Reno Journey - Review on Storation LLP

Assalammu'alaikum family, friends, readers and followers of this blog. Once again, another part of my reno journey kindda review to write! Alhamdulillah..

Storation LLP
563 Seranggoon Road

Person who was in-charge for mine: Delwin

I got to know of this company via the facebook group I was in which gathers all of those who are going to reside in Keat Hong, and where we all share good deals, or bulk purchase to join along for better pricing. As such it was supposed to be another member who was suppose to gather the names of those who are interested to get the bulk discount, but she dropped the idea thinking there is not enough demand, so a friend and I decide to just take it off from there and my friend managed to gather over 20 units and so we qualified for a good 20% discount. Awesome!

So my friend arranged a nice list for the guy in charge to get in touch with for an on-site measurement and to seal the deal. We first met him on 16th April, I set an appointment at 2pm but he was early and greeted me at the door at 1.30pm and got along with the measurement.

There are three types basically, steel frames with (a)chipboard shelving, (b)plywood shelving and (c)steel shelving. So we chose to have ours with the steel shelving. There are also two heights that we can do, a 4 tier up to 1.8m high or a 5 tier up to 2.1m high, we chose the latter.

Price was good, and I have honestly look around and compare with all the flyers lying around the house, and I couldn't find anyone who had a better price tag for the exact measurement and height and options I chose. So we are happy and agreed to the price and will contact him again to get the shelving installed, probably once the renovation is over.

End May, I contacted him to ask if he can come down on 14th May 2016 to get it installed, and chose the color for our shelving, I wanted Black and Red, but Red is not available. I asked for Blue, but Blue is only in the vertical poles and not the panels. So in the end I picked solid black.

The guys were punctual like Delvin, and got right to work immediately. And this is the outcome!

Oh I am in love! We didn't wait and had things piled up to be stored right away. I like the sturdiness, and the sleek look a solid black gives.

For the prompt, punctual and awesome job, you guys deserve a 4 star out of 5, for there will always be room to improve, and one of it is to have more color options. I am sure this will be in the future pipeline. And I will be looking forward to Red, because Red goes with Black very nicely! :)

Good Job, Storation LLP! And thank you for the great service! Keep it up!

A happy customer,
Jun

Wassalam

Reno Journey - Review on Curtain On

Assalammu'alaikum family, friends, readers and followers of this blog. This is part of my Reno Journey entry and it is a review as well, so... If you are looking at installing curtain rods, tracks and customized made to measure curtains.. Here is my personal, and very honest review on Curtain On.

Curtain On Pte Ltd
1, Queensway #03-01K
Queensway Shopping Centre

Person whom I liased with : Krissy Chen

My first walk in was 1st week of April, I took Krissy's card and subsequently emailed her to estimate the cost of just curtain rods installation. She was prompt at replying, and I am impressed. She sounded like a person who make all decisions, and looked very ready for the job.

I emailed another curtain specialist company to just have the feel and compare, the person replying my email does not make any decision having to reply me twice each time, one to notify me that my query is attended to, and that she will get back to me after passing the query to her specialist team. She couldn't slot me in a date/time I want and keep scheduling me for a weekday slot, which I told her in two separate replies that I can only make it on Saturdays before scheduling me up.

Needless to say, I picked Curtain On to do my curtains and deal with her right away after the on-site measurement and more precise quotation. We went on to schedule an appointment the following Monday to view the curtain fabrics, styles and what not.

18th April 2016,

She texted me to confirm our appointment. And we met, and she let us in her showroom - it isn't very spacious so it fits just one appointment at any one time, so do be on time. :) She allowed us to browse the curtains on display on our own, and one day curtain strike the love chord in my husband's eyes. Hehe..

She pulled out a few fabric albums for us to choose and let us know and assure us that these selected ones are machine washable with no need for any special care. Oh great! She highlighted to us the ones that are not dim-out, and which ones are. So informative. She even advice us on the styles we want against practicality, which is very very appreciated.

Krissy seemed to be a very friendly and well informed person for the job, and we felt very much like family in her presence. She treated us well, gave advice, and oh so warm a welcome!

19th April 2016,

Krissy texted me to inform that the ones I chose for our rooms are not 100% dim out, just 80% due to the color choice, and asked if we are okay or if we want to choose another option.

You see not many go this extra mile to inform you and asking if it is okay, she made a point in case we made a mistake in choosing, and making sure we are okay before she proceed to send to her sewist. How nice, right?

14th May 2016

Installation Day.
I just stood in awe while the man did all the job himself.

Krissy came when he was done with the last bit, and as usual greeted all of us cheerfully. She took photos of all the rooms and I promised to recommend her to my friends, so here it is!

It is was beautifully done! Thank you Krissy, and the whole team at Curtain On!

Indded, a good job well done!

A very happy customer,
Jun

Wassalam

Renovation Journey Week 5, 6 & 7

Assalammu'alaikum family, friends, readers and followers of this blog. I know and well aware that I've been blogging about my new flat, but oh well, I can't help it...

And here is the continuation of Week 5:

Week 5:

On 6th May, my dad departed to meet our Creator.. Just suddenly.. And everything we planned was put on halt. We could hardly move forward. Another entry for my late father later on. I shall brave myself to complete this entry. Forgive us for the lack of photos as we were pretty down to be taking happy photos..

Uncle Heng called us to check on our flat to see if he miss any instruction. An indication that out flat is at least 95% ready. Since we face this along with our dad's demise, we put it on hold for later.

My husband took the courage to just check it out whilst my sisters, nieces, nephews and other relatives accompany my mourning mom. He returned and showed me the video of the house. It is very complete, except for the missing door bell, the service yard door still intact, the gas still unconnected and the drill for our wall clocks not done. So this message was relayed to Uncle Heng, and it should all be done by end of next week.

Master Bedroom- Built-in Drawer & Wardrobe

Mom's Built-in Wardrobe

Solid Top on sink

Solid top on Stove

Solid Top on opposite side

Sewing Activity Room Built-in

Sewing Activity Room Built-in

Sewing Activity Room Built-in

Week 6:

We had to go over on 14th May as a lot of our deliveries were scheduled on that day. Happy that there is a doorbell, our service yard door removed. But our gas is still unconnected. Uncle Heng came along too to collect the balance of the payment due.

And so did Starhub to fix our wifi, cable tv and telephone. And along came our curtains, dining table set, store shelfing installation and my delivery for fabric and interfacing. Our mom's bed didn't arrive till it is too late. So I threw a fuss and it got rescheduled for the 21st. Hold your anger and welcome our progress for now:

Curtains in Living Room

Curtains in Mom's Room

Curtains in Living Room

Review on our Curtain suppllier and installer to follow soon. :)

Solid Steel in Black 

Boltless Shelving Rack in Household Shelter

Review of Storation LLP will follow soon after. :)

We bought refrigerator, washing machine and TV on Friday night (13th) and scheduled for delivery on 15th. So we returned again on Sunday and got things set up a little. The game corner set up, the main TV area set up, we even got a kettle from Mama H so we can have a hot drink. So now, this house is slowly warming up to be our Home Sweet Home despite the sadness that enveloped us.

Refridgerator in the Service Yard

Front Load Wasing Machine in Service Yard (option to get dryer stacked on)

Main TV Console in Living Room

My aunt asked if I wanted the Arabic Calligraphy in her house (she has shifted to stay with my cousin so her house will be empty and getting ready for rental thus the giveaway), as she noticed my home taking shape into the natural theme of wood, and such.

There are a few more that we didn't put up as we lacked screws to drill.

Week 7:

19th May 2016, Uncle Heng called to say it is 100% complete on his side and that we can now lock our doors with our own personal locks. Yeay!! As of now, we are just moving forward to setting it all up to move-in condition.. So here's the photo updates, as much as I can provide..

Bed in Mom's room

Our 3+2 Sofa Set which comes with Coffee Table and Side Table

Sisters sorting my photo album. Hehe..

It is sad to end my Reno Journey, but I guess it will not be the last entry on my new flat. :) More things will be in to warm it up to a Home... And to just help me tide the withdrawal, I shall be writing reviews on all the companies that helped me breeze the whole Reno Journey.

Until I blog again,
Jun

Wassalam

Renovation Journey Week 4

Assalammu'alaikum family, friends, readers and followers of this blog. I know and well aware that I've been blogging about my new flat, but oh well, I can't help it...

And here is the continuation of Week 4:

Week 4:

Uncle Heng called on 29th April morning to ask about which lights go where and had me overly excited I texted Mr Husband to get his bum there during his lunch break since he was on course at BBDC, which is just 2-3 junctions away.. And he fed me with pictures (lots of it! All 12-13 lighting with on and off! So I do you guys mercy and just share some ok!) and that totally got me off focus at work. 

I felt like leaving the office and be there, but I wasnt born rich, I didnt inherit lifetime monies, so that didnt happen, I thought I'd just go the next day to paint, but the husband said "Let's go over and paint a little"

Aww hun.. he knows I was too excited and seeing it would subside my excitement so I'd be sane the weekend. How can I not love Mr Husband?

I love the mirror! They helped put on screws to hang it up straight and nice. :)

And so we set out to paint, paint, paint and paint every wall Green! And I paint too ok! My dad keep praising the husband for painting the house and forget me altogether. How could you?

See, I paint too!

Almost done.. Probably need another day or two to complete it 100%. Oh I cant wait for the other built-ins to be installed.. So looking forward!

Oh! We went furniture shopping on 30th April. We got ourselves a 3+2 sofa set that comes with a coffee table and side table for a good price of $798 at Choice Furniture. We went to the Hillview Branch and was greeted warmly by Jacqueline and although a little on a pushy side, she was very friendly, helpful and very caring towards my parents. My mom decide to get the bed and mattress from them as well. And delivery was arranged to be on 14th May.

We were suppose to return for another bed set, but Mr Husband wasn't very keen to spend without really knowing if his bank balance would allow for it. We were expecting extras but still, we wouldn't want to risk it. We are afterall going on a zero loan mission on our very first home. Well except for the HDB Loan lah, even that we are trying to cut a few years short.

Anyways, back to the home.. We returned to complete our painting on 4th May... So May the Force be with us eh.. Hehe...

And.. our built-in wardrobes are stored in our rooms... which means.. it will get installed very soon, which means... we are getting REAL close to completion...

Oh I can't wait for the weekend!

More coming on in Week 5 I hope!

A happy flat owner,
Jun

Wassalam

My Reno Journey Week 3

Assalammu'alaikum family, friends, readers and followers of this blog. I know and well aware that I've been blogging about my new flat, but oh well, I can't help it... This is a continuation from this entry.

And so here is the continuation of Week 3 (yes too excited to wait and blog together with Week 4!):

Week 3:

We dropped by a few times and not much has changed except these few, for relocation of the power, and gas pipe installation..

We scheduled to meet Uncle Heng, so we can put a deposit to his work (because paying tens of thousands in lump sum kindda scare us). We decided to just paint the house while reno is ongoing, well at least paint those areas where built-in will go on first.

We went on to choose what colour to paint our house and somewhat agree on Green, so husband went about testing is the ladder at home could fit in the car so we can but the right size, and we set off to shop for paint and everything necessary.

We flipped straight to the greens....

And we chose Lime Frizz.

I was kind of worried if it will be too dark or too bright because I have only lived in white walls all my life, and just got accustomed to blue walls, and now green.. Oh let's see when we roll the first coat on our first wall..

And so, Saturday came and we were getting ready to paint the house, I head down to the new place by public meeting husband there, we set the appt with Uncle Heng at 4pm.

So I set myself to sweep and mop the place clean, and stuff... And we set ourselves to paint..

Uncle Heng arrived shortly while we were starting to paint, and so we asked him when the carpentry works will start coming in. He said it will come by Monday or Tuesday and thereafter take about 1 week for everything else to fall in place.

Yes, it shocked us too.. SO FAST?? And so our first deposit is paid and we continued painting the house Green... Here comes..

Actually, I am starting to love Green now!

 We didnt get much done that day with Baby M awake and the sun setting down quick, as you would have known my husband has night blindness, so ya.. we just got the first coat in our room, and set off to head home.

Painting continue on Sunday, 24th April. And I am still in love with this Green.

Yup. Bright and lively! 

Oh we had company that weekend.

Baby M behaved really well through the many hours of us painting the house. Well the first 2-3 hours she was asleep, but it helped us move along quicker and just in time for us to rest when she woke up.

We then took turns, me painting the bottom half, and husband painting the top half, then switched so he can rest and I can do the second coat of bottom half, and then I rest and he do the second coat of top half. It kindda worked well with us and we move relatively quick to finish all the rooms with built-in and mind you, my sewing room has a good 2.5 walls to paint! The rest with 1.5 walls to paint and the living room has 2.5 walls as well. And we managed!

We couldnt wait for the carpentry to come by so we decided to just walk around malls to see if there is any good deals to grab, particularly, husband is looking for a 32" TV for the game corner. And we walked and walked and saw a lot of $319-$350 deals, and were discussing if we should get it now or later or what.. And then we walked in Courts and guess what? A Sharp Aquos 32" for just $299, and sale is ending soon, and we sort of counted about 15 units unnamed, so husband made a quick decision to just grab it home. Haha..

When we got to our new place, there was no changes, and so we doubted for a bit, but I said maybe it was raining so delivery didnt take place today, perhaps tomorrow.

Well tomorrow was too tired, So we dropped by on Wednesday 27th April and were greeted by these! I screamed alright!

Yeay! Even the hob and sink is installed!

Yup no solid top yet.. 

Oh I am in love!!!

Definitely love the classic wood touch

Yup. Classical wood touch!

Our Main Living Room TV Console

Our Game Corner TV Console

So I was asked why I took the full console instead of the hanging one which is suppose to give a bigger space illusion. Well, first, it is my house, so I picked what I like. Second, my household is not made of majority healthy clean freaks and I hate clutters! And if you give that space beneath the console, it is very likely to be filled with I-dunno-what and made cleaning hard for me! So NO thank you unless you are coming by everyday to clean my house for me. So THANK YOU!

Ah.. Now.. Let's see what Week 4 will greet us with... I hope the sewing ACTIVITY room will take shape along with the two built-in wardrobes and the chest of drawers, then the lights and the fans.. OOOooo I am excited..