I don't think you're asking too much Bigfatfish. You wouldn't have bought a unit at The Hills if you're really too fussy. The way I see it, you're the one using your hard earned money to buy a house and you chose it wisely with your knowledge and requirement, nothing wrong. Congratulations. HH is really a nice place, I love the golf course and un-blocked view, simply therapeutic!
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I don't think you're asking too much Bigfatfish. You wouldn't have bought a unit at The Hills if you're really too fussy. The way I see it, you're the one using your hard earned money to buy a house and you chose it wisely with your knowledge and requirement, nothing wrong. Congratulations. HH is really a nice place, I love the golf course and un-blocked view, simply therapeutic!
Oh yes, i also think it is reasonable request of BFF or anyone to ask for no leaking roof and no crack lines in or outside the house for at least the first few years. Security too. Especially now that the prices have gone higher to above RM500k, quality should improve with higher pricing.
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I am not an expert but i know exactly what you are talking about. This is because the workers who laid the tiles against the wall used just a small patch of cement as if using glue to stick tiles to the wall, hence lotsa hollow behind. I would say anything not life-threatening... leave it.
Yes it is tricky, becos the one tile is already very shaky and that's why i need to tape it. If i don't do anything, the tile will drop off in a matter of time and confirm will break and by then i need to replace the whole wall (and more expensive) as will be hard to file matching marble tiles with the same tone and pattern. On the other hand, if i repair now and the tile break in the process, i have the same problem. The first contractor told me can take out the tiles for re-cementing and won't break. If really can take out safely, then i will still repair now rather than leave it.
Thanks Arsenal
I understand why people get angry now after receiving a few PMs. Yes we need to solve problems find solutions not run away from them. Since problems in Singapore cannot be solved overnight, we need to find a solution for ourselves. Move to a better environment.
I understand why people get angry now after receiving a few PMs. Yes we need to solve problems find solutions not run away from them. Since problems in Singapore cannot be solved overnight, we need to find a solution for ourselves. Move to a better environment.
Hi Whathefish
It's not only HH, its' the new developments in Johor, meaning this ambitious Iskandar project. so it's since the start of it all a few years ago. I've got friends who buy in Nusajaya and outside of Nusajaya. Not all kenna leaking roofs, some kenna leaking roofs some kenna other projects.
If you are a current owner of HH I don't think you will go around poking your nose into other peoples home.
If you are not a current owner of HH and would like to buy HH then you might look at certain factors before buying a subsale.
If you are purely an investor and just don't care and want to flip you might not even bother any factors at all.
If you are a super easy going person, and not bothered about any factors then you won't even notice any thing at all.
Now back to your qns, If you hire me to survey say eg. whole of gateway, take eg. Ambang blah blah blah, i can show you one whole area where it's bad. I'm going to be naming which bad areas there are later.
if someone pays 250k in those days of cuz heck care, but if someone pays 400k maybe still heck care cuz 400k is peanuts to them. if someone pays 700k for the 250k the owner wants to sell cuz it's purely for investment and this person wants to stay then of cuz the details will come alive to them all a sudden. because paying 700k is differnet from paying 250k.
I bought HH by the way and did not buy EL. While i love EL to bits because the build is so much better, there are other factors prompting me to buy HH. You are right , i' might have been a little too harsh, one reason because if i were to use my hard earned money to buy something that is no longer 250k and also not 500k , i better be harsh. also anything above 500k is not 50k SGD. its' a lot of money.
I'm still young hence don't have a lot of savings like a lot of people do. also being partly in the industry i see the problems quicker than most people.
The main thing is i'm going to be staying there, i'm not an investor. I do not want to buy something and a few years down the road, shit happens. you know what i mean. I climb to roofs of buildings all the time and i see so many properties each year in singapore as part of my work. so when i'm in JB of cuz i climb up to see how different they are.
Hope i've answered your question. I also have not said that many owners encounter leaking roofs and cracking walls. I said that because i see. and when i see i keep quiet i don't tell the owner. later they faint or kenna heart attack. because most of the time, when viewing owners are not around.
It's not only HH, its' the new developments in Johor, meaning this ambitious Iskandar project. so it's since the start of it all a few years ago. I've got friends who buy in Nusajaya and outside of Nusajaya. Not all kenna leaking roofs, some kenna leaking roofs some kenna other projects.
If you are a current owner of HH I don't think you will go around poking your nose into other peoples home.
If you are not a current owner of HH and would like to buy HH then you might look at certain factors before buying a subsale.
If you are purely an investor and just don't care and want to flip you might not even bother any factors at all.
If you are a super easy going person, and not bothered about any factors then you won't even notice any thing at all.
Now back to your qns, If you hire me to survey say eg. whole of gateway, take eg. Ambang blah blah blah, i can show you one whole area where it's bad. I'm going to be naming which bad areas there are later.
if someone pays 250k in those days of cuz heck care, but if someone pays 400k maybe still heck care cuz 400k is peanuts to them. if someone pays 700k for the 250k the owner wants to sell cuz it's purely for investment and this person wants to stay then of cuz the details will come alive to them all a sudden. because paying 700k is differnet from paying 250k.
I bought HH by the way and did not buy EL. While i love EL to bits because the build is so much better, there are other factors prompting me to buy HH. You are right , i' might have been a little too harsh, one reason because if i were to use my hard earned money to buy something that is no longer 250k and also not 500k , i better be harsh. also anything above 500k is not 50k SGD. its' a lot of money.
I'm still young hence don't have a lot of savings like a lot of people do. also being partly in the industry i see the problems quicker than most people.
The main thing is i'm going to be staying there, i'm not an investor. I do not want to buy something and a few years down the road, shit happens. you know what i mean. I climb to roofs of buildings all the time and i see so many properties each year in singapore as part of my work. so when i'm in JB of cuz i climb up to see how different they are.
Hope i've answered your question. I also have not said that many owners encounter leaking roofs and cracking walls. I said that because i see. and when i see i keep quiet i don't tell the owner. later they faint or kenna heart attack. because most of the time, when viewing owners are not around.
Let's kid ourselves futher , it's purely Fotoshop. I belive everyone knows what fotoshop is. it's 100 % authenic fotos shop hahahahahah..llllolllololll
Agree with you arsenal, maybe i should have taken fotos of defects i seen in Johor then and then everyone can say it's lousy camera and fotoshop too. lol.
Hahahaha LOL. I don't wanna go to hell when i die. i prefer to go to Heaven or even better by speaking only nothing but the truth. Can you? Well Since you mentioned building wooden house how come now you change say even heaven not my standard? i tot the line should have been even wooden house not my standard better to build m&d house . good luck. ! I'm goign to name the areas which are scary.
Hi Avalon74
yes nothing last forever. you are right water proofing suppose to last min 3 yrs. however how many people really do water proofing the right way? Water proofing is only one part of the equation to a non leaky toilet roof. there is much more involved. it's' all begins from the start. Do it right the first time and never have to get back again. Under the hot sun, under the rain , humans tend to operate differently. they will think one tile only never mind, this is where the problem starts. When i was buidling roofs one small mistake, we have to change the whole tile. we cannot ali baba. even the simple roofs that we build we made sure every joint was connected to each other, if cannot we had to modify it and make sure they overlap nicely. it's really hard when you are inexperience but when you have an old hand with you , nothing to worry.
look around all the new sights / developments all mainly young indonesians. you don't see like one old one young.
Your sis condo was highest floor or had someone above her? I did my own water proofing as i didn't trust contractors, i didn't want my neighbour to suffer if anything went wrong. the normal stuff the skilled worker did and i double checked every single coner before they laid the cementing works. once there is a problems there is no ending.
yes nothing last forever. you are right water proofing suppose to last min 3 yrs. however how many people really do water proofing the right way? Water proofing is only one part of the equation to a non leaky toilet roof. there is much more involved. it's' all begins from the start. Do it right the first time and never have to get back again. Under the hot sun, under the rain , humans tend to operate differently. they will think one tile only never mind, this is where the problem starts. When i was buidling roofs one small mistake, we have to change the whole tile. we cannot ali baba. even the simple roofs that we build we made sure every joint was connected to each other, if cannot we had to modify it and make sure they overlap nicely. it's really hard when you are inexperience but when you have an old hand with you , nothing to worry.
look around all the new sights / developments all mainly young indonesians. you don't see like one old one young.
Your sis condo was highest floor or had someone above her? I did my own water proofing as i didn't trust contractors, i didn't want my neighbour to suffer if anything went wrong. the normal stuff the skilled worker did and i double checked every single coner before they laid the cementing works. once there is a problems there is no ending.
Bro Wuqi, I'm afraid your property might kenna also. Golf and Gateway, certain rows really not too good. Semi Ds not too bad for gateway. 2 and half also so far not too bad. Golf so far P 5 and P6 seems to be of much better build though there are some very very minor stuff. i won't name what those minor stuff. but i do see future problems but of cuz not as bad as other sections.
Hi LeMans2011
few weeks ago i argued with the boss of a renovation company. he was so insisting that he is right so i took out tools and showed him the problems he created then he kept quiet. kept telling me wall is slanted not his fault or his carpenter fault so i asked if wall slanted how come you never rectify it. I also said since you claim you have 10 years experience even this kind of basic simple stuff also don't know? what kind of 10 years experience do you actually have? sometimes we have to be firm. I was doing a home inspection for my little sister.
Ok by right water should not even seep through your bay windows. this could be due to alignment issues btw the bay window and concreate. Water will seep through sealant, and good sealant doest crack. no matter how good sealant it is, there can still be a very very small amt of water to seep through. this small amt of water we cannot see. if we can see then it's not small anymore.
Ok by right developers when they build concreate wall it's sufficent enuf because the base material is strong enuf for water not to seep through. However sometimes the workers play cheat. also the moment the concrete set in, some they have certain coats of special water proofing stuff / sealer to protect the concrete against water seepage then apply of paint sealer and finally paint. this paint every 3 -5 years must do repainting. actual repainting must scrap off old paint if not layers after layers will crack.
So in your case it might not even be the sealant, or even the water proofing, it's a case of poor workmanship at the adjoinng area and sealant is one way to prevent water seepage. to get to the root of the problem is hell. I viewed one condo in singapore, the problem came from inside the house which was hell for the owner, the management had to hack all the way down to the pipes to remove that defective piece which was causing the unit to have water in the house.
Foreman hiding under the tree , dat's why maybe u cannot see him. lol. yes by right foreman must always be around. monkey see monkey do who knows what is right but gone are those days.
ONe more thing: There is a thing known as UV degradtion to paint. the paint becames damage.
few weeks ago i argued with the boss of a renovation company. he was so insisting that he is right so i took out tools and showed him the problems he created then he kept quiet. kept telling me wall is slanted not his fault or his carpenter fault so i asked if wall slanted how come you never rectify it. I also said since you claim you have 10 years experience even this kind of basic simple stuff also don't know? what kind of 10 years experience do you actually have? sometimes we have to be firm. I was doing a home inspection for my little sister.
Ok by right water should not even seep through your bay windows. this could be due to alignment issues btw the bay window and concreate. Water will seep through sealant, and good sealant doest crack. no matter how good sealant it is, there can still be a very very small amt of water to seep through. this small amt of water we cannot see. if we can see then it's not small anymore.
Ok by right developers when they build concreate wall it's sufficent enuf because the base material is strong enuf for water not to seep through. However sometimes the workers play cheat. also the moment the concrete set in, some they have certain coats of special water proofing stuff / sealer to protect the concrete against water seepage then apply of paint sealer and finally paint. this paint every 3 -5 years must do repainting. actual repainting must scrap off old paint if not layers after layers will crack.
So in your case it might not even be the sealant, or even the water proofing, it's a case of poor workmanship at the adjoinng area and sealant is one way to prevent water seepage. to get to the root of the problem is hell. I viewed one condo in singapore, the problem came from inside the house which was hell for the owner, the management had to hack all the way down to the pipes to remove that defective piece which was causing the unit to have water in the house.
Foreman hiding under the tree , dat's why maybe u cannot see him. lol. yes by right foreman must always be around. monkey see monkey do who knows what is right but gone are those days.
ONe more thing: There is a thing known as UV degradtion to paint. the paint becames damage.
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Hi Ginfreely
depends on how wide and how deep the crack lines are. one crack will lead to another crack, there is no end. however there are ways to solve cracks. First of all we must understand the nature of cracks and why it happens. It's gonna be a super big thesis so i won't even touch on this part. too long to write easier to talk. Crack lines from inside the house can lead to crack lines outside the house , so crack lines on outside the house also can lead to inside the house.if i see a crack line i will do my very best to stop it right away if it's in Johor.
Wow take out tiles , no guranteed, might crack. I also don't want to do if you don't have spare tiles. very scary. yes you can try to squeeze some boding material and try to keep it holding tehre. in other for 2 materials to bond together there must be some form of adhesion. to have some form of adhesion the surface must be prepared. in your case can try boding material and pray that it works.
give u an eg. for parquet flooring, if it's too hollow, what they do drill a very very small hold and pump bonding material into it using special device so that the bonding can hold the flooring a long period. there fast dry and slow dry.
your tiles to take out really very very hard work, can be done but takes painstaking efforts. it's basically restoration work which is not worth it at all. too expensive.
give you another eg. you want to stick a tape a wall, the wall dusty cannot. must prepare surface , whatever we do must have surface preparation. in your case no choice, have to make do with what you can.
you make me feel so guilty now. i better think of a way to fix all the tiles in my dad's home. done by HDB years ago. tiles also come in different qualities. so dependent on tiles quality, the either crack easily or they don't.
depends on how wide and how deep the crack lines are. one crack will lead to another crack, there is no end. however there are ways to solve cracks. First of all we must understand the nature of cracks and why it happens. It's gonna be a super big thesis so i won't even touch on this part. too long to write easier to talk. Crack lines from inside the house can lead to crack lines outside the house , so crack lines on outside the house also can lead to inside the house.if i see a crack line i will do my very best to stop it right away if it's in Johor.
Wow take out tiles , no guranteed, might crack. I also don't want to do if you don't have spare tiles. very scary. yes you can try to squeeze some boding material and try to keep it holding tehre. in other for 2 materials to bond together there must be some form of adhesion. to have some form of adhesion the surface must be prepared. in your case can try boding material and pray that it works.
give u an eg. for parquet flooring, if it's too hollow, what they do drill a very very small hold and pump bonding material into it using special device so that the bonding can hold the flooring a long period. there fast dry and slow dry.
your tiles to take out really very very hard work, can be done but takes painstaking efforts. it's basically restoration work which is not worth it at all. too expensive.
give you another eg. you want to stick a tape a wall, the wall dusty cannot. must prepare surface , whatever we do must have surface preparation. in your case no choice, have to make do with what you can.
you make me feel so guilty now. i better think of a way to fix all the tiles in my dad's home. done by HDB years ago. tiles also come in different qualities. so dependent on tiles quality, the either crack easily or they don't.
Thanks Investor
Yes i'm fussy, sometimes i wished i didn't know so much. dat's why it took me such a super long time to settle a place in HH. I basically choose the hills because of locaton and what the developer promised and also mainly because it's progressive payment. when i found out how the house look like, i breathe a hugh sigh of relief. why? because less problems for roof. the roof designs at the Hills meant that i have less problems, i'm prepared for problems, but i rather have a little less problem and think of a solution. I'm going to think of a way how to fix the back part of the house roof. though it's not built yet i'm only preparing myself for it.
I miss going there seeing the golf course and less concrete jungle.
Yes i'm fussy, sometimes i wished i didn't know so much. dat's why it took me such a super long time to settle a place in HH. I basically choose the hills because of locaton and what the developer promised and also mainly because it's progressive payment. when i found out how the house look like, i breathe a hugh sigh of relief. why? because less problems for roof. the roof designs at the Hills meant that i have less problems, i'm prepared for problems, but i rather have a little less problem and think of a solution. I'm going to think of a way how to fix the back part of the house roof. though it's not built yet i'm only preparing myself for it.
I miss going there seeing the golf course and less concrete jungle.
Yes correct, very very true. the other reason it's the mix. when they mix, if they don't mix well by putting proper stuff into it also can happen.
so even if they put a lot also no use. it's like baking cake, too much floor or too little floor can have an impact on the cake.
so even if they put a lot also no use. it's like baking cake, too much floor or too little floor can have an impact on the cake.
would share my experience and see if it helps. My water basin is covered with tiles. I hit and crack coconuts usually at the same spot on the edge of the basin and so one day the tile at the spot became loose. Pried and picked up the loose tile to check the cementing work. It was quite well done with cement spread over the whole bottom of the tile. So it must be cement/concrete is hard but brittle. Frequent hitting would develop micro cracks in cement and eventually the tile would become loose. Bonding glue works fine in DIY repair.
Hi BigFatFish,
Can I seek your advise on one of my current Singapore house problem?
About one square feet of the marble tile seemed to be expanding.. When one walked on it, one will feel it is not level..and a bit hollow kind of feeling..
It must be poor workmanship.. What is the cause? How to rectify such problem?
Thank!
Can I seek your advise on one of my current Singapore house problem?
About one square feet of the marble tile seemed to be expanding.. When one walked on it, one will feel it is not level..and a bit hollow kind of feeling..
It must be poor workmanship.. What is the cause? How to rectify such problem?
Thank!
BFF, it is perfectly normal for a person with knowledge and skills in that field to apply them in their personal life outside of his job. Just as a Medical Doctor will. You are a water proofing doctor, that's why you can see what we usually don't.
Your recent posts will help me greatly in my looking around for a place, by highlighting to me areas that I should pay extra attention. Thanks man. Do share your expertise without worries.
Your recent posts will help me greatly in my looking around for a place, by highlighting to me areas that I should pay extra attention. Thanks man. Do share your expertise without worries.
Thanks Investor
Yes i'm fussy, sometimes i wished i didn't know so much. dat's why it took me such a super long time to settle a place in HH. I basically choose the hills because of locaton and what the developer promised and also mainly because it's progressive payment. when i found out how the house look like, i breathe a hugh sigh of relief. why? because less problems for roof. the roof designs at the Hills meant that i have less problems, i'm prepared for problems, but i rather have a little less problem and think of a solution. I'm going to think of a way how to fix the back part of the house roof. though it's not built yet i'm only preparing myself for it.
I miss going there seeing the golf course and less concrete jungle.
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