To repair the house or apartment do not devastate the wallet, you need to properly optimize spending. We tell how to do this at the planning stage and during the process itself.
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Any large-scale event must be prepared. Before starting repair, the redevelopment project should be developed and / or designer sketches, make an approximate estimate and work schedule. At this stage, it is impossible to hurry and, if doubt it is better to turn to professional architects and designers - their help will help to avoid alterations and in the end will turn out significant savings on the materials and services of builders.
How to save money at the preparation stage
If you have conceived cosmetic repairs, that is, you want to update the finish, replace plumbing, doors and furniture, then the services of the architect you will not need. It is possible to contact the design studio and order 3D layouts of the future situation, but 7-10 thousand rubles will have to pay for each visualization, and the price of a three-bedroom apartment can reach 150 thousand rubles.
With a modest budget, it is better to take advantage of free consultations of designers at construction exhibitions and restrict ourselves to several sketches of the situation, which will cost only 15-20 thousand rubles. And if you have a decorator veil, you can simply travel on specialized sites and scroll through several interior logs. It would also be nice to master one of the available graphic programs (for example, Blender, Google Sketch Up). It will take time and effort, but creative work always benefits, besides, at the end of the repair you can be proud of quite tangible fruits of our own work.
Now let's talk about redevelopment "secondary" or the arrangement of a new apartment without partitions and divorced communications. Here you should contact the experienced architect. It will calculate the load on overlappings, outlays the path of laying cables, pipes and ventkanalov, will take care of the correct lighting, convenience of movement and observance of dimensional proportions. At the same time, a professional will follow the compliance with the construction standards. You get rid of a set of hassle and saving nerves - especially if, having agreed in advance the overall planning and design concept, provide a professional freedom, you will not enter into disputes with him and express all new and new wishes. And express in advance with raising costs: the cost of the project and architectural surveillance will be up to 10% of all repairs' expenditures.
Plasterboard partitions on a single frame will cost cheaper than masonry, but only a double framework will ensure satisfactory sound insulation. Photo: Saint-Gobain Gyproc
In any case, avoid redevelopments associated with dismantling the supporting structures of the building or the device in them. Coordination of such events with the designer at home and housing supervision bodies, as well as the services of a specialized (having admission) of the work on the production of work will be very expensive.
It is also possible to abandon complex in the manufacture of piece structures - arched doors, radius and all-glass septum, caisson ceilings from the wood array. All this will have to be ordered in furniture studios or workshops, and the price of products will be tens of thousand rubles per 1 m2. Even a non-standard size, for example, door cans, will increase their cost at least 20%.
5 principles of hidden savings for repair
- When redeveloping old housing and arrangement of a free planning apartment, do not do without the services of the architect. Prepare sketches for cosmetic repair can be independently or consulted with a designer.
- Try to the most precisely as possible to determine the amount of materials required and their cost, considering all the little things - from fasteners and glue to plumbing fittings. So you get rid of unexpected consumption articles and can accurately distribute funds.
- Choosing materials for the draft finish, focus on well-known brands and follow the shelf life of goods. Before buying large volumes, such as a dry mix or construction sheets, compare prices in different trading organizations.
- Be sure to make a detailed written contract with the builders, where the amount of work will be indicated, rates (for example, for 1 m2), the total cost and maximum time frame. In case of disagreements, you can rely on this document.
- Try to arrange so that the installation of factory structures (doors, windows, installation systems) has not delayed the repair process. Order them in advance and decide who will install - your wizards or specialized brigade.
How to save on repair work
Traditional ways to search for brigade workers for repair - recommendations of acquaintances and bulletin board on the Internet. If you put specific tasks (for example, you want to build a podium or residential mezzanine), it is worth looking at specialized forums and blogges to find a master who has experience like such work; Just do not forget to explore the reviews of past customers. In addition, today onlineservice services for construction and repair services are actively developing. They act on the principle of the Uber application: you place an offer, and the performers (for which the service is paid) respond to it. At the same time, the masters collaborating with such a service are responsible for the quality of services, since their rating depends on your response and the number of new orders.
One of the most inexpensive and rapid ways to align the floor - installation of a dry screed. The design allows you to eliminate significant level drops and improve overlap characteristics. Photo: Knauf.
If the oscillates of the base floor level are 10-20 mm, there is no need to arrange a thick ceramzite-concrete or cemenetful tie: sufficiently layer of self-leveling mixture. Photo: Saint-Gobain Weber
If you are going to glue thick wallpaper, there is no need to perfectly "output" walls. Accordingly, it can be saved on finishing alignment. Photo: Saint-Gobain Weber
Sheet materials based on plaster and cement allow you to accelerate the repair, achieve a high quality finish, build partitions and furnishing elements. What is up to the price, then it is comparable with the cost of plastering and masonry from the lung blocks. Photo: Saint-Gobain Gyproc
Now - about the cost of work. As a rule, it is calculated individually taking into account specific conditions (for example, when the floor screed device is from the value of the level of the base level and the type of coating). However, there are also averaged rates for which you can and need to navigate. Do not be afraid to bargain - this is the normal practice of any market. It is advisable to specifically (and designate in the contract) the cost of each specific stage or a complex of work with control of the result, such as the construction of partitions or plastering the ceilings. The assessment should be carried out only at the facility after inspection of basic structures and surfaces with the study of their geometry and local defects; And in old houses, in addition, at this stage, it is desirable to examine overlaps. With this approach and builders, and the customer is delivered from surprises and unpleasant disputes about the adjustment of the estimates.
Carefully check the quality of hidden (draft) works. Defects should be detected and eliminated before the beginning of the next stage of repair. In case of serious doubt it makes sense to invite a construction expert. The cost of this service in leading companies starts from 10 thousand rubles.
Sometimes at the conclusion of the contract, the customer demonstrates a detailed painting of all stages of finishing, including intermediate, for example grinding and priming. This is a small trick of large firms (whose prices are usually somewhat overestimated), designed to inspire a client that its funds are consumed appropriate. You should not learn the list - pay attention only to the "total" graph and compare it with market rates.
| Type of work | Rate, rub. / M2 |
|---|---|
| Wall plastered by lighthouses (layer thickness up to 10 mm) | From 380. |
| Watching the ceiling on the grid (layer thickness up to 20 mm) | From 620. |
| Installation of the ceiling design "Holk + coloring" | From 700. |
| Installation of stretch ceiling | From 1400. |
| Plate + pasta paper, fliesline or bamboo wallpaper | From 350. |
| Putty + pasting wallpaper from vegetable fiber or textile | From 600. |
| Runs + coloring | From 600. |
| Facing walls with ceramic tiles | From 850. |
| Lining Linoleum and Carpet | From 400. |
| Laying of laminate | From 800. |
| Installation of the cloth parquet flooring with lacquered | From 1200. |
| Laying outdoor ceramic tiles | From 700. |
5 budget ideas for repair
- When installing sliding interroom doors, the scheme "along the wall" will cost so cheaper. In this case, only the canvas will be required, the mechanism and framing of the day. The penalty, even built by a construction method, will increase the cost of the structure almost 2 times, but the price of factory penalties - from 30 thousand rubles.
- Streaming of walls for laying new cables - quite expensive and not everywhere permissible work. If you lack only one or two outlets and you need to pave the communication line, will help the plinth with a cable channel from which you can perform short vertical stages.
- Do not hurry to change heating radiators. The cost of this service (excluding the price of a new battery) - from 5 thousand rubles. For 1 pc. Consider the option with the installation of masking screens from HDF (from 1800 rubles.) Or wooden plates (from 3500 rubles).
- With the glazing of the loggia (if you do not plan to turn it into the room) it is better to stop the choice on a sliding structure from cold aluminum. Similar products from PVC are also quite affordable, but much less reliable and durable.
- The built-in wardrobe can be made on its own, which will provide at least two-time savings. Shelves are easy to make a chipboard - sawing on the desired size, for example, the OBI network. Doors and roller mechanisms of various sizes are sold in Lerua Merlen stores, and other elements are easy to find in the markets.
How to save on materials
In large cities, the procurement of construction and finishing materials is the easiest way to do in specialized network hypermarkets offering many popular products at the lowest prices. But this does not mean that the buyer no longer needs to be wheelchair and small shops. The fact is that prices for a variety of necessary "small bed" (fastening, hardware, paint and measuring instruments, sawn goods and some other positions) in a large store is often much higher than on the market. Do not come across this marketing trap!
Photo: Murexin.
Before buying materials, find out the names of the leading brands - their products are checked by time. You can try to save a little by betting a bet on a new product, but only having enlisted the recommendations of disinterested practitioners. Pay attention to the labeling and the state of the packaging of goods. The fact is that many materials have a property deteriorate as a result of improper storage and have a not too long shelf life (perishable products are, for example, grouts for seams and gypsum-polymer bulk floors). Repairing when repairing is too expensive and take a lot of time - is it worth risking, buying "delay"?
Develop a schedule of work and delivery of materials. Easy will increase costs, and violation of the correct sequence of processes will adversely affect the result. Note that the materials need to be purchased with a reserve at least 10%.
One of the main consumption items is finishing materials, and on their purchase, a large amount will save a large sum. Durable laminate will cost a twice as cheaper parquet board, and it will last no less, and it is almost indistinguishable from the wooden coating. However, it is not intended for wet premises (with the exception of special, fairly expensive laminates of laminate with the stipulated joints) - it is better not to skip and wall tile or linoleum in the kitchen. Savings should not be to the detriment of practicality and durability, otherwise you will later have to re-rewind and redo it, and this promulits not only additional costs, but also household inconveniences.
Tile, wallpapers, panels and melted paint should be purchased immediately for the entire room, and not parts, since the goods of the goods sometimes differ in shades or other parameters.
It is possible to reduce the cost of buying windows and interroom doors, purchasing finished products in a hypermarket or ordering structures at the very beginning or at the end of the construction season (in April and November), although it is difficult to rely on big discounts today - the competition is small.
Budget kitchen modules, racks and other furnishing elements are sold in construction hypermarkets - you can choose from several product lines, to delete packed kits and assemble them, saving up to 50% compared with custom-made products.
