Signing Contract with IS

We met up with IS on 10 Apr to finalise the job scopes that we were going to award to him. Due to budget consideration/constraint, we removed the followings:

• Feature wall that we wanted to cover the bomb shelter door - Initially, I thought we could do it since we have more savings now as compared to back then but after looking at the cost and our budget, we still decided to drop it. Well, we didn't have it done in 2000 and we figured we could live without it for another 16 years. Not forgetting that I'm no longer working, so to build up savings will be slow with just a single income.
• Headboards for the platform beds in all bedrooms - They were proposed by IS but we felt that a mattress on the platform storage is good enough, so we removed them to keep our budget healthy.
• Windows, window grilles and doors - We are getting a windows contractor (see previous post here) to do them to save some money to be used on other purposes.

Plumbing and electrical works were not included in the quote as we are free to choose our own plumber and electrician.

Stay tuned for more updates on our renovation journey!