Cost effective kitchen improvements
Sally Latte
2 years ago
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Comments (7)Hi Neville47 Yes the kitchen was fine before and serviceable however the lights made little difference as the timber laminate kitchen really darkened and disconnected the whole space. The new kitchen is a cost effective way of modernising a small space and was one of the ways we made the whole apartment appear bigger. thanks...See MoreBiophilia and how to incorporate it to improve health and wellbeing
Comments (5)Thank you for this article: very interesting and just substantiating what I have always been aware of. How important the garden is to any living space. I see a problem with our green fields being carved into such time sites and the houses being built so unnecessarily large that it leaves no more space than for a pot plant. I think we need to look at getting the balance of site to house size right, leaving enough MIND space on the site. Also maybe an added sliding scale of costing to homes as they are planned larger. How needs 30 sq? Same applies to infill sites: taking all the site for the 'unit' is just silly: defeating the purpose of infills. House plants are good, and a park across the road is ok but having grass between the toes in your own private space is so much better especially for children. The quarter acre block was settled on as the ideal size for a family to produce their own vegetables but we have messed that up big time! Time to rethink our sizes and proportions... Cheers Margot...See MoreCost to renovate/extend kitchen
Comments (5)This is where it can be in fact more cost effective/better value/investment to consider a new extension to minimise renovation work. Anything that involves knocking out walls and redoing linings, potentially some structure and ref-it etc by the time you stack up the components, put a profit margin and GST on top of it nothing much can be done for under 100K these days. The problem is you'll spend $100k but not necessarily get the value gain on the property, which unless you have the money in the bank makes it a no go to finance. Alternatively you'd find an alternative concept that may cost you more may in fact be the better long term option as it achieves proper value gain (such as an extra bedroom AND a better kitchen etc) which dollar for dollar makes more sense to the bank...See MoreImprove and Modernise Existing House Plan (25 year old home)
Comments (15)your house looks like an 80's home with a sunken lounge. I live in an 80's single level house like yours and love the spacious feeling, do you have raked ceilings? If it was me I would make small changes so suggest the following, 1) If the eave is deep enough I would push your sons bedroom wall out this would give him a good sized bedroom with access to the next bedroom and bathroom for his "PAD" 2) There is a flow problem with the house with accessing the bedrooms as you have to step down into and back up from the family/rumpus/living at two points. Keeping the "fireplace" insitu I would take part of the internal bedroom to allow for a passage across from the entrance to the bedroom wing. the reduced bedroom would make a great study or guest room. you can keep both step down points or close off the wall from the fireplace to the master bedroom 3) another problem with the house is internal access to the alfresco, at the moment it would only be via the family/rumpus or master bedroom, I suggest that the alfresco decking be split level to allow for large sliding doors coming off the new open plan kitchen. The door into the existing kitchen be kept but remove the laundry which will allow for a bigger dining table. 4) The laundry could be moved into the planned office/guest.pool room which would be perfect if there was access down the L/H side of the house for hubbie coming home and needing a cleanup which would be done in the same space, which could also be his man cave!! 5) The granny flat needs to be sorted by a local designer to get the best possible result, I have heard that a studio is more readily approved over a granny flat (siriuskey)...See MoreKate
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