How do I renovate my apartment?

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Renovating your apartment or home, an important moment. Indeed, it is a major project, which allows to change the atmosphere of his home at all, to redefine the spaces. With a pandemic and containment year in 2020, the need for change is omnipresent. Changing floors, painting, or even tearing down partitions to enlarge the place of life… All these renovations help to shape a new place of life. This, not to mention the change of furniture, to create a cocoon for oneself and his family. A change to mark the step between 2020 and 2021, which still requires skills, or to call on professionals.

Projecting, and anticipating to renovate your apartment

Before starting renovation work, it is necessary to study well his desires, as well as the potential of the apartment. In Bordeaux, the new owners are mostly thirty-somethings who have a desire: to shape their property in their image. For this, they embark on work. But how do you estimate the working time, and all the costs involved in renovation? In order not to miss the mark, some companies are developing to offer the take-in of the work, modeled on the tastes of the customers.

Before any work, the study of the surface and objectives is crucial to renovate his apartment.

Among them, in Bordeaux, the company Little Worker offers owners to free themselves from the work, entrusting their realization to professionals. Based on market prices, the services allow to create a space totally in tune with the desires of the customer. But others, who have the soul of DIY, want to design their own projects. In this case, they must study their project well before embarking on any work.

First of all, for any renovation or modification of an apartment, the owner must take steps. In fact, he must apply for a building permit, and/or declare his work in certain situations beforehand. For example, to install a living room in a garage or in attics of less than 20m2, the work must be declared. Beyond that, the owner must obtain a building permit. On the other hand, for all the work carried out within the apartment, without any change in total surface area, or the appearance of the building… There is no need to seek administrative authorizations.

Greener and more economical developments, the ideal solution

Renovating your apartment is also a way to modernize the complex, and at the same time reduce your expenses. For example, the owner of an apartment can create wider openings to allow more natural light to pass through. As a result, the house will be brighter, thus limiting the use of electricity… And even in heating, if the apartment is well oriented. This is in particular a function adopted by the Bordeaux Euratlantique business district, whose buildings are largely made up of floor-to-ceiling windows.

Before any work, however, the owner must define the structure of his apartment, and identify the partitions and supporting walls. This allows him to be able to tear down a partition and enlarge the living space. This makes it easier for you to build a larger living room, for example by opening the kitchen. This possibility allows him to change the atmosphere, and space.

Interior design professionals can then step in to create the decoration that is most suitable for the space or the desired atmosphere. A way to maximize the potential of the place, retaining the character of the place. A project that takes place step by step, which is calculated beforehand to avoid unpleasant surprises… And above all that sticks to the initial configuration of the accommodation! Because renovation is not improvised…

Sources:

What permissions are required for your work? Success I article of June 30, 2020

Condominium: work and development in the owner’s apartment occupant,Public Service, November 23, 2020

Work authorization: building permit, advance declaration…, Camif Habitat article

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