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Blinds from IKEA MY

We went to 3 different curtain sewing services, only to find out that even the independent one (those not selling fabrics) quoted us the similar price (like JAKEL's).

So we decided to let JAKEL do our curtain.

Note : JAKEL is a large company selling fabrics, also offers curtain sewing services.

The design chosen is also the cheapest, basic, french pleats because well, I dont want to pick some patterns/trends Id regret choosing later)

And then we picked the fabric. in Gold colour

Note : ..hoping that it'd match with any theme/new furnitures hehehe

We were advised to wait for about a month until the curtain is finally done.

Fast forward, the JAKEL team came to install the curtain rails & curtain. We also (previously) had the blinds installed.



Before 



.. during installations



.. and after!





By the way, we purchased the blinds from IKEA.

Note : In hope that we will be using them until 2027 LOL


A - Curtain :
1. JAKEL (fabrics, curtain sewing services & rails) : RM 960
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Total : RM 960.00

B - Blinds :
1. 2 x White Blind (room) : RM 278
2. 2 x Grey Blind (room & kitchen : RM 198
3. 1 x Grey Blind (stairs) : RM 69
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Total : RM 545.00

Cost involved as mentioned in this post :

Estimated cost : RM 1,000.00
Actual cost : RM 1,505.00
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Extra Cost : RM 505.00



Foot note : I underestimate EVERYTHING T.T

What were I thinking, when I thought I could cover less than RM 1,000 for lights T.T

The steps are nearly the same as previous post : Grille Installations

The easiest way (suitable for someone who is busy like myself) is to get the well known contractor/supplier/seller selling lights and just follow these steps:

1. Pick your lights (must already know/count your lighting points)
2. Get the quotation from supplier
3. Site visit and place order
4. Installation day


When the light guy came

Note : sorry for the blurred photo, for my own safety too!

Remember, my choice of lightings are only basic, no chandelier or some fancy, decorative ceiling lights whatsoever (yet). No basic calculations here since unit prices, discounts, etc vary from one store to another!

My total purchase are as follows:

A - Lightings :
1. Downlight (plaster ceiling) : 17 pcs
2. Ceiling mounted downlight : 6 pcs
3. Outdoor gate light : 2 pcs
4. LED Fluorescent : 7 pcs
5. Door bell : 1 pc
6. Spotlight : 1 pc
7. Labour charges : L/sum
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Total : RM 2,500.00

B - Fans :
1. Ceiling fans (Panasonic) : 6 pcs
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Total : RM 1,450.00

Note : Price stated are not included 2 Air Conditioning units since I already have them in current house

In less than a week (because I bought only the basic lightings, else, might have to wait for pre-order items), you will get your lights installed! Some of my own before-and-after photos :




Note : Even pricier than ceiling fan

Overall, I am satisfied with the installations and is now waiting for the next step : Curtains and Blinds. We went to JAKEL to do the curtains and it took about a month to complete (thus it'll be a while until the next posts on house progress/update)

Total cost involved as mentioned in this post :

Estimated cost : RM 2,500.00
Actual cost : RM 3,950.00
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Extra Cost : RM 1,450.00


Lets eat maggi now hehehe

This part is rather simple. The steps involved for Grille installations are :

1. Get/Choose Contractor
2. Site Visit & Measurements
3. Wait 2-3 weeks until Installation

I am rather simple, and probably gonna go for a timeless design so I did choose the simplest, vertical lines. Afterall, we are going to double the security through alarm system installations (optional).


Red car is contractor's who did the installation, bringing welding equipments, power tools and paint (for touch-ups)

My personal advice would be,

go for white colour (painted) grille, if your window border is white;

and vice versa.

Cost involved as mentioned in this post :

Estimated cost : RM 4,000.00
Actual cost : RM 3,000.00
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Saving : RM 1,000.00

I tried to preserve the memories of our own experience/pengalaman masuk dan beli rumah baru by writing this post.

Note : We will be mentioning only the basic installations

I'll make separate posts for the experiences into 5 sections/parts/steps :

Part 1 of 5 : House Check / Defect Check

Part 2 of 5 : Grille Installations

Part 3 of 5 : Lightings, Fans & Wiring works

Part 4 of 5 : Curtain & Blinds

Part 5 of 5 : Kitchen Cabinet, Wardrobe & Other Furnitures

Happy?

Soon after we got the house keys, we spent a total of 2 weekends with detailed inspection of the house. While adore the whole house condition in general, we found defects mostly in: 

1. Tiles (Hollow tiles)

While the tiles condition in all rooms is perfect, the outside garage/car porch and toilets when is tapped, sounds truly like plastics (sound even more plastick-y than a PC keyboard).

Tiles defect (hollow tiles)

But they replaced and redo the installations anyway, thank you

2. Door

I found mismatch doors and the Developer already fixed them.

 Mismatch doors

Note : when there is mismatch door, there will be habuk you know, can get inside house/room. No no, I wont allow this

3. Floor trap

They did the work around floor trap(s) inside toilets like we could never ever get to open them. What nonsense. You know, in Malay it goes like this : "The floor trap kena simen around macam takkan dapat buka dah".

Dont ask. I dont even know floor trap could be this ugly.. All other floor traps are shiny white, looks normal like in my mom's!

Floor traps outdoor, in the kitchen all looks normal. But not in toilets. Some cannot open, some cannot be properly be closed. I had these in my complaints.

4. Pipe sinking (but LOL this is the funniest)

Okay, you may laugh at this..

They said they can do nothing about it because every other house have this. Hmm, any advise? I think I might hire 1 plumber to take a look at this and if he can fix this, I'll send the quotation/bills to the Developer.

.. because Im meticulous like that

Note : We dont have problems with window opening/closing mechanism, door attachment or anything else. Please do check yours too.

For general checklist may follow lists below as a guide :

This could be rare, this could only happened in my country, who knows?

Scenario 1

Doctor : You are sooo fat!

(In Malay : awak ni gemuk sangat ni)

Me : *look at myself*

*look at her and trying to figure out what a monster she is*

*pause*

Scenario 2

Doctor : Do you have High BP or Diabetes?

Me : No

Doctor : How can you assure that?

Me : I have neither been prescribed, nor been taking any of the (BP/Diabetes) meds.

Doctor : No, you need to ____(insert all tests)___ bla bla

Me : *pause with confusion*

*but then you ran test on my baby and couldnt detect any problems*

*and then 10 hours later she got infection (leading to sepsis)*

*moment of silence*

I have been hating doctors for not providing a clear answer.

And yet in Scenario 1 she said Im overweight, whereas Im absolutely normal in size, probably marginally overweight but I have no muffin tops, no back fat and definitely shocked when is told that I am (really) fat.

(Read : THEY easily jumped to a conclusion. Without tests. What is YOUR basis then?)

*but I was not trying to be rude, so I kept it silent*

So what if I am curvy?

So based on Scenario 2, set aside PIH, I have no serious illness(es) and what did you suggest to me?

Regular check-up? What kind?

1. BP and glucose test

2. Kidney function?

3. Early cancer detection test(s)?

4. MRI? DNA sampling? *ROFL*

What if I did all the above and lets say in 15 years, I'll die unanounced, what you may have answered?

Probably these? :

1. Heart complications/heart attack/stroke (unnoticed, you might say)

2. We didnt know (just what you told me about my baby)

What's with the attitude?