A recent report from the mortgage broker network Aussie Home Loans revealed that 54% of homeowners are choosing to renovate their existing property as opposed to selling it because they can’t afford to buy a new one.
While it makes sense to enhance your living spaces if you can do it, living in a renovation zone can be a challenge, particularly if you have not done so before.
Thankfully, with a little preparation and forward planning, there are several things you can do to make the process a bit more manageable.
In this post, we’ll explore seven ways you can prepare your home for a seamless renovation. If you perform these measures, you’ll find your new spaces get created in a much less stressful manner.
1. Do a Thorough Declutter
One of the first things you should do when planning a home renovation is a thorough declutter of every room in your home.
Renovation zones can get messy, and you can quickly find your home gets cluttered when you start to get your teeth into the project.
The more clutter you have in your home, the greater the potential for accidents to occur, such as walking into things. Additionally, it will delay you from working at maximum productivity levels.
When decluttering, it is always worth adopting the four-box method, where you organise your possessions into boxes that you want to donate to charity, sell on places like Facebook Marketplace, recycle, or send to the rubbish tip.
For the last two boxes, a company like 1300 Rubbish can help you get rid of them in the most responsible way.
2. Create a Safe Space for Your Children and Pets
If you have children or pets, you’ll want to make sure they are safe at all times during a home renovation because there is plenty of dangerous equipment and materials around that can do them harm.
Additionally, renovation zones can be very disruptive, so it is within your interests to create an area on your property where they can be whilst the work is ongoing.
Just make sure there are plenty of things to entertain and mentally stimulate them to prevent their curiosity from piquing as to what is going on outside.
3. Prepare meals ahead of time
Before the renovation process kicks in, it is a good idea to have some meals ready prepared that you can just heat up in the microwave.
This is particularly helpful if your kitchen is being renovated or if you are doing a lot of the refurbishment work yourself, as you might not have the facility or inclination to cook after a day of revamping your home.
Cooking meals in advance and freezing them will ensure you eat healthier during the renovation and not rely on fast food options. As it will only take a couple of minutes to heat up, it will also allow you to prepare your nightly dinners pretty quickly.
If you would rather cook from fresh, here are 25 healthy recipes that take less than five minutes to make
4. Establish Temporary Living Arrangements
Some renovations, such as kitchen remodels, bedroom overhauls, or bathroom upgrades, can seriously disrupt your daily routines, which is why you need to establish temporary living arrangements while the work is ongoing.
For instance, if your kitchen is being renovated, you might want to set up a temporary one with an electric frying pan, air fryer, and kettle in another room. Similarly, if you only have one toilet, you may want to rent a portable toilet.
These short-term measures will make the process of living through a home renovation a little bit easier.
5. Cover Everything
Renovations can get extremely messy, so you should remove all your valuable items from areas where work is being carried out and safely store them somewhere else.
For whatever is left, it is important to cover everything else with blankets, sheets, or plastic that will protect them from scratches and dust. You shouldn’t just do this in the room where the renovation is happening, but also in the surrounding rooms.
You will be amazed at how far dust can travel!
If your renovation involves doing something like removing hardwood flooring, consider moving your possessions into a storage unit.
6. Save up for a hotel
Renovations can be extremely frustrating, especially if the work is not being completed as quickly as you would like. Sometimes delays are inevitable, too, which can mean that you have to live in a construction site for longer.
While a lot of your money will have been plowed into funding the renovation, if you can stretch to the odd night in a hotel when the work gets at its most intense, it will provide you with some excellent separation from the project and a good way to relax.
7. Try and live as normally as possible
While renovations are disruptive, the key to making yours go seamlessly is to live your life as normally as possible.
The more consistency you can keep in your daily routine, the easier you will find it to manage the overall process of refurbishment.
Just remember, you will be in a temporary situation, and the end goal will be well worth enduring it for.
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