It's been a while since I last post on the activities of Clover.

Pictures paint a thousand words. Take a look at the works done by Clover the last couple of months.

Nail Cottage in Kota Kemuning

Fixing the hose and wash basins on the raised up platform

The fully white wall and ceiling brings out the colour and design of the laminated floor and upholstery 

Keeping everything simple and easy to upkeep

Pretty pink for the ladies who will be coming to do their pedicure

Suria Kinrara Apartments

Super small kitchen space

Exposed piping on the ceiling a a large beam in the middle of the kitchen space

The living room space

Hacking the wall to adjust the water inlet and outlet

Measuring it to scale so that the wash basin is well connected to the water  outlet and the hose/pipe to the water inlet

Hacking the wall for wiring - lighting and the cooker hood

After the proper wiring is done, it's time to conceal them 

Fixing the kitchen cabinets

Sufficient lighting is always required in the kitchen. We also recommend the Eubiq system . It's worth your money.

Small space but BIG...you know what I mean. The client loved it

The living hall

Tiling

October 4, 2012

For the last one week, I've been hearing from frustrating friends that they had to spend not just money but time and effort to 're-do' their home after moving in for two to three years. I experienced the same after just moved into my then new apartment for about a year.

As a young adult buying a new home, I didn't have much money to do a lavish renovation to the apartment. I didn't felt it was necessary to change the floor tiles, re-wire any electrical point or any of that sort. I believed that I've bought a place which all I need to add on to the apartment were the kitchen cabinets, wardrobes and repainting the wall.

Just about a year later, some tiles in the dining area decided to 'errupt'. It scared the hell out of my sister in law as she described it as horrifying. And today, I experienced something I thought was an earth quake. First I heard these loud cracking sound that went on for like ten seconds. Then this sound as though the ceiling dropped onto the floor kind of loud thumb. I really thought my neighbor the level above me who had just finished their apartment renovation last week did something that made my ceiling cracked. After the shocking sound stopped, I saw that my floor tiles from the living hall to the passage way into the rooms were all cracked.

   

It is disappointing to find out that you've paid so much for your house or apartment before moving in and two to three years later, the tiles 'erupted'.

So why do these things happened? 
When laying of tiles, there is a need for proper tiling method. There is also the need to select proper tiles and brand. The cracking of tiles or eruption of the tiles happened when contractors:

1. Did not apply a correct method for the specific type or brand of tiles selected by the client. Different type of tiles require different types of method.
2. Fail to mix well the cement adhesive, cement bonding additive, and cement. Failing to do this also create the hollow sound when you knock on your tiles.

A person who never experienced these stuff happened to them would not know how frustrating this can be. Looking for a contractor to do or buying the replacement tiles may be easy. But, what's frustrating is:

1. Looking for contractors who are willing to do small jobs if you are replacing only a few tiles.
2. Buying replacement tiles to match the existing tiles.
3. If you want the floor to look nice, this means replacing all the existing tiles. By doing so, you have to spend money buying tiles and engaging contractors. You will also need to have someone home to look after your stuff that is in the home. And if you are working, then you will need to take leave just to do so. Since you are living in that place, the amount of dust due to the hacking of the old tiles. Oh....not forgetting having to move your furniture into other areas of the house.

It is advisable to check the existing tiles of your new premise. Get a professional advice. And if you can afford, it's good to change the tiles before moving in to avoid the hassle later.

Kids Room

When Alvin and Cindy had their second boy in October, they started thinking of really doing up the boys individual rooms. Jacob, their firstborn, who is now three,has been sleeping with them in their Master Bedroom ever since birth. Although he has his own room with a double deck bed, he refused to sleep by himself. 

   

After identifying some leakage they were encountering in both rooms and discussing about their budget for each rooms, this is what we came up with...

This is baby Cayden's room. We repainted the yellow wall to blue and have the upper half wall treated with wallpaper. The drawer bed is then custom made; yellow was maintained in this room because the existing wardrobe is yellow. The added blue gives the room some colours instead of just yellow. Baby now sleeps by himself every night in this room.

Since Jacob's favourite colour is blue, we recolour the wall to a slightly paler blue so that the custom make drawer bed stands out. Similar to the other room, the upper wall is treated with 'CAR' themed wall paper. To give some 'life' to the custom make bed, we added yellow green doors to the cabinet. Mom and dad are very happy cos when they presented the room to Jacob, we loved it so much that he decided to sleep in the room by himself that night...and ever since...

 

We also re-wired / re-looped the lighting points and rectified the leakage problems by fixing the roofing.

It really feel great to know that what we do make a difference in our client's daily lives. We believe that both mom and dad now have their privacy in their own bedroom. :)
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be part of this...

Welcome to CLOVER home

When the decision to have a proper showroom for CLOVER came, the hunt for a 1500 SqFt space started in October 2012. By November 2012, we decided to have this beautiful 1000 SqFt space in SStwo Mall and transform it to what we now call CLOVER home.

A bare unit in SStwo Mall. 

Concrete flooring with no cement rendering

What we see here is a totally bare 1000 SqFt unit that we could put our ideas and design into. Although it was not the size we wanted, we saw the high ceiling and immediately thought of building a mezzanine floor which gave us an additional 500 SqFt. Perfect! Just what we needed.

Works began immediately after settling of all proper documentation that was required by the mall management. Here are some pictures of the work-in-progress that was in Nov/Dec

    

Works completed in just 2 months. This 1500 Sq Ft space has a kitchen, a living room, a fully functional office which sits 6 people with their cubicle, a music recording studio, a sizeable store room and a walk-in wardrobe*. On top of that, we have a 300 SqFt balcony which has a gazebo with water feature, an outdoor store hut and a small garden with swing and settee. 

 

CLOVER home. One can view the workmanship of Clover's work; from designing to carpentry works, wiring, lighting design, landscape design and soft furnishings. *There is no pillar obstructing this space between the kitchen and the living hall

Drop by CLOVER home at L1-44, SStwo Mall. If you would like to make an appointment with us, call us at 03-7955 2368 or email us at enquiry@clovergroup.my