Living in JB

[avalon74]

Paints .... can anyone recommend a pretty good brand of paint that is washable for indoors? so that minor stains can be removed?

Bro, in my view, most renovation items wld be cheaper in My..
For paint, heard not much diff between ICI & nippon paint in terms of price so either shd be fine..
Think I took the ICI pentalite indoor paint based on selected colours.. it is ok for removing minor stains..

 

[lastresort]

Blacklist is usually given to new owners by developers & they may turn down issuing the renovation permit..
However one problem in SEG is that one of the blacklisted contractor bot a unit there & convert the place to a showhouse.. perpetually under renovation...

I was referring to HH, and actually from what i have heard, once they are blacklisted, and if valid, they will be banned from coming into HH to do any contractor work. This was sometime back in around 2009, not sure if it is still true.

 

[Analytical Professor]

lots of congestion around Setia Tropika bro....during peak hours....

and if you guys have noticed lots of congestion along jalan tebrau as well

At first the power cables look intimidating.. however my current concern is whether there will be congestion once nusa bayu is up..

 

[Analytical Professor]

Ok bro

I got a decent idea about taps....

but taps really that bad in Johor ah?

correction of typo, should be
when I found out water taps were almost half price as compared to sg, I bought to replace old taps in sg. But after 2 years of usage, I switch back to more expensive pub approved taps. johor taps are lighter in weight and lack in quality.

 

[Analytical Professor]

That means i must buy my taps/mixers etc from spore and they must have the pub seal

am i correct?

Any shops to recommend in spore?

correction of typo, should be
when I found out water taps were almost half price as compared to sg, I bought to replace old taps in sg. But after 2 years of usage, I switch back to more expensive pub approved taps. johor taps are lighter in weight and lack in quality.

 

[ginfreely]

That means i must buy my taps/mixers etc from spore and they must have the pub seal

am i correct?

Any shops to recommend in spore?

Can try Sim Siang Choon, bought a mixer tap from there before, price and quality quite ok.

 

[ginfreely]

Have, got 1 guy doing window screens, he said can do in SG also, can do car screens also, hahaha.....

Hmm so car, renovation and air con contractor all can provide service in both JB and Singapore. May be plumber, mover and any other house service contractor also can.

 

[tansi]

bought taps at hardware shop in a hdb estate and they had pub approved stickers. they are simple taps, no aesthetic design.

 

[ginfreely]

Can also be Singaporean contractors living in JB like my hubby. Or Malaysian contractors who lives in JB but do their business in Singapore like my Malaysian friends. Or even Malaysian contractors doing business both in JB and Singapore like my other Malaysian friends.

I think contractor business is very mobile. They go where the bucks is.

Anyone know how to multi quote? Just now i clicked the bottom right of Cathy and leman post but didn't work.

They have been around for ages. Typically they work on your house for 2 to 3 weeks, then they cook up some story (in my case they said one of the worker have to go back JB get married)... they then work 2 to 3 weeks in JB and back again in SG.

 

[mika14]

hi,

anyone know in JB where got a lot of IT shops?
was thinking of printing my DVD sticker labels from jpg files in JB.
also is it possible to scan hardcopies books here to PDF files? consisting of few hundred pages ... in JB?

thanks!

 

[HH_lover]

Alright, just wanting to share something meaningful to all. At the end, a little note to bro Wuqi...

link here

Life is so much more meaningful when you have people to share it with. I've really benefitted from the conversations within this wonderful thread. I believe many have as well!

"Live life meaningfully!"

 

[checkers]

Alright, just wanting to share something meaningful to all. At the end, a little note to bro Wuqi...

link here

Life is so much more meaningful when you have people to share it with. I've really benefitted from the conversations within this wonderful thread. I believe many have as well!

"Live life meaningfully!"

I agree with you HH_lover. Thai insurance produces nice advertisements which pull at my heart strings when watching them.

This thread has been wonderful and beneficial.

I enjoy reading your blog too.

 

[checkers]

Just a question :

My family is thinking of going in during the hari raya break...any idea if the hypermarts, shops will be open during the festive occasion? Appreciate your response.

 

[wuqi256]

Back finally, in between my job and my wife's school, have been busy with helping friends/relatives with:

1. Defect rectification - Helping folks inspect for Nusa Duta, HH, etc
2. Recommending them on what to do for renovation, etc
3. Helping to recommend what car(MPV) to get
4. Helping to recommend places to fix cars and stuff as recently 2 relatives/friends wives/daughters reversed their cars into pillars, etc
5. Helping out some folks from PMs
6. Occasional neighbour needing help with IT, in the middle of the night. Yes middle of the night.
Need help with wifi too

 

[wuqi256]

From some of the PMs, its really heartening to see folks really taking the plunge, i am glad to respond to questions but really lack of time at times as i fall flat to bed the past couple of days as work wise was super busy. Had to organize stuff, get things scheduled, counter some politics at work and then help with maid/teachers teething problems at school.

Of course, my ever appreciative wife would then say i am useless, how come i am not perfect etc and always helping out people and neglecting her, etc. So have to strike a balance.

Some folks on PM need help too, i wish more can be done by the government but knowing them, i think its better we help ourselves. There are some folks on the fringes who needs help too so i tried to point them to the right direction and hopefully right place. For folks planning to retire and don't need to travel in daily, JB is a godsend.

For that matter, even certain places Thailand is a good place to retire to too. Chiangmai/Chiangrai is still ok. I have a couple of high flyer friends who have been bitten by the JB bug and are coming in more often these days for the groceries, petrol and car maintenance.

Bros, for taps wise, 3 places you can explore:
1. Outside Carrefour at Sutera Mall, there is a hardware shop on the 2nd floor
2. Near Ban Huat Aircon, there is a Asaki place
3. Finally near Carrefour at Tebrau city, there are a row of shops near the MacDonalds.
The local contractors swear by it, that place you can get kitchen stuff/ tiles, etc. I have been requested
not to reveal the name as it may spoil the market but then being me, at least i gave rough
directions.

 

[wuqi256]

Hi Checkers, most are open during that time, some may even be open more than usual. Jusco for sure will be open as with Tesco. Giant wise i think so too. Go to Mydin near the East Ledang/Ledang Heights area. Some of the stuff are really cheap, 3 pin multi plugs at 2.90, DVD/VCD cleaner kit at 2.60. Quite a good deal there.

For folks who want good hairstyling(higher class type), go to Tesco(Bukit Indah) where near the KFC, there is a very good salon there with hair treatment. Or Lings outside Sutera Mall (near the Pontian Wanton Noodles)

 

[Skippy]

I agree with you HH_lover. Thai insurance produces nice advertisements which pull at my heart strings when watching them.

This thread has been wonderful and beneficial.

I enjoy reading your blog too.

HI Folks,

My apologies ... has been away and so much to catch up.... Managed to read to date....
Welcome all our new bros & sisters...

During this period... i've been furniture shopping with my parents and also budgetting for the new house... hoping that we can collect the keys by 3Q next year... it's been another journey learning about buying furnitures.... oh yes talking abt the cracked wall tiles... i'm also recently facing that & seems like one of our folk here is also having such issue... never tot i can engage JB contractors... but i like that idea hope to save some $$... hee hee

Since most of us are going to be free as most kids are on sch holidays.. i guess i can start the kopi session soon... i've recently found a nice cheesecake place tot may want to have it there.. i'll be checking out with the boss there to hold an afternoon tea like on sat... it's a cafe & bistro that serve food too... nice place called cheelicious http://gowhere.woohoo.com.my/1700/cheelicious/
Pai sei i'll go set up and once liaise with more new updates...

Oh Bro HH... u made me tears.... so touching... Recently been thinking... Life is just so much about our loves one... whether u are a child, a parent, a spouse... in any role we are in... it's our closest kins we would always love and care most about... i wish you all well and have a splendid weekend ahead.... never too late to say "I LOVE YOU" and yes i agree to thank Bro Wuqi to share his experiences and made this journey a possible for many of us here... not forgetting every each of the bros and sisters tooo ... without u all... it would not have been fun to hear so many interesting stuffs each of us see and do.

Cheers to all!

 

[abugumgum]

Congestion along Tebrau Highway is probably due to the road works near the Pandan Interchange (Part of the EDL). It is affecting both directions and I am avoiding Tebrau for now, until the roads are completed, it has been a week already, should be back to normal soon, I hope.

lots of congestion around Setia Tropika bro....during peak hours....

and if you guys have noticed lots of congestion along jalan tebrau as well

 

[wuqi256]

hi,

anyone know in JB where got a lot of IT shops?
was thinking of printing my DVD sticker labels from jpg files in JB.
also is it possible to scan hardcopies books here to PDF files? consisting of few hundred pages ... in JB?

thanks!

In Bukit Indah area, you can go to a lot of shops, there are some outside Tesco, in the row with coffeeshops, there are photocopying shops that would do it, expensive though if you are running into a few hundred pages. There are IT shops everywhere, you can go to the one in Giant or to the big one at Jusco(3rd floor) that is called Thundermatch. You can get higher end printers/multi function devices as well as access points/routers too. The service is also quite ok.

 

[wuqi256]

Bros, for taps etc never ever get from outside hardware store or from the major hypermarkets. Most of it are crap, correction, aside from some of the brass ones, all are crap.

The trick is not to say Steel but "bai gang" or White/Stainless Steel. Say you want that if you have no choice but to buy from a general hardware store. Else go to those who are really into it