This is a double storey intermediate terrace built in the 1960's at the heart of Kuching, Sarawak. It's less than 5 minutes drive away from Sarawak General Hospital (3.5km), and 10-15 minutes away from Kuching International airport (6.7km). Nearby amenities include Swinburne university (2.5km), primary school (2.6km), secondary school (3km), govt teaching academy (3.6km), The Spring megamall (5km), Boulevard Megamall (3km), Cityone Megamall (3km), JKR Sarawak HQ office (2.6km), and also close vicinity to CBD of Padungan/Riverside area of Kuching (6km). The house is registered on a perpetuity land title of 999 years (quite rare these days in Kuching), and it comes with an extended kitchen + bathroom.

Specs:
Landsize - 4.2 points
Built size - 1700sqft (2 floors)
4 rooms (3 upstairs, 1 downstairs)
3 toilets (2 bathrooms, 1 wc)
Park up to 2 cars

Structurally sound and solid for the original house, and extended portion is not too bad either. No cracks on the floor, minor cracks on the joint part of the wall with the original house structure. Fully wooden structure on the 1st floor, no termites on original structures including roof beam, wooden flooring, and wall structures on 1st floor. No leakage on the roof, except for the transparent polycarbonate sheet that was broken due to oxidization, weather, etc.

Overall condition, the house is well taken care of by the previous owner, no major structural damage, foundation was solid for the original structure, I'd rate it around 7/10.


Job scope:

1. Transparent roof sheet replacement
2. Filling up walls and touching up holes
3. Fix pipe leackages
4. Replacing damaged gutter
5. 2 WC replacement
6. Basin installation
7. Electrical works and rewiring entire house
8. Painting whole house
9. Painting spandex roof
10. Plumbing works, installation of water tank and pump, replacing old iron pipes to PVC
11. SPC flooring
12. Redo and insulate partitions
13. Extending pillar height
14. Unclog pipes and servicing manhole

Duration of works: ~12 weeks
Total cost of renovation + loose furnitures: RM50k
Purpose: Rental Investment (Rented in 7 days upon advertising)

Next project


Before renovation:










This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Dec 30 2022, 03:42 PM

Before Photos:











This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Nov 18 2021, 01:28 PM

In progress,

Painting roof with undercoat and roof seal.






Replacing new gutter.



Extending pillar, to install pillar lights later.



This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Nov 18 2021, 02:05 PM

In progress,

Removing the old cardboard walls carefully, stuffing in glass wool for sound insulation, and reinstalling back the old cardboard walls, then last layer gypsum board. For 1st floor, all the electrical wirings are concealed in ceiling and wall partition.











Plastering the gaps to make the walls seemless.


Entire process took 3 days and 5 workers to complete.

This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Nov 18 2021, 02:08 PM

In progress

Removing and replacing iron pipes to PVC pipes.


Notice the thick timber trusses, no termites and still very solid after half a century. One of the perks of buying old houses.

Installing water tank and water pump.


Rerouting PVC pipes in the bathroom.


Mid-section/dining room of the house done painting 1st layer, with Nippon Matex.


Current state of the living room, done painting 1st layer.


Painting 1st floor, total 3 layers of Matex emulsion paint for the gypsum board partitions.




Lights are up for ground floor. All LED tubes, with exposed/unconcealed pipings.



This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Nov 18 2021, 02:16 PM

In progress

Lights are up.


1st floor rooms painted. Now waiting for SPC flooring to be installed.



Painting (priming outdoor walls after washing)


Unclogging pipes and servicing manholes




This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Nov 24 2021, 09:34 AM

In progress

While installing SPC Flooring, encountered some issues including doors too low and uneven partition, hence some shaving and door modding needed.










This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Nov 24 2021, 10:21 PM

In Progress

Final delivery of furniture, paint touching up, and cleaning up












This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Dec 23 2021, 04:59 PM

Final Results













This post has been edited by Michaelbyz23: Dec 23 2021, 05:06 PM

It might be cooler to have the roof painted a brighter colour or bright chrome to reflect heat

Don't think there's a chrome color roof seal or paint.
They only have matte or glossy type.

Final results

How much this renovation cost?

Including loose furniture RM50k.

Water tank area to water proof wall and especially the flooring..? I DIY mine years ago with help of my son... Pentens T007 followed by T200 triple layer which incl all other exposed area to sun on the roof top and partition wall separating my neighbours. Recent heavy rain still holding on well with no leaks while many of my neighbours experienced leaks.


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Quick update:
Unit is rented out already. In just 7 days of listing

why still using zinc roof ??.. Not noisy meh when raining ??