Love that look but them do seem really expensive :) all the best !

I would approach your house renovation with caution as in my experience the Spainish style is one of the hardest to work with as the architecture is so distinctive, and it takes a careful eye and hand to get the balance right. The builder, the interior designer and the architect will approach your project from different perspectives, and each discipline has their strengths and weaknesses. Your project is more than a two-dimensional floorplan exercise, so I would engage somebody who is prepared to visit your home, who takes the time to understand the existing building, its responsiveness to your Brisbane climate and the dynamics of your family. I find that with my clients the appeal of open-plan living changes as the children get older. There are great advantages when the kids are toddlers for supervision, but by the time they get to be lanky teenagers and bring their friends home to play X-Box the open plan living has lost its appeal. The advice that you receive from Houzzers should be treated carefully as none have visited your home and assessed it in any depth, so the advice should be thought of as possible guidelines based on the limited information that you post. Best of luck with your considerations, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

Always Renovations are always time-consuming, the actual joining of the new build to the existing can't be estimated accurately, until after work has commenced. SPECIFICATIONS of CONTRACT Quality versus Cost.. Completed work 20 + years OR 7 years ( warranty period ) Many times, a reputable tradesman, builder, after submitting a quote, using timber sizes, LVLs concrete MPA he would use in his own home...etc ( with around 27% profit margin ) is confronted with " I will go with Joe Blogs, he is cheaper ", the reputable person knows the cheaper quote will use timber, to minimum sizes, min MPA concrete, minimum standards, longer finish ( cheap has many jobs on at once ) It really depends on whether the homeowners. 1) Check ABN or ACN 2 Check Department of Fair Trading Licence Number, ( if this is not on any correspondence between you and builder, run )

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