My Little Renovation Book

kathros — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:06:35 +0800

I had finally decided to settle down with my fiance and bought ourselves a little place to call home at Nobat 2 Bukit Raja.
As we are also getting married couple of months after moving in, we had a very very very super duper tight budget. I am hopeful that some of the experts here could kindly give me a few pointers should I make any wrong decisions. Additionally, this post is to share the little experience I am getting in my journey to being a new home owner.

A detailed breakdown of my renovation works and it's cost ( A whooping RM 58,900 ) :-

1 To demolish the wall of the room and to clean and cart debris to the tong RORO. To hack the wall at the master bedroom to create a new walk in wardrobe Tong RORO provided by contractor 1,800.00

2 Kitchen Works
2.1 To excavate the soil behind the unit, to provide a new ground beam to support the lightweight bricks, to plaster wall and to provide a new reinforced concrete slab, come with cement render finish. To construct a wall for the new store room and to
reuse the existing door. 6,800.00
2.2 To provide a new window frame and to reuse the back window. 150.00
2.3 To provide a new beam at kitchen entrance to support top bricks works come with plaster finish 1,900.00
2.4 To provide aluminium sliding door entrance to the kitchen. 730.00
2.5 To provide a 7ft by 4ft glass at dining area 1,100.00

3 Plaster Ceiling Works
3.1 To provide plaster ceiling for the whole of ground floor and walk in wardrobe area 2,900.00
3.2 To provide light through for the plaster ceiling (2 cove & 1 curtain pelmet) 2,400.00

4 Metal works
4.1 To provide M.S Hollow section grills for all window area 1,700.00
4.2 To provide M.S Hollow sliding grills at the living room area 1,300.00
4.3 To provide M.S Hollow section grills door at kitchen & main door 450.00
4.4 To fix MS hollow section as the wall foundation for the new walk in wardrobe area and for plaster ceiling hanging area with skylight 3,300.00
4.5 To provide a full height hollow section sliding door at the master bedroom 820.00

5 Tiling works
5.1 To retile the kitchen and shower area 2,600

6 ID Works

6.1 To install a plywood kitchen cabinet with sink opening, drawers and granite top (black galaxy) to client's choice. 12,700.00
6.2 To install a wall partition using plywood come with inner support and to finish the surface using laminate according to client's choice 5,800.00
6.3 2 nos of 9ft by 2 ft melamine wardrobe (minor accessories included) 7,700.00
6.4 To provide & install a mirror at the walk in wardrobe 450.00

7 Painting Works
7.1 To paint the interiror of the house 3,700.00

8 Plumbing works

8.1 To provide a drainage pipe and cold water pipe at laundry area, To install the tap for new kitchen top 600.00

However, there are also minor cost that he has yet to quote me ie. patching works. The above quotation also excluded electrical works as I am having a separate contractor due to the nature of my job ( I'm a project based facade lighting supplier ).

I will post some of the drawings of my house plan ( before renovation ) and after renovation later for a simple idea of what am I doing to my new home

UPDATE 25/5/2016 - My contractor is really busy hence work has been slow. 2 months renovation are finally hitting the end of the 3rd month. Didn't make much remark as I am in no hurry to move in ( nor am I in a hurry to pay ).
1. Entrance of my house with grills being installed.

2. Living Hall + Dining Hall at the further back

3.Kitchen Cabinet in progress

4. Bedroom hacked and converted to a laundry room

5. Master Toilet. No budget to change all tiles yet, so just the shower area for now.

6. 1st Floor living room/family room converted to walk in wardrobe.

7. False ceiling after landing on the 1st Floor. Holes are to be inserted with acrylic instead of plaster ceiling to allow some natural light ( husband's must-have thing )

UPDATE 28/6/2016 - Work has been really slowing down. But I finally hit the 80% completion. Hip Hip Hurray! However, I really got to warn any new Nobat houseowners a few things .

a. Please check all your concealed ducting by the developer is really working and properly sealed. My aircond duct was punctured by the developer's contractor when they were installing the ceiling bracket. They told me it'll take them 30 days to rectify. I made a big hoo ha and it was done within 3 days because I skipped all the formal procedures. I made many calls and bugged everyone. For once I'm happy that I'm being an annoyance.

b. The finishing of the wall is really terrible. Either avoid wall lights/wall washers lighting or get your contractor to fix the wall first. I did a major mistake installing wall lights instead of step lights. And also, I installed a couple of wall light. That 3rd grade cancer of my wall was mind blowing.

Anyway updated pictures to date are here : 28/06/2016 Pictures

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Knee Swelling

kathros — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:03:30 +0800

Hi there. I never have a major fall but 3 days back i clumsily jumped down the stairs in my heels and sprained my right ankle. I fell hard too on my left knee. And being a retarded girl i always am, i continued dancing in clubs and i think this has added the inury. Everything seemed fine till the next day i had my ankle treated by a chinese doctor as the pain was unbearable. My knee was bleeding and the pain wasn't too much so i just left it that way. The only thing i did was to wash it with cold clean water.

Well, my knee was alright till yesterday.Now, it hurts like hell.It is swelling and the skin around the wound is reddish. Pus are emitting from the open wound. I can't put my leg straight as it feels like my skin are tearing. I can walk but not too much. Is it natural for this to happen or do i need to see an orthopedic?

If i do, any suggestion please? I really have no idea.
Thank you very much ;(

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