Nine times out of ten people prefer buying a completed house due to the difficulties in having a new one done. When you buy an already built house, there is nothing much you can do regarding its design.
Housing designs differ from place to place, even from state to state and between suburbs. Especially depending on where the house is situated its design to preserve space will differ vastly. Before you actually inhabit the house, you can redesign it as you wish.
Planning the House Redesigning
This task will be made easier if you search far and wide before buying a new house. Buying a new house takes time although not as much as building one, however still you need to spend time and money before agreeing on a suitable one. Anybody will have a design in their mind when they go house hunting. So, keep looking until you find that near perfect house.
Once you have bought it, you can start redesigning. It has to be planned meticulously as you have already spent a considerable amount in buying the house. Don’t waste any more than required to make it inhabitable. It’ll be wise to talk to civil engineers and interior designers before you decide to buy a house. However even after you have purchased it you can get an engineer to take a professional look to find out what sort of ideas can be executed in the redesign.
What Can Be Converted?
Most houses lack the space of common areas as house builders consider more bedrooms and other personal areas are a plus to sell the house. Therefore, you can consider converting idle spaces, e.g. an unused garage, a basement etc. to living spaces. This can even come in handy when at a later time if you want to split the house into two or more units.
When you are planning to have more than one unit within one house, consider what the mandatory requirements of a house are. You don’t have to have huge bedrooms or washrooms with bathtubs. Instead of a whole office room, you can convert a corner to a study area. There are many tips and tricks to redesigning a house to add more value. You can talk to professional house builders such as home renovation from capital building for more ideas.
Extend Your Kitchen
The kitchen is one of the most important places in the house. Most importantly it is one of the common areas where the family can get together after a long day at work or school. Even though it is considered a common space, it is not easy to work in the kitchen, i.e. cook or clean, when there are a lot of people about.
Therefore, you can design a narrow alley-like space commonly known as a side return, which could run alongside the kitchen section, outside or inside. The side return can run throughout the entire length of the house or extend to the back and occupy the width of it. Either way there will be more space, easily accessed via the kitchen, where people can come together, eat and have a chat.
Either to resell or continue to live in, redesigning the house is an idea that adds value.
