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Chapter 22 Home Improvement Budget: Accurate Planning, Knowing the Cost (1)
Accurate calculation: calculation method of home improvement area
Before home decoration, it is very important to accurately calculate the area of ​​each part of the living room. This not only determines the accuracy of the purchased materials and the cost of the decoration, but also avoids being cheated when checking the work.

In the specific calculation of the decoration area of ​​the wall, due to the different materials used, the calculation methods are also different.The area of ​​coatings, wallpapers, soft packages, and wall panels is calculated by multiplying the length by the height, in square meters, where the length is calculated by the net length of the main wall; and the height is calculated from the indoor ground for those without dado To the bottom of the floor, if there is a dado, count from the top of the dado to the bottom of the floor; if there is a ceiling, calculate from the indoor floor (or the top of the dado) to the bottom of the ceiling plus 20 cm.At the same time, when calculating the wall decoration area, the area occupied by doors and windows should be deducted, but the baseboard, mirror line, hole area with a single area within 0.3 square meters, and the area where the beam head and the wall meet are not deducted.When it is necessary to inlay stone and wall tiles on the wall, it should be calculated in square meters according to the actual paving area. When calculating the corner board area, it should be calculated in meters according to the net perimeter of the inner wall of the house.

The area of ​​the ceiling construction is calculated in square meters according to the net area between the walls, without deducting the area occupied by the partition walls, columns, stacks and wall-attached chimneys passing through the ceiling.The length of the corner line is calculated in meters based on the net perimeter of the interior walls of the house.

The floor area is calculated in square meters according to the net area between walls, but the area occupied by partition walls, stacks, etc. is not deducted.The area of ​​the stair treads is calculated in square meters based on the actual expanded area, without deducting the area occupied by stairs with a width of less than 30 cm; The coefficient of 1.15 is calculated in meters of extension.

Clearly: It is very important to make a budget before renovation

There are generally two budgeting methods for home improvement costs: one is to calculate according to the various parts of the home decoration, which can be divided into basic decoration costs and optional parts.Basic decoration refers to the parts that must be decorated, such as doors, walls, top surfaces, kitchen and toilet floors, etc.; the parts that can not be done refer to the parts that are more decorative, such as cultural walls, ceilings, etc.Another way to calculate the cost of home improvement is to divide the decoration cost into several parts such as material cost, labor cost, design cost and decoration company profit.

Generally speaking, the decoration budget must be completed before signing the contract with the construction unit.The decoration budget is not an amount imagined by oneself, nor is it just a decoration budget table made by a decoration company. Its most important significance is the owner's understanding of the entire home decoration process.

How much does it cost to decorate the house, how many projects are there, how much is the cost of each item, how much is the price of artificial materials, which main materials need to be purchased, and what is needed from the rough to the end of the hard decoration or soft decoration, the owner has to do I know what I know.There are many owners who do not make a good budget for home improvement costs, which causes the actual renovation costs to greatly exceed the expected amount.A meticulous decoration budget is also the basis for the owner and the decoration company to negotiate prices, and it is a bargaining weapon between the owner and the decoration company.The establishment of a rational decoration budget is based on the basic determination of how much decoration money will be invested, the idea of ​​decoration design, the understanding of the decoration process, and the understanding of the decoration project.

Clear and Clear: Find Out What's Included in Your Home Improvement Budget

A complete decoration budget includes main materials, auxiliary materials, labor costs, design fees, management fees and taxes.The main materials mainly include tiles, floors, sanitary ware, cabinets, wooden doors and wardrobes, kitchen appliances, lamps, etc.; auxiliary materials mainly refer to paint coatings, wallpapers, ceilings, and construction accessories such as nails, screws, glue, cement, yellow sand, Timber, paint brushes, sandpaper, wires, doorbells and other materials, these materials are more wasted and difficult to account for in detail; labor costs refer to the wages of workers consumed in the entire project, including workers' wages for direct construction, workers' medical expenses, transportation Fees, labor insurance supplies, and mechanical consumption of tools, etc.; design fees refer to engineering survey fees, scheme design fees, and construction drawing design fees; management fees refer to the expenses incurred by the decoration and decoration enterprises in the management, such as the business personnel of the enterprise Salary, enterprise office expenses, enterprise rent, water, electricity and communication expenses, transportation expenses, social security expenses for management personnel, and depreciation of enterprise fixed assets, etc.; tax refers to the statutory tax paid by the enterprise to the state in the operation of undertaking engineering business.

Comprehensive: What aspects are included in the second-hand house decoration budget
Compared with the decoration of new houses, the decoration of second-hand houses needs attention in some aspects, such as the renovation of furniture, walls, water and electricity, floors, doors and windows.The budget price and the amount of construction are inseparable, and the decoration of second-hand houses includes many renovation projects, mainly including wall treatment, renovation of bathroom and kitchen facilities, removal and redecoration of tiles, etc.

Generally speaking, the original water pipelines of second-hand houses have many unreasonable layouts or are corroded, so a thorough inspection of the waterways is required before renovation.If the original water pipelines are pipes that have been eliminated, all of them must be replaced with new corrosion-resistant pipes during the decoration construction.Second-hand houses also generally have phenomena such as simple circuit distribution and aging wires, which can no longer meet the electricity demand of modern families. The emergence of these problems will cause hidden dangers in the safety of home electricity. The wires are replaced by the copper wires with PVC protective tubes that are currently used.For electrical appliances with high power and high power consumption such as air conditioners, separate wiring is required.

The aging of doors and windows is also a difficult problem in the decoration of second-hand houses.If the material of the door and window itself is relatively strong, and the style is not too old, you don't need to replace it, just repaint it.However, if the wooden doors and windows have peeled or deformed, they must be replaced with new ones.If the surface paint film peels off, the main body is corroded or cracked, etc., the steel doors and windows will not only cause hidden dangers to indoor safety, but also affect the overall home decoration effect, so they should be removed and reinstalled.

Reasonable allocation: reasonable use of decoration funds

For ordinary families, it is not easy to spend tens of thousands, 10,000+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands of renovations.People want to create the best possible environment for their family with the least amount of money.However, home decoration is a special form of consumption and a very cumbersome system project. The choice of decoration company, the purchase of materials, and the determination of style all require financial support.If the owner blindly pursues the savings of funds, it will inevitably affect the quality and effect of the decoration.

The house is for living, and the form and content of the decoration should be carried out closely around the convenience of daily life, and there should be no situation where it is not useful.Therefore, when decorating, we should try our best to abandon purely decorative designs without practicality, which can not only improve the practicality and comfort of home decoration, but also save decoration costs to the greatest extent.

After having a general estimate of the home improvement funds, it is necessary to make a reasonable allocation of the reserve funds.Material cost is the most expensive item in the whole decoration project, usually accounting for about 45% of the total project cost; labor cost refers to the construction cost of decoration workers, usually accounting for about 30% of the total project cost; design fee It accounts for about 5% of the total decoration cost; the decoration company's management fee mainly refers to the decoration company's expenses in the decoration process, dispatching people to assist in the purchase of decoration materials, on-site supervision of project quality, and coordination of project progress. About 10% of the total construction cost; the decoration company's profit accounts for about 15% of the total project cost.

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