What aspects should I take into account before renovating a high-end home?
As we all know, a renovation involves a lot of work, but if what we also want is a renovation of a high-end home, these are big words. Luxury renovations are complex processes in which, on many occasions, it is difficult to know where you should start. Renovating a home to make it your home involves taking into account many aspects to take into account when renovating a home so that it is perfect.
In this article we tell you some of these aspects.
Things to consider before starting a comprehensive renovation
1- Write down the needs you have
It is normal to want to renovate our home because the bathrooms and kitchen are damaged or outdated, that is, they need new appliances. However, what we never do is take some time to think about what we really need. This is the most important point before carrying out a comprehensive renovation. We must find out if we need space, if we like it to be much more aesthetic than functional or on the contrary, if we have missed something specific during our stay in that home or in previous homes, etc.
Important: focus only on thinking about the needs you need to cover, it is one of the key things to take into account when renovating a home. Do not try to find the solution because this will already be taken care of by the professionals who are in charge of your renovation and we assure you that they will have many solutions to choose from…
Finally, you must be very clear about the characteristics and dimensions of the space you are going to renovate.
2- Find a professional, get advice
Getting advice is one of the things that costs the most and, at the same time, makes anyone’s life easier. Especially, when starting a renovation.
This is one of the key aspects to take into account when renovating a house. Having an architecture studio specialized in comprehensive renovations that can advise you in terms of materials, styles and prices, as well as giving you all kinds of details about the project, from the height of the doors, to the width of the windows is something that will open up a new world of possibilities.
Even many of the ideas that you see as impossible, can be shaped and can contribute many more that you had not even thought of.
Do a search for these professionals and opt for those with whom they meet the basic parameters of experience, service, quality, etc. But, on this, opt for the one with whom you have the most feeling. Working in something as intimate as your home requires doing it with someone you like to talk to, not only professionally but also on a personal level. It seems utopian but we assure you that the process of a renovation can and should be enjoyed.
3- Choose which qualities you want
The most normal thing is that you will contact a professional directly who will inform you, but the work will be much easier for you and for him if you have everything thought out in terms of qualities before the meeting. You should think about whether you just want a facelift or want to detail the renovation thoroughly.
Contact with an architect or interior designer will help guide you in the choice of materials, types of taps, which appliances are the right and necessary. It is he who will tell you the type of qualities that exist and which are the right ones for your high-end home but it would be great if you already have something in mind.
4- Calculate how much it costs to do a comprehensive renovation for high-end homes
Calculating the price is not as easy as it seems. Achieving a budget without dimensions, without qualities, without knowing what you really want, is frankly impossible. Normally, they give you an approximate budget, more or less distant from reality depending on the methodology and experience of the study, but it is always necessary to refine it later.
For your part, what you can and should do is set a budget range in which you want to manage. It is more than likely that this will vary a little as you see the thousand and one possibilities and materials that exist but if you have a clear range, professionals will be able to advise you much better to adapt to it.
If you don’t carry out this fixing process and start renovating thing by thing, what you will achieve is that the reform will come out of an arm and a leg. You will always be spending extra money, there will always be some frustration because “everything costs a lot” or because you understand that it should be included and, in our opinion, it is not the best of experiences. Remember, set a budget range and try to stick to it.
Obviously, it is not the same to carry out a renovation in a high-end home with 70 m2, as it is to carry it out in one of 150 m2.
If you don’t have the slightest idea of what your budget range would be, at Kaleidoscope we have created an online comprehensive renovation calculator. If you are thinking of starting a renovation and need a good budget estimate to know where to go, we recommend using it:
5- Compare budgets to do your renovation
It is usually recommended to deal with at least 2-3 different professionals, as each one will give you a different vision of your home, as well as giving you different budgets. Being able to compare several projects will help you select the one that best suits you, either in style or in economics.
Despite this, he recalls point 2. Let yourself be carried away by the feeling you have with the professional. You are going to spend many hours talking to him/her, you are going to discuss many points, you are going to have to ask for modifications. It is more than necessary that you work with profiles that facilitate your renovation, not with those that make it difficult for you.
6- Building permits and grants
When this reform process begins, most do not know that there are building permits and aid, that is why you should know what you should ask for in these cases.
If you start the work with an architect, interior designer or a decorator, this is the one who will be in charge of informing you and requesting and processing all the necessary building permits.
On the other hand, if you carry out the work on your own, what we recommend is that you go to the town hall of your town and ask what exactly you need for the start of your renovation.
As for the financial aid, it is necessary that you consult those of the year corresponding to the work. They approve a grant of one % of the reform.
Some architecture studios also offer financing facilities and specific guarantees. Kaleidoscope is one of them. Ask.
7- Don’t be afraid to say you don’t like something
As professionals, what we want is for you to be satisfied with your project and for you to like every part of it, that all the things to take into account when renovating a home. For this reason we prefer that you tell us what you like and what you don’t like about the renovation project.
Not everything remains the same in our imagination as when you see it turned into reality, it is normal for you to have doubts, the investment in a high-end home needs several versions to achieve the right one.
8- Patience
This is one of the most important aspects, you don’t want everything to be rushed. Everything requires time (which is not the same thing, that something becomes eternal). A work should not last more than a few months. We, for example, promise that yours will last 4 months. As for the unforeseen… don’t worry! always, always, we insist, always, they have a solution. And even more so if you have had all the aspects that need to be taken into account before renovating a house.
This is it. We hope you find it useful.
And remember…
… A renovation is an experience that is not only the result, but a process of creation in which you should enjoy turning your house into a home. Enjoy and savor that process because it doesn’t usually happen many times in life.
If you want to start a renovation, we will be happy to accompany you in the process, from before to after. Enter our website and start trying our renovation planner
