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vendredi 31 janvier 2014

Making Your Home More Personal to You

When people first move into a new home, they tend to spend a lot of time making it look the way that they want it to look. The same can be said for people who have lived in the same house for years. Everyone is always looking for ways to make a building more personal to themselves.


A good way to personalize a home is to add on. This could mean putting an extension on the home, or even a conservatory. Those are the more expensive ways to change the home, but there are cheaper ways.

When compared with the cost to actual building work, one of the cheapest ways is to redecorate or change the furniture. This is more affordable and could be done more than once a year. However, if you change the home every few months, then the price is going to build up.

Designing

If your heart is set on getting an extension or a conservatory, then you should have a bigger budget and you should be prepared to find someone who can do the designing and then co-ordinate with the builders.

Once you have found a designer, you should ask them what software they use to do their plans. The industry accepted design software. Companies who use this software should be given priority over others because they have thought about their own budget for doing design work.

Using such software they will be able to keep design costs down. If they have a separate computer to run their software, then the cost of their service will be more expensive, and therefore the cost of the extension will be less for you.

Work with the designer

Even though you have hired a designer to do the work, that doesn't mean that you have no say in the look of whatever you are having done. There could be times when you don't like the look of the design, or you don't think it matches the rest of the property. If this is the case, then you have to tell the designer.

A good designer will have no problems showing you print outs of designs, or making sure you like the design and making changes, before they hand the plans over to the builders.

If you want something done that is a bit out of the norm, a good designer will have access to programs, so that they can make things that might not have been used before. You will want a designer that is imaginative and can make changes, as well as listening to your needs and being practical.

Cost

You should include the cost of the designer, in the budget of your extension. This will be easier for you to keep track of the cost. When you are contacting designers, ask them for quotes before they start looking into your project. There is no point falling in love with a design if you can't afford it.

Ask them to see a design once you know that you can afford their services. If don't get the full picture from their design, then ask them if they can do you a 3D version of what the finished product will look like. They should be able to do it without too much fuss or extra cost to them.

Once you have the house the way that you want it you will feel more at home and you will be less likely to spend more money changing the house again. Just make sure you can afford the work if you are making a big change, and you have a designer who cares about the work because you may not be able to make sure a massive change, again for a while.

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