Glad that u like this sharing. New house definitely less thing to touch. Anything you touch, money is flying away!   

Actually, mine took months for the initial stage which included doing homeworks on what do we want on aesthetic and material, most important matching those we want with the available budget. Adjustment on budget is happening from beginning till now! 
It took me quite sometimes in sourcing contractors and getting quotations too. One contractor even took me 3 weeks (chasing after chasing) to comes up with a quotation. I won't bother his quote if not that I saw one forumer posted quite good reputation of him with reasonable price. However, his quote is not as 'cheap' as claimed but ok lar.. His delay in quotation pissed me so I ended up hiring my current contractor who did my neighbor's house.

Choosing a good contractor basically need some 'luck' too...do get a few quotations and avoid those who easily promise you that everything can be done. Avoid the far off cheapest quotation too, coz what I realized from contractor who charge not-so-cheap nor expensive are less likely to abandon the job. Reason being they have already factored in some extra little jobs that they are most probably going to cover during the renovating process....instead of asking the owner to top up each time when there happens to incur some extra job, even it's just some minor works. Nobody will do business with no profit, hence they ask for money, whereas the owner feel annoyed when keep topping up money. There comes the conflict and the tendency of abandoned works....

Yup, this price. Cash and carry~
Make sure you look for Zean himself but not his parent to get the best deal.

New water pipes? Its a new house, why do i need new water pipes?

I hope its not a major reno - electrical, plaster ceiling downstairs, kitchen and wardrobes. Hopefully no extension.

I can't seem to find the setting for such white balance... Bro, any idea? Im using iphone..

Where do you stay? If PJ SS2 is not too far from you, you may check out Happy Household and Legend which is same row with Murni restaurant. You may check out Weng Hing electrical in Kepong too. Tell them to give nett-nett price and you have many electrical items to buy (even though you just have 2 Items to get)

I got mine 700L@ rm2500 at Happy Household, the sales guy said 650L is about two three hundreds cheaper. If you want, I can PM you their number so that you can call in to check the price too.

I heard from the sellers said panasonic with ABS blades is all above rm500...

The LED lights im using is 3000k in color temperature. My energy downlights not sure how many k but just warm white... projected horizontally (to minimise plaster ceiling drop-down) with YET Plus fitting.

I only use a few lighting and fittings from YET Plus.

I have actually shared quite some posts much earlier about my lightings already. I've even plotted out a 'polka dots' plan. If you don't feel like reading the whole sharing, you may search the keyword at the page bottom, but you must search it inside my thread so that it only give you search results found within my page.

I suggested you to search previous post but ended up I searched it out for you. It's at post#249 and #250. You may also refer to the polka dots of where do I use LED and where with normal downlights.
  You also have a thread, so I thought you may understand my feeling of such as we have put in such effort to post the sharing....