Why some IDs don’t take existing house renovations

If you are thinking of renovating a small part of your house, you might wonder why it seems to be more difficult to find a contractor willing to take your job. 

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1. When homeowners expect half the cost for half the job

Let’s say the house is undergoing HIP, or you just need to fix one small part of the house. For example, half of your bottom kitchen cabinet mortar base has spoilt and you want to fix it, but only fix the half that is broken.

Some homeowners will then ask the contractors to charge them half the price.

The thing is, even if material cost is half, labour cost is probably more than half. 

Labour is the main bulk of renovation costs. The contractor still has to spend a more than proportionate time to work on the area, while ensuring that the other part is kept well and unaffected. There is no way this “half price” makes sense to the contractors.

Our suggestion? If you have the budget for it, do the whole area instead. It makes life easier for everyone and gives you a more seamless result.

 2. When homeowners insist to live in the house during reno

Some people might think small reno, little bit of dust and noise only, still can tolerate.

So they want to stay in the house while giving it a new look.

Our advice? Please please please try to move out, for your sake, and for the contractors’ sake.

Homeowners often underestimate the physical stress from the dust and noise. Not only that, the mental stress is always overlooked. Just think about it, there will be many people going in and out of your house daily, as if they own the place. Do you want to subject yourself to this mental stress?

Also from the contractor’s pov, having the owners living in the house means the owners are free to “supervise” the job, or even worse, give unsolicited advice or ask the workers if they know what they are doing.

Let’s face it, nobody likes to have someone breathing down their neck while working.

If the homeowner is living in the house, the contractor also has to make additional provisions to cater to the homeowners day-to-day lives. This includes making sure the toilet is still accessible or an unobstructed pathway throughout the house.

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We are not saying that you cannot do existing house reno, but bearing in mind these challenges for both yourself and the contractors will make existing home renovations a breezier one for all!

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