All you need to do is before making any big change plan in your home, you have to be clear on these big questions.
Ready, set, wait! Before you
could make any big changes to your home, you are requested to ask these big
questions to yourself.
Q:
How long you have planned to be living in your house after the renovation?
The longer you have planned to live in your
home, it gives you more opportunity to be creative with your ideas. But if you
have planned to sell your house in the next five years, then keep some of the
potential buyers in mind whilst applying your ideas. It would be more
appropriate to use the neutral colors for kitchen renovation Melbourne and bathrooms as well. The maple cabinets are more advisable
to be used for the same purpose in order to use the neutral colors. Maple
cabinets are more adaptive for everyone in a conventional style. Everyone has
its own opinion about the material used for the cabinetry. Many people hate oak
and some people hate cherry, but the majority of the people can live with
maple.
Q:
Is the renovation is going to be based on cosmetic fixes, or all out overhaul?
It is more preferable to make
small changes at one point of time, but think about the long-term plans as well.
If you want to buy a new kitchen sink, it would be suggested to buy one with
the enough holes in the deck for the faucet, soap dispenser and sprayers that
you will be needed to add later on. Whereas cutting the holes in the stainless
steel or porcelain is another tough job. And if you are planning to buy the new
cabinets later, then it's not suitable to replace the countertop with an
expensive granite, there would be no chance to reuse the granite countertop
once you have changed the cabinets. Either it breaks when you try to remove it
or it doesn’t go with the footprints of the new cabinets.
Q:
Have you prepared yourself for a long term chaos?
Have a realistic approach
for about how long these changes might take. Renovation process can prolong for
months, so have to prepare yourself to do without that bathroom, kitchen or the
bedroom. When you are checking for the references, the most considerable
question is to ask whether the contractor is going to finish your work on time
or not? You will be surprised that how quickly the week will be turning into
the month.
Q:
Is the renovation keep the style of the home or not?
Before you could make any
big changes in your home inside reflect what will be the future buyers of your
home will expect from the outside. If you live in a house in Victorian style
then you cannot make it into contemporary. Do not try to change the Victorian
floors and woodwork because people who see the historical interior will expect
the historical exterior as well. This can also be applied to the modern homes
where the buyers do not expect the old fashioned details like antique crown
molding.