Restoration home or just another house? Methinks a restoration home.
You see, this imaginary but beautiful home is a little tired. It needs more than just a quick paint job and a little refresh. That is right – this is a restoration home, or in other words, a home designated for complete restoration.
Restoration home and a striking blow.
A shining example:
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Do it now, do it once, and do it just right.
Over the years we have observed people set a tight budget, grit their teeth ,and get the job done a little cheaper by massive compromise. They do that rather than doing it just right, and why, then, just a few years later, they have to suffer because they see the need to repeat the whole process all over again.
Why is that so?
These poor folks must once more take the restoration pathway, because they came to realize that they could not settle for the cheaper renovation, and that, sweet sorrow, is the one that they had acquired at what, in truth, constitutes some real expense. No, sadly, they wasted some money by not doing the job right.
This is not a good strategy, not economically.
Restoration home and the voice of regret.
A quick guess with insight suggests that many people enter this cycle of regret, and they dip their feet into the icy waters three times (or more) in a row; these hardy citizens are not a silent majority, no way. They are a group of people, who too late in the process, realize that they have in reality wasted half of the money that they spent on the numerous acts of renovation.
Best to think it through, and get it done just right at the outset.
Restoration home and the initial cost.
Well of course anyone can do a cheaper job at a lower cost, but is that what you really want? As stated above, the grand design should go all the way, disregarding the sudden, painful shock of a few dollars more. Money well spent is money that achieves the aim.
Then one can say, Great job – objective gained….
Restoration home and a process.
In reality, the restorer needs to know his business, and that includes knowing what should be done, how it should be done, and the ultimate level of refurbishment that would make the job acquire the class that it deserves.
Fair enough, the designer builder is not the authority in charge, but perhaps he or she is charged with more responsibility than is exercised by just agreeing with the owner on a lower-cost improvement job that is defective from the outset in that it does not tick all the boxes.
Perhaps the restoration expertise should not be restricted by advice given when under the mighty dollar influence i.e. advice much tempered by the adviser’s focus on the desire for a quick and easy job.
We think that the restorer should provide good sound advice, following which the owner should carefully consider options as provided, and here we mean options that may not, initially, be as attractive as the cheaper alternatives.
We must remember that all that glitters is not gold.
Restoration home and the true gold.
But let us go further. Let us consider the outcome in the future, looking quite some years ahead. Let us consider the economic gain, which will be provided by the ability to offer for sale a restoration home that has significantly benefited from the owner’s decision to take the best course of action, and also by that honest, full, and proper restoration.
Happy restoration.