Kitchen & Bathroom Remodels Help Transform Your HomePublished: June 16, 2017

Kitchen & Bathroom Remodels Help Transform Your Home

If you’ve lived in your home for a while and have saved up money, or are purchasing your first home, but it’s not quite exactly how you’d like it, now is the time for a change.

Remodeling your kitchen or bathroom can be a great decision to make for yourself and your home.

This decision can be profitable, as it can add more value to your property if you ever decide that you’d like to sell it yourself.

However, it can also just make your home feel that much more like it’s your space, which increases the quality of life you have at your home in the years to come.

Here are a few tips to give you better odds at having a successful remodeling experience.

Consider a Plumbing or Wiring Upgrade

If you live in an older home that hasn’t had its plumbing or wiring addressed in several decades, this is a good time to start thinking about it.

You’re potentially about to remove floors, open up walls, and remove counters, so your plumbing and wiring is extremely accessible right now.

This means that old iron sewage pipes can finally be replaced with PVC.

Those lead pipes that might have carried a health risk for drinking and cooking water can be swapped out.

New kitchen appliances don't usually "play well" with old wiring.

Replacing your old wiring gives you more of a guarantee that your new kitchen appliances will work more efficiently and last longer.

Upgrading your plumbing or wiring now adds peace of mind, safety, efficiency, and even more value to your property, so give it some serious thought now that the opportunity is here.

Focus On Function

You want a new kitchen or bathroom, but do you know what you actually want these rooms to do better that they weren’t doing before? This is your chance to correct it, so make the most of it.

You no longer have to just adjust to what the house is, you can have the house cater to your specific, personal preferences.

If you don’t like the open concept that your kitchen currently is, and would like to reclaim more cabinet and counter space, account for that. If you’ve always wanted a bathtub you could fully stretch out in, and read and/or listen to music, plan for it.

Make sure your contractors know about it.

Choose Your Professionals Carefully

The bulk of your expense and the result of your spending is all going to be determined by one thing; who you choose to give your business to.

The right choice means a vastly improved home experience for years to come.

The wrong choice means you may need to hire someone else to undo all the work you’ve just paid for and aren’t happy with.

Recommendations from trusted people is always a safe avenue.

Supplement this with research on the Internet. Good companies will have a highly visible track record of positive user reviews and customer testimonials.

Bad companies will have a lot of complaints, or a mysterious lack of comments despite being around for many years.