So glad that it was helpful! Remember to arm yourself with masking tape and markers when the time comes. All the best for your flat!! :)

Thank you Marcus! 😊

Glad that I was able to turn our not-so-positive experience into information for you! All the best for your upcoming reno :)

You’re most welcome!🥺 My pleasure to have helped you with this reference list, and congrats on your new flat!!

I'm so glad that to hear that! All the best for your reno and hope everything will go smoothly 😊

Thank you for the compliment! Yeah she was tortured by me for a good 2hrs 😅

Avocado says thank you. Thanks for watching!☺️

Most welcome 😊

Thanks for your kind comment 🥰

Did this so that first-time buyers like us wouldn't have to go through the heartache we had to while uncovering these one by one and questioning ourselves along the way 😂 Thank you for watching!💜

We’re grateful that our experience can help in this way, and your kind comment made those tough times even more worth it. Thank you!😊

Thanks Xinyi hehe 🙊

Hehe it says thank u!! 🥰

Thank you 🥰 Very happy that it helped you and thanks for letting me know :))

My avocado says thank you! 🥑🙏🏻 Glad that the vids helped, and tysm for letting me know 😊

Happy to hear/read that!🥰

Ah I feel you 😭 It got more frustrating when we couldn't tell if it was really unavoidable (due to our choice of tiles) or if we were being smoked... I hope it'll get better for you over time!! 💜

You're the most welcome! thanks for watching 😊

Oh my, must have been a very disruptive period for you :( Our ID actually got a local carpenter for rectifications amidst the MCO, but the local carpenter declined to proceed after coming down to our flat for a site recce lol. Yeah, so glad it’s over! I hope your renovations are going well currently too 😁

Same, we found more while cleaning and it was demoralising. I'm glad that rectification works are being arranged for your new home, and I hope that everything will proceed smoothly and turn out great for you! 🙏🏻

Glad that it’s helpful for you! :)

Our 🥑 says thank you!! ☺️

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My ID shared that our standards were too high and his other homeowners didn’t have any issue so......... Thanks for making me feel less alone!

@hanshichin At that point it was clear that he wasn't interested in delivering quality (or basic) work lol. All the best for yours! (if you're doing one)

May I know who is your id?

@@haylivk Thanks for sharing your video, it's really helpful for my wife and I as we're looking at getting our first home! Did your ID provide end-to-end service? Meaning were they your sole contact point? were they managing all the different contractors and the project time line? were these contractors engaged by your ID? We're thinking of getting an ID too, but this video is really giving us 2nd thoughts!

@@wcooi2 Supposed to, but we did end up managing subcons/timelines ourselves 😅 Yes, the subcons are engaged by our ID. Oops I hope this video doesn't scare you! Just like every work colleague, every ID is different- it really depends on the ID you engage. I believe professional IDs would've flagged out most points listed to yall for further consideration. Hope this helps and jiayou for your reno regardless of your ID decision! 💪🏻

Haha yes! More so than me 🤭

We’re refraining from sharing publicly to avoid any legal complications or void our existing home warranties. Pls DM me on IG :)

Yeah... But hopefully not as much as mine 😂

@@haylivk sorry to hear ta

@@kornhead8 We're good- it was a great learning experience for us 😊

You’re more than welcome :) yes, I’m so grateful to our friends and cousins who came to help us with it and it honestly took off a lot of stress from us. Thank you so much for your comment, and I hope that this will be helpful for you! :)

My pleasure to share, esp for other first-time homeowners out there so they won't get smoked. Agree that professionalism is hard to find nowadays and we gotta be more careful when selecting who to work with. Sorry to hear about your experience, hope that things are getting better for you! 💪🏻

Hi again! Maybe can pick out those that you agree with, and let know your ID/con first about where your expectations are? It'll be ok :))

Hey, pls DM me on IG @hayliv.k. Yeah it was honestly very frustrating, but it’s part of our learning experience now.

@@haylivk Hi! May I know which ID helped you with the house? I am about to renovate mine too, would like to do some research, thank you so much! :)

pls DM me on IG :)

Just the white inner drawers and got our contractors to fix it up. There’s a bit more footage of them in my organising vlog if you’re int :)

Glad it was useful for you 😊 Could you give me the timestamp of the taobao cabinet? I used oops.sg, you can also check out my taobao shopping guide video if you're int :)

sorry to hear that Amanda :( hope most of them are sorted out now! And still, congrats to having your new place 😊

Hi Ripley! ☺️ My reno was 37K (reno, tiles, electrical, aircon etc) + 20K (furniture, fittings, appliances); you can decide where it lies on the cost spectrum :) Personally, I’ve friends whose reno amounted to a similar total cost but had much better quality/workmanship, but that’s subjective and based on our circle’s exp as well. Definitely agree that paying more to engage quality IDs might help! It’s fair (quality investment = quality output), but it also really depends on luck. I’ve also read about other renos that costed way more that it should that didn’t end that well 😢

@@haylivk I see! I guess it really have to find a good one, and best if thru word of mouth cos they had experience it before. Nonetheless thank you for this informative video! really give me more insights to do proper planning for my house in the future! :D

@@ripleylee5726 ah totally agree. Wom is the most reliable 😊 Most welcome and very glad to have helped you with this! All the best for your reno journey 😆

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Ah sorry, had to re-upload this video 😢 Aww hehee she says thank you (again)! ☺️

Try showing them reference photos of units that are properly done with detailed photos of your defects and most importantly, be extremely persistent. There were instances where the workers told us that it's not their job, and told us to settle it ourselves / our HDB officer being unresponsive. Overall it took ~2 months to get everything settled, with reminder calls/emails every few days. Hope this helps 💪🏻

Ah it’s not vinyl, those are tiles from Hafary! :) Wood plank tiles~

Hello Yong Kang! We identified the uneven ones and our contractor hacked and redid those. Needed to pay more for tiles though cos our ID shared that he didn’t order much/enough to cater for wastage.

Sadly the former, as we’re the first owners.

Pls DM me on IG :) Thanks for watching and am hoping that this was helpful for you! 🙏🏻

after rectification, final payment was about 10% iirc

Hello, sorry to hear that 😔 They used putty (?) a substance to fill the dents, and used white markers to colour them over lol. My husband told them to change the whole drawer/shelf/door completely for those I couldn’t accept. Don’t accept it at the expense of lowering your own standards!

@@haylivk Thanks so much for replying! for those that they changed the whole door/ drawer did they charge you for that? Also do you mind elaborating how the clothing bar dropped when you were removing hangers? Because currently my ones look like yours, the length is slightly short (not long enough to touch both ends of the wardrobe). Not sure if I need to raise this up to the carpenter and am afraid they would claim it is not an issue and wouldn't change for me.

@@dawajugi - replacement of drawers/doors: nope they didn’t charge, but it was minimal (~3). They mainly filled it in for dents/coloured over for chips. Not the best, but we rly wanted to finish up the reno ASAP lol. - Short hanger bars: get them to replace the entire bar! It means that they cut too much / gave you a bar that’s too short. It’s 100% a defect. Tell them you paid for a hanging bar, not a loose rod :/ I hope you haven’t released 100% of the payment to them yet? Do keep 10-15% of the reno payment first and only transfer when they’ve completed ALL of the defects rectification to your standard. If they refuse to do the defects for you maybe you can treat it as them giving you a 10% discount for their lack of quality :/

@@dawajugi pls lmk here / DM me on IG if there’s anything you need help with yeah! I uds how frustrating it can be. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

@@haylivk I feel you on wanting to finish it ASAP. Dealing with them is bloody exhausting. Thank you for making this video! Haha really helped me know what are the things to look out for!

It’s never too early to start preparing 😏

Personally, we'll still prefer tiles to vinyl due to the feel of it :) Vinyl is easier to install vs. more factors for tiles eg. tile warping, workmanship etc. Ultimately depends on your personal preference 😊 Hope this helps!

@@haylivk thanks sis!

Hey Ramlah, DM me on IG :)

37k for reno incl tiles, electrical, carpentry etc + 20k for furniture, fittings and appliances = ~57k total :)

Hello Kelvin! Pls DM me on IG @hayliv.k :)

Hello! I was using iPhone XS Max for this video I believe; mainly Sony ZV-1 for my recent videos. Edited using Final Cut Pro :) Finding a suitable workflow is so impt! Hope this helps and all the best :)

Hello, 1200 x 200mm :)

@@haylivk Thanks for your reply! How much is it psf? Need some advise on flooring!

@@andrewtanweifeng89 I might need to do some data digging 🤣 Not sure if I’d be able to help for your qns but do lmk! :)

Not really, but we kept in mind what our friends reminded us of and what we read online :)

Yeah pls avoid them and the potential heartache that comes with it 😅 Pls DM me on IG :)

@@haylivk I don't have IG 😅

Hey babe, pls dm me on insta @hayliv.k :)

Hello Celine! Pls DM me on IG 😊

Yup, some ‘defects’ we eventually didn’t pursue were left in there as well to be more comprehensive. Glad to have helped!😊 Pls DM me on IG, unable to PM on YT :)

Hello, YT removed their DM feature so I can’t do it here :( Pls DM me on IG @hayliv.k instead 😃

@@haylivk hello Hayliv, may I dm you on your IG to ask the same question?

Hey Vicky, yes of course 😊

But thanks for turning lemons into lemonade for all of us who are going through our reno journey too.

@@makeshifthouse At that time of our reno in 2019-20, there weren’t many (or any) local reno videos / abt specific defects for us to reference :( So we put together this list in hopes of helping future homeowners like us. I’m so glad that this was helpful for you! 😊

@@haylivk Will keep this in mind. My reno is coming up in the next few months.

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pls DM me on IG @hayliv.k :)

@@haylivk hi there, I have pm-ed you on instagram. Hopefully can share. Thank you for making this video! Very useful

I doubt so. He just forwards all my defect notes to the contractors, and gives me a one-liner answer like oh they did everything! Pls check. And I've to go through 1 by 1 to find out what they've not completed... 100% baby-shitting 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ Thanks for knowing my pain

Hello! Pls PM me on IG @hayliv.k instead :)

pls DM me on IG :)

Yup sure, DM me via IG :)

Don’t apologise for saying the truth 😂 thanks for echoing my thoughts!

Thanks Paul. I can reveal them for your shitlisting if you DM me on IG 👍🏻

We tried our best 😊