Home Dec 2009

Last Sunday we visited Home Dec 2009 held at KL Convention Centre yesterday. This is our 1st visit to such home exhibition other than IKEA. The exhibition is really out of our expectation. We manage to survey about many things that we needed to deco and furnish our new condo. The items are as below:

1. Hood and Hob - Pacific, Teka and Elba. We had had a short lesson about this. New model now comes together with Autocleaning which would help you to clean it without extra work like removing the filter cage and so. During HomeDec, they offers free ducting and installation as well. Elba would be the cheaper brand. now there 3 types of hob:gas burning, induction and "delicooker". Mostly are still conventional gas burining but with safety features such as automatic gas supply disengaged when it doesn't detect temperature within time set. for induction, only stainless steel or aluminium pot can be used but now implemented with ceramic holder which alot wok to fit it as normally Asians use work except you are fine with frying pans and flat bottom pot. for "delicooker", pots made of all kinda materials can be used. all induction and "delicooker" comes with infrared touch buttons, digital displays, time and temp setting and so. But kinda expensive than i thought. Both Hood and Hob can range from RM1-3k.

2. Wooden Flooring - we intend to install wood flooring for our master bedroom as I'm kinda like it. Some nice exhibitors really explained a lot about what we need to know and their products. Though we still met up with 2 uncles which really bad in sales presentation. "if u really intend to implement, then you must not hesitate to sign up now, we really doing promotion and really damn cheap..." this is his initial approach and closing up as well. Really dislike kinda salesperson. Anyone can do sales now if this method works. So, basically there are few things to know. 3 kinda wood flooring, Solid wood, Laminated and engineered. Solid wood are made directly from the tree, using the natural print of the wood and with natural appearance. Laminated are compressed wood and the surface are printed design therefore every piece of flooring looks and colors are the same. For engineered flooring, it is type of laminated but the surface design are not natural look. it can be in any design. The technology is for flooring are quite advanced now, some you do not need to hack the original tiles and most of them done alot of protection again water leak and termites. still,it requires proper care for wood flooring. Wooden flooring range from RM1.80 - RM50/sgft. Mostly free installation but some have minimum sqft else there will be surcharge.

3. Shower head - this is the part where FP like the most. She kinda like the big head lotus shower head. But according to the exhibitor, this shower head is only applicable to centralized heater tank or if you are just ok with cold water. It doesn't apply to individual heater. Price range from RM200-300.

4. Grill and door - Checked out some grills and doors. The grills doesn't seem to be tailored for condo grills. Mostly are automated gates. For doors, i think we can temporarily skip as the condo has it own door already although it is not pretty. Price range from RM1.8k to RM3k.

5. Hanger for Clothes (for condo) - Condo doesn't has any space for clothes drying except balcony. So we definitely needed a hanger which can be lifted up or extendable. found only one booth which offers such product. It offers both extendable and hand-roll lift up type. we need both. Range from RM150 to RM300.

6. Kitchen cabinet - didn't check out many as the price really expensive starts from RM2k. But this is needed. Maybe will check out during next HomeDec Fair. All are tailored made, some even comes with automatic open/close function.

7. Wardrobe - Had a glance at few booths. Mostly are tailored made but the price are really high. No wonder ho thiam said better buy from IKEA but IKEA products are not really durable. Price starts from RM2k.

8. Shower Cubicle - made of tempered glass but not a necessary item. I would rather go for a shower curtain with tight budget. Range from RM1k to RM1.5k.

I have read thru the latest IKEA catalogue. There are some items really attracted me. But some really expensive. Might need to make a visit to IKEA when free. Really need to start to do researches first before the condo is handed over. Things such as Hood and hob and flooring really needed to decide before installing kitchen cabinet and bedroom accessories. Hopefully the developers are able to be on time, with no affect on the quality.