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Home Improvement On A Budget – Is It Possible?

by Simple Happy Home

As we all know, budgeting and home improvement does not always go together but this article will give you information that could help improve your home and still save a little money.

Home improvement projects regularly scare people off, because many are afraid that they will pay thousands of dollars to alter one room, if they do not have the skills to do the job themselves.

They may also feel that the job will be costly because of the supplies and tools needed.

To the contrary, home improvement does not have to be costly at all.

Of course, if you hire a subcontractor or contractor to do the job, you may pay a fortune, but if you have patience and the ability to read and stick to the directions, then you can renovate an whole room in your home for fewer than a hundred dollars. Of course, you may need to substitute materials to reduce costs.

Before starting the procedure of improving your home, you will need consider your budget and a schedule to get started. You will need to think about various ideas when considering and preparing for your home improvement.

For example, do you plan to paint your home? Do you plan to tile your home? Do you want carpet in your home? All these things will affect your approach and your budget.

Ask the right questions

Asking questions is part of analyzing and preparing for home improvement. One of the best tools to have when considering home improvement is calculating what you like and calculating what you want.

When I improve my home the first thing I do is lots of research. I use Pinterest and interior magazines, searching for favorites and noting what excites and appeals to me.

Thus, when I go to the home improvement warehouse, I already have in my mind what I am ready to purchase, therefore this makes the whole process more relaxed.

Make a plan

If you are short of funds to improve your home, then setting up a financial plan will help you get what you want as well as put away some cash for a rainy day.

You may even think about purchasing equipment and tools for home improvement with the companies that propose lower prices and/or purchases with no payments until a particular date. This notion will give you time to get your home better while putting away the currency to purchase the improvement equipment and tools.

Alternatively, it is possible to rent home improvement tools, for a fee from certain websites, or if you’re lucky you can borrow for free from a friend or neighbor.

Unfortunately, many people go for another home loan to enhance their home. Taking out loans from lenders regularly leads to debt, and home loans for improvement only leads to paying off your home twice.

Thus, I advise you to avoid high interest rates and loan payments and instead learn to plan your finances in advance while improving your home.

Make a list

Let me give you a general view of what one area could cost you for repairs.

Say you want to paint a specific room in your home. You might need plaster, sealers, primer, paints, paint thinners, scrapers, screwdriver, patches, paintbrushes, tray, and so forth. Now you may think this will cost you a lot of money to improve your home, but to the contrary, you are wrong.

The paint and tools will cost you the most, while the other items will be priced less; thus, primer, sealers and plaster are priced around fifteen dollars if you go to the correct store.

Paint thinners, trays, brushes and screwdriver can cost around fifteen dollars if you go to the right store.

The paint will cost around twenty dollars per can, depending on the kind of paint purchased.

Therefore, for around a hundred bucks you could alter a room in your home without hiring anybody to do the job providing you stick to the instructions.

The important thing is to make a list, then do your research, for example by visiting several stores or searching online to see who has the cheapest prices. Then you will know in advance how much you will have to spend and that way you can better plan your budget.

Learn the skills

Now, although it seems like you will save a lot of money by doing your refurbishments yourself, if you do a bad job then the opposite will be true. If you make a bad mistake and have to hire a professional to correct it, this could cost even more than hiring them in the first place.

Therefore, it’s very important that you take the time to prepare properly, do your research, read all the instructions on the products and tools, and so on.

Also, you should learn the basic skills. You don’t have to do a full course in painting and decorating, but you can learn some basic techniques for free on YouTube or with books from your local library.

Conclusion

Learning to create a financial plan and prepare for home improvements can help you to redecorate your whole home (if the home is in good standing) for a few hundred dollars. Furthermore, completing the work yourself, will recoup you thousands of dollars compared to hiring professionals.

Having this budget and home improvement information handy will help you a great deal the next time you find yourself in need of it.

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