Going to start renovation journey starting today. Lots of equipment had just been unloaded and work is about to begin.
Is going to be a 6 months long journey, hopefully to be shorter as possible. Well will start posting some pics up soon.

Good luck on your renovation.
Kindly please continue share the progress here..

please do, can't wait to see the finish. thanks.

This is what has been done so far for day 1. Removing of the roof in the car porch. Today will be continuing of demolition work on the car porch. Will see more progress after work.

Below are the list of items for the whole reno work for wet work and the structure of the house. Interior is still searching for a contractor.








Rough sketch up on the extension and changes to some of rooms.



Architect drawing.



This post has been edited by sonerin: Dec 9 2015, 11:30 AM

Nice, looking forward to see your progress!

Yup.......excited and nervous at the same time. Not really sure what might go wrong.

wow 6 months time? all da best!

mind sharing the contractor/ID company
Thanks

Well is estimate of 6 months as is really a lot of work to be done. I do hope it will complete sooner. Is a contractor not ID company. Anyway, I had PM you the contact.

good luck

Walao, your neighbour do extension till like that?
You gave approval?

Thank you.

Since yesterday more part of the portion is gone.

Bro why dont u share the quotation price as well hehe

Very big house. happy renovation.

Well by law, there is no need neighbour to approve but you need majlis perbandaran to approve.

Is really not so nice to share the price as the contractor is a friend. I am not sure if the price he give me is more of "friend" price.

Really? Im living in MBPJ and theres a neighbor doing major reno, from bungalow to double storey bunglow with pool. We got a letter from MBPJ seeking approval from neighbours within 20m radius.
I think this should he the correct procedure unless the reno is not extending beyond original plan.

Could be PJ different from Sepang. Also is it the house in gated community ? Mine is not gated

it differs from council to council...i think becoz ur neighbour is doing a 2 storey whereas everyone is 1 storey oni..so in away ur neighbour obstruct sunlight, views, and enroach ur privacy..from 2nd storeyy maybe can see ur jamban or what.

so when u all approve, later cannot do anything mahh..coz everyone edi gave consent...this follow bylaw rules liao...in UK n Aussie they are very strict like this

Do agree with on the single and double story but my housing area is all double story. Is just extending to the front or back

same lor..u extend front and back also will obstruct and intrude ur neighbours wat..right left front back..hence the 20m radius. in australia, if ur new windows location looking into a neighbours existing windows oso cannot...really strict. mbpj advcance liaoo..follow developed nation standard edi

I think in MBPJ not only renovation, even changing land title from residential to office also need to seek consent from neighbours. I also got letter as houses behind mine is facing main road and want to change land title to office.
And recalled in Bandar Utama, owner extended their back of the house illegally and MBPJ came and tear down their extended part of the house.
Although the extension is actually underground but kena oso.

Well if you do illegally than is not right.

Finally had a chance to do some update after 1 week. Things had been progressing well even with this raining weather. Well is not even 1/10 of the work, very long more to go.

Piping for water to drain from the roof.


Wood casting to be ready for the pillar of new extension.


Another pillar on the opposite side.


My personal favourite, extended room for my new home theater a.k.a (man cave)


Wall hack down for the dry kitchen.


Wiring for 3 phase had just begun.


Upstairs view to be soon new extension of the master bedroom + balcony.

Envy your man cave... For me, I have to sacrifice 1 bedroom to convert into... "Study/work purposes" (term to use in front of gf)... So, only left 1 guest bedroom.

Don't say that, for me I don't have guest bedroom at all.

Surprised to hear that... From the pic your house look quite big.

I see what you mean now. What I meant was I have to convert one of my bedrooms into the study. Balance left 1 bedroom. I don't have a guest bedroom downstairs.

This post has been edited by phoenixxx: Dec 20 2015, 09:06 PM

Oh I see. I actually uses the downstairs room and extend it. My house is 37x80, intermediate unit.

37x80 wahhh, really drooling at that dimension!! Can't wait to see more progress. Especially the man cave hahaha

Yes I also cannot wait for it to finish, but still have not found a projector for the room yet. Still in the midst of shopping

Waahhh.... Semi-d land with for a terrace house.... Your build up is dammm freaking large !!!!!

Yeah original build up without extension is 3000 sq feet

congrate for your new man cave

how about this ...

I would complain if my neighbour did that - block all the wind into my house. And probably made the house darker as well.

That's really big for a terrace house.

I don't have room for man cave/AV room or study room.
Have to set up my system in the living room only 😰😰

Yeah this is nice.

That is ok. I am just itching for projector so need a room

It is definitely a lot cheaper with a much bigger screen when you have a dedicated room for AV.

Me too have to put in living room. If I make upstairs room into AV room, gg next room and neighbour all dance along with me everytime.

Yeah can be cost effective but again also can cost more on reno

sonerin time for Stewart screen...hehehehe

dual sub

No poison allow 😛

Quick update of the continue demolishing work

This post has been edited by sonerin: Dec 22 2015, 10:16 AM

Bro, your works is from what time till what time? Neighbour got complain? My area full of retirees full time at home & speaking to another couple who moved in ~2 years before even given them time limit must stop work by 12pm everyday (finally nego to 2pm) causing huge delay to their house.

NIce updates, Wet work should be pretty fast depends on the contractor, around 1 month plus if no delay. If you are installing security door , please note that the timing is crucial, must make sure the door is ready timely if not will delay your progress.

The rest also will take times , plumbing work (laying of new pipe)--> Elec (wiring trunking) --> installing Windows--> Tiles -->Grill -->plumbing (installing WC,water tap etc) -->Elec (installing downlight, fans, etc) --> paint

Well the worker start around 8.30am to 6.30pm everyday except for Sunday, they will work on those that involve no hacking and all. Like I said is a courtesy, if they do work there is nothing the neighbor can do. Even if the complaint to authority is still morning day. If you have approval from majlis perbandaran than is all good to continue work.

I also hope the wet work can complete within 2 months. As building new extension on upper floor it takes time for the support beam to settle down on the concrete. Plus now is quite a lot of rain, it will be a bit of delay. I had already install security door 5 years back for my main door. The tiles work will be quite a lot as they need to remove all the all tiles from the front and inside the house which is 2000 sq feet area of tiles and than lay new one. I forsee this will take many weeks to complete.

Today started the upper floor extension.


More walls being knock down to relocate the toilet


View from my master bed room. The platform is to be mould for the extension flooring

Been 2 weeks and had completed the floor of the new extension for master bedroom. Living room all the tiles are hacked. The demolish work for the toilet is almost done. Wet kitchen is stil in the midst of demolishing.




This post has been edited by sonerin: Jan 2 2016, 02:02 PM

New toilet door

Wall building up in between wet and dry kitchen.


New walk way from dry to wet kitchen.


Extension of my man cave is completed. Need to finish up the plastering of the wall and floor.

This post has been edited by sonerin: Jan 2 2016, 08:33 PM

Upper floor extension with column just done with putting in the concrete. Now waiting for it to dry

Raise floor for the HT room


Upper floor extension continue. The concrete roof is coming up.

Brick up the gaps as the height of my car porch is much taller now.


Adding new meter for 3 phase


New fuse box.


Crane arrive to lift the concrete up to the roof


Cement mixer


Pouring out the cement into the backet to be lifted up to the roof.


Going up.


Putting it in.

Ground floor plan after Reno


Upper floor plan after extension

This post has been edited by sonerin: Jan 21 2016, 01:03 PM

Hi sonerin.. I was told by an electrician that if u plan your wiring diligently then you can save loads of money on electric bill..
He said instead of dividing the phase by the level of floors...we shud divide it by usage.. eg. 1 phase is for all air-conds in the house, 2nd phase for all plugs points etc.
Lesser looping also leads to less electric usage.

Yes that is correct. Is like have 1 phase for all the high power items and another for low power.

Hi

Do you have any contractor who do door/windows grille? Mind to share their contact?

Sorry I don't contact. Don't use grill for my house

oh just foudn this haha. i remember you mentioned reno. but damn.... this is hardcore hahah.

Oh yeah is quite major. Lots of things need to do because don't quite like the interior layout

Massive reno... anticipate for the final outcome.

Myself looking forward to it. Still got 2 more months to go to complete.

Don't quite get the concept here so mind if back track sikit. By dividing based on usage wouldn't that be unbalanced?

Not really. 3 phase is for dividing according to power consumption. Also it will be also as backup. There chance during blackout one of the phase might still have power.

Right, all along I thought the load distribution ensures that some circuits stay up even if the affected one is down. You're saying that the other phases will backup the load even to the circuits on the affected one? If that's correct interpretation then I've been looking at it wrongly.

Technically I am not sure but basically is correct

looking good.....

the 3 phase power doesn't auto fail over backup....
if your 3 phase is coming from the same pole.....if that main line no power...also no power right?

the power loading if done efficiently will enable you to save electricity...that is true

Hushymushy explanation is more accurate

Right, that's how I understood it all along. What's being done is to distribute the loading more evenly. Perhaps the unseen factor here is certain type of loading add up is equivalent to one heavy draw appliance but the decision is influenced by determining which one is used more frequently ie fan, common activity lights e.g. kitchen, dining, living, toilets etc. Hope you could have that friend elaborate more. Always something to learn. Thanks for sharing!

Yes something to learn as this is the first time had 3 phase for my house

Finally the front structure extension is completed. Now waiting for the brick walls to go up.

lookin good. got any 3D render?

Unfortunately I don't have that as this is not design by those ID.

Finally walls are coming up.

This post has been edited by sonerin: Jan 30 2016, 03:22 PM

Nice.

Its amazing that you can take snap-shots of the progress.... almost like building a lego.

Keep us posted on your progress...

How much is total burn bro.. seem like a huge budget u have there.

Yeah lucky thing is I stay opposite of my house under Reno. So can see it closely. Will share as it progress and still about 2 more months to go for completion.

I don't exactly know yet the actual amount but this project is budgeted for 350k

Wow.. salute..

Nowadays everything is expensive , I also wish I don't have to spend that much

ok lar....bugger the things you choose not cheap okkk

I already on limited budget

We share the same fate, things are freaking expensive. Ringgit just like banana notes

What to do. So how is your reno going ? Mine currently is in the midst of plastering the walls

Plaster ceiling just finished, started painting. Next in line will be carpentry... All things almost went up by 20-30%, very heart pain...

Oh sounds like is going to be ready soon. Good for you. Yeah price increase quite a lot. Is done, is done. We enjoy the end product 😋

Skylight for master bedroom. Internal wall cement plastering is completed. Now waiting to complete the external walls.

This post has been edited by sonerin: Feb 13 2016, 03:47 PM


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That's a big budget.
Lucky you.
But might as well do everything in one go so I'm sure it's gonna be a great result.

Won't too much sunlight be coming into the room ?

Yes have to have bigger budget to everything or else will always have to think again what to do. The skylight is 8 feet X 4 feet. Is actually very small as the room is 520 sq feet. Anyway will have openable roof system for the skylight. Is up to me control how much light to come in

grill needed for it ? or invisible grill?

No grill at all

Light switch with remote.

I am thinking the same thing for my master room.
Natural sunlight - save electricity. Mine plan to go down to G-floor.
Kinda like skylight tube.



Only concern - if burglar come from roof - how if no grill?
What kind of tempered glass are u using, and how do you control amount of light comes in? (manual?)

I had fixed motorized louvers. So I can control if want sunlight to come in or not

Liking the skylight, thumbs up