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What You Need To Know If Your Home Was Built Before 1970

Renovations, particularly if your home is more than 30 years old will be a lesson in decision making and problem solving. Even if you are only planning to replace your kitchen or add a bathroom, you're going to be required to make hundreds of decisions.

Like most homeowners thinking about renovating, you probably expect some surprises along the way. But what you don't know, and no one will tell you this, there are ways to reduce costs by avoiding some common planning errors. Especially on older homes like yours, you can save thousands in costs that are avoidable if planned effectively.

Design-Bid-Build Does Not Work
The traditional renovation planning process, where you hire an Architect or designer and then bid the project to several contractors is generally ineffective in helping homeowners avoid the most common mistakes that we know cause thousands in unnecessary costs. Unfortunately most homeowners don't realize this until its too late.

So even if you are only thinking of renovating speak with a Plansmart Advisor and let us show you how to plan a successful renovation.

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Poor planning leads to changes, additional work, delays, frustration, stress and unnecessary costs. This experience is so common that its hard to find a book, magazine or newspaper article about renovating that does not talk about cost overruns and lengthy delays.

Does it have to be this way?

The truth is renovators, designers, architects or any other source of information about renovation offer very few good reasons as to why this happens and what you can do to avoid this happening.

The simple fact is that the majority of homeowners are not prepared, have not made enough decisions, do not have enough information and do not understand enough about the decisions that they are making. Typically, it's only at the end of their renovation that homeowners really begin to understand the specifics of their project. Unfortunately by that time its too late!

Understand, before You Build Any and all renovation projects can benefit from the Plansmart approach. Homeowners that understand their renovations before they build, save money and time during construction. Plansmart assists you in working through the total project on paper before the actual project takes place.

A Plansmart Advisor will be lead you through a process of discovery and enlightenment designed to introduce you to the exciting, creative and yes, fulfilling process that renovating can be when you are knowledgeable, informed and prepared.