The finish product!!!

This is a very late update for our home renovation because dwyt and I were so busy buying things for the house and preparing for the house warming. But this is the output for the 12-day renovation.

The yellow room:

The violet room:

The temporary dining area and living room:

 The stairway:

The laundry area:

The CR:

So this is the output of our home renovation :)

Ratings: 5/5

• Kuya Alfred's work - 3/5 Follows instruction but the execution is not satisfactory. There were back jobs and we can no longer contact his number.
• Atlantic Hardware - 4/5 Very cheap materials especially on the paint supplies and moldings but I will not recommend to buy your tiles here because it is expensive compared to other hardware. Make sure to do business with them at an early hour because processing of orders will take 2 hours and more, very frustrating.
• Citihardware - 4.5/5 Very accommodating staff. Most of the things you need are already available. Tiles here are very cheap and you can also ask for discount for items bought in bulk.
• Cebu Home Builders - 3.5/5 Most of the items were expensive compared to other hardware. Good thing is they can mix paint for boysen. Tiles are also cheap as well as home accessories.
• Ace Hardware - 4/5 Very accommodating staff and trusted seller for stainless steel products. They are cheap when it comes to lighting materials.

Day 9

Finally, our CR renovation is done. The tile grout is applied and the fixtures were installed but still no water connection (already a headache!!!).

T&B Fixtures:
Shower Curtain & Rod - Php250.00 (SM Department Store)
Blue Trash Bin - Php200.00 (SM Department Store)
Blue Toilet Bowl Brush - Php120.00 (SM Department Store)
Single Glass Shelf with Mirror - Php629.75 (Ace Hardware)
Stainless Robe Hook - Php1,199.75 (Ace Hardware)
Double Stainless Glass Shelf - Php1,913.40 (Cebu Home Builders)
Stainless Toothbrush Holder - Php500.00 (Ace Hardware)
Stainless Tissue Holder - Php429.75 (Handyman)
Blue Bidet Spray - Php349.75 (Ace Hardware)
Pretty Door w/ Louver - Php1,250.00 (Cebu Home Builders)

Materials:
Tile Grout (P8 Sorento Blue ABC) - Php103.00/pack (2 packs)
Wall tiles (20x30 Romano) - Php10.00 (80pcs)

Experience:
Renovating a CR with a dimension of 1m Width x 1.8m Length was very difficult, because you have to plan carefully in order to avoid cluttered fixtures and wrong color combination. These were the things that Dwyt and I have done and learned before and after the renovation.
1. Plan Carefully. Using a steel tape, Dwyt measured the width, length and height of the CR and I sketched it using Sweet Home 3D.
2. Color Scheme. Based on my research, to make smaller space look bigger, pastel colors should be used. Since our CR already have an existing blue floor tiles and a blue stripe tiles, we both agreed to buy a blue plain colored tiles for the remaining half portion of the wall.
3. Buy stainless steel items. Please do not use plastic or chrome items for the CR as much as possible because these type of material easily gets damaged.

Day 8

It's already in our 8th day of renovation still there is no water connection and no permanent electricity connection.

CR in 3rd Floor

 CR fixtures will be installed after the application of tile grout.

Laundry Area

 I told the kuya alfred to use the damaged or broken tiles in the laundry area, and this is the output, they call it crazy cut tiles.

Sink in the Laundry Area

 The wall tiles used are those in the CR, we just added 6 pieces of it.

Day 7

This is kinda late for me to post the renovation updates because of my busy schedule, however this was the output of the first coating of wall paints.

For the violet room, one side of the wall is dark violet and the rest of it will be lighter in shades.

 For the yellow room, one side is darker in shade and one side will be painted in stripes.

This is the finished product of the hanging cabinet and this is also the wall color for the hallway.

So, I was a bit hesitant for the colors of the moldings, that's why I told kuya Alfred to paint one part with slate gray and the other part with white, to check the color combination. Dwyt liked the slate gray color and so do I. For the moldings, it will be slate gray and for the walls in the hallway and open area, it will be autumn mist (bluish gray) color.

So this is Dwyt talking with kuya Alfred about the wall paint and the gutter outside.

Day 6

As expected all Hardiflex cement board were tucked and they also started applying putty and filler to all walls and cropped out the solid wall at the back.

All the paints were delivered, so dwyt and I need to decide the shades of colors for the walls. We will be using Boysen Permacoat Latex Semi-Gloss Paints.
For the yellow room using "Lemon Chill" color, we decided to have one side to be darker and the other two sides to be pastel yellow plus a yellow stripes accent in the window area .

For the violet room will be "Hyacinth", one side darker and all remaining sides will pastel in color.

For the open area, it will be an "Autumn Mist" color.

For the cornices and baseboards, it will be "Slate Gray" color.

Yesterday, we told kuya alfred that we wanted to have an exit door in the laundry area, so this is the outcome.

Day 5

After the delivery of the cement board (hardiflex), kuya alfred started the setting of the wall partition. He actually started the placing of the studs and tracks. He also put the door jamb for the two rooms.

Room 1

Room 2

Storage Cabinet above the stairs

After placing all the tracks and studs, kuya alfred applied putty to the storage cabinet while his other two companions continued the floor tiling.

Floor tiling is almost done, so maybe tomorrow we can buy paints and mouldings.

Day 4

Kuya Alfred and his co-workers started the concrete walling of the laundry area. As agreed, it will be a 5-layered concrete hollow blocks with steel fence from wall to ceiling. We used 20 pcs of square metal bar 9.45mm thickness.

the pvc pipe will serve as the exhaust for the ground and second floor level

the pvc pipe is the exhaust for the cr

square tube metal connected to the ceiling

We forgot to tell kuya alfred that we wanted to have an emergency exit in the laundry area, but he said that it's not a problem because he can just customize the metal fence. So we'll just wait for kuya alfred's update for the emergency exit door.

Day 3

First thing in the morning, Dwyt went to the DECA office to follow-up our temporary electrical connection, unfortunately the staff informed Dwyt that they will no longer allow temporary connection and she told Dwyt to talk to the engineer on site on how to solve the electrical connection problem. This time, we were really mad because they gave us our PTO without water and electrical connection!

Adding the burden, we talked to the engineer and he told us that he can give us temporary connection provided that first, we buy a 70-meter stranded wire size# 8 in order for us to connect to the nearest post,  second, provide our own electrical engineer to do the connection and lastly, shall not be allowed to use the electricity after 5:00PM! What?! (crazy engineer) Dwyt told the engineer that the restriction of the use of electricity beyond 5:00PM is not possible hence the place is not safe without lights.

We were getting used to it, all the burdens and problems they've caused us.

View of the 70-meter stranded wire

Floor Tile

Slab

Good thing that kuya alfred is an Electrical Engineer, he volunteered to do the wire tapping for connection. They also started the slab portion (will be the laundry area) at the back and prepared the plumbing and ventilation work.

Day 2

The materials were delivered early in the  morning, however the weather wasn't cooperative with us hence the slab and ceiling insulation work was postponed. Instead, kuya alfred started tiling the floor and applying primer and gypsum putty to all concrete walls.

Construction Materials

Floor Tiles

Wall w/ Primer and Putty

Covered the Wooden Stairs

When Dwyt and I visited our unit, I was thankful to kuya alfred because he covered the wooden stairs to prevent from getting dirty. Also, he removed all the floor tiles from their boxes to check if there were broken tiles. So, we returned 11 pcs of tiles to CitiHardware. (Note: CitiHardware will not replace broken tiles if they found out that the tiles were installed already, they will check the back portion if there are cement or adhesive that sticks to it.)

Another thing, it's already in Day 2 and still no electricity.