Since writing this blog we’ve mostly had positive experiences. Perhaps this post here will offer some variety. It’s probably more interesting to read about failures and troubles. So here we recount our Taobao missing item experience. It’ll be a frustrating tale of how our Taobao shipper lost our parcels and why we have decided to…
(UPDATE: We ended up losing a couple of boxes and incurring a cost of SGD 100 after factoring in the compensation. As such, we decided to stop using MRC and change shippers. So this post really has been one written from experience.) Buying furniture from Taobao is trendy. It isn’t easy, but it’s the most…
Our home is on the 19th storey. It doesn’t really face any other flats directly. At least not where others can peer directly. It also doesn’t get direct sunlight because it’s south facing. There was no real need to get curtains or blinds to cover up the windows. But we still got one because it’s…
One of the things we always buy but seldom think too much about is the kitchen hood. If you’re looking for a kitchen hood review, you’re probably shopping for one and have encountered brands like Mayer, Bosch, Candy, Rinnai, Electrolux, Fujioh, and Tecno. Drop by an electronics or plumbing store and amaze yourself with the options…
We previously got the City Gas contractor down to install the gas pipe before we did our carpentry. That was the initial piping work. The pipe in the riser was still unconnected, as was the pipe in the kitchen. They were waiting for a second trip. The next milestone where gas was concerned was therefore…
After the flooring was done and while progress was ongoing for electrical work, we had carpentry work done to bring our HDB cabinet design to life. We had originally wanted our home to have as little carpentry as possible. But we ended up with quite a fair bit of carpentry in the end, because it…
We previously shared a guide that introduced the different kinds of lights we considered for our home and how we bought our lights from Taobao. The next process was doing up our BTO home lighting design and installing them. The design was largely done up by Shao Jie. But it was a consultative process. We…
This guide tells you how to buy lights in general, and more specifically how to buy lights from Taobao. We haven’t gotten around to showing the stuff we actually bought, but we plan to in a subsequent post. Why we didn’t buy from local or JB shops As always, there’re 3 places to buy from:…
While the various works like flooring and lighting were being done, we needed to do up the City Gas pipe installation for our home. The point of doing so is to lay the gas pipe from your gas outlet outside into your kitchen. Without it you can’t use the gas even though the infrastructure is…
After our decision to use the Luxurious Resilient Flooring from FloorXpert throughout, we had to get into the installation of vinyl flooring for our BTO. Selecting the vinyl flooring colours When it came to selecting the colours for the vinyl flooring, we left it to Shao Jie. We let him choose the colours when we…