Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Second part of our post two years into staying at The Minton, and this time round, my notes on what we’re planning for our mini-renovation project next year. To be fair; much of our apartment is still swimmingly fine and
It’s been more than two years since we’ve moved to The Minton and I figured it’s time to do another annual post on little things we’ve observed about our home, and our plans beyond that too. Adults are too busy
The third – and probably last post on our Minton renovation one year on – unless there are more things to say later in the years to come! Previous post here. Children’s Bedroom double-beds: this was one of the key
One of those very Singapore-an things to do on weekends is to check out new homes in new apartment projects. There’s been a large number of such new developments in the north-east side of the island. Heck; our old home
Continuing on a widely spaced thread on our Minton home, post-renovation one year on. The last post in the series is here. If there is any one aspect of our home renovation that has not worked well, it’s been our
It’s just past a full year since our Minton renovation project ended, and I thought it’d be fun to do a retrospective review of how the new home has been since it’s now lived-in for a year. Most things and
There was a news article not too long ago reporting of workmanship issues at The Canopy Executive Condominum, a newly completed apartment project here on our island. In that instance, the general issues faced by new apartment owners apparently were
Most new condo projects on our island routinely try to design their blocks such that each unit’s living and bedroom areas are in the north-south orientation, and in so doing avoid the afternoon sun that can otherwise blast unrelentingly into
Aside from the carpentry work that we included into our workroom at our Minton home – which was a lot – the only other renovation item we put in was to draw two additional LAN points, one on either side
Continuing from the last post. Be firm yet polite There’s a poster at the NTUC Fairprice supermarket check-out counters that remind us that even as store customers, we should try to be polite to the checkout cashiers and that they
Lessons learned during the approximately 7 months we spent in preliminary home renovation discussions to deciding who to go with to key collection and defect rectification and finally to the actual renovation project itself. Start planning early As these things
If we could turn back the clock… We would have got the fan manufacturer’s electricians to install fans. As with many homeowners and usually because it’s convenient, many renovation projects routinely engage the designer’s electrician, or a general electrician to
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