Extreme Makeover

I have to xpect that our home will be much less than new after being rented out for 2 years but it's still sad to see the condition it's now in :(

The shelves in our fridge have mould (disgusting!!), the washing machine is also mouldy (and stinks!! The latest tenants washed their clothes before they left 3 months ago and closed it back, leaving vapour inside to turn into mould (argh....), the walls are dirty (wear and tear.. But it's still sad u know...) and the parquet floorings are all sticky and damp (what to do? Singapore is that humid and the house has been left empty for 3 months now). Oh, either the first or second tenant lost (or damaged) one of the remote controller to our aircon and gave us an old replacement that's not of the same brand. They were supposed to do half yearly servicing for our aircon units but I noticed the aircons did not look like they were clean (whenever our maintenance technicians came, they would also clean the 4 units).

The silicon that seals the sink in the kitchen has turned black (for 4 yrs, I've dried them after every use and they remain transparent and clean..I know I can't expect our tenants to do the same.) Our cooker hob is also dirty, stained and .... just not shiny anymore..

We have returned our Sonoran Terrace home to the management in the exact condition we received from them 2 years ago and it is sad to see that our tenants were not ready to do the same. Sigh...

So, instead of only changing floor tiles and revamping the 2 toilets as initially planned, we have decided to spend more to give the house a major makeover.

Gone with the dirty sink and hob. We met our designer (more on him later) at our place and he recommended induction cooker which sounded attractive given that it's safer and easier to clean. We are still changing the floor tiles and toilets, now also changing the kitchen sink (getting a bigger one this time. The old one was too small to wash bigger pots which we should be using more of now that our family is growing). The ID also agreed to help us polish our kitchen top, revarnish every piece of wood in the house (that's already rundown from wear and tear), also our parquet etc. Basically, at the end of the reno, it should be as good as it used to be 2 years ago, or even better.

We are adding grilles too, for the safety of the kiddos and the ID recommended this supposedly new grilles called Legate, Invisible Grilles. Perfect, as long as the grilles serve the purpose it is for and does not obstruct light from coming in.

The washer has to go (it's only capable of 4.5kg and we have larger loads to be washd now too. The condition it is in now makes it easier for us to agree to having it changed). Fridge will remain (Mr Liow still loves this fridge and it is really a good one.. We probably only need to have the magnetic strip changed and have it properly cleaned up).

Given the scale of things to be done and amount of hacking, Reno may likely stretch into August till after out boxes come back. It's going to be a big problem by then. Are praying for things to fall into place.

And guess what? Our ID is a friend! Mr Liow talked to him over the phone and didn't know it was someone we knew (who would expect Sgp to be small as such?). The moment he opened the door when we heard the knock, it was a surprise!

It was Edwin Pang! From SHSS!

He impressed me with his detail-mindedness as we walked through the discussion and how well he knew products (old and new). And he had many many ideas to suggest. So cool!

I can't wait to see what he will be comin up with. He hoped to get things moving by July 1st (and needs these remaining weeks to come up with plans and finalize details with us).

Mr Liow will not be working till 28th June, so we hope to be as productive as possible till then before he gets busy.

End of our day 2 activity report. Hehe.