they should have the lobang and connection to make things move faster.
Of cource I'm kinda correct and lucky, I got everything settled and the electric supplies in less than a week.

For sharing purposes, the following are what I have been charged for:
1. Technical adjustment and electrical make good for 3-phase upgrading (ELCB, DB, Main switch, etc) - RM1100
2. Submission cost payable to vendor - RM800
3. Payable to TNB:-
a) Connection charges - RM300
b) Meter Deposit - RM480
c) Stamp duty - RM20

It all comes up to a total cost of RM2700, included deposit.

Those are my fav too! Love the mix materials instead of boring stereotypes... The upper mosaic in the last pic is also mixed with aluminium but just flat pieaces unlike the bottom ones with 3D waves. Hope I can find them soon.

Tree planting and water features in the courtyard seems to be an unreachable dream for me... Although I didn't really get a feng shui master to analyse my house, but I already know that I should keep away from woods and water which enhancing woods.. That's because my bazi really has kinda serious clash of woods on my Earth stars, which could probably cause harm to my health..(I have some kinda serious illness that I'm still fighting it)
I need more fire and earth elements around to battle the woods.. So, Im gonna put more pebbles, stones and even rocks (will see if I can find some nice big rocks )..
By just looking at those rocks perhaps could already make me feel better at least psychologically! Lol!!~

Thanks.... I think I'm the only one gotten freak over these water dripping... Hahaha~

the less we know, the easier life we gonna have...that's why I didn't get any master to view the house..

Feng shui and bazi seems complicated to me...

I have been thinking of that but I'm so afraid to get a master to audit the house...coz the reno plan took months to finalized and I really will pengsan if he tells me to alter anything as everything seems to be going on nicely on track already...
For the courtyard, I will still try my best to make it looks zen with an oversized potted plant....other than that, I'm gonna just 'close one eye' and 'mo ngan tai'...

Thanks...and more sharing to come... (i'm not a bro btw.. )

Talking about home security, I think alarm system including motion detectors should becomes a must nowsaday even in a g&g community. I'm also gonna install the security door, but that will only for main front door. It will be a full height folding door at the kitchen so that the whole kitchen area can be opened up from wall to wall.

Personally, I do want it grill-free or even gate-free just like the house that I used to live in UK years ago, but I do not feel secure enough to do it here in Malaysia given the high criminal and break-in rate... So, I will go for grill and will even install a set of collapsible scissors grill next to the folding door at the kitchen. The scissors grill and the folding door's frame are gonna be in black to give a modern+vintage touch...

I saw there's another thread there discussing about grill or no grill... I think that is pretty much a personal preference...based on individual's lifestyle and priority-weighing. For me, I do like natural breeze sometimes as I'm not a person who likes to stay in a closed environment with 24hrs air-conditioning. So, when I open up my windows or folding door, I do not want to be shocked by any 'uninvited guest' in the house. For example, if I open up my back folding door, with locked scissors grill, I have no worry at all to sit in the living room and watch my tv...this is even more of a concern if ones has kids at home.

This post has been edited by maxxon: Sep 26 2013, 04:41 AM

I'm finally back in town again..after away for almost 1 week....

Renovation progress has been steady but slightly slow as there were only 2 workers assigned for my site from the beginning. I've request more workers from the contractor so that things could be sped up, in order to meet the dateline of moving in latest by end of Nov. Hopefully I could get more work force soon.

Following are some updates as of the 20th day:

- BRC wire mesh is ready for the front porch footing. As you can see from picture below, the part for soil and planting has been made smaller so that the car porch has more width space especially when we park 2 cars side-by-side. It gives a wider walk space so that we do not need to step on the grass.



- Tiles has arrived but yet to see the tiler. Contractor said the tiling sifu has pretty tight schedule...
Hope he can secure a time slot for me very soon and I do hope he get me a good sifu with good workmanship coz i'm pretty particular on the tiling quality. I will definitely vomit blood till die if the tiling job is not good...



- leveling work for 1st floor and stairs was done. I don't plan to install any glass or railing for the staircase stepping down. Will just do the laminate (without riser).


- The old sliding door at courtyard has been taken away and the contractor suggested to hack the upper part, making the opening 1 foot higher, and it actually turns out better with such higher opening. Will do BRC roof slab for each opening to the courtyard to avoid splashing of rain..


- New opening at 1st floor family hall and master bedroom.




- The ceiling at 1st floor has been all removed to receive new plaster ceiling later.




- Kitchen wall has been hacked away. Can't wait for the kitchen extension work.


This post has been edited by maxxon: Sep 25 2013, 02:56 AM

Die die must finish by end Nov....

Thanks for the offers but the plumbing works are gonna be done by main con..found a pump installed by previous owner, will test it out if it still works well. For the water filter, I have bought both the in and outdoor filters from Nesh in a fair..

This post has been edited by maxxon: Sep 26 2013, 11:26 AM

Gonna try our best, finger crossed.

The BRC footing for car porch is now done. It will be finished with pebble wash & tiles later.




This post has been edited by maxxon: Sep 29 2013, 03:51 AM

I've bought my indoor & outdoor water filter from Nesh during Homedec last year Oct. The Indoor filter has been installed right away at my current place while the outdoor's will only be installed in my new place later.

I paid RM4608 for the indoor Qoozo series (Ozonation + filtration system) & the membrane outdoor pre-filter. I remembered I was their last customer the very last day of that Homedec event, who has won away the big prize of their lucky draw, a standalone Qoozo mini worth RM1798. This Ozone system combines with the faucet to allow instantaneous fusion of water and ozone that creates water that purifies, sterilizes and deodorises.

There are so many types of water filtration system in the market and I was so confused when I was introduced to Elken's RO water, Amway's E-spring, Alkaline water, etc. I've listened to each brands selling their products giving the pros of theirs and explaining the cons on others competitor's. So, I realised that there will not be a perfect system because each products has its flaws.
Thus, I decided to choose a basic one with affordable price, not too expensive kinda annual maintenance and good filtration. Will avoid RO and Alkaline water at the moment due to its controversial findings. I just need basic and clean water. The ozonation system from Nesh is just an extra features which I can use it to wash vegetables and meats.



It's a table top filter but it comes in such a cute penguin design.


The penguin filter comes with ozone system which can be used to wash vegetables and meats.


The buttons for different ozone usage.

Progress nearly 1 month:-

- Checked the in-coming water pipe. It is PVC pipe all the way from the front yard, so no need to change the pipe. (Contractor suggested to check the in-coming pipe if it is PVC or steel. If it is of steel type and found rusted, will need to replace and lay new pipe, otherwise no point of installing the outdoor pre-filter with rusted in-coming pipe)



- Building wall for new entrance. Gonna have a window there to bring sufficient lights into the foyer. We've forgotten to specify what types of brick to be used for our reno before we begin, but I am happy to find out that they are giving me these solid red bricks.

Checked the cement which the mixture is of satisfactory too... We are kinda cautious on this as we have seen quite a number of friend's house with those terrible cracked lines on the walls after renovating.





This post has been edited by maxxon: Oct 3 2013, 12:40 PM

Wiring works has been started couple of days ago.




This is the wiring for 2 power sockets located at both side of my bed, which I'm going to use them for the table lamps. However, I've requested the electrician to adjust the distance from current 6.5' to be parted further abit more than that. Reason being that the king size mattress is already 6' and the bed frame will normally take up a few good inches from there. I'm worrying that the bed frame will clashes with the socket.

Besides that, I've also requested it to be relocated to abit lower height so that I won't feel such uncomfortable, thinking of the 'electro magnetic' thing flowing just right above my head....



This post has been edited by maxxon: Oct 3 2013, 04:20 AM

For the bathrooms' feature wall, I've found another vendor who has ready stocks for both mosaics above (ST-7058 and MOSWEN).
Nevertheless, will check with Ga Hing again in case they get their stocks already for ST-7058 because GH is selling cheaper at RM48/sqft, while this vendor is selling RM52. If GH is still out of stock, I've got no choice but to get it more expensive...
I'm not feeling like giving up this mosaics despite the steep price as I kinda love its mixed materials.



For the MOSWEN mosaics, we have changed our mind after viewing the samples installed in the bathroom at the other vendor's place. We just do not like it anymore seeing it on the wall with white grouts.
After all, we manage to find a real cheap alternative from Super Ceramic to replace this. It is just RM11.80/ea after discount for 1'x2'.
Instead of 3' width feature wall, we gonna change it to 2' feature like picture below. Coincidentally, they have this samples in the showroom which is very much similar to our colour match. I don't think you can see very clearly from the pic but the texture is quite nice and it should be easier to maintain with such minimal grouts.
So happy that this changes is saving us RM920 in the pocket!!






As for the stainless steel strips mosaics shown in previous post (It is a mistake that I thought it was aluminium strips), I've found the vendor but they insist to sell it in full carton (11pcs/ctn). It is also slightly pricey. Thus, I dropped this choice.

This post has been edited by maxxon: Oct 3 2013, 05:21 AM

haha...I've yet to rest actually...
Just want to add some updates before going to bed...