Important apartment renovation tips you should know

1. Important apartment renovation tips you should know

2. If you’re a Condo owner or a Co-Op owner, you may be thinking about renovating your apartment. In this post, we’ll take a look at apartment renovation design tips and how to finish a renovation. Removing the walls Don’t be afraid to remove a few walls. It can open up a room and make it bigger. Sometimes you can leave most or all of the walls up and the apartment works perfectly. Sometimes you have to remove all the walls to get the layout you want. Removing walls is a big deal, so make sure you get an architect to approve it.

3. Raise the ceiling If your apartment has a drop ceiling or a suspended ceiling, you might be able to lift the ceiling. In the image below, we show an industrial apartment where we lifted a suspended ceiling from the apartment. This raised the height of the entryway, but also revealed the utilities. Raising the ceiling in an apartment will not always work. You must consider the structure and piping.

4. Opening the kitchen Kitchens in many old buildings are small and almost always have walls on all sides. Nowadays, people like to open the kitchen and the kitchen often becomes the focal point of the entire apartment. I believe that today people spend a much higher percentage of the overall renovation budget on kitchen renovation than they did in the past. Kitchen designs are much more attractive now and are much more important to the apartment owner. An open kitchen will open up the space and make it feel larger. If your kitchen is open, you’ll want to pay more attention and maybe more budget to the kitchen design because it will be visible.

5. Closet design is equally important Due to the importance of closets, it is important to ensure that you have sufficient closets when planning your apartment renovation. You may wish to consider built in closets, custom designed and constructed closets, or working with closet manufacturers.

6. Know your design service provider Once you’ve hired a professional architect or contractor, it’s important to know what services are included and what aren’t. One of my favourite questions is, “What services are included in your apartment renovation?” You want to know what services your architect is and isn’t including. For example, does your architect include finish drawings that specify all the materials and products you’re going to use? Does your architect include plans for electrical and lighting? Do you want to know if your architect will do site visits? And if so, how many? Architectural renovations are complex and not all architects and contractors include the same services in their pricing.

7. Plan your furniture One of the first things you need to consider is your furniture. When we work with our clients, we often take the exact measurements of the furniture that they want and mark it off on the floor plans. This way, you know exactly how much room you will have to work with. You can also use a piece of tape to lay the furniture out on the floor. You can do this before you buy the furniture. Just make sure you use tape that won’t stick too much to the floor finish.

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