5 Mistakes to Avoid While Renovating a Home
Renovating a home can be both immensely rewarding and very frustrating. Regardless of how you find the experience itself, the finished product will almost always render all the stress worth it. That is if you avoid these common mistakes! Renovators – especially inexperienced ones – often overlook a few of the fundamental renovation rules. Doing so can be bad for a few reasons.
Firstly, it can leave your home looking worse than when you started. Secondly, it can actually bring down the value of your home, while costing you money at the same time. Fortunately, avoiding these mistakes is simple with the right help and advice.
1. Poor Planning
Your renovation begins the moment you start planning it. This stage is just as important, if not more important, than all the stages to come. Planning your renovation is a bit of an art in itself. You will need to consider all the possible options to achieving your goal. This often requires thinking outside the square. You will also have to weigh each option up against its cost—every step you take has to be worth the cash! The worst mistake you can make is to plan the renovation as you go. This will lead to a mismatched end product at best. At worst, it will be downright catastrophic and expensive.
2. Prioritising Appearance Over Quality
Sure, renovations are about improving the aesthetic of your home. But there is more to it than that alone. You need to be certain that every change you make is going to last. Choosing things based on looks alone is no guarantee of practicality or quality. If you take this approach, you might find that the extra basin in your bathroom is nothing but an annoyance. What’s even worse is that is cost you money. When it comes to renovating a home, looks are good, but they aren’t everything.
3. Ignoring your Home’s Existing Features
This is another rookie mistake and you can see evidence of it all throughout Queensland. Choosing a style or décor that is completely different to that of your home’s existing décor is always a bad idea. All of the best, most experience renovators will tell you the same thing: work with what you have got. If your dream home exhibits the characteristics of modern architecture but your current home is an old Queenslander, perhaps renovating isn’t for you. Renovating is supposed to complement your home, not reinvent it entirely.
4. Rushing the Painting Process
A lot of renovators take a DIY approach to painting. They see it as a simple task and a good opportunity to save some money. But painting is never as straightforward as it seems. There are many layers to a well-prepared paint job. When done correctly, it can take days—even more sometimes. There is simply no way to rush a paint job without leaving unsightly bubbles, discoloured patches or peeling paint. If you are doing your own paint job, make sure you do your research! There is plenty of content online that will walk you through the painting process in an easy to understand way. You can also ask the experts at your local painting shop for some advice.
5. Taking Shortcuts
If you take away one thing from this list of common renovating errors, it should be that shortcuts don’t pay. If you try to renovate without the right resources, you will end up causing damage to your home and ultimately losing money. Renovations are a relatively painstaking process, but if you do them correctly the rewards will come. The best way to ensure that yours goes smoothly is to team up with expert builders. They will have all the equipment and knowledge to deliver the best results.
Do you need help with renovating your home? Contact Marshall Renovations the home renovation experts in Brisbane today on 0407 122 326.