Alair Homes Grey Bruce is the place to go when you are in need of custom home or renovation. In addition to getting your unique vision actualized, we understand that the home renovation process can be quite nerve wrecking especially in the face of hidden costs that tend to inflate your budget. The unavoidable nature of these costs drives our need to address them. That way our clients will be well prepared on how to handle them should they arise.
1. Change of Heart
Believe it or not, homeowners tend to be a cause of inflated budget. Homeowners raise the budget due to a change of mind and heart in the earlier vision. Say for instance a homeowner changes their mind regarding a set of cabinets that have already been ordered but not yet installed. The contractor will respect your wish to get a new set but will have to include the cost of re-procuring the cabinets, which will increase the budget.
2. Sudden Structural Change
These often accompany a change of heart and mind. For instance, you have a wall demolished then later realize that’s not the look you really desire. Putting up that wall again will require extra finances. Learn to mitigate such costs by exploring all your options prior to commencement of the process.
3. Building Codes
Building codes are aimed at implementing government policies such as energy, sustainability, and efficiency. This implementation is a cost raiser especially when renovating old homes.
4. Improper Building Practices
It is important to correct any improper building practices discovered during renovating homes. One common example is inaccurate wiring, which requires full rewiring of a room or the entire house.
5. Pest and Rot-related Damage
Termites and moisture cause wall damage to the point of requiring an entire wall rebuild during the renovation. You can however, mitigate this by keeping at least a 5-ft distance between plants and irrigation systems and your home’s foundation.
6. Pets
Building a shed for your pets may be necessary for their own safety as well as relieving the distraction they may cause the contractors.
7. Eating Out
During kitchen remodeling, getting a temporary kitchen may be quite costly. Therefore, consider eating out or ordering take-outs as these will inflate your budget much less.
8. Utility Bills
Utilities may account for budget inflation with tools being plugged in for most of the day. There are also risks such as a break in plumbing that could potentially raise the budget.
9. Taking Time Out
Your time is money. In the home renovation process, you may have to leave work and make time to meet up with your contractor.
10. Moving
Containers and PODS can serve as a temporary solution when relocation is needed to make room for the contractors. However if this is not appealing, then consider taking on the extra moving cost.
The inevitability of such costs is quite evident, therefore meet up with your contractor at Alair Homes at least once a week to discuss and address these as they arise.