thank you Lord for the house!

It could be the fastest collective decision we could ever have made.

My previous entry stands testament to our positive sentiments on this lovely house we viewed on Thursday evening. Some twenty four hours later since we first stepped into the house, we were back in the same house again for the same reason, to issue our first cheque and make clear our intention of purchasing the house.

Thank you Lord then, for even making that 10K reduction off the sale price possible, and for even seeing to it that the financial considerations fits nicely to a tee. On the flip side, it was SO accurate that we've left with nothing to renovate the place, since my mom intends to have the entire affair possible without loans.

Both my mom and the agent we had engaged remarked that I must have prayed really hard- and without a doubt, I did pray that the house would be ours if He was willing. Last night, I prayed that the Lord would provide for us, and I received and invitation for a part time job (: I'm actually posting this to warm up my engine before I begin work on the document proper.

Ok, and here's the essential renovation works I would consider necessary for our new beloved house:

1. Kitchen
- Isolation from the house. There is a bar top counter and full height entrance to the kitchen. All these means that the cooking fumes will traverse to the rest of the house, so I will need to seal up the original entrance, demolish the bar counter, and place a glass wall cum glass door to allow sunlight from the balcony into the otherwise dark kitchen.

2. Electrical works
- Since the new glass wall will replace the original concrete wall that holds the existing light switches and power points, I will have to relocate them along the toilet wall. This will allow me to place my washing machine and clothes dryer outside the toilet, too.

3. Cabinetry works
- The kitchen cabinet and worktop could be reconfigured for better utilisation of space and storage. The fridge can be located nearer the entrance of the kitchen to allow for easy access.

4- Flooring works
-I've destroyed the kitchen tiles by removing the concrete wall and by re-doing the kitchen cabinet. I will need to have the wall and floor tiles redone. And these works affect a portion of the hall tiles, too.

5- Painting works. When all these is said and done, Id need painters (:

My desired reno list is actually longer than this but I feel that several others (air conditioning, replacement of flooring for living areas etc) could be done bit by bit later. The kitchen remains very much an important part of the home, and i feel that it'll be super inconvenient to hack the wall tiles and tear down walls the moment we move in! And so, the kitchen will have to be fixed.

And to help you appreciate my thoughts, here's a home made visual (:




God help us all.