How to deal with the renovation of a house

Dear friends, followers and fans. Monaparters in general: We are especially excited to launch the section Monaparteando celebrating the success of the first renovation of a flat sold by Monapart. This oneremember?

2 February 2012 by Monapart

How to tackle the renovation of a house | Monapart

First, however, we would like to take the opportunity to launch a small tutorial written about how to undertake the renovation of a houseSo we're on our way:

1. Locate the houseIf you are already thinking about BUY TO REFURBISH it is important that you take advice from the outset from a professional who can help you understand the possibilities of transforming a home, an order of magnitude of the cost, and the main obstacles to overcome. Hiring an architect or interior designer is recommended. Other alternatives are to get your friend or brother-in-law an architect or to get involved with one. The latter is not advisable and the compensation is dubious.

2. Buying the houseVery easy. In principle, you can't renovate someone else's house to move in yourself.

3. Contract your architect for your home renovation project..

4. Make a comparison of buildersAsk for three or more quotes from different builders. It is important that you provide all of them with the same information, otherwise the sample will not be homogeneous. In fact, it won't be in any case, but that's part of the mystique of this sector...

There are no standards. In this respect, some things to know, some obvious, some not:
- The cheapest is not necessarily the best.
- You can request a fixed price and penalties for missed deadlines.
- It is important that all the builder's personnel are insured.
- You must be responsible for your own decisions. The changes you make in the course of the work will serve to justify price and delivery time increases (often justified, sometimes not).

5. Take a deep breath and... Ooommmmmmmm.

Coinciding with the completion of the first refurbishment of a flat sold by Monapart, we are launching the Monaparteando section, dedicated to the refurbishment processes that take place in properties that we have sold or rented.