Steph's Blog: DAY 54

The bathroom and kitchen fittings went up yesterday. I went down to the house when the plumber was there to let him know what goes where. It was a good thing I did because he thought the above right faucet was in the middle. We'd kept the Kraus faucet box in the storeroom and he didn't know about it. So we have two faucets for the kitchen sink, which now looks a little small in relation to them. Our Kangen machine will be connected to the faucet on the right but it can still function like a regular faucet. The pull down faucet will be the main one that we will use. The site inspection with the contractor and our designers has been set for 21 Nov. A week has been set aside for rectifications - which is inevitable - so the handover is scheduled for 29 November, way past what we expected but since we're not in any particular hurry, that's alright. I'd rather they do it well than to rush them. We've booked our tentative move date for Dec 7. Lots to do before this crucial date.

Due to the low ceiling in the kitchen bathroom - the false ceiling is much lower to accommodate and hide the AO Smith water tank - our rain shower is quite low, just a few inches above MJs head. The plumber had to saw off one parr of the original connector otherwise it wouldn't fit.

The Grohe faucet with the Otto toothbrush holder in the kitchen bathroom.

The handspray unit hung in between the shower screen and the WC.

Toilet roll holder cum phone holder on the right.

The black faucet in the master bedroom bathroom. This is the first time we're seeing the installed semi-recessed basin too.

There was no issue with the shower set in the MBR bathroom since the ceiling height is higher.

One half of the shower screen is up.

A special hand spray unit purchased from Tokyu Hands. It's quite expensive compared to the regular ones so we bought one to try out first.

On the left is the toilet roll holder with a side hook and phone holder on the top.

The void above the kitchen counter has been boxed up. I thought we could put some stuff up there to display but I guess our designers think it's quite unsightly and doesn't have that clean look. Boxing up also minimises having to clean the top area so we are in agreement.

Another few of the boxed up areas.

Lots of wasted space behind these boxes. This is the area above the shoe cabinet.

Behind the white door on the left is a space for our brooms and cleaning solutions etc. This is the dead space behind the fridge so we wanted to put it into good use and I suggested the broom/mop storage area. The main door has been removed. I asked the contractor about it and he said it was taken back to the factory to include some trimmings. He didn't elaborate and I didn't ask more.

The configuration behind the white door.

Em's wardrobe solution. The smaller top left door can't be opened fully but it's wide enough to put in and take out stuff. The door below it opens fully so that's solved.