Le Tour de Downstairs

Sorry for the long silence, I've been busy honeymooning, settling in to married life, getting my ass whipped at work, and most importantly, we didn't have internet in the crib when we first moved in.

Anyway, the house is done, and we're now living in it. We managed to move in the day after our wedding, spot on the deadline which is great.

I suppose you readers all want to see the end result of all the hard work now, so here goes...

This is the view through the front door, as you first enter. The faux-wooden 'boardwalk' is in. The material is Chalet Oak from Inovar floor. It feels great to walk on, almost like real wood.


This is the view standing at the front foyer and looking towards the back of the house. The pillar with the iron pipe has been boxed up with a shelving unit.


The living area, before we unpacked the sofa. Flooring is Canyon Oak, from Inovar. It's their entry level product, but it looks and feels decent nontheless. You may notice the lack of skirting on the wall. I requested for a flushed installation with end-profiles. Skirting is so yesterday.


L-shaped sofa set. From Enoma Collection, LDP Furniture Mall. Sounds like a cross between Renoma and Enema. No Enemas on my sofa, thank you. That said, it's pretty comfy and we got a good deal on it.


View from the kitchen looking out towards the front. Pardon the curtain rail, at that point it was just makeshift and I've since installed it properly and trimmed it to size. Finished pix on that later. Pardon the pile of trash too.


Several shots of the open kitchen.




And this is the view that greets us in the morning when we come down the stairs.

Day_40: Dotting the i's crossing the t's

 Front foyer area levelled with concrete, and sliding door frame and rails are installed.


After all the levelling of the interior, it was decided that the house is too high up, so we added a step platform at the front entrance.


Outdoor kitchen has been completed, and the backwards sink rectified. Looks beaut now.



The living hall/indoor kitchen area in one coat of maxilite.
From the new extended living hall, looking towards the kitchen


From the kitchen looking out towards the hall


Tiles are on in the downstairs common bathroom


And finally, all the hard work above means one thing:
It's time to do more shopping!

Day_08 - Day_18 :: Massive Update | Part:01 - Living Hall

I'm back from my trip to Melbourne, which explains the long lapse in updates, and also have started a new job which means I'm not as free to write this blog as I used to be. Nontheless, I shall try my best to keep these coming.

There's been a whole lot of progress over the past 2 weeks plus, so I'll just let the pictures do the talking
Here goes!

This is how the living hall started out



View with the kitchen wall demolished


The main dividing wall into the old car porch demolished


















Bricked up the old car porch entrance, opening for tall windows


View from the front, looking in. The old front door will go.

The newly-poured concrete first floor. That's the bathroom floor/living room ceiling.



Poured the concrete floor for the new living area.


Wide open space looking into the house. Unfortunately,we're stuck with a pillar or 2. And no more front door.


Plastering up.


This is how the light falls.

The Masterplan

Just so y'all get an idea of what this whole thing is about, i'm posting up the renovation plans for yer perusal.

It's pretty self explanatory.
Click for bigger images.

Orange for newly created areas/structures
Turquoise for existing walls to be demolished
Grey for new walls to be constructed.





And the following are the interior designer's floorplans just so you get a better idea.

DAY_02: Rubble

Progress for the day:

• Kitchen walls demolished
• Common toilet new door opening made

It's interesting to see the old kitchen go from this to this to this






And the view from inside the kitchen looking out into the living area.
Looks that much more spacious. Gotta love open concept.



Toilet before and after.



New relocated toilet door opening.

DAY_02: Demolishor

Duh, no, not this guy...

Checked in the house at 10am in the morning, there's been more progress. Obviously the guys had started work early.


The kitchen walls have been stripped of the old built-ins

The real demolisher Yono was hard at work on the kitchen wall with his Decepticon jackhammer.

Checked back in the house at lunchtime, there's been some progress made, and also some not so good news.
1. There's a column in the kitchen wall that can't be demolished. That kinda sux.
2. Heard from the workers that MPSJ has been sniffing around, although no alarm bells ringing yet.


MMMmm.... open concept....Bricks are no match for cybertronian armament... muahahahaha
Looking in through the hole in the front kitchen wall, the opening for the new toilet door has also been made.