Planning a home renovation project could be triggered by various reasons. When you have a home you love, but it no longer fits your changing needs or lifestyle, a home renovation is the ideal answer. Whether you need more space for a growing family, want to do something about the emptiness caused by your children leaving the nest, or just need some minor tweaking to make it fit for your aging parents, a home renovation project could be driven by diverse aims.
Whether you plan extensive additions and renovations or small-scale ones within a strict budget, planning ahead, knowing what you want, and keeping your cool are important. Here are seven things to remember, which can make your home renovation project successful.
Set A Realistic Budget
Setting a realistic budget is the first step to ensure your renovation project proceeds smoothly. You should assess your needs (must-have elements) and dreams (good-to-have elements) in addition to outlining the maximum amount you plan to invest in your home renovation project.
While establishing the budget, remember to consider all potential costs, including labour, materials, and unforeseen expenses that could crop up during the renovation process. As everything is unlikely to go according to the plan, ensuring your budget has some cushion for contingencies is essential. This way, when unforeseen obstacles occur that could escalate the cost, you can move forward with the project as you already have the cushion to fall back upon and handle the added expenses.
Plan The Design
When planning the design, you should focus on the essentials or “bones” first. You can bring the decorative items later but neglecting the basics by focusing on aesthetics alone could mean redoing floors, countertops, or fixtures, which would be pretty costly and sometimes, even undoable.
Creating a goal list (increased energy efficiency, enhanced functionality, or revamped visual appeal), deciding the priorities, taking stock of what the home already has and what you want to retain, and noting down the basic ideas can give you the design skeleton on which you can build and add features and elements that you prefer your space to have.
You can use online design tools or hire an interior designer to create a plan that aligns with your vision, needs, and goals.
Involve A Seasoned Contractor
To take the guesswork out of your home renovation planning, you should hire a professional and experienced contractor. It pays to do your homework well online to find some reputed contractors whom you can interview. You could also ask friends, family, and neighbours for referrals. Remember to interview multiple contractors and compare quotes before making a hiring decision.
Since an experienced contractor will have a network of subcontractors and good relationships with them, hiring and managing subcontractors, where needed, for your project will be faster and more hassle-free than a DIY approach. Finding a contractor you like, who listens to your needs, and has a shared vision is essential because you will need to work with the professional closely during the entire renovation process.
If you are looking for a seasoned interior design and renovation company in UAE to handle your renovation plans, you can trust WOW DÉCOR. Since we are the premier hub for home renovations, bespoke home interior design, the finest custom closets, fit-outs, vanity units, luxury kitchens, and a lot more, renovating your space is an easy-breezy task for us.
Create A Renovation Plan
When creating a renovation plan and deciding the timeline of the project’s completion, you need to consider the complete picture and elements that should come together, from plumbing, electrical, and carpentry to paint, drywall, doors, and windows. Your project could get stalled if a material, fixture, or appliance is unavailable or difficult to procure or the subcontractors fail to stick to the schedule.
For instance, your electrical, HVAC, and plumbing services need to be installed when the ceiling and walls are open as doing the work is easier that way. If your project needs in-built elements like breakfast nooks or cabinets, making provisions for carpentry services is essential. Ordering fixtures of particular size and specifications in advance, hiring professionals for window/door installation, wall insulation, and drywall, deciding on the type of flooring, and whether you want to choose paint or wallpaper are other decisions integral to your renovation plan.
Shun Trendy Styles
What’s trendy today may not be in vogue a few months down the line. Being hung up on trendy styles could make you regret it in the future. It’s best to opt for more classic versions of your desired design trend and shun trendy styles to ensure what you choose will stand the test of time and still feel updated.
If you must embrace trendy styles, you should ideally have them in smaller items like home accessories, paint colours, fabrics, or furniture pieces that are easy and cost-effective to replace should the trend go out of style.
Include A Storage Solution
Anything you plan to keep for your home needs to be stored while renovation work is in progress in the space. If you have a spare guest room, you can store some items in it. However, for large items or seasonal stuff that may not be required for a long time, renting a portable storage container will be wise.
Since renovation generates significant construction debris and dust, they could damage your belongings. Your belongings could even get damaged accidentally, say by a paint splatter or tools falling on your furniture. Storing your furniture, furnishings, electronics, seasonal materials, and other stuff in a portable storage unit can ensure they remain clean and in their original condition.
You could even consider decluttering your home by putting your belongings into storage bins, which can streamline and accelerate the renovation process.
Plan Ahead To Handle Inconveniences
You need to plan ahead and be flexible to adapt to the changed scenario and walk through inconveniences caused during a home renovation. For instance, kitchen renovation would need putting your appliances out of service for a certain period. You can consider temporary downgrades like a countertop-sized convection oven or a mini-fridge.
Rolling up rugs throughout your home can keep them away from the dusty setting and work boots. Keeping doors to other rooms closed during work can ensure the space and the things in those rooms don’t get dirty. If you have large open shelving units, attaching plastic sheets to their front can prevent dust build-up on the shelved items. Keeping some extra fitted bed sheets handy is another vital step as you can use them to cover furniture to prevent dust from settling on them.
Though a home renovation project can be challenging, it’s hugely rewarding. You just need to be patient to enjoy the process and experience the transformative effect of a seasoned contractor working on a top-notch design.
Experienced professionals of WOW DÉCOR offer various elements for your home renovation, from custom-made closets, shelving units, luxury kitchens and vanity units to TV and media units, wall panelling, and more. By partnering with WOW DÉCOR, you can rest assured that everything – from designer partitions, finely crafted furniture, and paintings to wallpapers, lighting and lamps, and other decorative accessories – is handled with careful attention to detail.
If you are ready to convert your space into a welcoming and stylish abode where you can create special memories with family, friends, and loved ones, hire WOW DÉCOR’s renovation services today!
