Things to watch out when renovating house
There are few things that you need to take note when renovating the house, it is crucial and critical so that you won’t land up in a mess. Good Lesson to be learned.
1. Ensure all the extension from every corner of your house is approved by Majlis Perbandaran. Please fog out extra $$ to get the "Pelan" and certified.
2. Please relook/recheck the drawing/flooring plan after certification, get someone to explain to you if nothing make sense. Draftsman is the best one to explain.
3. Dont trust your contractor 100%, do some research and ask around for any extension that you would like to do.
4.Press your contractor to put everything in black and white. Example if you’re extending your kitchen,ensure tiles,plastering ,plumbing and painting is included in the quotation. Else, last minute high chances of turning the table on you.
5.Try to look out for atleast 3 quotation and select the best that suits you and your $$, If you try to cut down so much the contractor might end up doing some lousy job.
6. Check all the raw materials used such as bricks, woods, planks, cement and iron rods. You may want to assign someone to supervise the usage of the raw materials and quality of the item used.
7. After cement is completed for your walls, try to brush your face against the wall, if it is smooth then the work is properly done else you may want to ask your contractor to re-plaster the cement again.
8. Finally after completion, the contractor must apply/spray pesticides, Please get the agreement from the contractor and include it in the quotation. It should be free.
Never release all the money, give them chunk by chunk and ask for warranty for any cracks or damages, atleast 18months.. the longer the better. So it is advisable to hold few thousands first.
Love every inch of your house… Home Sweet Home.
