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Project management of large residential renovation

May 12, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

When considering embarking on a large scale luxury renovation of your residential property, in West London, it is advisable to seek the advice of a team of experienced professional project managers. Managing a design and build project is a daunting task, even if you are confident in organising a project schedule and sure of yourself when it comes to understanding construction and interior design.

The fact is, even though you may have the tools, you may not have the time necessary to devote to the management of your project. A full renovation of your interiors is likely to involve a number of different professionals, including residential architects, interior designers, builders, plumbers, carpenters, plasterers, planning consultants etc. Fortunately, West London is the right place to find residential architects who can project manage your entire renovation.

The advantage of using residential architects who can project manage the renovation is that you can expect professionals in different fields to work seamlessly together to improve the efficiency and organisation of the process. The teamwork between residential architects, interiors designers, builders, planning consultants etc. means renovation runs smoother while being completed to a higher standard in less time.

A further advantage of having the entire renovation project managed by a residential architect is the property owner needs one single point of contact for any issues that arise, with most issues dealt with before you are even aware of them. This high quality project management allows all professions to work alongside each other saving time, money and hassle.

Realise potential when house hunting in London

May 10, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

When considering buying a home in West London, you may think the interiors could benefit from renovation to create a luxury home. This is especially true for period property, which tends to look incredible from the outside, but needs substantial renovation work on the inside. It makes sense to seek advice from a well-established property renovation experts in West London, used to dealing with period property renovation, mansion block apartment refurbishment and managing building projects in the London boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.

Consulting a team of renovation experts helps you realise the true potential of your prospective home. If you then decide to go ahead with the purchase, you will know exactly how much the renovation or refurbishment of your property will cost, and how long the building works will take. This will be useful when negotiating the price of your property.

It doesn’t matter how ambitious your project is, once you find an expert residential architect and interior designer you can start creating a luxury home. Usually, the only limit is your imagination and budget. West London is remarkably well-served by talented interior designers, largely because of the high proportion of older properties and the need to match period property with tasteful period furniture.

It’s sensible to keep the idea of a full-scale refurbishment in your mind when you are shopping around for a new house. Nowadays, building materials and technology have moved on so much that you can often realise a lot of potential, create a luxury home and get the very best out of a property. Most times, by using a talented and local residential architect you can realise a lot of potential that hasn’t been spotted by those looking at properties that don’t know how to renovate or have the ambition or willingness to take on a renovation project.

Increased space in West London Property

May 9, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

Living in West London is fantastic but your money does not go as far as it would in other parts of the country. This is particularly the case in the property market. West London property costs more than property around the rest of the country because there is such demand to be in this amazing, trendy area.

If you have invested in a house in West London you will probably already be aware that you could enjoy more space elsewhere. However, no-one can argue with your choice of location. Furthermore, you are able to embrace fantastic new design changes, brought forward by residential architects which will give you more space than you ever thought possible in your existing West London property.

Successful renovations are being conducted all the time by professional residential architects in West London. They have the project managing skills to bring all parts of a renovation together, which will result in your property seemingly expanding on the inside creating more space, with no hassle. Residential architects create more space by opening up the interiors of properties without extending it, meaning the current size or restrictions on your property do not play a role. Opening rooms out and admitting more natural light helps to create genuine space at the same time as creating the illusion of more space, which is just as effective in terms of comfort at home.

Financial advantages of residential renovation

May 5, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

There are so many financial benefits to renovating your West London home. Renovating is something people do not just do because they want their house to look modern or attractive, although these do play a major role. West London property owners often have renovation work done as a means of making a lasting investment that will benefit them financially in the long run.

Obviously some of that financial benefit comes from making the house more attractive. This adds market value and allows your property to command a higher price if you decide to sell up in the future. Modernising has this effect in a quite a general manner and there are even more benefits if your renovation project includes extension work as this can further unlock the potential of the property.

Other financial benefits of investing in renovation work on your residential property include the opportunity to improve your insulation and the general quality of the shell of your home and its mechanical systems, which will save money in the long run and also help reduce your property’s carbon footprint.

If you can spend the money on improving your house in this way then you will save money on energy and resources thereafter. This is particularly important if you own a period property, which notoriously have low energy efficiency ratings due to the age, meaning its mechanical systems need as much modernisation as its appearance.

Renovating and selling property in West London

April 18, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

Savvy landlords recognise that the West London property market stays in really good shape even when the housing market in the rest of the country appears to be on a slide. This is why they consider buying new property in West London with a view to then sell it on at a later date. If you are interested in this sort of process then you may want to think about buying something very modest and turning it into something fantastic.

This is a great way of making money on a London property. If you are buying to sell then you are in no hurry to get work done simply because you already have a place to live and you are not counting on the new property being completed ASAP. Instead, you can afford to take your time over things.

It is a very sensible move to get a team of residential architects in to do a bit of magic with the property. It may look modest at first, but with some professional treatment you could turn your residential property into a house that will attract a lot of attention on the market. This is when you can expect to make some serious money on the property market.

How to renovate your London home and maximise return on your property

March 30, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

When thinking about your property and living arrangements in London, renovation and refurbishment are usually high on the agenda. Prospective and current property owners in London often think “How can I optimise return on this property in 5 or 10 years time when selling the property and make the best use of space in the meantime?” This is driven by the property owners’ desire to make the best of their time whilst living in the property as well as driven by the financial gain realised from their property investment.

Gordana Mandic comments “When considering a home renovation project, we usually advise property owners the best way to realise a return on that refurbishment and investment is to carry out the project a few years ahead of selling your property. This way, you tend to get the best of everything.” Gordana, a qualified Engineer of Architecture continues… “You enjoy the renovation long after all the home improvements are completed as well as immediately improving your lifestyle and well being. Your home becomes fresh and innovative and remains so. Much more appealing for prospective buyers when considering properties to buy in prime central London.”

Structural improvements to the fabric of the building and small but dramatic steps taken to improve the way space is used increase the value of your property as well as helping you realise more return on your property investment. When clients eventually decide to sell their property (as their primary residence or to realise an investment) they do so for a much higher price and yield, realising much more return on their investment than if they had chosen not to carry out the renovation at all.

As both architect and fine local builders, specialising in property renovation in Chelsea, Kensington and Westminster, TylerMandic routinely carry out all sorts of practical and aesthetic improvement works on London’s fine residential property and residences

London’s impressive properties benefit from interior renovation

March 22, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

London is famous for the stunning properties found in beautiful parts of the capital such as Kensington and Chelsea. These houses are absolutely gorgeous on the outside, but they often need a certain amount of modernisation to make them as impressive on the inside. This is purely down to the fact that the properties have been standing for a long time and need periodic attention to meet modern tastes and requirements.

An interior renovation does not have to be drastic in order to effective. The key lies in updating the interiors so that they are clean, safe, attractive and energy-efficient – something that can be achieved whilst introducing a simple but sophisticated new style.

It is important to choose a team of designers and builders in the capital whose aim is to renovate your property using modern techniques, whilst retaining the historical appeal that makes these houses so impressive in the first place.

Fortunately, when it comes to property renovation, London is the place to find professionals with the expertise to deliver the right balance of continuity and modernisation for your home.

Starting renovation work to coincide with spring

February 27, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

Spring time is traditionally a time of year when people start to take stock of the last year and make plans for the future. It is a time for renewal and looking at things from a fresh new perspective. With this in mind, it might be time to start thinking about the future as far as your living arrangements are concerned.

The spring time is certainly a time when lots of people in London think about renovating their homes. This is because they have grown tired of the way their homes look and they recognise the power of renovation work when it comes to totally remodeling their interiors and giving them a new lease of life.

Of course, there is also a practical reason for beginning renovation work in the spring time. It means that your team of residential architects can work unimpeded through the sunnier months of the year as they bid to complete any construction work that makes up part of the renovation and make it completely water tight so that the interiors can be finished quickly and easily. It is nice to have all this work done over the summer.

Residential architects ignite your renovation

February 26, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

You sometimes need a bit of help you get your vision for a renovation off the ground. Just because you have an idea of how you want your home to look after it has been renovated does not mean that you have the any real knowledge of h ow to get to that stage and how to commit your designs to paper in an effective drawing to work from.

This is where professional residential architects become extremely useful. Residential architects in West London can help to turn your vision into a set of proper drawings that will provide the basis for all the work you need to do on your house. You normally would then take these to the relevant professionals and have them begin renovating, each one working individually to their own schedule.

However, the ideal arrangement is if your residential architects project manage all of the professions involved, including the builders, designers, plumbers, property planners etc. If this is the case, you can guarantee that everyone involved in the renovation will communicate properly in order to make sure the job is done to your satisfaction as they will all be working in one unit. It will also circumnavigate any issues that come from a general distance between your architects and your builders moreover, any problems that do arise, as they eventually will within any renovation project, will be dealt with before you are even aware such a problem developed. This is again due to the project management of the residential architects meaning the communication between all professions is excellent.

renovating your kitchen properly is worth the cash

February 23, 2015 By Buro Architects Leave a Comment

A beautiful kitchen is something that lots of home owners are prepared to wait for. They know that a brilliant kitchen can make a huge difference to both the aesthetic appearance of the home and also to the practical comfort of the place as well. That means they are usually prepared to wait until they have enough available cash to renovate the kitchen properly.

Doing it properly means getting in there and completely gutting the room. It means replacing the entire kitchen with a new room that is more equipped to deal with the expectations you have of it, not just in terms of the right storage, the right appliances and the right practical solutions, but also in terms of how it looks.

Residential architects can get in there and totally transform your kitchen. They are able to address the structure of the room, the architecture, the layout and the final interior design and finishes so that you get a really comprehensive kitchen revamp instead of just a superficial effort to effect some much needed home improvements.