Renovating your home is an exciting yet daunting prospect. You’ve probably been saving for it and thinking about it for a long time. When you’re ready to embark on your home renovations, you’re going to be keen to save money, minimise the time the renovation takes and find efficiencies wherever you can.
To get the best from your renovation, plan to do your kitchen makeover and bathroom makeover at the same time, using the same builder.
Kitchen makeovers and bathroom makeovers use similar trades
The other rooms in your house are far less complex than kitchens and bathrooms. There’s no water to connect in a bedroom and certainly, no gas to hook up in a study. The complexity of kitchen makeovers and bathroom makeovers means that there’s overlap in the trades that they require; namely plumbers and electricians.
If you do your kitchen makeovers and bathroom makeovers at the same time, using the same builder, they’ll be able to streamline the tradespeople they hire, making sure they can work efficiently across both rooms and treat your project as one.
You’ll streamline the build phase of your kitchen makeover and bathroom makeover
There’s always going to be some stress when it comes to renovating your home. You have to pack up your things, either move out or live in one area of the house for a time, and sometimes, things are delayed for reasons beyond your control.
The more you can control the better and by doing your kitchen makeovers and bathroom makeovers simultaneously it means that the chaos of a renovation is confined and controlled across two rooms. Both rooms can be set up for renovation at the same time, and installations and connections can happen together, instead of on two separate occasions.
It may seem counterintuitive to do two of the most important rooms of your home at the same time, but actually doing your kitchen makeover and bathroom makeover together can help alleviate the risk of your renovation timeline blowing out.
By using the same builder, you’ll save money on your kitchen makeovers and bathroom makeovers
Bathrooms and kitchens require similar materials and fixtures; tiles, taps and sinks to name a few. By doing your bathroom makeover and kitchen makeover together, you might be able to bulk buy some of these things – particularly tiles – and save some money, and minimise the risk of materials not turning up. If you purchase all of your bathroom and kitchen materials from one shop, you may be able to get a discount on your large order.
The builder you choose to work with might also be able to offer you a discount on your kitchen makeover and bathroom makeover if you do them at the same time. They’ll be able to streamline their build process, and hire the same trades to work on both projects, saving labour costs and ideally, passing some of the efficiencies on to you.
