Renovating your home can go for more than tens of thousands of dollars since you’re technically rebuilding the entire house. Without any proper plan, you might even end up overspending your budget.
If you’re planning on renovating your home, or even just the kitchen, it’s important to stay on your budget. Projects like this are costly for every homeowner but there are several ways for you to cut home renovation costs and even spend less than your expected budget plan.
Here, we’re going to show you some of the best ways to lessen your cost for your project.
1. Create a Detailed Budget Plan
Before starting your home renovation, you need to create a budget plan so you know how much you’re going to spend. These can go from the costs of the materials, professional help, and additional expenditures during the renovation.
Do some research on what materials are you going to use and how much is it going to cost you to purchase them. If you’re planning on hiring a professional, they can assist you in looking for cheaper options for your design to help you save.
Though when it comes to budgeting, it’s always a good idea to stay over budget rather than getting under budget. Unexpected expenses can happen even if your renovation plan is drawn out to the bone.
2. Hire Professionals
If you’re planning on changing your plumbing, electrical, or structural work, it’s better to hire a professional. Don’t try to DIY the complicated stuff or you might end up spending a lot on repairs rather than your renovation.
Try to look for at least three quotes and weigh in how much they cost and how long they’re able to finish their work. Look for a price that’s within your budget and a builder who has a good reputation.
If you find a contractor that offers his services for cheap, you should do a bit of background check. There’s usually a reason why they offer so little. Don’t forget about all the things you remove and want to get rid of. You will want to hire a service for removing junk from your property. You can stack it all up as you go along and have them come get it all at once. This is a great service for removing everything from trash to washing machines, to wood and other things you tend to upgrade, change out, or simply remove together.
3. Use Cheaper Materials
Using cheaper materials for your renovation is a surefire way of spending less on your project. You can save a lot by using cheaper alternatives in less impactful parts of your home.
Try replacing your floor tiles with cheaper ones compared to using ceramics. If you’re creative enough, you can even design it in a way that looks aesthetically pleasing.
Pulling this off requires a sense of balance as you need to focus on where you should place your money. You should save your expensive purchases on parts of your home where you want to make a statement.
4. Reuse Old Materials
Renovating your home doesn’t mean everything needs to be brand new. Before throwing everything into the bin, try to check if you’re able to reuse anything in your home.
You can repaint your old doors and cabinets, re-upholster your chairs and sofas to a new look, and even just keep old tableware.
There’s a lot of ways to refurbish the old items in your home. You can learn DIY methods on how to reuse old goods in your home so they can match the design of your remodeled place.
5. Secondhand Goods
Aside from reusing your old stuff, you can also purchase secondhand goods to mix in with your brand new ones. It lessens your cost of spending on furniture, appliances, and white goods.
Go to stores and ask if they have any secondhand goods or factory defects. You can find ones with dents and scratches that can be hidden easily. Their prices are usually marked down to a considerable amount, especially when the product has a lot of issues.
You can even go to your local thrift shop to look for secondhand goods. They’re cheap and can be used after a little bit of cleaning and re-upholstering.
Though when going to stores it’s always a good idea to bring hand sanitizers with you to keep yourself clean.
6. Your Home’s Footprint Should Stay the Same
If you want to save on your home renovation, you should avoid moving and removing the walls and pipes around your home. These are costly and you need to hire professionals to do this job.
Instead of removing everything to save space, consider alternatives like built-in shelves, hidden drawers, and space-saving cabinets. This way you won’t have to spend too much just to move a few of your pipes and wirings around your home.
The only time that you should try to change your home’s footprint is when the spaces are too tight to the point where it’s not functional anymore.
7. Focus on the Cosmetic Fix
When renovating, it doesn’t mean that you have changed everything. If you want to save, you can just do cosmetic fixes around your home.
Rather than changing everything, focus on what’s going to catch people’s attention. Instead of redoing the entire bathroom, you can just change the shower, taps, and curtains.
You can even make your bedroom and lounge look new by just changing the clothes and re-upholstering the sofas and chairs.
8. What Helps You Save in the Long Run?
When it comes to choosing the cheaper options, you should always think about long-term spending.
These investments can include solar panels, water filters, and even insulation. What’s important is your place where your money where it’s worth it. It’s also a good idea to invest in good quality buckets for your home. Look for quality bucket manufacturers that offer long-lasting buckets.
Conclusion
Home renovation is fun to do, especially if you’re a homeowner yourself. There’s a lot to think about the planning part, especially when it comes to designing your house’s new look.
Though with every big project, it’s necessary to think about how much you’re spending, especially when you’re on a budget.
Just make sure to remember that you should always overbudget yourself just in case of any extra expenditures along the way.
Salman is a prolific environmental writer, and has authored more than 500 articles in reputed journals, magazines and websites. He is proactively engaged in creating mass awareness on renewable energy, waste management, sustainability and conservation all over the world.
Salman can be reached on salman@cleantechloops.com
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Thank you so much Salman for sharing this. It is very insightful.