Home renovation is one such thing where you get to experience a lot of excitement. There could be many reason for home renovation. But usually it is to get a new look and improve its usability as per your needs. Irrespective of your motivation of renovating your sweet home, you should always give it a serious thought before taking any final call.
There are many ways to renovate a house and if you are living in a mega city like Bangalore, you really have lots of options like going to a consultant or hiring an interior design company on a turnkey basis where they can plan and execute the entire home renovation assignments based on your needs and style preferences.
But never start a home renovation project without planning. Just be sure about the overall objectives of renovation and think about each and every element in various rooms. If it’s a partial renovation project like kitchen remodeling or bathroom renovation, even then give it a serious thought and consider looking at every element inside that particular room.
I am going to give you a good overview of everything for home renovation in Bangalore; from planning to hiring a consultants and getting your house renovated.
So are you ready? Let’s start then.
Planning for home renovation
If you are after renovating your entire house, then consider planning every detail from decorative elements to the kind of flooring you would like to be done in the bathroom and for the kitchen top. What kind of furnishing items you want in your living room to what types of furniture you need or whether you need one or not?
You may like to renovate your entire house in one go or you can renovate it room wise like kitchen, bathroom bedroom and living area. Think of what elements you need, which elements you want replaced, what you want to do, what you want to ignore for the time being. The idea is to have a clear cut idea of the entire renovation project.
Budgeting your home renovation
Obviously there is a cost associated with home renovation but you may not have enough idea on budgeting. But still, having a budget in mind can help you big time. Home renovation could cost anywhere between INR 3, 00000 to 20, 00000 or even more, depending on the no. of rooms (space) and your design taste. Fix a tentative budget for renovating your house, so that when you speak to a consultant, they can advise you according to your budget.
Design ideas and inspiration
Internet is one such wonderful thing and you can search for plenty of design ideas for every room and even for design elements for each individual room. Start cutting pictures from the magazines, catalogues, online websites and any other channel. Design is a very specific thing and your taste may differ from mine. So having some idea of what you prefer will be good for yourself and even for the consultant you will hire to execute the project.
Take help from interior designers and home renovation experts
Now when you are done with the basic planning, know what you want and you have more or less fixed a budget, it’s time to approach professional interior designers in Bangalore. It’s always better to meet with a couple of interior designing and home renovation companies. Different companies may quote you different charge for home renovation services. So it’s better to explore all possibilities and evaluate interior designers based on their past work (portfolio), quality of materials they recommend and overall costs of renovating the house.
Now you are all set to get started with the project because you know what you want and you have zeroed on a consultant who can help you execute the project on consulting or turnkey basis. You may have to do a couple of meeting with the interior designer to finalize the layout, sketches and drawings, fabrics and other materials like tiles, wood, color, lightings and fittings etc.
Once you finalize it all, you should have the clear idea of what you will end up with and how much your home renovation is going to cost you. Work out a schedule for project deliverables and payments.
Over to you
Home renovation can be fun if you want it to be so. Spend some time in analyzing and thinking on everything as minutely as you can. After all, turning a hoe into your dream home should not be a boring experience and you should enjoy every bit of it. Take snaps, share with friends and have fun along the way.
The only thing that may kill your overall experience is when you have to make major changes during the execution of the project. It’s important to think a lot and sick to that. Making major changes in between could ruin the experience.
What else do you think one should consider when renovating a house in India?
