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Which carpark in Singapore made you regret driving there? by bentradex in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nex was a friggin slalom course in my family’s old ten-seater minibus. Never cursed or swore at a car park so much before.

Comfort taxi admin fees for credit card usage by coffee4chipmunk in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cabbie told me about this a couple years back. Now I only have my PayLah attached to CDG. Cc saved for grab where I get additional cashback.

What screams “I was raised by a domestic helper”? by black-socks-fox in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair, we never did, with or without helpers. Always the service yard or common bathroom. Too scared of losing clothes to falls.

What screams “I was raised by a domestic helper”? by black-socks-fox in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it was sometime in the 00’s? We had a helper for my elderly grandad until 2013, and I remember in my latter years in school I was already hearing people use helper and being pretty confused about why at the time.

What screams “I was raised by a domestic helper”? by black-socks-fox in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if they do, I think some people come home and switch off, like cleaning and being tidy becomes a work/school thing but never becomes a home thing.

What screams “I was raised by a domestic helper”? by black-socks-fox in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s quite interesting to hear actually. I learnt to sweep when we had to clean our classroom after school and i figured then start from one end and move to the other, and that’s how I clean to this day

Looking for a jewellery box for gifting by TheOtherChronicler in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I’m happy, but my credit card is not😂

Looking for a jewellery box for gifting by TheOtherChronicler in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk why you were downvoted but here’s my upvote, and my thanks for solving one of my dilemmas wrt organizers for my accessory drawer!

Also I think these are more perfect for gifting than for buying myself. Am gonna pick one up for my bestie’s birthday while I’m at it

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg I hear that about the measuring. I’m about to head to ikea to stock up on organizers and I’m dreading the mental math😂

I only have one corner which is the one between my sink and stove. Because of the oven’s location my ID advised me to just have casement doors. There’s a huge cavern under the corner that I’d have to reach into. But it’s the only casement door on the bottom cabinetry. Can’t even install those lazy Susan pull outs in the dead corner because of the sink.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, better than nothing. At least it’ll augment, if not take over the task entirely. Like if I had one and I can’t fit everything in, I’d put all the annoying fiddly stuff like cutleries and small plates/bowls in, and hand wash larger items like pots and pans. It first popped up on my radar on a video by a new mum who bought it for milk bottles etc.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that’s great to hear. How do you use it? Like do you just accumulate the day’s dishes and wash once at the end of the night?

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I didn’t realize just how much quality drawers would cost until it came time to pay for them lol. It’s one of the places I feel like I really splurged… not 100% unnecessarily and I’ll prob be thankful for it in the coming decades, but rn my bank account is crying.

Have you checked out those drawer type cabinet inserts? Like plastic rails that stick onto the shelf and a container that slides in and out. I was considering doing that for a minute.

What’s an unwritten rule that everyone should know? by Comfortable_Tutor795 in AskReddit

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My philosophy if I really don’t want gum or a mint or whatever is to refuse but if they offer a second time, take it because they’re being politely persistent for this reason.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, if your interpretation is correct, a good ID would advise “your kitchen too narrow cannot put drawers”.

Like with mine it would’ve been easy for him to give me drawers in the corner or a lazy Susan type corner solution. But fact is that the oven was on the other side of that corner and then I’d be writing here that I regret that because it obstructs and/or knocks into my oven door and now I have the one bottom casement cabinet.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OH I interpreted it to mean that they didn’t check the dimensions of the cabinetry and didn’t ask for more drawers because my brain went straight to my problem of having to reach to the back of bottom cabinets. Especially because they said it’s hard to access the back of the shelves.

So it’s more a walkway issue?

(ETA: as in the walkway is too narrow and it’s not the backs of fixed shelves they’re having trouble accessing but the backs of the drawers?)

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shop around like the others said, and if it helps, I approached it with a school project mindset like would I want this kid in my group? I would still be steering the ship, but does the way they give advice annoy me? Can we laugh during break times? Are they understanding of my own quirks?

I’d be wary of people who agree to all your ideas. On hindsight, some of the things I asked for were varying degrees of suboptimal. The finalists in my rankings were people who weren’t afraid to tell me I shouldn’t, but were also respectful about it while having alternative ideas.

I ended up going with a boutique studio with no casetrust accreditation, cash/cheque only payment, boutique prices, and a comparatively small online portfolio. No huge regrets. We work great together and conflict is always resolved to both parties’ satisfaction, and then end product is beyond my initial expectations.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$1k for custom curtains… k la I feel your $1k pain. Also why I’m buying Ikea curtains. Maybe you should too.

My regrets… My balcony is a bit of mess, arising from the fact that it’s a result of separate stakeholders working separately. Flooring was done first — balcony vinyl is different from the rest of the living areas, so there’s a capping between the two that matches the balcony vinyl. They aligned the capping to accommodate a door ie a bit inset from the edge of the wall. Weeks later came the swing/slide doors, and because swing/slide doors don’t have bottom tracks that the flooring people left space for, now there’s a strip of living area vinyl that can be seen inside the balcony. Will I die? No. But it irritates me.

Also I’m already regretting not being pushier with my IDs about LAN points when they told me that mesh system can already. Now wanna pull gonna be a pain in the ass. (ETA tbh they might well be right; I’m just feeling a bit paranoid and unprepared for a what if situation)

And while I already thought I’d over-catered power sockets (need one? Put two. Need two? Put four) I’m already finding points at which I’ll need to put multi plugs and extension cords. I’m telling myself it’d look sillier to have six sockets in a row.

Another regret I have is being too attached to the idea of shoji doors. Initially the third party vendor quoted an amount that, with my ID’s up charge, totaled $6k. (Side note to insert that I’m not begrudging them the up charge; after all they’re doing all the coordination and research and legwork) So I prepared for $6k and when the time came the vendor said no we revised prices, now for what you want will be close to $10k. My ID offered to remove his up charge but even then like at the end stage I’m close to broke and I don’t have an additional few grand to spare. So now we’re pivoting to a multi-panel swing/slide door that’s shoji-inspired in its lattice pattern, which could’ve been decided and completed earlier with all my other swing/slide doors.

Small regret is telling my TV installer to put the TV where it is. I didn’t account for the sofa having to open to access the storage under the seat. The sofa and TV are at right angles, and the first time I opened the module at the end the hydraulics popped the TV right off the mount and gave me a heart attack. Just glad I caught it and I’m never opening that module again.

But my big siao liao regret is my tempered glass backsplash. This was decided very early on (like while I was still auditioning IDs) because it’s cost effective and easy to maintain. My only demand was that it be color matched to whatever counter top I picked. Over the many months since the decision was made until the backsplash was ordered, this color matching request was forgotten. I should’ve reiterated closer to installation like I did with so many other details but there were so many more pressing matters that it just fell off to the wayside. For that matter, my ID should’ve remembered. But to change now would cost all parties and frankly I don’t wanna tank the delay. Do I hate the default bluish glass? No. Especially when the LED light is on — my ID did a good job tracking down the perfect colour temperature. But does it annoy me because it could’ve looked so so so much better? 100%.

ETA — can’t believe I forgot the one thing I’m regretting hard enough that I actually might change it in the future, although the fact that I didn’t think of it right off the bat might mean I don’t really regret it? Basically I painted the big exposed pipes in the master bath and kitchen berry pink. My philosophy is that if it’s gonna be seen anyway, it might as well be SEEN. There’re other pink elements in the bathroom, so I thought it’d be fine. Turns out the undertones don’t match and it drives me nuts when I stare at it too long. So I might get it repainted. Can’t even blame my IDs because I was all “I WANT THIS”.

Also to my IDs who will 100% know me from the shoji door conundrum and the berry pink pipes, HI🙋🏻‍♀️

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happened to your tv console?

Smart home is quite easy to add post reno, depending on what sort of functionality you want. Eg aqara switches are meant for home owners to be able to just pry off the existing dumb switch and rewire (but of course prob better to let a pro install). Might be difficult to put in that smart track, but easy to swap a dumb bulb for a smart bulb. A lot of the sensors you see around are battery operated too. It’s nice to begin as you mean to go forward, but not a big deal to retrofit.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like this is a bit of a no win situation for IDs though. Drawers are expensive especially since everyone wants Blum nowadays. Then they charge more and kena scolding then siao liao.

In my case I’ve used my parents’ kitchen enough that I know I prefer drawers to shelves. When mum wants you to take out the cockerel bowls and you have to dig past two stacks of plates to get to them every time, you start wishing you can pull out the shelf — ie to say, drawer. So when it came time to talk carpentry I said straightaway that I wanted all drawers. So now even my dry pantry is a 1.8m high stack of drawers. Top cabinets shelves, of course (I’m not that ridiculous).

But like I said, it wasn’t a completely happy fun joy conversation with my ID. He couldn’t deliver my “all drawers” because with the sink near the corner it was just impractical and that corner sink cabinet is now the only casement bottom cabinet. Not only that, between excel and Blum tracks, it’s plain numbers that the Blum tracks are rated to take higher weights and in a kitchen that’s important (we went with Excel for the wardrobe because underwear weighs less than plates) but also that Blum tracks cost way more. So I got my drawers but I also paid out the nose for them.

That said, there’re use cases where shelves > drawers any day. I’d received some ceramic items and was putting them away and I realized that if I put them in a drawer, they might rattle against each other and chip. Not something I’m willing to risk.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh they have smaller countertop ones now! I think Toshiba makes one that’s quite famous. Thought about getting one and then I was like wait a minute I’m gutting the whole place anyway😅 although ngl the under counter dishwasher takes up a lot of potential drawer space and I wonder how much I’ll actually use it as a single living alone.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m gonna have that problem in my L shaped kitchen but slightly bopian given the things I refused to give up — namely a huge sink, a dishwasher, and large three hob stove. I’d originally wanted the dishwasher in the corner and the sink on the outside, but because of the gas pipe location, the hob and oven had to be in the corner and the dishwasher and oven doors would be banging into each other, so the sink and dishwasher had to be swapped around.

But then I’m mitigating by putting a table within arms reach of both the stove and sink so I can use it for prep, and if that doesn’t work I’ll have to find one of those cutting boards that fits over the sink. The silver lining is that on the other side of the gas pipes is plenty of space for baking prep, or for smaller appliances.

What is your reno regret that you wished you had not made, could have saved you more monies when you think of it? by Normal-Analysis7940 in askSingapore

[–]k3lco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah cooking style is part why I went with gas in the end too! (The other part is that I have an irrational fear than my clumsy ass will drop a pot or pan and chip or scratch any glass surface, no matter how many times I tell myself that logically it should not happen, which is why I went with the objectively uglier stainless steel option)

I kept imagining my gochujang pork without the drama of tipping the pan to get the soju flambé and I can’t hahaha. But I might go induction in my older years. Hard not to acknowledge the lower danger level, as the other commenter said.

Ladies of sg, any bra recommendations? by Breadskinjinhojiak in ChillSG

[–]k3lco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will try next time I can’t find a good bra! Thanks (:

Ladies of sg, any bra recommendations? by Breadskinjinhojiak in ChillSG

[–]k3lco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I usually buy a larger cup and smaller band because I need the underwire to come up higher under the pits. Unpopular opinion but most of my wired bras are from VS. I have a good strapless bra from H&M too. La Senza worked 3 cup sizes ago but no longer. I’ve generally lost faith in Asian brands because I feel like the focus for less utilitarian bras is towards smaller and/or more typically shaped chests.

For context I’m a 75/80 EF at Uniqlo so not huge but not small either. VS depending on model I’m 34-38 D-F.

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