Hello everyone, my code name is Tom Cat, the coordinates of the imperial capital, drifting north for more than ten years, and finally bought a unique house type in the imperial capital, called a co-ownership house. Because of poverty, I decided to learn home improvement knowledge from scratch.
I installed a suite by myself, starting from a novice who doesn't know anything, although it is a finely decorated room, but I have also transformed a lot of places, and I will share the process with you today.
Before the renovation begins, be sure to figure out your living needs and preferences, and don't just worry about copying homework on the Internet!
The decoration of the north is not necessarily practical to move to the south, and the hard decoration of the new house is not necessarily suitable for the old and dilapidated, in short, what is suitable for others is not necessarily suitable for you, from your point of view, the tailor-made is the best.
Decoration companies are reported by space, and each space contains many items such as demolition, ceiling, painting, flooring, etcYour task is to take out the labor costs, material costs, and auxiliary material costs of each major item in the whole house, so that you will have a basic concept of **.
Signing a decoration contract must be wide-eyedIf the material needs to be branded, give it exactly the model number, otherwise it is very likely to be purchased from the second lowest in the same category!
Always keep in mind that you are Party A, and it is taboo to be too gentle and easy to speak! Once you encounter something you are not satisfied with (especially the first time), it is time to rework and keep the bottom lineOtherwise, if you compromise once, you will have to face inching again and again!
During the renovation period, be sure to communicate and leave traces! Whether it is communication with the decoration company or the construction party, try to use the form of text, which is convenient for screenshots and screen recording, and keep them as evidence. Verbal communication and verbal promises are too easy to rip off, if you really can't avoid it, remember to record it.
Whether it is hard or soft decoration, before you think clearly, don't do it first, pushing off and redoing it is not only a waste of money, but the entire construction period will be delayed!
First of all, the basic household appliances and furniture are complete, and other soft decorations can be selected slowly, don't buy for the sake of buying, and you will not be satisfied anywhere in the follow-up, and you will have to hurt your muscles and bones if you want to return and replace.
1. Choose a decoration method
If you are busy, just look for the whole package, and leave the big and small things to the decoration company to get it; If you don't go to work or have a relatively idle job, half-pack and self-loading are also okay (it's very hard, so be mentally prepared).
But whether you are looking for all-inclusive, semi-or self-loaded, you have to find a reliable one! If you encounter a ** company and an irresponsible pheasant company, it is an inexhaustible heart, an inexhaustible pit, and an inexhaustible loss!
2. Figure out the decoration steps
In fact, it is not as difficult as everyone thinks, you just need to organize your decoration steps into **, and then print it out, or put it in your mobile phone.
At what stage, it is clear what should be done. Tick which one is done, draw a circle if there is a problem, clear and easy to operate, and save omissions.
3. Control the decoration budget
The most important thing about renovation is to keep your money under control!
If you already know very clearly how much money you can come up with for renovation, then IIt is recommended that you keep 20% of it as a reserve fund to deal with emergencies.
There is also the money must be spent on the blade, and strive to use the least amount of money to decorate the best home, for this, we must plan a good budget in the early stage.
How much does it cost to design, how much can it be repaired, how much does it cost to spend furniture and appliances, so that after such a set of operations, everything is well known, and you are not afraid that the house will be halfway installed and the money will be spent.
Finally, I will share a few more money-saving tips:
1. I advise you not to make complex TV background walls, which are expensive and easy to be outdated, or simple styles are more durable;
2. Hydropower transformation, there is no need to do horizontal and vertical wiring for new house decoration, point-to-point can be, at least 1 3 money can be saved;
3. It is not recommended to have a bathroom niche, and the storage generally takes up space, one to 1-2k, and it is not convenient to clean it after it is finished;
4. There is no need to buy too luxurious tiles, now the market is very transparent, and ordinary ones are enough;
5. The wall should be painted with latex paint as much as possible, which is easy to maintain in the later stage, and is cheaper and more durable than wallpaper;
6. Don't look for half-baked people to decorate, it's hard to say if something happens, it's better to look outside, communicate directly if you have something, and maybe it's cheaper if you don't have a human relationship.
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