PSA on electrical safety since you haven't started anything.

For water heater safety
WH circuit if you are redoing the wiring for it, use 4.0mm² cables per ST spec.
Good cables from Mega Kabel/Caramay/Fajar Cable cost more. But they are "cheng liu" with all the SIRIM legit certification.
There are elcheapo/fake cables at half price I also don't dare to install in customer premises. Safety first.

More importantly each WH circuit (basically each unit) need its own 10mA RCD/RCBO 0.01A (NOT 0.1A).
Check DB box to see if such thing exist.

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Having a 10mA RCD fitted will prevent the likelihood of becoming news material.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/m...e-having-shower
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...c-shock/1896447
For whole house electrical safety
Per ST (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) regulations - to be fully compliant - you should use a 30mA whole house high sensitivity RCD (0.03A NOT 0.3A) for human life safety.

100mA & 300mA RCDs should only be used in commercial/industrial as they are NOT very useful to protect human life
They are commonly fitted in residential as they are indeed cheap coz less sensitive and they are only good for preventing building from catching fire.

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PSA on your 1F yard extension wall design.

Remember kids can and will climb over anything when you are not watching for a moment.
Pls use ONLY either:
solid wall or VERTICAL elements if you are putting in metal rails.

HORIZONTAL elements have been outlawed in the US, UK for staircase railings and safety barriers.
However this is from a newly VPed high-rise project  see the danger?

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Hi there, replying to your post because I am also in the process of designing my new house (double storey terrace) with VP expected around mid May (may be June now due to MCO3.0) and also because I plan to buy a new corgi or Golden for my new house! 

I am not sure when the VP for your house is, but I can tell you after recent surveying prices really gone up big! I guess when it comes to house renovation it is pretty price inelastic. Now materials etc in shortage and prices gone up, also people are hungry for a while so they will want their fair share of profit too. I would think next year prices will go up more... So for your RM80k, I think maybe not enough if you intend to engage ID. If you can engage separate contractors at a cheaper price than an ID, my advise is to do it yourself since you pretty much have an idea of what to do. Having ID without the budget might mean your house will be restricted. Unless you need the ID to coordinate activities between the contractors, aka acting as the PM and Quality Assurance Manager.

2. We decided not to renovate our other 2 bedrooms.


I am in the same position as you. 2 to 3 of the rooms will not have anyone staying in. But in the end I decided to go ahead with simple renovations like cabinet, bed, fans and aircon. Reason being lazy to do it later and also the aircon pipes already pre-built. Might as well do it all.

3. We decided not to do any tiling for our yard space, will put artificial grass on top.

Not sure how is your yard at the moment. If your yard has grass on it, it will involve costs to remove them and lay the artificial grass. And good artificial grass that you engage outside vendors to do will not be cheap! You might be surprise simple tiles maybe not much more expensive.

I think things might change after you get your keys eventually, as I mentioned earlier prices really going up. And yes you need to include clean up costs. But why do you need paint when your unit is new? Unless you prefer another colour.

A couple of questions if you don't mind.

1. Your kitchen is aluminum or wood? If IKEA I don't think they have aluminum. I think your kitchen budget is almost there, but your hood and hub I think on the lower side.
2. Your ceiling fan only RM180? How come so cheap? The one I am eyeing Panasonic DC with LED around RM700 to RM740. If you always on your fan, better get one with DC motor.
3. May I know who you engaging for your bathroom cabinet? It seems I need to check if my kitchen and wardrobe cabinet suppliers do bathroom one or not. I missed out on this.
4. You might want to consider costs of water filter, not cheap. POE and POU add up can be around 1 to 3k depending on what you choose.
5. Your costs for lightning includes ceiling plaster?

Seems to me some of your items are reasonably priced but some seems on the low side. Anyway good thread and good luck to you. I only ask questions in this forum on some of the thing, but lazy to do what you do! LOL.

Most welcome. Good to know you've got someone competent to handle the electrical works. 
DC pump WH is better than AC. AC pump always noisier than the DC pump.

However if water pressure is good enough (this one really need to bring a hose to test on site) i.e. using just your thumb [fingerprint, not stuffing the thumb inside the hose ] to cover the water flow, try to stop the water, then you may NOT need a pump model.

> If you can stop the water with your thumb = water pressure weak. Get WH pump model.

> If it is virtually impossible to stop the water with your thumb = water pressure good. WH pump optional.

Hmm... make sure your corgi doesn't shit or urinate on the artificial grass, especially good quality one!  Yes those I see in Jusco also not expensive. But if you want perfect fit then those pieces not big enough.

1. Price range for Kitchen cabinet really depends on the length and top bottom cabinets/material. You see those advertise for less than 10k one, you have to see the real quality of material used before you can decide.
2. According to sales person, 5 blade supposed to have more wind and quieter. Another guy selling 3 blades claim the same. Currently I am using Rubine 3 blades DC motor, very quiet and good. So I still thinking if I should try the Panasonic ones.
4. What about outdoor filter?
5. Your downlight Yeelight seems atas. Even got wifi! lol. You plan to do smart home?

My wet kitchen full height wall tiles cost me RM3-4k alone.

Also you seems like missed out curtain/windows blind for other rooms and house grille.

Installed kdk sensa 4 and 5 in throughout my house. Damn happy with it. Looks amazing too. Modern. But pay premium la vs others.

My yard is only half concrete wall height (the other upper half wall is grille only) and i wanted to do full height tiles for easy cleaning purpose. My contractor suggested me to redo all tiles (with modern tiles design)  since there is not much original tiles left after doing the wet works, concrete table top, and replace the upper half wall grille with concrete. Best decision i made so far as the end result is very nice.

Tiles are produced by batch and different batch will have slightly different color. Also it is hard to get back exact same tiles design after a year or two due to design phase out. If you are not picky on the color variation then you may go ahead with your initial plan.

Never skip the house grille unless you live in high security GnG area like Setia Ecopark. Normal GnG security only requires visitor to register their name and IC, and some even let them go in with a bag of nasi lemak.

your design look nice but you may have ventilation issue without windows, also consider privacy issue too. Maintenance wise maybe harder due to mold and algae on the joining area outside.

My kitchen top is concrete with tiles, the issue is just watermark so pick tiles that is not so glossy to minimize this.

hi , may i know how height you extending your yard wall ? i think 5ft is the max allow ? or we actually able to apply permit more than that ?

Understandably some of you are excited about renovation and then moving in the home asap. Whether homebuyers are aware or not, their homes have 24 months defects warranty after receiving the keys.

During warranty period, thoroughly check the your new house, prepare and submit defects to the developer for rectification before you carry out renovations. Your renovations could result in defects to the house, which developer will be unlikely to fix for you or make claims complicated.

The best is wait for the defects liability period to lapse before renovating as some defects may surface many months after you received the house keys, unless you don't wish to make any defects claims.

80k definitely sufficient to hire ID to handle kitchen, living hall & masterbedroom for you.. you could find more reference photos and talk with different ID, they can come up with better ideas throughout discussion if you have 80k budget..

Priority of renovation works:
1. Wiring plan
    a. Your plug point location/usage: e.g. how many appliances on kitchen top, how many devices on tv appliances, double pole switch required? modem, router, location.. robot cleaner? TV audio system? playstation? charging point? dining area?
    b. your preferred lighting style? simple - full LED downlight/eyeball.. Pendant light?! crystal light?! fan location..
    c. CCTV position? wiring works.. how many unit needed?

You need to sort out all these things when go for discussion.. a lot of fancy things but you need all these plugs for your usage.. some people house do not have sufficient plug/distance too far.. they bought vacuum cleaner and cant reach certain area such as walkway.. need add long extension..

2. AC piping route + plaster ceiling conceal
    a. if AC piping can back to back is the best.. try not to conceal inside your wall.. i prefer external & cover with white pvc casing.. some AC conceal works done badly and you need spend extra money for water leak whatever issues..
3. kitchen do you need top cabinet? what do you plan to have and keep.. island needed? closed style/open style.. if closed, aluminium sliding door?!
4. cabinet (TV, storage, shoes, wardrobe) - costly part if customize.. but useful.. you could plan what kind of devices/items you will have.. any place to keep? anything to display? some ppl keep luggage/xmas tree/deco item/vaccum handheld (dyson) and etc..

5. toilet sink cabinet must do.. for you to keep extra new tissue rolls, supplies.. all toilet tools & accessories are expensive but 1 time off..

Hi and congrats for your new house!

Just a few things I noticed on your budget:
1. Your painting budget is grossly under budget, FYI, the typical quotation for 24 x 72 terrace is about 2-3k for material, and about 2-3k for workmanship. Typical quotation i get is about 6k to 9k all in, interior only.
2. Electrical work also super under budget, for typical terrace, it normally run from 4-6k for min work, mine is close to 8-9k range because I added a shit lot of new points. But you really NEEEEEED to add points at your TV console area and kitchen. How I plan is that I write down every single appliances that I current and will own for each location and count how many points I need. And you need to add quite a lot more new points for lights as well. Also, look at your current house, see what appliances you have, count the points and plan their location. Plus, talk to your friends who just moved to a new house, ask what they find useful, and what they regretted, high chance you will feel the same.
3. My staircase storage cabinet + hidden door for store room cost me 10-14k, based on 2 quotation i have on hand. But if you buy shelves and DIY then it might be within 2k budget. But even for my in storeroom shelves, using the IKEA planner for BVOR and IVAR systems, it already cost me close to 2k
4. Ceiling fan as per previous discussion, probably try to avoid the cheapest product from KDK and panasonic. Seems like review not so good. I'm using ALPHA VC3, I remember it's about 300+ each, dont look down on the 3 blade design, it's actually really windy and quiet, I've tested on different ceiling height in all rooms of my house
5. Aircon be prepared to add 150~250 for installation, each.
6. Awning need to bump up to 2k+, I remember avg i get is about 15~18 RM per sqft, your house 20 ft, you definitely need about 6 to 8 feet of awning, can do your maths. I park my car as per how I would normally do, and measure how much awning i need, if possible add a bit more allowance, you have to consider that in times of heavy rain, the rain do drop straight, they get blown in, your wife and future baby will hate you.
7. Kitchen hood becareful, my brother and a friend of mine bought a cheapo model, and their feedback is that it's as good as useless. So you dont want to end up spending lesser on a useless piece of shit
8. Yard security door probably around 1k+

Things to consider:
1. How's the security for your housing area? If it's not good enough to make you feel secured, you will need to pay more for grilles or even high performance window or glass doors. Security door or solid wood door is super duper expensive.
2. Follow up on security, need to consider if you need CCTV and alarm system? Probably cost your 2-3k each.
3. Autogate can be expensive
4. Curtain can be expensive, typical quote for terrace house looking at 2-3k, depending on size and material

Advise:
1. To save money, buy things from taobao. Lights, kitchen sink, toilet accessories. These 3 you can quite safely buy from taobao, but do your homework, find reputable shop. You can save a lot and have a wider range of product to pick from.
2. more power socket, more more more...
3. If possible, dont buy the cheapest model in the range, unless you have friends who can give a honest review, I heard enough stories from my friend buying cheapest shit from any brand and curse when it is just as good as shit.
4. Spend more time to do homework, the more homework you do, the more you save. Know the price of everything you wanna buy so you know the vendor/shopee/lazada is not shitting on you with their "80% discount", whereby the discounted price is just their usual discount price. I started planning once i signed SNP, within the 2 years while waiting for my house, I actually got most of my appliances at a really good discounted rate.
5. If your developer is not ECOWORLD, pay 1k+ to get a reputable defect inspector, this is really like buying insurance for defect because they can really find more defects than you do, plus they are better at sniffing and f`ing your developer's contractor when they try to bullshit with you. contractors are full of bullshit. 
I've attached the pricing guideline from my current contractor, please note that, price varies from state to state, company to company. And this quotation I have is considered to be on the mid low end already as compared to other quotation I've access to.

1. [COLOR=red]great.. you should consider different router for double storey house.. (mesh router as e.g.) the location of router and plug point too.. [COLOR=red]
2. [COLOR=red]plaster ceiling is something i would recommend you to do.. surface downlight doesnt mean bad, but lighting could deliver different environment feeling to you.. you could have different switch for different lighting kelvin.. yellow, white, conceal light & etc..[COLOR=red]
3.
[COLOR=red]Island will cost a bomb if you need a basin there.. but just island for storage purpose, not that high.. but really need to figure day to day usage.. top cabinet usually keep snacks, drinks, cooking ingredients & etc.. bottom cabinet usually keep something heavier like plate, cooking utensil and appliances.. got depth of cabinet is definitely bigger[COLOR=red]

paint must redo if got extra budget.. cause usually you will feel powderish from developer.. use some odorless paint will help to remove those things and smell.. btw, do you have any idea how to split your 80k budget? cause you need to set up your expectation & priorities accordingly..

if 80k include all electrical appliances, air cond, mattress, furnitures~~ hmm..

After 3 twist in sockets (estimated 110 each) can already buy a Bosch rotary hammer to dig the hole for more sockets if you do the traditional hacking and looping
Its still limited by your cable sizing from DB, as what those tracks alao doing are essentially high class looping.

Nope. Way cheaper to do the traditional way, even if you use universal socket also way way way way way cheaper.

Q1: it doesn't really tie to the house size. It tie to ur SoW. Depends on what will be hacked out. In my condo almost everyone here is 1200sf or bigger and they only use 1 bin. Unless you also plan to throw our bulky old sofas too. Anyhow bin tull already still can order a 2nd load. No issue.

Q2. Can be just the price of one vacuum cleaner if DIY. Sand and other big stones can sweep. Bur vac will condemn with the fine dust.

When you mentioned compulsory, is it because of MC JMB requirements ? Otherwise 1 will do. Having 2 also you need space to place it. Your contractor will advise.

Normally suppliers/contractors will be responsible for the disposal after completion and is included in the reno cost, unless otherwise agreed prior.

You can engage someone to clean. Pay her 100 or more if is very dirty and you provide materials. Many now looking for work, locals and foreigners. If you are worried of covid, then diy.