Project "Our Hive": Bricks and Irons Up, Wires Next

I just realized that it's almost two months since I last wrote about our house renovation. At that time we were waiting for a second quotation on the back fence and grilles. Anyway, we decided to go with the first contractor we met, Mr Peter. We met him again on 20th January to choose the wrought iron grille design for the whole house and finalise costs for the grille and putting up a wall at the back fence. It all came up to RM8500. I'm not sure if it is expensive or not but the other contractor quoted roughly around that price too. Mr Peter promised us that the grille will be installed after chinese new year since it takes some time for them to weld the iron and spray paint it.

So, last Friday, 26th February, Mr Peter delivered his promise. The grille for our house is already fixed. The back fence was up much much earlier, about a week after we finalised the deal with Mr Peter. We're very happy with the design of our grille and very satisfied with Mr Peter. Now that we are familiar with him and his workmanship, we have decided to employ him again to do the wiring works on the house and maybe the plaster cornice for the living and dining rooms. Tomorrow we're meeting him to finalise the costs. He mentioned that wiring for additional socket points will cost RM80 while lighting points which require hacking of the wall costs RM100.

We're now into the second phase of the renovation works. Mr Peter estimates that the wiring can be done in a week, so if we add the cornicing work it may take another extra week. In total, about two weeks to complete Phase Two.Phase Three will involve finalising the kitchen and getting the lights and fans. So, I've got the next two weeks to go around kitchen showrooms and get quotations. Shah, lets take leave on one of these days? Or do we need to take more days off from work?