Hi this is going to be a very long post about our timeline for our BTO renovations! I will be going through our journey and timeline here. Summary here if TLDR: 2023 Feb start looking for IDs 2023 1 Oct signed with our ID 2023 End Oct first 3D renders were out Multiple discussions and visits to light and sanitary fittings stores until even after we collected keys! 2024 Jun Key collection + same day defects check + electrical discussions est 3 week defects rectification by HDB Confirmation of electrical before start of reno 2024 17 Jul handover to ID for start of renovation week1 Dismantling Materials delivery Electrical and Aircon piping Plumbing works week 2-4 Tiling works Partitions week 5 Measurements for carpentry Carpentry discussions and confirmation 3 weeks for carpentry fabrication week 6 Painting works Vinyl works Glass week 8 Carpentry installation takes about 2 weeks inclusive of rectification Sanitary fittings and lights to be delivered. week 10 Installation of countertops, backsplash, sanitary fittings, lights week 11 Clear debris General cleaning Paint and carpentry touch ups Texture painting (limewash) week 12 Post reno cleaning Furniture and appliances delivery Curtain installation Move in! 
If you ask me how I monitored the timeline, I had a whole Google calendar dedicated to our reno journey so we have clear visibility on what is happening when and when we need to head down. Our ID does the timeline on WhatsApp but I did not like to keep referring to dates without knowing which day it is. Reason being we are both working and have to plan our leaves and wfh schedules around the timeline! Recommend this so much! 
As you saw in the summary above, our reno journey started almost 16 months before key collection. In February 2023, we started to attend ID events and eventually met our ID at Qanvast after meeting 13 different IDs. She ticked all the boxes: Reasonable price Understanding our needs Willing to compromise and also to explain to us certain challenges Communication style is something we can work with The moment we signed with her, everything was done very quickly. We met to go through colour schemes and designs. What we wanted where. Within the same month we had our 3D renders out (available for unlimited changes). We also went shopping with our ID for fittings and lights and we aligned on what we wanted before the end of the year 2023. What's left after is just to collect our keys! 
June 2024 We finally collected our keys and rolled our pineapple! 
Our ID gave us some time to enjoy the moment before she arrived with her electrician. We immediately had our electrical discussions on how many powerpoints and lights we wanted and where! Super efficient. 
On top of that, later the same day, we arranged for our defects checker to arrive and he did a really quick job. We are lucky according to him that our project is done relatively well so no major defects! You can see our kitchen littered with blue tapes! Even with no major defects, BSC took about 3 weeks to complete the rectification. So remember to buffer time for that! 
More blue tapes! 
Once rectification has been completed we immediately handed over to our ID. Within the first week these were done: Dismantling sanitary fittings, also abit of hacking as we wanted to change our service yard window and door Materials delivery (tiles and cement) Electrical and Aircon piping Plumbing works 
Within the second week we had a huge surprise as our partitions were up earlier than expected! 
Week 2-4 we waited for our the Tiling to be completed. We had the 2 toilets to be completed overlayed plus our kitchen feature wall! 
You can see all the electrical works ready! 
Plumbing works were also completed. In the service yard we pulled our pipes across so that we can have a sink installed! 
Week 5 we can finally see our toilets almost ready! Very pleased with the tiles we chose. 
With all the wet works completed we also decided to add a curve to hide our aircon piping! 
We totally love the look but we weren't too sure why our ID tried to convince us not to! This curve is additional $480 On top of that, for week 5 we took a lot of time to discuss about our carpentry. Prior to this week, the husband and I already did a ppt on the carpentry and what we want to store where. This helped our ID visualise what kind of space we need and options that she can offer! That helped in a very productive session with her and we managed to confirm with her on the carpentry by the end of the week! Definitely buffer time for this as the carpenters can only measure after tiling has been complete and fabrication takes about 3 weeks! 
Week 6 we saw the transformations when the paintings were completed! We also took note of where needed touch ups to inform our ID to look into 
Our glass was installed early! Our ID really know how to make us happy. This was supposed to be one of the last to be installed in the schedule! We opted to layover the wall with kitkat tiles as our feature wall and we wanted to change the windows into a fixed panel + change the door to a sliding door to maximise space! 
Our vinyls were done overnight in week 6. This picture was taken by the contractors at night and made me doubt our choice but when we saw it in person in the day it looked a lot better and we were satisfied 😌 
Week 8 our carpentry were finally delivered!! The formaldehyde really burnt our eyes the moment we entered the house. 
Week 8-10 we slowly saw our carpentry going up! There were some back and forth with the contractors with some parts of the carpentry needing rectification but by week 10 we had everything up! 
Finally we can see our home being put together! 
To see everything finally look like the home we wanted and waited so long for was really overwhelming 
Our toilet was also coming into place! Happy to announce i took a dump there in this state without lights 
Our service yard sink also finally got installed 
Week 10 we had everything installed! By week 11 our ID had cleared all debris, done general cleaning and did carpentry and paint touch ups 
At the end of week 11 we did our DIY limewash with Raffles Paint! We did a total of 3 coats and took us 2 nights. Finally happy with the results! Exactly the next morning, Evergreen came to do our post reno cleaning to make our home sparkly clean and we can then start our move in! 
Our furniture started to be delivered one by one! 
Our curtains and appliances were installed too and its finally our home! To give you an idea how long we took, we collected our keys on 24 June 2024 and moved in 29 September 2024. Exactly 3 months!
5 September
