Renovation progress - Part 3

Finally the carpentry work is more or less completed....

However we noticed that the dishwasher was not installed correctly. This is how it ended up...the bottom part of the dishwasher dangling! It turned out our carpenter do not know how to install a dishwasher and neither do our ID! We asked our ID and carpenter to visit the Harvey Norman store where we bought our dishwasher so they could see how it was installed and the sales person who sold it to us informed us that he will be able to explain to our ID in detail. Both our ID and carpenter were extremely reluctant to go and we ended up going to Harvey Norman showroom ourselves and took photos and instruction for our ID as we were not willing to delay the project any longer. So much for counting on our ID to go the extra mile!!! This small issue caused us so much stress. But in the end we managed to get it fixed.

More pictures! :)

We bought a new hydroculture plant (maintenance free) for the balcony.

Hacking completed...Tiles up!

Finally all hacking work have been completed and they started to lay the tiles for the kitchen, yard and bathrooms. This is the exciting part for us as the home is starting to take shape :)

Master bathroom

We took a long time to hunt for this bathtub as we needed to find one with specific length and comes with a  middle bath mixer. Most tubs have their mixers at one end or the other. We combed the entire stretch of Balestier road and eventually we found this tub at Sim Siang Choon (Changi) for a bargain price of $400! 

Love how glossy the wall tiles look!

Jovian 50L storage heater which we bought from Wasser Bath for $320.

Study cum guest room

We will add a work station in the right corner

Planter which will be converted to a balcony

Planter after decking

 

Looking towards dining and kitchen area

Mess and stains made by the workers. We complained to our ID many times and it was cleaned up only a month later. By then it left a faint stain on our marble and parquet which could not be removed! :(

Mess again in living room

Touching on the quality of overall work done, I would rate 6.5/10. Well done on the surface but upon closer inspection you will notice a lot of flaws. The ID does not check on the flaws, you have to make sure you inspect everything.