Sorry to hear that. There are few suggest that might can reduce the leakage:
1. Install a rainwater gutter to drain the rainwater to the outlet, reduce the rainwater hitting the slab roof.
2. Apply waterproof material like sika, epoxy material to the slab roof

All piping and wiring are new...

this is an eyesore. Experience carpenter would not install if he found this problem. They will try to align or ask the contractor to touch up.

Would like to thank forumers here for sharing their tips & advice along the way throughout my project. Made a friend or two along the way too. Many of your suggestions were incorporated in one way or another.

Unfortunately, even visiting my house every single day throughout the journey was not enough to prevent a stubborn, greedy contractor from royally screwing up the most important things (internal wiring, plumbing, waterproofing, etc). Anyway, I think I got very close to what I wanted design-wise, so that's a good thing I guess.

Here's some before and after pictures, after a second round of rectification, repainting, etc with a different batch of people:

Before:
Downstairs




Upstairs




After:
Downstairs




Upstairs




This post has been edited by phoenixxx: Sep 27 2017, 12:19 PM

absolutely gorgeous, Congrats

Beautiful house. You must be spending at least RM300K for that?

is this the same house?

it's gorgeous. As for the plumbing and wiring I have come to accept there are no proper ones in Klang Valley anymore so it becomes a guessing game more than anything else.

How did you install the LEDs inside the shower area for the recessed part? Sure won't get electrocuted or what steps did you take to make sure that doesn't happen?

can share how much u bought your house back then? at which area?

One lesson learn. Never just got out and find a company that you don't know and do major renovation. I had my fair share of bad contractor. Finally I met a contractor who became my friend and renovation can be very rewarding experience

very nice! So the entire renovation took you 2 years?

Just enjoy the end result now worry about the defect and deal with it as i don't think anyone will get a perfect outcome at 1 go.

How much TS has to for out again to fix the issue left out by the previous contractor

You must know where to find. I had done Reno for my house 3 times. Electric is the part that is always good experience for me

End result looks very nice! The water proofing on the roof can be solved rather easily, don't worry too much about it. Just get the right people to do it for you.

Electrical can't do much if its due to the wiring... had an issue with my old place where the electrician stinged on earth wires causing the different wiring phase to occasionally overload and shut down. Not a big problem but damn annoying when it happens.

thumb up ts ! enjoy your new dream house

wish to follow your footstep to dream house as well too !

Hi! May I know about the wall with brick design- is it wallpaper?

I chose insulated LEDs (the kind where the LED is inside a rubber tube) - you can also opt for IP67(?) waterproof casing to properly house LED strips which I think is a better way to do this.

Thanks! Yes, my wiring guy was a nightmare. Also under the contractor. My roof space is a tangle of wires. Lots of tidying up to do.

Yeah definitely. If I don't have time to personally / have someone trusted to manage a project, it will be a no-no for sure in the future.

I have spent close to 15k so far. Leaking issues, wiring tidying up and a host of others (not too urgent ones) not done yet.

Thanks, I definitely hope there's an easy fix. I have not had overloads happen, but only the electricity trips too easily at the slightest lightning. Hopefully once the proper 3phase + fuse etc is done, there will be improvement.

Thanks for your kind comments :-)

These are Suzuka brick tiles. Watch out for their roadshows - I bought mine at around 30% discount around this time last year. I believe mine is the BK-3107...

http://www.suzuka.com.my/product-category/brick-facade/

Mine was done with white grouting. Different grouting colours & sizes give a different effect. Once done, a layer of brick sealer seals the dust away so and brings out the colour of the bricks (in my case the bricks has random colours).

This post has been edited by phoenixxx: Oct 4 2017, 12:04 AM

Power trip too easily most likely is the ground cabling outside of your house is not done properly. I had same issue before and had to dig it up and redo

nice design. mind to share where you get the wardrobes for your room? Thanks