My Courtyard Refuge

Siheyuan Renovation

June 1st was the International Children’s Day. Xu Dong played hard with the Keke sisters all day long, and bought several sets of beautiful clothes by the way.

Xu’s mother didn’t nag this time. After all, the youngest son had just signed a “big deal” and got back 100,000 yuan just by mentioning his achievements. The family’s financial pressure has greatly improved.

On the second day of Children’s Day, Xu Dong set foot on the high-speed train to Yanjing again. This time he was rich and booked a business seat ticket.

After arriving in Yanjing, Xu Dong paid in full for the courtyard house right away. The intermediary company was very efficient and completed the transfer procedures the next day.

As for the new real estate certificate, it will probably take a week to wait.

But Xu Dong was not idle either.

Although the courtyard house was well maintained, there was still a lot to be remodeled away from the base camp of the “end of the world” in his mind.

He contacted a small local home improvement company, and Xu Dong planned to contract all the renovation projects to this company.

The reason for choosing this small, unknown company is mainly because they have their own decoration team, which makes it easier to communicate.

In addition, Xu Dong also has a low-key meaning, and the small company does not attract much attention.

These years, with the recession of the real estate industry, the pressure of competition in the home improvement industry is very high, and the involution is serious.

Faced with this sudden big order, Mr. Sun of “Dafa Decoration” attached great importance to it, and even personally led the team to follow Xu Dong to the courtyard.

A group of people first took a general tour of the courtyard, which took about half an hour.

Coming out of the basement, Mr. Sun couldn’t help but enviously said: “Mr. Xu, for such a big basement, you spent a lot of money on this courtyard, right?”

“A total of 100 million. The two basement floors account for a lot of weight. The first floor is worth about 20 million.” Xu Dong replied with a smile.

“In Yanjing, such a large basement is really rare.” Mr. Sun complimented. You must know that the capital is very expensive. Although the lighting is not good, the basement is also a scarce resource.

“It was this basement that I had my eyes on at the beginning…”

After finishing the polite words, Xu Dong began to tell the whole story of the renovation plan he had been thinking about for a long time.

“First of all, I cleared out everything in the basement, and then transformed it into a warehouse.”

Mr. Sun was a little puzzled, just living at home, why do you need such a big warehouse?

But who let others be God? He just nodded and said:

“This is no problem, there is not much in it, and it can be cleaned in a day or two.

But Mr. Xu, I don’t know what kind of warehouse you want to transform into? ”

“It’s like a logistics warehouse with shelves. I’ll send you a picture later, and you can just build it.”

Xu Dong himself is an employee of a logistics company and is most familiar with this kind of logistics warehouse, which has a very high utilization rate of space.

“No problem, the shelf specifications…”

“You can use heavy-duty shelves for the shelves. The quality must be guaranteed, and the price is not an issue.” Xu Dong said with a big wave of his hand.

“I understand.” Mr. Sun said happily, he could see that the person in front of him was a man who was not short of money.

Xu Dong continued to express his request: “Also, I want to close the entire yard, use a steel structure as the main frame, and add glass and skylights to it.”

The reason for this design is mainly to consider that after the severe drought, sandstorms will become more and more frequent. There are old and young in the family, and they have to consider their health.

“By the way, tempered glass is used for the glass. It must be strong and able to stand people on it.”

“This is no problem, our company has done it beforeSimilar works. “President Sun nodded.

Next, Xu Dong pointed to the roof of the courtyard and demanded: “Replace all the tiles on the roof with tiles that can generate solar power.”

“Mr. Xu, are you talking about Hanergy’s Han tile?” Mr. Sun confirmed.

“Yes, that’s it.” Xu Dong nodded, then asked, “Can you do it?”

“Yes, Hanergy will definitely send technical guidance personnel, and we only need to be responsible for the construction.” Mr. Sun quickly agreed, fearing that the duck in his mouth would fly away.

“It’s fine.”

Afterwards, Xu Dong led everyone into the concierge, “Put me a big water tank here, it can fill at least 20 tons of water.”

“This is very simple, just order a stainless steel water tank according to the size of the room, but the roof needs to be removed temporarily when it is installed.” Mr. Sun replied.

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“You can do as you see, I only look at the result.” Xu Dong waved his hand.

Mr. Sun quickly added: “Don’t worry, we promise to restore the house to its original state.”

Xu Dong pursed his somewhat dry lips, and finally concluded: “The rough modification plan is these, do you have any questions to ask?”

“Mr. Xu, don’t you need to modify the interior of the house? We have a variety of classic design styles to choose from.” Mr. Sun asked cautiously.

In most cases, the interior decoration of the house is their main business and the biggest profit, such as flooring, painting, kitchen and bathroom, etc., there is a lot of room for manipulation.

“I’m in a hurry to live, so let’s just leave it that way for the time being, and I’ll find you next time I want to change it.”

Generally, after the decoration of a new house is completed, it will have to be idle for at least a few months to remove formaldehyde. Xu Dong doesn’t want to waste this time in vain.

Although he was a bit unwilling, Mr. Sun couldn’t make Xu Dong change his mind, so he nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll make the budget and renderings here. When will it be convenient for you to sign the contract?”

“I’ll go directly to your company tomorrow morning, remember, don’t save me money, use the best materials for me.” Xu Dong reminded.

“Understood, there is absolutely no problem with the quality.”

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Early the next morning, Xu Dong came to the “Dafa Decoration” company as scheduled, and the other party had prepared the engineering renderings and budget overnight.

Mr. Sun handed over the contract nervously, “Mr. Xu, this is the contract template, you can take a look at it first, and we will change it if you are not satisfied.”

Xu Dong didn’t talk nonsense, picked up the contract and flipped through it, sometimes nodding and sometimes frowning, making Mr. Sun’s heart feel like a roller coaster.

“Mr. Sun, I have no objection to the project budget.” Xu Dong put down the contract and said.

He knew there was moisture in it, but he didn’t care about the cost.

Hearing these words, Mr. Sun immediately felt relieved.

“Tsk tsk, it really is a big dog, this order can earn at least 300,000 yuan.”

Xu Dong then changed the topic: “But…”

“But what?” Mr. Sun’s expression changed dramatically.

“I hope the construction period can be shortened, half a month is too long.” Xu Dong tapped the table lightly with his fingers.

“Boom…boom…boom…”

Mr. Sun wondered: “But our company only has seven or eight decoration workers in total. Besides, the space in the courtyard is limited, and there are too many people and we can’t use it.”

“I can pay overtime pay, and pay an extra 10,000 yuan for each day in advance of the construction period. You can find a few more temporary workers here and divide them into two shifts. This shouldn’t be a problem, right?” Xu Dong suggested.

Mr. Sun quickly agreed, as long as he is willing to add money, he can talk about anything.

In this way, after some discussions, Xu Dong couldn’t wait to sign the contract and paid 30% of the project cost in advance.

Before leaving…

Mr. Sun patted his chest and promised that the completion date will never exceed June 10.