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Where Should You Be Careful About Before Renovating Your Old House?

Where Should You Be Careful About Before Renovating Your Old House?
17 May 2022

People opt for property renovation projects for various reasons like - a house that has been lived in for a long time and is soon to be resold must appear attractive to charge a high price. While some people just want to afresh the look of the house. However, when you’re thinking of renovating an old house there are certain things one should keep in mind before hiring an expert for property renovation. Here, we have mentioned some points that will help you hire and fetch out a close to the expected result.

1.Respect the house
A house is no mere collection of bricks and cement. It has a soul of its own. It may sound dramatic but it is true. When you’re looking at an old house built in an era it carries the engineering and architecture of the said period. Thus, when planning a property renovation for an old victorian house, one must respect the old house’s construction to modify it.

2.Get the blueprints inspected
If you can find the blueprint of your old house that will be great news. But if you can’t, it’d be wise to get a blueprint made before starting the renovation project. Thus, it will be easier to know which pillar and the wall are integral to the house’s structural integrity. Knowing such limitations can humble down your expectations for a property renovation project.

3.Try not to pull a 180º
Keep in mind it’s a property refreshment project not a complete bull-dozing of the house. When you’re planning for a property renovation project you can change certain elements of the house but not the house entirely. 

4.Keep some elements of the good old days
When you see a gothic structure house or a Victorian era house, you don’t expect to get inside into a house that feels it is straight out of a punk rock theme. That might be a little exaggeration, but we hope we have put our point across the table. A house's exterior and interior must look a little cohesive, thus try to keep some elements of the bygone era alive. On the flip side, one may never know when that element of the old day makes a comeback into pop culture.

These are some of the many points one can keep in mind while visioning their property renovation project. This way one can imagine the ninth cloud while keeping a foot down in reality. 

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