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Renovating your London area home is a project that you may eagerly be looking forward to starting. Many homeowners dream about what their newly-renovated home may look like for many months or years before they actually pull the trigger and take action with their renovation plans. Now that you have decided to move forward with your plans, the practical matter of preparing your home for the process must be addressed. Your contractors will need all of the rooms where they will be working to be cleared of personal items, furniture and more. These steps will help you to clear out unnecessary items and organize the items that you intend to keep.
Touch All of Your Belongings Only Once
Purchase several storage boxes or bins, and also have a box of empty trash bags on hand before you begin. Having all supplies on-hand can help you to complete the process faster. You need to essentially spring clean your home, and this means that you must go through every item in the space to determine its fate. Items that you intend to toss out may be sold or donated, or they may be so useless that you decide to put them in a trash bag as waste. To ensure a faster process. Be decisive about each item that you touch. Ideally, you will only teach each item once so that you can save time and energy with this process.
Think Ahead
As you go through your items, think ahead about your need for the item. For example, if you are removing a few walls to create an open floorplan, you may not have a need or a place for all of the wall décor that is currently in your space. Think about how your living experience and decorative needs will change after the renovation so that you do not unnecessarily keep items now only to throw them out later. This simply wastes your time, supplies and available storage space.
Relocate Needed Items for Easy Access
Some people will invest in a storage unit, or they may use the garage as a storage space during the project. Items that are placed in these storage areas may be items that you definitely can live without for the next few weeks or months. There may also be items that you believe or that you know with certainty that you will need. Relocate only these items into an area of the home that will not be touched by the contractors. As you might imagine, having these extra items in your limited amount of living space during the home renovation can be inconvenient. Therefore, only keep the items out that are truly needed, and keep them organized in easy-to-access storage bins that can be stacked in a corner of a room.
You can see that it will take time and effort to prepare your property for the home renovation process. The more in-depth that your project is, the more significant and time-consuming your preparatory efforts will be. Give yourself at least a few days before the project’s start date to fully prepare for this process. Many people have more items than they initially think stored away in closets, cabinets and other storage areas. For assistance with your upcoming renovation project, contact the team at Alair Homes London.
