Hi all,

I am a new house owner and got a few questions that I don’t understand.

The house is a small landed house.
1. I saw many of my friends opted for the built in oven and microwave. The standalone oven or microwave is way a lot cheaper than the built in one. So why not create a gap in the cabinet that is big enough to place the standalone in it, it is easier to repair or change a new one when spoil. What is the benefits of getting a more expensive built in oven and microwave?

2. Many of the landed houses also purchase the LG washing tower which is a washing machine below and a dryer at the top. In a condo it make sense due to space contraints and strata rules of not allowing to dry clothes outside the balcony or on windows. But does having a dryer make sense in our climate in a landed house? What do you think?

3. This is the same as the first question. The built in gas stove is way pricier and harder to change and repair compares to the standalone gas stove. So why not just buy the standalone gas stove if opting for gas? Unless if it is electricity type then I can understand.

4. Any advice on which type of cooker hob is good for landed house? I heard the recirculating type is not as good extraction type. Condo opted for recirculating hood because they can’t install external ducting. So in this case, it is better for me to opt for extraction hood? Is it really the case?

5. Bed is one of the most important element in our life as we spent a quarter of our life every days sleeping on bed. What will be then important criteria that a bed shall have for you? What is a good bed? I asked because just by laying on the bed for 5 min at the showroom, I can’t tell whether it is a good bed and I do not know what makes a good bed.

I am worry of been telan hidup hidup by salesperson 😞 if you have any experiences of the above please share. Not necessarily must have all the experiences on the above questions only share, can share any experiences you have on any questions too.

Thank you so much

1. Looks cool and neat. Seriously.

2. Dude, you need to dry your cloths. If you can't hang outside and don't have dryer, where you want to put your cloths to dry???

3. Same as 1.

4. Extraction hood is always better. Go for it.

5. For me, a HARD bed with double pocketed spring is a must. Anything else weird rubber whatever, i don't want. There are 2 things i must have. A good bed and a good pair of shoes. Underwear got lubang i still wear. Not like anyone can see.

This post has been edited by CommodoreAmiga: May 17 2025, 09:24 PM

gas cooker hob rarely spoils unless you're looking at induction. you're right, it's more practical to have standalone microwave oven. dryer is not cheap to operator even those vented type. if your landed house has space for you to hang or dry your clothes, just skip the dryer.

1. get standalone. forget about the built in oven unless u like to bake.
2. get a vented dryer. <1000 only. its a plan B when rain heavy. you can start without the dryer. washing machine try get front load then you can easily stack dryer on top.
top load washing machine is always cheaper and less headache compare to front load though.

3. built in is ok. but make sure you get stainless steel. not glass.

4. get the highest baddest CFM you can afford.

5. start with hard supportive bed. soft bed is not good for spine.
if too hard you can always add a soft topper.

1. look nicer.

2. U can prepare venting duct just similar to kitchen hood venting. Trust me once u use dryer u will not go back to hand drying, also not forgetting to mention clothes out from dryer does not need to be iron anymore.

3.same as 1st answer, it look nicer. easier to clean and can even say space saving.
Also if u using standalone stove u will have to lower the cabinet top probably by 5-7 inch otherwise ur cabinet top + stove will be quite high when u cooking time arms will sore. unless your cooking area just purely for cooking.

4. if ur cooking is chinese style with alot of smokes and oil best opt for ducting. if cooking towards western style very less smoke u may opt for recyle.

5. bedding is 1 of the most hardest thing to choose. i opt for coconut fiber becoz it is hard enough for support yes quite comfy. not to mention also less attract bed bug.

This post has been edited by WaCKy-Angel: May 17 2025, 10:37 PM

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