7 Ways To Do Home Remodelling On A Budget

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7 WAYS TO DO HOME
REMODELING ON A
BUDGET
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1
FOCUS ON EFFICIENCY,
NOT SIZE
Try to increase efficiency by
properly utilizing all the available
spaces in your house. Building a
big kitchen with lots of un-utilized
spaces is not a good option. Try
replacing your shelves with large
cabinets, full of drawers and racks.
This will help you to utilize the
spaces properly and reduce your
cost of expansion.
Cost to expand kitchen by 200
sq.ft: $48,000 to $95,000
Cost of custom–designed
cabinets: $35,000
SAVED: Up to $60,000

2
BRIGHTEN UP YOUR ROOM
NATURAL LIGHT
WITH
Sunlight is important for our body.
It helps to keep the rooms fresh
and free from germs and
moisture. Bringing more natural
light into your dark rooms is thus
essential. We often install highly
expensive insulated windows for
our hallways but there are certain
inexpensive options available also.
Instead of investing in a doublepane
insulated window you can
install "light tubes" on the roof to
channel the sunshine into the
rooms.
Cost to add an insulated
window: $1,500
Cost for a light tube: $500
SAVED: $1,000

3
TRY RECYCLED
BUILDING MATERIALS
Renovating your home with
recycled products can save you a
ton of money. Check out the
recycled products offered by
Habitat for Humanity at half the
prices. Though many contractors
will hesitate to do work with
recycled materials, if you are
doing it yourself then it can be a
wise choice.
Price of 4–by5–foot insulated
window in a home center: $600
Price at ReStore: $300
SAVED: $300

4
DONATE YOUR TRASH & EARN
TAX DEDUCTION
Try to donate any trash from your house while renovating and
earn a tax deduction. As B.J. Perkins, Habitat's ReUse program
manager said: "About 85 percent of a house is reusable". And
not only that, you can also collect a tax credit for donating
your trashes to Habitat for Humanity.
Cost to trash a suite of bathroom fixtures: $50 to $75
Cost to donate: Nothing, plus you get a tax deduction
SAVED: Space in the landfill (and a little bit of your soul)

YOUR OWN DEMO
DO
You can try rebuilding something
yourself if you have the knowledge
of doing it. It can save you a few
dollars. You can certainly have the
idea of how to demo a deck and so
it will be right choice not to hand
over such work to your contractor.
However, be careful if you want to
experiment any interior work
yourself as you may damage any
wiring inside the wall or
pressurized plumbing.
Cost to demo a 200 sq.ft. deck
yourself: $450 (Dumpster rental
and parking permit)
Cost for a pro: $1,000
SAVED: $550
5

6
LINK WITH YOUR CONTRACTOR'S
SOURCES
You can consult with your contractor if he has
any left over stocks from other sites. Some
contractors may help you to gather building
materials in various shapes which were left out
on other work sites. This can help save you a
lot of money for your remodeling.
Cost of new flooring: $19,200
Cost to use someone else's discards: $10,500
SAVED: $8,700

7
TRY LIMITING RECESSED
FIXTURES
LIGHT
Recessed lights are costly and the
more you use it for your home,
the higher will be your expenses.
Also, there are several other side
expenses like cutting the holes
and insulating them properly. A
wall or ceiling mounted light can
be less costly on the other hand.
Cost to install six can lights:
$900
Cost to install one surface–
mounted fixture of equal
wattage: $300
SAVED: $600

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