I'll start with my regrets

1) too many downlight (in which over the 8 yrs of living, didnt really utilised much of it)
2) bed frame without stand, dirty at the covered bottom and always hitting the bulky edges
3) didn't change my whole house's piping, still using GI from developer (too naive to trust contractor at that time)

1. un-even wall
2. bad workmanship
3. wood ktichen - should do tile and cement kitchen
3. fully white and black theme - easy dirty while black easy stick with hand print
4. too many tile - should consider epoxy and coating for certain area

wait till anai2 eat all ur wood cabinet ~

using tiled roof....

un-even wall is kinda common among contractors

1. Did not choose a bigger sink, mine is 60cm x 45cm, I should've gotten the 75cm x 45cm.

2. My downlight is still too close to my ceiling fan, causing shadow chopping effect.

3. Not enough plug point

Not enough down light for wet kitchen

Kitchen table top is L shape, not user friendly at the L corner. Should have made angle corner

Didn’t do tinted before add grille

This post has been edited by kennykck: Mar 7 2023, 12:34 PM

how many you have? in what size of wet kitchen?

4000k downlight?

should have asked the contractor to pull dual water supply (city + tank) to my wet kitchen sink, so that when there's a water cut, can still use the tank water to finish the washing

can still do bypass with one way valve

may i know how to do this bypass ya?

Something like this, depend on piping system at your home

i see, but i think this is like by-passing the tank instead?

for me, i would like to have the tank water to come to my wet kitchen sink instead (currently is direct), with a separate stopcock below the sink tap so that i can do the switch over when needed

Same concept, just need to change direction of one way valve from tank to main pipe.

eg: No water at main pipe(low pressure) > water from water tank will push (pressure) > one way valve (open) > water flow through main pipe

Again, depend on piping system maybe need to add another one way valve. The point is, can be done la

Mine
Not enough plug point
Didnt do copper and drain outlet for aircond. Only do wiring lol
Floor tiles deep cleaning and polishing before move in

i see, ok get what you mean. let me talk to my contractor. thanks a lot

1. for this round, i will get a bigger one for sure, forget about dual sink at wet kitchen, less advantage than 1 single
2. i try to minimise my downlight, gonna use more track lighting
3. will add like mad for this, every damm corner

will research on angle corner table top, but i will be doing concrete top most porbably

yupe, this is a requirement i told my plumber.

point noted for the copper and drain outlet, so far i will prepare wiring but the location is just backwall of the house, so drainage shldnt be a problem

only 1 in the middle of kitchen, but it cast a shadow when chopping food. cool white light

didn't skim wall before apply painting. now have to skim and repaint again

U can still DIY add more lighting.

Just get plaster ceiling saw, some wiring for looping and cutter to cut the metal holding plaster ceiling (if any)

purpose to skim wall is if got uneven wall. u dont need to skim if its good.

I missed out network points, it was dialup modem (1515) then! hahaha

yes, normally new home will have uneven wall but not noticeable if white wall without lighting

after painted to other color(light color) with lights on at night, the uneven wall is very obvious that i want to skim it again

very informative

Nice thread

Mine isdidn't redo the tiles for bathroom and it is slippery
Should use stainless steel for grill instead of steel.
Black colour kitchen top which is pain to make it clean and clear

1. regret didn’t do proper roof. Developer gave shit roof and concrete roof always leaking.
2. Neighbour wall shud do up to ceiling. Now 7 ft but still need suffer the stupid neighbour put things on the wall. Look ugly.

Happen on my previous house. Relatives come only keep say wall ugly. Haiz…

What's the reason for wanting to deep clean tiles? Need to mop frequently during the initial stage after moving in?

yes, this will be part of my plan

this is quite annoying actually, especially when u look up the ceiling, it's like waves, need to force contractor to skim and smoothen it, in the case adding fluted wall also will be balanced out

i gave up on grill, go for mesh instead if got budget

priority roof, piping, wiring

after reno complete, no matter how u mop there is still dust unsettled, deep cleaning is hiring a team of ppl to do wipedown on every inch of the house, including L box of plaster ceiling and they will clean it thoroughly, price can quite steep depending on size and height of property

Having no option for cement screed floor and no money to hack off ugly floor tiles

1) If doing any extension of area to existing footprint - don't save on the piling. The pad footing foundation don't work, after the raining season, the newly extended area will set differently from the existing area build by the developer, the crack line on the joint between the extended wall will appear.

2) Kitchen cabinet for the sink bottom , just leave it open without any cabinet door. The area is subjected to high moisture condition, eventually the wooden cabinet will subjected to the mold growth.

1) demolish and re-do if possible, to prevent this joint back problem
2) can do aluminium kitchen frame and door with tiled walls

Definitely need to redo but most likely when the unit is vacant because the piling work & wet work need at least 3-4 months without labor shortage issue.

but you do need to apply right if it's an extension ? iinm, if extension for kitchen macam no need, but if go all the way up to 2nd or 3rd floor, need to submit drawing and get approved by local municipal, concrete cooling off period at least 9 to 12 days

Still need to apply permit for renovation even if it is single storey.

If 2 storeys & above need building plan submission.

hmmmm not too sure on this, currently im doing reno but no submission as i have no extension etc, only internal works

Trusting developer's panel to handle the renovation.

Because most of the time these panel is a new company setup by their heir/relative who probably do not have much experience in this field and they chew up more than they could swallow resulting in super slow work + low quality workmanship/material used.

imo, 2 types of contractor

1) con or quit after certain %
2) con as in workmanship/material, see how much convenient to them

this time i do most purchases myself, edit my own floor plan etc, time consuming but at least i know what im getting

(1) Tried to cut corners when it comes to electrical and plumbing services for building a new house. Contractors subcontracted these work to people with "experiences". As a result, the water pipes burst twice, the electrical lines were broken, and the air-con piping was damaged due to hacking for rework. Now, I am concerned about the wardrobe cabinet.
(2) Neglected to verify the dimensions of the washing basins intended for the bathroom, which led to the construction of a 150mm wide box-up. Consequently, only 330mm remained for the basin area.
(3) Did not carefully consider the end results wanted and have too many VOs. Initially intended to retain a portion of the old house, but later discovered that the ceiling height was inadequate for this purpose. This resulted in a waste of both time and money.