So, you want to renovate your home? Whether the project is big or small, remodeling often comes with a multitude of avoidable mistakes especially with beginners. Save yourself some stress, wasted money and lost time with these essential tips. Top 5 Renovating Tips:
- Setting and staying in budget
We estimate that about a third of remodelers fail to set a budget prior to beginning the remodeling process. Without a budget, you are bound to be stressed. Whether you are renovating a small bathroom or an entire kitchen, setting a realistic budget will keep your stress levels and wallet in check. After evaluating the estimated cost of the renovation, set a reasonable budget with room for add up costs just in case. Many people fail to realize that remodeling requires more spending then simply on the new stuff. There are more often than not other fees, like contractors, transportation, storage and dumpster rental charges that are necessary investments within your remodeling project.
- Planning ahead
While this may seem obvious, there are many things remodelers fail to factor in while planning ahead. It’s important to remember that once the plans have been made and the project has begun, it’s typically too late to begin questioning your decisions.
Budgeting time and money, tools, measurements, contractors and permits before the project begins are some of the several ways you can better plan.
- Set realistic expectations
This goes hand and hand with every tip, but it’s important to note that every remodeler needs to prepare for the unexpected within their expectations. Even with careful planning ahead, there are usually a few small bumps along the way. To set realistic expectations, talk with your contractor and other household members about things like potential problems specific to your home and the project.
Set truthful goals for yourself and the team working with you because renovating always involves more than just you.
- Knowing what you want in the long run
While those bright red cabinets are in-trend this month, they probably wont be next month. As with every trend, renovation trends come and go. Remodeling is about making your home more functional and aesthetically pleasing to you, so it’s important to customize your home in a way that makes it feel like just that – your home! It’s just as important, however, to stick with the classics and remodel for the future, not just for the now.
- Being careful and accurate
This one may seem like a given, but it comes with a variety of common mistakes. Taking accurate measurements and precisely judging scale are two crucial factors in renovating. Measure, re-measure and then re-measure again because everyone makes mistakes and measuring inaccurately could be a mistake that makes or breaks the project.
Are you planning on using these Renovating Tips this year?
