From this article you will find out what the budget for apartment renovation is made of, how to save on the decoration, and which materials are better to use to get high -quality, but inexpensive repair.
Content:
- How to properly evaluate the budget for finishing
- How to save on design project
- How to save on work
- Make repairs yourself
- Hire a construction team and control the repair yourself
- Order a new building repair in a construction company
- Savings on materials
- Use the simplest materials in the bedroom and loggias
- Replace expensive materials with more democratic analogues
- Do not use large -format porcelain
- Laminate instead of parquet
- Stretch ceiling instead of gypsum plastic ceiling
- Use wallpaper, not paint the walls
- Do not spend extra money on details
How to properly evaluate the budget for finishing
One of the main stages of apartment repair in a new building is the correct calculation of the budget for the finish. In order for the repair to be inexpensive and high -quality, you should take into account all expenses and optimize them to the desired values.
The cost of work and materials directly depends on the condition of the apartment. A new building without decoration will require more investments than a similar room with pre -trim, where the walls are already plastered and there are sockets.
The price also depends on whether the redevelopment in the new building will be carried out or it will be left with a standard layout from the developer.
The cost of repairs is also affected by the style that was chosen for the interior. If you need to make an inexpensive finish in a new building, it is better to pay attention to modern and Scandinavian styles.
Minimalism, neoclassica and eco -style requires better materials, so they come out more expensive.
Repair costs in a new building are distributed in the next percentage: 5-10% is a design project, 40-50% are materials, and the same is the work. This is excluding furniture and appliances. Under them you need to lay a separate budget.
You can save a little at each of the stages. It is important to do this so that the quality of the final result does not suffer.
How to save on design project
The design project implies not only the creation of visualizations, but also of various plans that help to properly arrange sockets, conclusions under the light, furniture and appliances. Therefore, if you need to do it cheaper, for example, you can order a minimum design project, where there will only be a plan for arranging furniture and a plan for builders.
The color of the finish and the materials themselves for the new building can be selected independently. To do this, you can use sites where there are already examples of finished apartments with decoration. There you can find the interior suitable for yourself and just copy it. Thus, on a design project, you can save up to half the cost.
For example, the minimum tariff for a design project starts from 1.5 thousand rubles per square meter. For a full design project with visualizations, you will have to pay about 4 thousand rubles per square meter.
You should not completely abandon the design project. Without it, builders will be difficult to understand what is required of them. But even if you make repairs yourself, the plan will greatly simplify your life.
How to save on work
Work costs can be reduced in two cases: if you do repairs yourself or attract specialists for this.
Make repairs yourself
The most difficult and unreliable option is to make repairs without outside help. We will have to study the construction, try and make mistakes all the time. In this case, you need to be prepared for the fact that many things will not work out the first time and you will have to redo them several times. The quality of the finish will also not be perfect.
When the repair team makes the repair, several people work in it. Each of them specializes in any specific work. For example, one puts tiles, and does this not the first ten times. When you do everything yourself, it is impossible to hone such a level of skill within the framework of one repair.
Hire a construction team and control the repair yourself
The second option is to work through construction teams. In this case, you will have to look for workers, study reviews about them and control their work after hiring. This option also requires a lot of time and certain knowledge in the field of construction. If you use brigades with a low level of professionalism, you will have to bring them building materials and calculate the required quantity. There are also a lot of risks: brigades may not finish the repair of a new building or carry out it poorly.
Order a new building repair in a construction company
The third option is to make repairs in a new building through a construction company. In this case, the work, the calculation of the number of materials and their delivery is controlled by the foreman. The client can only make a fee in a timely manner and monitor how the repair is moving. This is the most reliable option, time -tested. The repair will be guaranteed to be better, but, accordingly, more expensive.
To save on work in this version, you can start repairs, for example, in winter. During this period of the year there are fewer orders, and customers offer discounts.
You can also use offers with a fixed cost of repair. This is when the price of work and materials is recorded at the beginning of the repair and does not change until the end of all work. For example, if the cost of fixed repairs is 6 thousand rubles per m2, then this cost includes all the necessary work and materials. If during the repair process you need to add more expensive materials or improve repairs, this can be done for an additional fee.
When this option is not suitable, you can do only the most complex and necessary work through the company, and do the rest yourself. Such work includes the gasket of electricians, water supply, heating, plastering walls and laying tiles. The apartment will not be ready turnkey, but it will be possible to save half the budget. In this case, you can finish the repair in this case: glue the wallpaper, install sockets, chandeliers, all plumbing and glue the baseboard.
Savings on materials
Do not save in a new building on an electrician, water pipes, mixers and lighting. Comfort and safety of living in the apartment directly depend on the quality of these materials. Cheap tiles on the floor will not harm the floor, but a broken pipe, cold radiators that have a shackled outlet or lack of light can significantly complicate life and lead to additional costs in the future. Therefore, you do not need to regret money for these materials, but the rest can be taken from a cheap segment.
Use in the bedroom, on the balcony and loggias simpler materials
You can also save on the decoration in a new building if you use simpler materials on the balcony and loggias than in the rest of the rooms. A person spends most of the active time in the kitchen and in the living room. Therefore, in these rooms, as well as in the hallway, it is important to use high -quality and wear -resistant materials.
In the bedroom, for example, a person mainly only sleeps. The walls are not so dirty, and the floor remains intact, so there you can use cheaper materials. The same applies to the balcony with the loggia.
Replace expensive materials with more democratic analogues
To make an inexpensive finish in a new building, it is necessary to replace expensive materials with more democratic counterparts, which are not inferior in quality. You can also significantly reduce the costs of materials, if you make repairs outside the season, namely in winter or autumn. At this time, prices for materials are reduced, as demand falls.
Do not use large -format porcelain
For example, instead of large -format porcelain tiles, you can use tiles of standard sizes in the bathroom. May there be more seams, and such an interior does not look so expensive, but you can save part of the budget on materials and work, since laying large -format tiles is almost twice as much as ordinary. It is even more expensive to bring porcelain stoneware and raise it to the apartment. And in the case of unsuccessful cutting, the whole plate immediately spoils.
Laminate instead of parquet
A parquet or engineering board can be replaced with a laminate. Outwardly, these two material is difficult to distinguish. If you use a grade 34 laminate, it will not be inferior to a parquet board and in characteristics, such as moisture resistance and strength.
Stretch ceiling instead of gypsum plastic ceiling
Do not make an ordinary putty ceiling or drywall. An inexpensive option is a stretch ceiling. There are a huge number of them on the market.
Use wallpaper, not paint the walls
Instead of painting walls, you can use non -woven plain wallpaper. They are not afraid of wet cleaning and look high quality. They can be glued even on walls with small flaws. For painting, the walls should be qualitatively prepared, and this is additional expenses.
Do not spend extra money on details
A significant share of the budget is eaten by small details in the interior, so they must also be taken into account when planning. For example, a polymer baseboard is expensive, a cheaper analogue is a skirting board from MDF. On the ceiling, it is sometimes cheaper to make a shadow profile than to buy skirting boards and glue them. Track lighting or expensive chandeliers can be replaced with built -in ceiling lamps.
Conclusion
To make an inexpensive finish in a new building, you need to plan repairs in winter or autumn. If you make repairs through a construction company, you need to find out if they have a tariff for repairs with a fixed price. If there is no such option, then you should order a minimum design project in which there will be a plan for arranging furniture and mounting drawings for builders. Visualization can not be bought, but independently find suitable designs on sites with interiors.
In order not to spend a lot of money on the finish, you should choose the modern and Scandinavian interior style. Electricity, water supply, heating and lighting in a new building are best entrusted to professionals. The remaining cosmetic works can be done independently.
Do not save on wires and components for electricians, lighting and water supply. The remaining materials of the finish can be replaced with cheaper ones. For example, instead of a parquet board, use a laminate or quartzvinyl, instead of paint and decorative plaster – plain wallpaper. Do not use large -format porcelain tiles, make a gypsum cardboard ceiling, install track lighting and expensive polyurethane skirting boards.
