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Apartment renovation: how to make an estimate and plan? Video
In order for the apartment renovation to be completed on schedule, even before it starts, it is necessary to think over all the issues, draw up a plan and an estimate, calculate the amount of necessary building and finishing materials, and determine the required scope of work. This will help you calculate how much the event will cost. The more detailed and accurate your plans and calculations are, the higher the likelihood that you will get exactly the kind of repair you dreamed of as a result.
Since even inexperienced apartment owners, for whom this is the first time, guesses that renovation is an expensive pleasure, it is clear that the first step is to resolve the financial issue. There are very few of those who can solve the issue of repairs, having paid for it with two or three salaries, for the majority of the population, the cost of repairs is a rather serious amount, even if we are talking about a one-room apartment. If you dreamed about the repair for a long time and prepared for it ahead of time, you could postpone some amount. In the event that an urgent move is planned, and the apartment requires repair, you need to borrow money from friends and relatives or take a loan from the bank.
In any case, it is necessary to draw up a preliminary plan and estimate in order to calculate the cost of repairs and determine whether your savings are sufficient and what kind of loan or loan you need to take. To draw up a repair plan, you need to decide on its type, whether it will be major or you can get by with the usual.
Stages of repair work in the apartment
In the event that a major overhaul is due, his plan will include dismantling work, which is done at the first stage. Included in these works are the destruction of existing partitions, dismantling of window frames and interior doors, as well as utilities: water supply, sewerage, heating and electricity networks, plumbing fixtures.
When drawing up a plan for renovation work, keep in mind that all work begins, as a rule, from the farthest room of the apartment and ends with finishing the corridor
At the same time, it is necessary to draw up drawings on which plans for electrical and low-current wiring, places for installing electrical outlets and plumbing equipment – connection points for hot and cold water supply will be drawn. Particular attention should be paid to the bathroom and kitchen, the rooms in which most of the household appliances and systems are traditionally installed that provide comfort in the house. Consider the location of the outlets for the three-phase power supply, which is necessary for the dishwasher and washing machine, oven and other powerful household electrical appliances. Determine where the hood will be installed, where small household appliances will stand.
In the next phase of your plan, include any required civil works. These include: erection of interior partitions, installation of windows and interior doors, plastering of ceilings and walls, flooring, installation of pipelines for engineering systems, electrical work, installation of air conditioning and ventilation systems, construction of plasterboard structures.
Finishing work will be the final stage of the plan. This includes putty on walls and ceilings, the quality and cost of which depends on what finishing materials will be used. In addition, do not forget to include in the finishing work a final floor screed and, if necessary, the installation of a “warm floor” system. This also includes the final finishing of surfaces, the installation of sockets and lighting fixtures, the installation of curtain rods for curtains.
Once you have drawn up a detailed plan and taken into account all types of repair work in the house, it will be much easier to draw up an estimate. You will, in fact, only have to calculate the volumes and find out the prices for construction and finishing work, as well as the cost of construction and finishing materials.
The calculation of the necessary materials, as experience shows, must be done not only taking into account square meters, but also taking into account the compatibility of patterns. So, wallpaper with a pattern will have to be glued taking into account the compatibility of the lines, so their consumption will be large and there may be a lot of scraps left. Just in case, increase the calculated values of the total amount of finishing materials by an average of 10%.
In the estimate for repairs, it is necessary to take into account transportation costs, which consist of delivering goods to your house and lifting them up to the floor to the apartment. In addition, you will have to additionally spend some amount on the removal of construction waste and payment of specialists who will be involved in performing one or another type of one-time work.
To reduce transportation costs, purchase the bulk of building and finishing materials from a large wholesale base
When you want to save money, you should study the level of existing prices. So, for example, in Moscow, the difference between finishing materials purchased in a regular store and those purchased in a wholesale warehouse can be up to 30%. You can also save on the choice of manufacturers, if you buy Russian-made ceramic tiles, the quality of which is also high, the savings compared to imported ones can be up to 50%. By purchasing goods of different names in a specialized hardware store for a certain amount, you have every right to demand a discount.