We are in the ‘moving to new house’ mode. Insya Allah, we will move in to the house early of May or end of April. Busy preparing this and that, busy looking for best quotations with the best quality, headache when money gone like water, busy thinking which one should done first and done later, bla..bla..blaaa. and not forgetting my EDD is just 1month away. Everything need to settle within this month. Fuhhhh..
A little bit about my new house; it’s not a new house actually, its a 2nd hand house. Its a intermediate double-storey house somewhere in Bangi. I heart Bangi for its serenity, facilities, quiet residential area, the people etc. Buying a 2nd hand house also cost you to spend much money even tho not as much as moving in to totally new house. Here i would like to share some house renovation tips for new house.
Please bear in mind that my house is 2nd hand house, not new house. So that, the renovations is not as much as new house.
Inspecting the house checklist
- When you buy a house,check the house completely, from roofing to flooring and inside out.
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- Is there any furniture available for you left by house’s owner.
- Is there any big renovation need to be done (kitchen extension, roofing & plumbing problem, wiring or electrical work, tiling,)
- Is there a need of re-painting work to be done.
- Is there major home decoration needed
- Security of the house; grill, door knob
- Referring to point above, my case are :
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- My house already has 3units of air-cond, shower heater, kitchen cabinet.
- Kitchen extension – No, roofing problem – No, plumbing problem – Minor, Wiring / electrical work- additional plug and fan, Tiling – minor,
- Re-painting work – Yes
- Home Decoration – Curtain railing need to be installed,
- Grill – sliding door and kitchen grill need to change to new ones. Reput sudah
- We change all door knob to new ones
- After overall scan the house, you must had an idea what to do to your new house. However, before you start ;
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- What is your budget .
- Listing what is your idea & plan about renovating your new house
- Find the contractor
- Home decorations.
- Referring to point above, my case are :
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- We had a tight budget, so we need to prioritize what the most needed and important part to renovate 1st.
- Our list goes like this [1] Re-painting. [2] Tiling [3] Wiring for additional plug & fan [4] Grilling & Change the door knob [5] Plumbing [6] Curtain installation
- We use Indonesia workers as our contractor. He did toilet renovation for us last time and we are very satisfied with his workmanship. With the good service and reasonable price he offered us, we hired him again to do refurbishing work at our new house. However, he only supply service, and we need to buy ourself all the materials like paint, pipe, white cement for wall touch up, etc. He listed down what he wanted us to buy. Its ok with us, as i love to do all the survey and compare the price.. huhu
- At this moment, we don’t think house decoration is a MUST besides re-painting the house. The only thing that we considered that this time are painting and curtain. Furniture like sofa, dining table will be used what we had now, wall deco (frame, photo etc) will be done later on.
Master Bedroom
Store
Backyard
Note : After done all the refurbished works, my house also looked like new house.. 
24 Responses to Renovation Tips for New House
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Vic August 4, 2010
bro.. might share the contact of the Indonesia workers? recently i am looking ppl to renovate my house also. thanks
KambingBujang August 5, 2010
i already reply ur email. Please check it. tQ
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KambingBujang November 9, 2010
you have a nice design and pattern. will consider to our home deco. anyway thanks for the great website
chia January 20, 2011
Hi, can you send me your Indonesian contractor telephone number? thanks
chia
KambingBujang January 21, 2011
chia, could you please give me your email, I will PM his phone no.
Martin December 27, 2011
Hi Kambing Bujang,
Happy new year!
come across your site when searching for reno workers, can you mail me the indonesian worker contact? cause i have limited budget for my house hope can get some cheap labor for that. thanks.
Xi January 3, 2012
hi there, your house outline looks similar to my-house-to-be which is also located in bangi. Im very interested to know further about your house renovation details e.g how much u hv spent for all the above & how long does it takes to renovate ur house? I hope i would be able to move into my new house (after renovation) before i deliver my baby!
KambingBujang January 5, 2012
Hai Xi
How much that we spend on the house renovation?
for material : approximately RM 4000 (paint Jotun brand,tile,fan KNK brand,etc)
for contractor fee : RM 3500
for electrician : RM 500
for grill installation : RM RM 2500
Duration to finish : approximately 1 month
When is your EDD??
Wong February 25, 2012
Hi,i’m searching for indonesian worker for my house renovation. can u give me ur indonesian worker’s contact no.? thanks.
Chantal March 5, 2012
Hi, was wondering for the plumbing, what did you do for the plumbing? what did the person checked? how much was it?
This is we also bought a 2nd hand house, but we are not sure whether to check for plumbing and what does the plumber do?
KambingBujang March 5, 2012
can you please PM ni, i usually PM his phone number due to P&C. tQ
Wong March 11, 2012
Thanks for your reply. BTW, how can I PM you? I am new here
KambingBujang March 13, 2012
you can email me at kambing.huda@gmail.com
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