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| Why do you want to renovate the house? |
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| Is it to accommodate a growing family? |
If you are expanding your home to add bedrooms and
bathrooms, be careful not to sacrifice living space. This is
where an architect is critical to planning a quality renovation.
Begin with a plan
Get a plan to accommodate the extra room. This will mostly fall
outside your existing house structure and will need approvals.
Get the plan approved before you begin.
Living areas
Large relaxed living areas are important to a home’s value and
while you might need another two bedrooms and another bathroom,
building these in at the expense of a large family room can be a
mistake.
Accommodate
Try and accommodate an extra member with space saving furniture
like a bunker bed, sofa cum bed. This not only maximizes
existing space, but is also easy on
maintenance. |
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| Is it to add more features and gadgets? |
Check if you need to do internal wiring if the wires in your
home are external. This might be a larger investment but will
help in the long run. Accommodate for many switch points if you
are adding more gadgets like a washing machine to your house.
Laundry Area
A separate laundry area is not in the domain of large houses
alone. You can consider a separate laundry area if you want to
maintain your washing machine in perfect shape. |
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| Is it to make more spacious rooms? |
Is anyone moving out of the house and you feel the need to
have more spacious rooms?
Begin with a wish list
What will your ideal house look like. Then consider various
options including cost to cut things down. This helps in
planning for near-future modifications as well.
First plan
Don’t begin with breaking down a wall. First consider the house
plan and make a complete plan for the renovated structure. You
might consider extending your home a little to accommodate a
spacious room in the existing frame work.
Watch
The best way to find ideas for a good renovation is to browse
through the innumerable magazines on design that are available.
You will not only get ideas
in creating space, you will also end up getting ideas into
interior furnishings. A visit to the tile shop/ home furnishing
store will also be helpful to get a good idea of materials
available locally.
While making your room spacious, make considerations to
accommodate some convenience gadgets. A modern modular kitchen
could be also be in your wish list. |
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| Is to accommodate guest areas? |
Accommodating a guest not only means giving space for a bed.
Consider sufficient space for their luggage and belongings.
You need not look at permanent storage spaces for the guest
room. Try to have some easily movable furniture. You could
consider a table that is fixed on to the wall at one end and
free at the other. When you need to use this table, you could
open out the table and fix it with side hooks. |
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| Is it a temporary renovation for festivals / marriage? |
Festivals and a function like a marriage is a very important
time for the family. The house not only needs to accommodate
people but a variety of events, which may include dance and
music.
Don’t paint now, decorate instead
A house is normally painted with the onset of a festival. If you
are not too sentimental about this, try to make some simple
changes to the existing wall and
paint the house once the function is over. This is to help
maximise your investment on painting the house.
Decorate your house with streamers and colour. A huge decorative
cloth to cover some walls is a good idea.
Change leaking faucets. It might be crucial to save water during
this time. Try to find out costs to hire furniture and bedding
if there are many people and you do not want to invest on
permanent furniture.
Move furniture against the walls and leave as much open space in
the center. It’s a time when people keep moving about a lot and
you do not want any accidents.
The pooja room is a special place this time. You could consider
better lights, decoration and cleaning.
Try to keep the kitchen as tidy as possible. This is a good time
to consider a modular kitchen. |
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