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When buying an apartment in a new building, many today give preference to apartments that are sold without renovation. They are cheaper, but the main thing is that you have the opportunity to make repairs, taking into account your financial capabilities and taste preferences. In this article we will talk about just such apartments, or more precisely, about how to properly renovate an apartment from scratch in a new building.
Apartment in a new building - great joy and great expenses
Three types of condition of apartments in new buildings:
- Without any finishing.
- With pre-finishing.
- With a fine finish.
Without finishing
There is nothing inside the apartment except the heating system and installed ones. Of course, there are low quality ones (usually with double glazing).
The walls are bare or, the floor is the plane of the floor slab without, the same goes for the ceiling. No . As for electricity, it is installed with a supply cable and the installation of one common input circuit breaker. There are risers for water supply, hot water supply and sewerage, but there is no pipework throughout the apartment. It is mandatory to install sealed metering meters on water supply networks. If apartment house in the new building is connected to the gas supply, then there is a pipe with installed meter must be entered.
The advantages of purchasing such housing are the opportunity to spend and. The downside is that they are quite serious for repairs. By the way, the photo below shows the apartment without finishing.
What is pre-finishing of an apartment in a new building?
Essentially, this is an apartment in which a rough renovation of the walls, floor and ceiling has been carried out. That is, plastering work has been carried out with partial leveling of the walls, the floor has been poured, the ceiling has been plastered or puttied. This is not a final finish on which flooring and other finishing materials can already be laid. This is just preparation.
If speak about budget renovation apartments in a new building, then this is exactly the option, because everything is ready to complete the renovation in as soon as possible, allocating small funds. At the same time, there remains the opportunity to choose, select them taking into account the allocated money.
Apartments with fine finishing
Everything is simple here - the contractor rents out apartments in finished form, where the buyer moves in for further residence. Everything in it is arranged as planned by the house design. There are no expensive finishes or high quality plumbing fixtures here. In addition, there is a high probability that the contractor did not use exactly quality materials to save and make more profit. Therefore, the idea of purchasing such an apartment can be expensive when the repairs carried out by the contractor begin to show their poor quality in a year or two.
Stages of renovating an apartment in a new building from scratch
There is a certain sequence for renovating an apartment in a new building. Although it should be noted that this is how any major repair is carried out. True, in a new building there is no need to dismantle old finishing and communication networks. This is the main difference.
Attention! A newly built apartment building, like any new building, undergoes natural shrinkage during the first year. That is, during this time, cracks will begin to appear on the building’s enclosing structures, the joints between the structures will increase, and the latter will become distorted.
Therefore, two repair options are offered:
- Do nothing at all and wait until the shrinkage stops. That is, start repairs in a year.
- Conduct redecorating so that you can live in the apartment and carry out a major renovation in 1-2 years. This option is chosen by those who simply have nowhere to live.
But there are some construction processes that can be carried out without waiting for the final shrinkage of the building. For example, redevelopment: if there is a need to demolish some partition or install a new one. It is possible to carry out electrical wiring throughout the premises, installation plumbing system, hot water supply and sewerage, taking into account the placement of plumbing fixtures.
Apartment redevelopment
It is necessary to indicate one very important point regarding redevelopment. If all the fencing structures in the apartment project have already been legalized and they are included in the apartment’s passport, then redevelopment cannot be carried out without the permission of the BTI. That is, if you want, for example, to demolish the wall between the toilet and, then you will have to coordinate all this with representatives of the BTI. To do this, you will have to write an application, fill out all the documents (and there are many of them) and submit them to the commission for consideration. And it’s not a fact that you will receive such permission.
Unauthorized redevelopment threatens big troubles. Firstly, unauthorized changes will not make it possible to sell the apartment, donate it or carry out any other legal procedures. If BTI employees find out that these actions were carried out without their consent, they face a court case and a huge fine. There were cases when the court forced the owner of an apartment to bring it into proper condition, consistent with the passport and the original layout. So it's not worth taking risks with this. Therefore, a purchased apartment with a free layout, that is, empty and without, is an opportunity not to apply anywhere and not receive any permits. The main thing is after complete renovation it is necessary to legitimize the plan itself by entering it into the apartment passport as a floor plan.
Where to start renovations in a new apartment
There are two main processes to start with:
- layout;
- plan for laying utility networks.
As mentioned above, you can choose the layout of the apartment at your discretion, the main thing is. But there are certain requirements for the placement of rooms that must be strictly followed:
- You cannot move the kitchen into rooms where a toilet or bathroom should be located.
- You cannot organize a bathroom or toilet if they are located in the plan above the living quarters of the neighbors below.
- Living areas and kitchens should always have windows facing the street.
There are some items that can be produced, but approval must be made with the BTI:
- Relocation of gas equipment.
- Relocating or expanding a bathroom.
- Punch openings in supporting structures. Although this is difficult to achieve, it will be necessary to reinforce the openings with special metal structures.
But without permission, you can glaze a balcony or loggia, or rearrange plumbing fixtures inside your premises. You can demolish partitions or erect new ones, only after that they will need to be included in the floor plan.
Communication network laying plan
Regarding the laying plan engineering communications, then you do not need to collect any permits. But it is imperative to sketch out their distribution throughout the apartment on paper. This is especially true for electrical wiring, because there are strict regulations regarding the location of cables and the installation location of sockets and switches. In addition, it will be necessary to accurately take into account the consumed load from household appliances.
Regarding sewerage, their installation is carried out taking into account the installation location of plumbing fixtures. It is important to choose the correct diameter sewer pipes taking into account the plumbing fixture, as well as combined areas into which several plumbing products are powered at once. All communication networks are recessed into grooves, so this installation process considered the dustiest.
Where to start renovations in a new building - choosing stylistic content
Until recently, little attention was paid to stylistic design. The main thing for owners of new housing is that everything should be clean. But today this approach is unacceptable, so services professional designers very in demand. It is this specialist who will tell you what can be done in the apartment, what ideas can be implemented to make the interior of the rooms exclusive.
At the same time, many designers are well acquainted with prices modern market, so they can advise, which vary in the optimal price-quality ratio. And for overhaul this is an important component. So, if the style of the interiors of the rooms and premises has been chosen, you can proceed to drawing up a renovation plan.
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Apartment renovation plan
In general, planning repairs is quite difficult, because you have to take into account a large number of works carried out. There are not only purely construction operations here, but also transportation costs for the delivery of materials, garbage removal, the purchase of the materials and tools themselves, the services of specialists who will perform complex processes. That is, everything must be taken into account, and only after that can the total amount be calculated. It is based on this that you can talk about whether you will bear the cost of repairs or not. It was said about the layout, about the distribution of communication systems, too, all that remains is to purchase building materials and bring them to the apartment.
Attention! It is recommended that all purchases be made from one supplier. A large volume of purchased building materials makes it possible to negotiate a discount as a wholesale buyer.
So, everything is ready, you can move on to the repair processes themselves. We will assume that communication networks were installed before the building completely settled. We will not talk about their installation in detail, but the above information is sufficient to understand how to do this and where to start.
Major renovation of an apartment in a new building
Repairs in an apartment without finishing are considered major, because a huge amount of work is involved in complete finishing: from rough to finishing. What distinguishes it from the renovation of an apartment with a rough finish is the rough finish, which is completely absent. That's where we need to start. At the same time, many builders use a certain scheme, which is called top-down. That is, surface repairs are carried out starting from the top and ending with the bottom. Therefore, the beginning is the ceiling, then the walls, and the last process is pouring on the floor slab.
If changes to the layout are made in the repair plan, namely: the construction of partitions, making or filling openings, then this must be done now. At this stage, new windows must be installed if the decision is made to replace those installed by the contractor with structures with higher quality characteristics. Entrance and interior doors are installed after completion of rough work, when garbage is removed from the premises.
The next stage in the sequence of renovations in the apartment is finishing. Again, it all starts from the ceiling. It is either puttied or installed. can be mounted only after the planes of the walls are leveled.
Next, the walls are leveled with either or plasterboard, depending on the differences in the plane. As for gender, then finishing he doesn't have. The poured screed already provides the necessary evenness, which can be said to be sufficient. True, everything will depend on how evenly the screed was applied. If the difference is large enough, then additional leveling measures will have to be carried out. But most often they are carried out only after both the ceiling and walls have been completed.
And the third stage of repair is finishing. This includes a large list of repair processes:
and curtains, installation of design elements (photos, vases, etc.).
Installation of partitions
In a large number of stages of apartment renovation, I would like to separately deal with partitions. These elements make it possible to quickly and inexpensively partition a space, creating areas necessary for living. But there is one requirement for partitions - they should not overload the floor slabs with their weight. And if earlier this problem was acute, and the supervisory authorities monitored it very seriously, today, with the advent of new materials and technologies, the problem has been reduced to zero.
Eg, plasterboard partitions based metal frame. With a thickness of 60-70 mm and with a laying inside, such partitions do an excellent job with the responsibilities assigned to them. You can make windows in them, install lamps, hang them on them household appliances and pieces of furniture.
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The second building material from which partitions are built is. Lightweight and durable different sizes and with high degree protection from the penetration of extraneous sounds, they are easy to install and guarantee high quality construction. In addition, for the installation of foam blocks a special glue solution, which is applied thin layer. There are no dirty processes here, if many people think so.
Plastering walls in an apartment in a new building
And another rather serious stage that takes a lot of time is. If the walls of the house were built from foam blocks or gas silicate, then this process cannot be avoided. Concrete Wall panels today issued with high quality and evenness of surfaces, which is why in such houses the walls are only puttied.
Manufacturers offer two varieties plaster mixtures: based on gypsum and cement. The latter are used in damp rooms, the former are inferior in this regard, because the base of the solution - gypsum - absorbs moisture well. Are applied cement plasters on reinforcing meshes, which are pre-tensioned on the surface of the walls. Metal and synthetic meshes are used today.
So, we have considered the procedure for renovating an apartment in a new building. It is only in words and paper that the repair process seems simple and easy. It is impossible to take into account everything; some little thing will definitely be left unaccounted for. Therefore, when calculating repairs, you must add 5-10% to the budget. In addition, it is also not always possible to carry out stage-by-stage repairs in a new building, so the question of where to start is asked most often. Once you start, the whole process will continue until it is completely finished.
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In all cases, the number of stages repair work in new buildings in Moscow and the Moscow region depends on the type of finishing. Developers offer three types of apartments based on the availability and quality of finishing work:
- without finishing;
- with rough finish;
- with a fine finish.
Where to start repairs in a new building, in what order to do everything necessary work, as well as who to contact for help - you will learn from further sections of the article.
Where to start repairs in a new building with rough (pre-finishing) finishing?
Rough finishing - this is when there is bearing structures, floor screed and Entrance door with a lock. The rest depends on the conscience of the contractor: it often happens that brickwork or aerated concrete blocks There's not even plaster.
Installation of plumbing during rough finishing is not provided. There are sewer and water supply pipes in the bathroom, and the same in the bathroom. There are no lamps on the ceilings, electrical wiring hangs freely from the ceiling. Most often it is already connected and isolated. Therefore, when connecting the lamp, you must remember to turn off the power to the cables. Availability of sockets and switches is possible, but not guaranteed.
Major renovations in such a new building need to begin with planning. Think about where the furniture will be, choose a bath or shower, toilet, machine and, before buying, check whether they will fit in the bathroom.
If the rooms are separate, they may need to be combined. This already implies dismantling the partition. Not everyone can do this work on their own: demolition must be careful, because there is a risk of damaging important communications.
Additionally, you will have to deal with waste removal, since the legislation of the Russian Federation prohibits the storage of construction waste in places for the disposal of solid waste.
You can order a team of craftsmen from our company: we take care of paperwork for redevelopment approval, dismantling and other types of rough finishing work, as well as removal of construction waste.
Where should you start renovating from scratch in a new building without finishing?
Apartments without finishing are bare walls without sockets and other amenities. Communications can only be connected up to the entrance; everything else (wiring, connection, setup) is the work of the new residents.
First, you need to check with the developer what communications will be installed in the house. Necessities include: cold water supply and electricity. If this is available, you can install a water circuit, heated floors, boilers, electric stoves for cooking, heaters, etc. However, you will be significantly overpaying on your utility bills. Therefore, you should immediately choose a new building in Moscow with all the benefits. During the renovation stages new apartment without finishing includes:
- Redevelopment (if necessary).
- Plastering walls and ceilings, screeding floors.
- Plumbing installation, installation and wiring electrical wires by room.
- Installation of sockets, switches, gas stove, washing machine and other equipment that will be difficult to move later.
- Pulling out all surfaces for final finishing.
- Installation of suspended or suspended ceilings.
- Decorating the room with emulsion, wallpaper, stucco and other finishing materials.
- Laying laminate, linoleum, parquet or other type of flooring.
If you plan to complete all the work quickly and cheaply, you should contact professional specialists. The cost of major repairs in our company starts from 6 thousand per square meter. The price tag already includes building materials, measurements, design creation and execution itself.
Where to start repairing a new panel building?
Panel houses are economically priced, but they have a lot of disadvantages. Fortunately, any homeowner can get rid of the shortcomings, but you need to know a few basic features of this type of premises. The stages of renovating an apartment in a new panel-type building are in many ways similar to the stages of finishing a brick building, but with significant differences.
- Redevelopment is carried out only with the permission of the BTI, because most of the walls and partitions in the house are load-bearing.
- Plastering the walls and ceiling is done in a thin layer, because the panels are more or less even. Taking into account the increased sound and heat permeability of reinforced concrete products, panels should be placed on the layer of plaster sheeting to protect you from blowing and the sounds of neighbor disputes. The thickness of each panel varies from 2 to 4 cm, which may affect the internal area of the room.
- Installation of plumbing, electrics with control elements and necessary equipment carried out as usual. Washing machines are often installed in the kitchen, due to the inconvenient layout of the bathrooms. The latter can only be corrected if the BTI gives the go-ahead for the demolition of the partition between the two sections of the bathroom.
- The installation of suspended and suspended ceilings in new panel buildings in Moscow is complicated by the presence of metal rods inside the ceilings. They drill pretty quickly professional power tools, however, each extra hole worsens the technological properties of the load-bearing surface. It's much easier to pull out the ceiling mortar and cover it with light tiles.
- Finishing and cosmetic repairs are carried out as usual.
Independence in this matter can do more harm than good. Without experience and knowledge of how to renovate a new building, it will be difficult for a person to even choose colors for decoration, let alone carry out the physical work. You already know how much our help in this matter costs.
Where to start renovating a bathroom in a new building?
Finishing the bathroom is the last stage, which is preceded by rough work. If the bathroom is separate, and you like spacious rooms, you should demolish the partition. The freed space is used for installation washing machine, washbasin or cabinets for small items and household chemicals.
After remodeling, you should choose plumbing equipment. Finished homes may already have a toilet and bathtub installed, but the design and quality may not match your tastes. You need to buy appliances and equipment for the bathroom after taking measurements, so that it does not turn out that the shower stall is three centimeters wider than it should be and you will have to spend time replacing it.
After drawing out the walls, screeding the floor and installing the basic plumbing, you can begin laying the tiles. Using plasterboard without water-resistant properties in a bathroom is unwise - therefore, it is better to leave the ceiling without additional finishing or cover it with tiles using moisture-resistant adhesive.
What is needed to renovate an apartment in a new building?
If you decide to do the finishing yourself, you will need a lot of tools and building materials. You should think in advance where which decor will be used, calculate the amount of dry mixtures for drawing, and make a list of necessary things.
It must include: compositions for removing unevenness on all surfaces, primer, masking tapes, wallpaper or paint, solvents, tiles, linoleum or laminate, guides, levels for checking the quality of work, fasteners, adhesives, floor and ceiling skirting boards, as well as much more.
A person who rarely deals with finishing work will not be able to immediately think through the entire scope of work and purchase materials and tools at one time. During the execution of tasks, changes may occur, which will lead to damage to materials and the need for additional purchases.
You can do a much simpler and smarter thing - hire a team of craftsmen from the professional repair and construction company LionGroup. Specialists have been involved in this matter for dozens of years, they know how to determine exact amount finishing materials for a specific task.
How to inexpensively make repairs in a new building?
Immediately after purchasing a home in Moscow or the region, contact our company. By “inexpensive” we mean that you will not overpay for repairs and that the estimate will be fixed.
By contacting us, you save on finishing works: We have guaranteed discounts on most materials from manufacturers and direct suppliers, because we buy often and a lot at once. The turnkey renovation timeframe depends on its type (major, luxury or euro) and the area of the premises.
You can submit a request by phone or through the online form. Managers will send you a surveyor-consultant who will draw up an estimate and plan for future work. The cost of a major overhaul (and any other) will be clear immediately after determining the tasks, the level of quality of building materials and other criteria.
Examples of prices for work
| No. | Name of works | Unit Change | Cost per unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floors | |||
| 46 | Washed down a wooden baseboard | PC. | 120.00 RUR |
| 47 | Installation of polyurethane plinth | m/n | 320.00 RUR |
| 48 | Washed down the polyurethane baseboard | m/n | 120.00 RUR |
| 7 | Dry screed device based on the floor element "KNAUF" | m/2 | 560.00 RUR |
| 8 | Primer of cement base before self-leveling floor | m/2 | 25.00 RUR |
| Walls | |||
| 79 | Painting wall covering water-based paint | m/2 | 360.00 RUR |
| 80 | Painting wallpaper for painting with water-based paint | m/2 | 280.00 RUR |
| 83 | Laying artificial stone | m/2 | RUB 1,400.00 |
| 84 | Laying natural stone | m/2 | RUB 1,550.00 |
| 85 | Cladding walls with clapboard | m/2 | 590.00 RUR |
| Ceiling | |||
| 101 | Grout tile joints on the ceiling | m/2 | 200.00 RUR |
| 102 | PVC stretch ceiling device | m/2 | 540.00 RUR |
| 86 | Ceiling installation in 1 layer | m/2 | 950.00 RUR |
| 87 | Ceiling installation in 2 layers | m/2 | RUB 1,250.00 |
| 87 | Installation of a ceiling in 3 layers or more (cascade) | m/2 | RUB 1,650.00 |
| Electric installation work | |||
| 131 | Switch installation (2nd keys) | PC. | 244.00 RUR |
| 132 | Installation and connection pass-through switch(1 key) | PC. | 456.00 RUR |
| 133 | Installation and connection of pass-through switch (2nd keys) | PC. | 502.00 RUR |
| 136 | Installing and connecting a telephone socket | PC. | 174.00 RUR |
| 137 | Installation and connection of fans | PC. | RUB 1,250.00 |
| Plumbing | |||
| 180 | Device, connection of the ART shower cabin | PC. | RUB 6,500.00 |
| 181 | Installation of showers and glass doors | PC. | RUB 3,300.00 |
| 144 | Installation and connection of a fine filter | PC. | RUB 1,250.00 |
| 145 | Replacing shut-off valves | PC. | 450.00 RUR |
| 146 | Installation and connection of a water meter | PC. | 650.00 RUR |
| Dismantling works | |||
| 205 | Dismantling old joists | m/2 | 155.00 RUR |
| 206 | Dismantling sand-cement screed | m/2 | 240.00 RUR |
| 207 | Removing tiles | m/2 | 255.00 RUR |
| 208 | Dismantling old linoleum | m/2 | 215.00 RUR |
| 190 | Removing old paintwork | m/2 | 260.00 RUR |
| Ancillary work | |||
| 213 | Removal of construction waste | gazelle | RUB 2,500.00 |
| 214 | Construction waste removal | container | RUB 4,800.00 |
| 216 | Lifting building material | kg. | 2.00 RUR |
| 219 | Cleaning the apartment after renovation | m/2 | 80.00 RUR |
| 220 | Delivery of rough material (Gazelle 1500 kg) | PC. | RUB 1,250.00 |
| Slopes | |||
| 224 | Primer of slopes before putty | m/n | 50.00 RUR |
| 225 | Slope putty | m/n | 250.00 RUR |
| 226 | Slope grinding | m/n | 180.00 RUR |
| 227 | Finishing putty | m/n | 250.00 RUR |
| 230 | Installation of PVC slopes | m/n | 460.00 RUR |
| Installation work | |||
| 248 | Installation of accessories (hooks, holder, stand, door lock) | PC. | 450.00 RUR |
| 249 | Installation of a cabinet in a bathroom. Knot | PC. | RUB 1,350.00 |
| 250 | Assembly and installation of the bathroom cabinet. Knot | PC. | RUB 2,160.00 |
| 236 | Construction of partitions from foam blocks | m/2 | 680.00 RUR |
| 237 | Brickwork in 1/2 brick | m/2 | RUB 1,350.00 |
D Cheap repairs are not always bad. If you work with your own hands, you can save a lot of money on repairs! Very, very decent! If you have certain knowledge, then without skills you can make more or less decent economy-class repairs in a new building with your own hands. The main thing is to correctly calculate your strengths, knowledge and skills.
Here I will tell you how things really work in renovations in a new building, without embellishment or exaggeration, and how to do everything from scratch, and I will tell you step by step. I will not convince you that you are omnipotent and can carry out all the work on your own - no. Here there will be only the truth from a person who has gone through more than one repair. There will only be helpful information and knowledge of what you can really do on your own and cheaply, and what you can’t. But I can’t fit everything I want to say into one article, so a lot will be presented in other materials, to which links will be given from this article.
Economy renovation in a new building is a household dream!
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First of all, let's decide whether you really want to do the repairs yourself, or is it better to involve specialists? Think about it, because you will have to face partly the unknown and whether you need to face it, because in return for saving, you will spend a lot of time and effort, acquiring some skills and experience. Think about whether this experience will be useful to you in the future and whether you really need to do this and “save” on it?
I also recommend looking → reviews on the “Repair Rating” website and understanding what construction companies not everything is so smooth, they also mess up - this happens, and should partly instill in you confidence that you can do many of the jobs yourself, without the involvement of specialists. Also think about it, maybe it’s him? Maybe I can save up and order?..
Let's get to the heart of the matter. Be sure to read this article to the end, you will learn a lot! I won’t convince you that you need to do the work yourself or definitely need to order it - it’s your choice, I’ll just give you food for thought and tell you how and what kind of work you can really do yourself and which ones you can’t.
This is roughly what an economy class renovation in a new building should look like, well, maybe there are a lot of electricians... And there are no baseboards... Apparently they haven’t finished it yet.
Renovating a new building: where to start
Renovation in a new building begins with a project of anticipation! Yes, yes, exactly expectations—expectations for the house to shrink. For monolithic houses, at least a year should pass, for panel houses - at least 2-3 years, for larger brick houses - up to 5-6 years. Is it really necessary to wait for the house to settle before renovating? It is better for you to ask this question to the builders who built your building. If they did everything wisely, then the shrinkage may not be noticeable at all and will not affect your repair in any way, but if it was done in the wrong place, then the house may shrink even longer. Usually, when choosing an apartment, you can understand a lot by looking at it and the house itself, the entrance, and those who work there. Chat with the developer's representative and neighbors.
When the first euphoria from the appearance of a new home wears off, it’s time for serious reflection. It’s good if you already have experience in repairs or someone close to you is ready to advise you step by step. But, as a rule, every new resident, faced with this task, is left alone with it. Before you begin renovations in a new building, you must decide for yourself about the team.
- You can do repairs in a new building with your own hands, hiring the right craftsman at the right time.
- A more advanced option is to work with a designer and foreman.
It can be done well in both cases. True, the chances here are not equal. You can save money if you take on more of it yourself. True, here it is worth sensibly assessing all the pros and cons. It will take you a lot of time to figure out all the details, find the right specialists, select building materials, and, of course, your nerves will also go to waste.
Advantages of renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building
Obvious advantages are the absence of the need to dismantle previous communications and remove wallpaper, ceilings, floors, doors, etc. In front of you, one might say, is a blank sheet of paper, and you have already saved on dismantling and garbage disposal. Moreover, in front of you fresh apartment, in which you can make literally any dream come true.
Where to start renovations in a new building?
First of all, you need to independently, or better yet, with a foreman, assess the condition of the apartment after commissioning: find out the material of the walls, determine exactly which of them are load-bearing, and which you can demolish if you wish. Request a utility plan to find out where the pipes are located hot water how electricity is organized. This is important, because during repairs you can damage the base already made by the developer. You can also save on warm floors, if the hot water pipes are located, for example, on the floor in the bathroom.
Before you begin renovating an apartment in a new building, you also need to evaluate the walls and floor, paying attention to obvious defects: uneven floor slabs, holes, cracks, voids in the blocks. Examine the windows carefully, check whether all modes of the opening mechanisms work. Also allow for the fact that new house gives "shrinkage". There is a risk that repairs made quickly will have to be repeated again.
The procedure for renovating an apartment in a new building
Renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building means, first of all, a clear idea of what zones you need. If you are satisfied with the layout, location and size of the rooms, the task becomes easier. If you decide to connect the kitchen with one of the rooms, add a balcony, change the layout of the hall, then you will need redevelopment. There are a number important rules, but you should not be guided solely by information from the Internet; be sure to clarify all questions on the spot with the relevant authorities. Of course you can't demolish load-bearing walls. This can damage the structure of the home and lead to serious problems. When connecting a balcony, you cannot move the battery, even to an insulated balcony wall - you need to find a new place for it in the apartment area. In a word, redevelopment, its coordination and the construction of new partitions is, perhaps, the first thing worth doing during renovation in a new building from scratch.
Attention, air conditioning!
Many would agree that today in summer time Air conditioning is no longer a luxury, but simply a necessity. Even if you are not ready to buy it during repairs, since expenses will be incurred on all fronts, it is still worth addressing this issue. There are two reasons. Legislation regarding this cooling technology changes frequently. Even if you notice external blocks near your neighbor or on opposite facades of houses, this does not mean that it is allowed to be hung in your home. Please clarify this issue first with the building association or the housing office, or better yet, immediately with the administration of your district with the chief architect.
Illegally hung air conditioners are subject to mandatory dismantling. You will simply lose money.
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At the stage of rough work it is worth laying special copper pipes and other communications for him. You will definitely have to ditch the walls and then plaster them. If you do painting or wallpapering first, you will have to deform the cosmetic repairs in this place and make the pipes unsightly. It is also worth paying attention to the fact that you, for example, assume that the air conditioner will be in one specific place on the wall, and its external unit right behind him on the street. But it doesn’t always work out that way, especially if you have top floor. Otherwise, climbers will be needed for installation.
Do-it-yourself renovation in a new building
As has already become clear, it is necessary to start with the preparation of the project and rough work: the construction of new walls, the work of a plumber, an electrician. If everything is more or less clear with the sewer system, you know where you have washing machine, bath, washbasin - then the electrics require more subtleties. We are especially talking about the kitchen. Do not think that, for example, where you are planning to put dishwasher, there will be an outlet right behind it. It is not recommended to do this. There is a high probability that you will have to make the width of the tabletop larger (non-standard) so that the plug of this technique does not bend, and indeed fits into the socket.
If you are doing renovations yourself, then it is better to go to any furniture company that produces custom kitchens at the very beginning, provide them with your measurements and prepare a design project together. Almost all establishments provide this service free of charge. This is necessary to get a kitchen estimate. You will immediately learn about all possible facade materials, countertops, baseboards and a host of other parts. But the main thing is that you will understand what kind of kitchen awaits you, where what equipment will be located. In this regard, you will know exactly where you need to make sockets and where to bring out the wires for lighting, for example.
In general, the goal is to complete the electrical and plumbing connections before installing the ceilings and creating screeds. According to the technology, it is necessary to wait 28 days until the screed reaches its final strength. Next, you can start laying tiles and other floor coverings. At the same time, workers can make walls: prepare them for painting, decorative plaster or wallpapering. If you have chosen plasterboard ceilings or plaster them, then these dusty works must also be done in this phase of repair. Stretch ceiling can be done at any time - best after dirty work.
After all of the above, we can say that the answer to the question: “Where to start repairing a new building with your own hands?” - has already. Pleasant moments of interior design and decor are ahead.
They buy an apartment from a developer and often enter into an agreement without finishing or with rough finishing. This is not only a way to reduce payments, but also to do all the work efficiently. Although renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building is a long and expensive undertaking.
Where to start: sequence of actions
If you purchased property from a developer without finishing, you will need step by step plan works To a person not particularly familiar with construction, the repair procedure is not at all obvious. And since renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building will require going through all the stages, a plan is simply necessary.
Technology for renovating an apartment in a new building - it all starts with a plan
What does it mean to “renovate an apartment from scratch in a new building”
To determine the scope of work, you need to know where you will start. What you will receive after delivery of the object is specified in the contract. Therefore, we take it, read it carefully, and then we can start planning the order of work. Usually an apartment in a new building without finishing is rented in this condition:
Basically, this is all you have before you start renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building. Everything is in its infancy, but all communications have failed.
Apartment renovation in stages
You should immediately decide on the partitions. Decide where and which ones will stand, which ones will need to be removed/moved. If the partitions already exist and you are planning to redo something, you need to get permission and only then proceed with the transfer. If there are no partitions and you will install them yourself, the contract stipulates what materials you can make them from. It is better to adhere to the recommendations, otherwise you may receive penalties, and they are considerable.
After approving the apartment plan, you first determine where you will have large-sized furniture, appliances, plumbing, etc. You will need this data to prepare a laying plan. engineering systems(plumbing, sewerage, lighting, if provided - ventilation). When the plan is more or less ready, you can begin the repair itself. The sequence of actions is as follows:
- Installation and transfer of partitions according to the approved project.
- While the partitions are being built, you are doing parallel (or order) development. After the partitions are in place, electrical wiring is done - wall slitting, cable laying (necessarily three-wire - with grounding). Depending on the type of cable, it is laid either with or without corrugation. Cables are not connected to the panel, sockets and switches are not installed. Installed only distribution boxes, socket boxes, the ends of the cables are inserted into them. Electrical wiring is laid:
- If you are planning to do this, now is the time to address this issue. It will be framed or frameless, but there is no need to level the walls for it, so now is the time.
- Distribution of cold and hot water supply pipes, sewerage connection. If the walls are not load-bearing, the pipes can be laid in grooves in the walls (if the thickness of the partitions allows). Otherwise, they try to place most of the pipes in the bathroom/lavatory, and then cover them with a plasterboard box, which is subsequently finished with the same material as the walls.
- . If you plan to finish the walls plastic panels, you don’t have to plaster - they are attached to the lathing, which levels out all the unevenness. But if you plan to lay tiles later, it’s better to plaster - there will be less hassle later. Previously they used regular plastering cement-sand mortar, but recently they prefer ready-made compositions based on cement or gypsum (it’s easier to work). You can simply plaster - relying on your eye and building level, or you can use lighthouses. The second option is preferable, since it is more likely to get smooth walls and right angles of 90°. No more and no less. In any case, before plastering the walls must be primed to improve the adhesion of the plaster and the base material. The primer is selected depending on the type of plaster (gypsum or cement).
Plastering walls - quality is important
- If you whitewash/paint the ceiling, it will also be leveled with plaster (don’t forget about laying the electrical wiring to the chandeliers). If it can also be done at this stage. Stretch ceilings are made after the walls have been finished, so if you are planning one, skip this stage. You can only check the quality of sealing of interpanel seams.
- and ceiling. This is already preparation for finishing. The choice of putty type depends on the type of finish. If it's painting, they charge more expensive materials(Wide, for example) and achieve it perfectly flat surface(you can check it with a backlight with an LED lamp - the slightest irregularities are visible). The putty composition used for wallpaper is cheaper and perfection is not so important here. The walls are not puttied under the tiles at all.
Putty is almost a final finish
- After the dust has been removed from grouting the putty and all other dirty work, they begin pouring the floor screed. Here, too, it is necessary to make a number of decisions: whether or not there will be insulation, sound insulation, heated floors (electric, other types in high-rise buildings are not available or require approval). The screed can be made with a regular cement-sand mixture, or... In the second option, the result will be better - a more even floor due to the self-leveling effect of the mixture.
- A week after pouring the screed, while it is “ripening”, we are finishing the bathtub and toilet. There is usually a lot of dirt here and everything needs to be done before finishing work begins in the rest of the apartment.
- Finishing: paint/whitewash the ceiling, glue wallpaper (install). We lay floors, trim, baseboards. We install sockets, switches, and connect household appliances.
- We bring in furniture and decorative elements.
This is the procedure for renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building in general case. There are particulars, but they are individual. Then, depending on the situation, shift or swap the stages.
Team or individual specialists
Independently renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building will take a lot of time. If you have it in stock, no problem. If you want to move into your new home faster, you will have to hire builders. This is where questions often arise. Who should you hire for renovations in a new building - a team that promises to do everything “turnkey” or separate specialists for each type of work? This issue has already been discussed hundreds of times, but no consensus has been reached. Both options have their supporters. So that you can decide, briefly about the advantages and disadvantages of both solutions.
Full construction?
If you hire a team that will do all the work from start to finish, it is not a fact that you will be satisfied with the quality of their work. Everyone promises quality and speed, but few actually do all the work at the proper level. Very often you have to terminate the contract and look for someone who will finish/redo it. This task is even more difficult than the search for the first brigade: no one wants to correct the mistakes of others. It's long and troublesome. These are the disadvantages.
The advantage of this solution: the hired people are responsible for all stages of work, right up to finishing(if you agreed so). If you don’t like something, you can try to force it to be remade, but it’s better to control every stage of the work. The second positive point: the repair progresses faster, since there is no need to look for contractors for each new job. These are the advantages.
Another moment of the organizational plan. When drawing up a contract, indicate the cost of each stage of work. Then, upon termination, you will know exactly how much to pay. Otherwise, they will begin to prove to you that most of the work has been done, but all that remains is nonsense.
Specialists for certain types of work
If you decide to hire separate specialists for each stage of the work, it is difficult to predict the end result. Since a certain amount of work needs to be completed and left, there is a chance that workers will not try too hard. And each subsequent specialist can say (and usually say) that mistakes were made before him and demand additional payment for correcting them. There is only one way out: constant and strict control at all stages of work, clear formalization of agreements with clarification of what you want to have upon completion.
If you do not do some work yourself, then the total costs of paying for the work by individual specialists will be higher. But the advantage of this solution is that you can “spread out” the spending over time. When we got money, we did some work.
Finishing materials
Renovating an apartment from scratch in a new building has its own characteristics. the new house will “settle” over the course of several years; there will be movement of the foundation, walls, and ceilings. All these movements lead to the appearance of cracks, which can damage the finish coating. Therefore, there is advice: use not the most expensive Decoration Materials, which you won’t mind replacing in three or four years with new, better ones.
Selecting materials is a difficult task
The most questions arise with tiles laid on walls and screed. In them, the cracks are most noticeable, and the pleasure is not cheap - both in terms of the cost of materials and the price of work. Therefore, the screed is made floating - without connection with the walls, and instead of tiles, the walls in the bathroom and toilet are finished with vinyl wall panels.
Tiles are often placed on the walls and floors in the kitchen, and they try to choose the most attractive collections, which cost a lot. There are two ways out. The first is to use plastic or plastic instead of tile. furniture board, and lay linoleum on the floor for now. Second, lay tiles, but have some in reserve to replace broken tiles. It’s not a fact that in three or four years the same collection will still be produced. And even if this is the case, it is unlikely that it will be possible to match the color one to the other.
About the need for sound insulation
Many of the owners of new apartments simply do not think about how quiet their home will be. Not yet. But by the time you move in it will be too late. Modern tendencies in multi-story construction - to make the building as light as possible in order to save on the foundation. Lightweight materials are great, but the problem is that they conduct sound well.
Soundproofing in an apartment is an important point
As a result, it turns out that the repair is completed, and you, if you wish, can take notes of your neighbors’ conversations, and they can take notes of yours. Far from a rosy prospect. Therefore, it is worth thinking about sound insulation. Yes it additional expenses and considerable, but silence is more important.
