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    • Getting Ceiling Fans for a BTO
    • How to Choose Basins and Taps for Your HDB Homes
    • Taobao missing item experience – how our shipper lost our parcels
    • Taobao Cabinet Review: Not Cheap, Quite Pretty, Hard to Install
    • Taobao ceiling fan review: it’s noisy and it sucks, but it looks pretty
    • Taobao bomb shelter racks review – super cheap, lousy quality
    • Be careful! Taobao isn’t that cheap anymore
    • Taobao vs Shopee: Taobao is More Expensive After COVID-19
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  • General
    • Why we shouldn’t overpay for an HDB flat
    • Don’t worry about the HDB leasehold controversy, you own your HDB flat
    • 15 Types of Neighbours in HDB Whatsapp, Facebook Chats
    • Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle (Super Long Queue) Review
    • Huge Recall of Unsafe Elmark Ceiling Fans
  • Preparation
    • Choosing Between an ID or Contractor
    • BTO Key Collection and Rectification Work
    • Our Clean BTO Home Design
    • Guide on Cement Screeding for Our BTO Home
  • Renovation
    • First Trip to Install the Aircon Piping
    • Multi-Tone Painting Works for Greater Contrast
    • Wet Works in the Kitchen and Toilets
    • Buying and installing our ceiling fans
    • Installation of Vinyl Flooring for Our BTO
    • City Gas Pipe Installation for Our BTO
    • Our BTO Home Lighting Design and Lighting Installation
    • Our HDB cabinet design – kitchen cabinets, wardrobe, storage settee
    • City Gas Activation for our BTO
    • Our 4 Room BTO Design and Completed Home
    • Our DIY Washing Machine Installation
  • Shopping
    • Should You Buy Furniture from Taobao or Ikea?
    • Budget Guide: Shopping and Taobao Shipping to Singapore
    • How to Choose Basins and Taps for Your HDB Homes
    • Budget Guide on Buying a Bed
    • How to Choose An Aircon for Your BTO
    • Getting Ceiling Fans for a BTO
    • Choosing Vinyl, Tile, Laminate, or Cement Flooring for BTOs
    • How to Buy Lights from Taobao
    • Kitchen Hood Review: Do You Need One in Your HDB Home?
    • Taobao missing item experience – how our shipper lost our parcels
    • Taobao vs Shopee: Taobao is More Expensive After COVID-19
  • Honest Reviews
    • Review of Fujioh FS890R kitchen hood
    • Taobao missing item experience – how our shipper lost our parcels
    • Baton Sleep Review: Good Bed, Value for Money Bed Frame
    • Taobao Cabinet Review: Not Cheap, Quite Pretty, Hard to Install
    • Floor Xpert LURF Review: Great Value for Money, Good After Sales Service
    • Taobao bomb shelter racks review – super cheap, lousy quality
    • Be careful! Taobao isn’t that cheap anymore
    • Taobao Photo Frames Gave Us a Booklice Bug Infestation
  • Taobao
    • Budget Guide: Shopping and Taobao Shipping to Singapore
    • Taobao Tips and FAQs: Shopping and Shipping from Taobao
    • Should You Buy Furniture from Taobao or Ikea?
    • How to Buy Lights from Taobao
    • Getting Ceiling Fans for a BTO
    • How to Choose Basins and Taps for Your HDB Homes
    • Taobao missing item experience – how our shipper lost our parcels
    • Taobao Cabinet Review: Not Cheap, Quite Pretty, Hard to Install
    • Taobao ceiling fan review: it’s noisy and it sucks, but it looks pretty
    • Taobao bomb shelter racks review – super cheap, lousy quality
    • Be careful! Taobao isn’t that cheap anymore
    • Taobao vs Shopee: Taobao is More Expensive After COVID-19
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    • Our HDB WiFi Setup – Asus AiMesh Wifi Network
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    • How to Change a Ceiling LED Light Bulb (Recessed Downlight)
    • How to Clean a Glass Toilet Shower Screen
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Read more about the article Our 4 Room BTO Design and Completed Home

Our 4 Room BTO Design and Completed Home

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:23 December, 2018
  • Post category:Honest Reviews/Renovation/Shopping
  • Post comments:5 Comments

We've settled in around half a year. We took some pictures of our final 4 room BTO design and outcome. Our home probably isn't impressive enough to be featured! So…

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Read more about the article Floor Xpert LURF Review: Great Value for Money, Good After Sales Service

Floor Xpert LURF Review: Great Value for Money, Good After Sales Service

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:9 September, 2018
  • Post category:Honest Reviews
  • Post comments:0 Comments

We've been meaning to write our Floor Xpert LURF review for some time now. There weren't that many reviews back when we were doing our research so hopefully this review…

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Read more about the article City Gas Activation for our BTO

City Gas Activation for our BTO

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:12 June, 2018
  • Post category:Renovation
  • Post comments:0 Comments

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…

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Read more about the article Our HDB Cabinet Design – Kitchen Cabinets, Wardrobe, Storage Settee

Our HDB Cabinet Design – Kitchen Cabinets, Wardrobe, Storage Settee

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:1 June, 2018
  • Post category:Renovation
  • Post comments:0 Comments

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…

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Read more about the article Our BTO Home Lighting Design and Lighting Installation

Our BTO Home Lighting Design and Lighting Installation

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:23 May, 2018
  • Post category:Renovation
  • Post comments:7 Comments

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…

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Read more about the article Installation of Vinyl Flooring for Our BTO

Installation of Vinyl Flooring for Our BTO

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:8 May, 2018
  • Post category:Renovation
  • Post comments:4 Comments

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…

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Read more about the article Multi-Tone Painting Works for Greater Contrast

Multi-Tone Painting Works for Greater Contrast

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:28 April, 2018
  • Post category:Renovation
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Since the start, Shao Jie's design concept has been to offer a contrast in the colour scheme, which gives us our eclipse theme. It was therefore natural that we were…

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Read more about the article Guide on Cement Screeding for Our BTO Home

Guide on Cement Screeding for Our BTO Home

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:3 April, 2018
  • Post category:Renovation
  • Post comments:13 Comments

We originally wrote this guide after HDB did our cement screeding for us. The policy changed. HDB contractors don't do cement screeding anymore, so you can't top up even if…

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Read more about the article Our Clean BTO Home Design

Our Clean BTO Home Design

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:25 February, 2018
  • Post category:Renovation
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Theme We wanted a clean BTO home design. Our requirement was to have a home that is clean-cut, easy to maintain, and nothing that was too expensive. Space wise, we…

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Read more about the article Choosing Between an ID or Contractor

Choosing Between an ID or Contractor

  • Post author:pewpewpew
  • Post published:30 January, 2018
  • Post category:General/Renovation
  • Post comments:10 Comments

What did we do? We started searching for an ID or contractor online roughly in October last year, before the estimated completion date, which was in Q1 2018. There really…

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