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The apartment renovation blog
Shorter, opinionated articles on the decisions apartment owners face: what to do first, what to avoid and how to compare options honestly.
Cost and pricing
Same size, different budget: what moves the cost of an older flat
Owners often ask for a price per square metre. In older apartments, the square metres are rarely what decides the figure.
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Renovating to rent: the questions that decide it
Nobody can promise that a refurbishment will pay for itself. What you can do is ask the right questions before spending anything.
ReadProblems and objections
Buying a flat that needs work: the worries, answered
Buying an apartment to renovate is exciting until the doubts arrive. These are the ones we hear most, with straight answers.
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Apartment renovation mistakes that cost twice
Most expensive renovation mistakes are not about bad workmanship. They are about the wrong order, the wrong assumptions or the wrong quote.
ReadComparisons
Renovate it yourself or buy it done?
A freshly renovated flat is ready to use. A flat to renovate lets you decide everything. Neither is automatically the better deal.
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New walls in a flat: plasterboard or brick?
Spanish builders grew up with brick; plasterboard has become common in the last decades. For a new apartment layout, both have a place.
ReadExperience and best options
What owners wish they had done differently
Ask anyone who has renovated a flat what they would change, and the answers are rarely about tile colours.
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Renovating in phases: the best and worst ways to split it
Not everyone can or wants to renovate a whole flat at once. Phasing works well if the order is right, and badly if it is not.
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A fixer-upper flat: who it suits, and who it does not
The same apartment can be a great project for one buyer and an exhausting one for another. It depends less on the flat than on you.
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The apartment renovation checklist
A single list to keep at hand, from the first photos to the day you get the keys back.
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Frequently asked questions
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