Reduce the Cost of Remodeling

Maybe you just moved into your new place and it’s a bit of a fixer-upper. Maybe you’ve decided that your just tired of the way your house looks and are ready for a change. Maybe a lot of things happened, I don’t know your life. Maybe all those maybes mean it's time to remodel. Maybe remodeling means you need to find money to pay for the remodeling and you don’t know where that money will come from? How much is it going to cost? A lot. Probably more than you think, you know like everything cost more than you think it’s going to or should. Especially if you live in an old house. Old houses like to surprise you, sometimes it’s a beautiful hardwood floor under the carpet (why did people do that?), or maybe it’s truly horrifying underlying problems that you didn’t know about but have to take care of now… either of those things could happen. So, here’s a few ways to save money while remodeling:

1.      Just Paint It

I know you're tired of your cabinets, your baseboards, other innumerable features of your house. Just take a second, really look at them. Do you like the style of them? The placement? You could just paint them. If it is a paintable material, it’s possible that giving it a new color and just sprucing up what’s already there could make the old stuff like new.

2.      Go Bargain Hunting

DO IT! If you like shopping then this is just fun. Clip coupons, get online and use Craigslist, Facebook has a marketplace now. Some retailers get things in bulk and are trying to get rid of the excess or send them to Discount material stores. Warehouse sales are totally a thing. Slightly damaged things are sold at a discount and usually it's just some surface injury that’s not all that noticeable or you can cover up. Get out there!

3.      Get Creative with Materials

Hey, that thing you don’t want it that room… would you like it in a different context in another room? Keep that, remove it carefully, reuse it. Look for recycled materials that you might be able to repurpose into something else. DIY some stuff! Make sure it’s structurally sound, but yeah get crafty with it.

4.      Try Not to Relocate Certain rooms

Look, do you need to move the bathroom to the other end of the house? If the answer is yes than fine, do what you need to do. Just remember plumbing is a thing and you’re going to need to move pipes and maybe rewire if you move the floorplan around too much. Even moving them around the room is going to be extra work and more money, you gonna want to hire a professional for any plumbing or electrical work.