My humble house

  • Windows coming up

    Windows coming up in the house . The curvature of the house with pseudo-like Grecian pillars gone and instead will be bricked up as photos shown below . The side windows of the house taking shape. More piping works for the main bathroom in the house. There is only one attached bathroom between 2 bedrooms…

  • Wall Lights

    They arrived! I ordered from Esty.com , 2 different types of wall scones . The first type of light as above , I ordered 4 of these . The lights were from Laos ( suprise , surprise ! ) and 3 were in perfect condition . One glass was shattered but was able to contact…

  • Floors of the Main House

    The floors of the main house being done with a layer of cement . This needs to dry up before tiling can be done . The house is gutted , unfortunenly to the bare bones . Only the walls and roofs that are original , the layout will be different from the original . The…

  • Roof of the Rumah Kebun & my Monkey problems

    Workers replacing the zinc roof of the Rumah Kebun as the zinc roof got holes. Hopefully , once the roof is fixed , then workers can start working on the Rumah Kebun as proposed plan . Got the wire mesh of my condo fixed today on all the windows especially for my back balcony .…

  • Lights & Plug points at the Main House

    I am putting 4 ceiling fans , 2 ceiling fans in the living room and dining /cum kitchen. One ceiling fan for each of the bedrooms . Having an AC each in the bedrooms and a cassette AC from the ceiling rather than wall AC. That is a good idea as suggested by my contractor.…

  • Work-in-progress

    This is the current state of the house . The remaining structure that is left is only the walls and the roof . The rest of the house will be new . Sigh. This cannot be helped as the house has no concrete or metal piling . The photos below the tiles before and after…

  • Bad news and Monkeys

    Contractor had to dig up the tiles on the floors and they found that there is no proper foundation of concrete or even metal pilings on the floor . The floor is just rubble and stones so if new walls & new tiles were put up, the house may collapse ( worst scenario) or new…

  • Rumah Kebun ( the outhouse)

    The Rumah Kebun (outhouse) is perpendicular to the main house . The Rumah Kebun has a small window at the frontage , with airing ( ventilation ) holes all around the house. The Rumah Kebun is full of garden tools & traps like squirrel traps. I am not sure whether my late uncle actually used…

  • Proposed plan for Main House

    There will be 2 bedrooms with an attached bathroom in the main house. The living, dining and kitchen area will be open plan with a small patio at the back of the house . Area of square foot for the main house is about 1, 170 square feet so its not a big house .…

  • Reno starts today

    Today the contractor is at the house in Muar to hack the walls . Encik Rahman is there too at the house to lay out the “tapak” ( site) for the garden shed . Unfortunenly , the one or two trees needs to be cut down in the kebun to lay out the site for…