It should be recognized that in modern houses the layout of apartments is thought out to the smallest detail. They provide rooms for storing unnecessary (at the moment) things, dressing rooms, spacious kitchens, hallways and bathrooms. Unfortunately, this cannot be said of old houses. However, the owners of such housing are not discouraged. Guided by the advice of modern designers, they improve their apartments and, admittedly, achieve excellent results.
What is home remodeling?
Most often, this term means redevelopment. Having conceived such a drastic change in your housing, you need to seek advice from a regional or city branch of BTI. In addition, Article 25 of the Housing Code clarifies what is a conversion and what is a redevelopment.
As a rule, redevelopment involves changing the configuration of the premises. All work that is carried out in this case must be entered in the data sheet.
Works allowed as part of the redevelopment of the apartment :
- demolition of walls, if they are not bearing: the wall can be removed in whole or in part, but before that it is necessary to calculate the load of the remaining walls of the building during this work;
- the construction of new walls designed to delimit space;
- an increase in living space by destroying the wall of the loggia, but in this case it is important to coordinate the issue of transferring the heating battery.
- extension of the bathroom due to non-residential premises is allowed.
Additional permission will be required to install a jacuzzi, since such a bath is heavy and needs additional overlap.
Remodeling in a private house
You need to know that remodeling houses, apartments and rooms equally require owners to complete technical documentation. Many owners of private households are sure that this is not worth doing, since they do not affect the interests of neighbors. But without making re-planning in the documentation, you will encounter problems if you want to sell, donate or bequeath a house in the future.
Redevelopment of a private house is carried out in several stages. All changes are considered and a project is being developed. As a rule, this work is performed by professionals from special firms who can take into account all laws and regulations.
The project is then approved by the housing inspectorate. After obtaining official permission, construction work can begin. It is very important that all actions related to electric, water and gas equipment are carried out by employees with a permit and license to carry them out.
At the end of the housing takes a special commission, which is an act on the work performed. Only on its basis the technical passport of the property is reissued.
And now we will consider the most popular ways of remodeling houses, rooms, apartments.
Combining room and kitchen
This is the most popular way to remake a one-room apartment. Photos of such a redevelopment are often published by publications on the interior. Indeed, in this case, at minimal cost, you can become the owner of a studio apartment. Such a redevelopment is justified in the houses of the old foundation, although this method is used quite often in new buildings.
However, it should be borne in mind that such an alteration of the apartment is not suitable for everyone. As a rule, this is ideal for single people or young families without children.
Combining toilet and bathroom
In modern apartments, you can rarely find a combined bathroom. More often they were built in the legendary Khrushchev. However, many owners of modern housing decide to dismantle the partition between the bathroom and the toilet. As a result, they get a single, but at the same time more spacious room, in which all the necessary plumbing and furniture can fit.
Alteration of apartments is quite popular (the photo is presented in this article), during which part of other rooms, for example, a hallway, join the bathroom. The purpose of this redevelopment is obvious - to increase the size of the bathroom.
Combining a balcony with a kitchen or room
This alteration of the apartment is quite common in recent years. Thanks to this method, you can slightly, but increase the living space. However, this is not the only reason forcing homeowners to tackle a rather complicated redevelopment. For example, many owners, especially women, dream of creating a winter garden in their home. It is possible to make such a dream a reality by insulating the balcony and combining it with the room. With this combination, you will get panoramic windows, and the room will become much lighter and more comfortable, and this is a weighty argument in favor of such an alteration of the apartment.
Two-roomed flat
It is no secret that many owners of two-room apartments dream of remaking them in such a way as to become owners of three functional rooms. There may be several reasons for this - an increase in the composition of the family, the need for equipping an office, etc.
We use a loggia or a balcony
In this case, for the alteration of a two-room apartment, you can use the method we talked about above. Let’s explain why. For example, an apartment consists of two separate rooms. One of them is combined with a kitchen-dining room. In this case, experts do not recommend building a wall between them, since it is much better to have a spacious kitchen-living room than two separate, but cramped and somewhat ridiculous rooms.
If you are not ready to destroy the old or build new walls, you can equip the space on the loggia combined with the living room. Here you can install a desktop, shelving or shelves for documentation, even a small sofa. But such an alteration of the apartment is possible if the loggia is insulated.
Parent bedroom sharing
Imagine a two-room apartment in which the entrance hall is combined with the living room. Doors from it lead to the bedroom. Creating another room by moving one of the walls of the bedroom towards the kitchen is not very convenient: the kitchen will become cramped. It can be done much more efficiently. A room (for example, for a baby) can be made by erecting a stationary partition in the bedroom. In other words, its space should be divided.
We will not hide, the rooms will turn out to be small, but everything that is necessary for parents to relax and develop their baby will fit in them. Perfect if the room has access to the loggia or balcony. From the side of the parents' bedroom, you can dismantle the doors or, conversely, install them in the nursery, to ensure heat and sound insulation.
Select a study or dressing room from a bedroom
You can consider another way to remodel a two-room apartment, which has the right to exist if you need a room for an office or dressing room. This redevelopment is effective in reorganizing a room with two windows. If your apartment has two rooms, one of which is longer in plan and has two windows, then you can very well use a partition with sliding door leaves.
Translucent or fully transparent glass sheets retain a sense of volume and lightness in both rooms. Behind such a partition, you can arrange a completely comfortable home office, a convenient dressing room or a room for creativity.
Alteration of a three-room apartment
At the beginning of the article, we talked about what makes homeowners do redevelopment. It is clear that the alteration of a one-room apartment is due to a lack of living space. But in this case, a reasonable question arises: why remodel a rather spacious three-room apartment?
Basically, “treshki” are standard options having a medium-sized kitchen and a rather long corridor. It is impossible not to say about the significant difference in the area of the rooms. Despite the fact that such a layout of a three-room apartment has undeniable advantages, sometimes even it is necessary to change it. And in this case, the reasons can be very different. For example, you decide to take your elderly parents to your place or a new family has appeared (from a son or daughter).
Modern designers offer many options for remodeling an apartment consisting of three rooms. As in previous cases, the owners of three-room apartments try to increase the kitchen due to the balcony or loggia, of course, if there is access to it. As a result, you get a fairly spacious room. Cabinets and a stove can be taken out onto the balcony (after coordination), creating a working area there, and the kitchen room can be converted into a dining room.
Sometimes the washing machine is brought to the balcony, leaving a stove in the kitchen. And the former windowsill can be turned into a desktop. The result is an original design of a new kitchen. In terms of remodeling, you can vary the partition that separates the corridor, the kitchen and one of the rooms. If you break through the arched opening, then the interior design becomes original. An arch will connect the kitchen and the room.
Quite often, such a partition is completely removed. This allows you to expand the space due to the corridor. The large room resulting from the redevelopment can be made into a living room or dining room.
Many are interested in whether it is possible to remodel a three-room apartment in Khrushchev? There are no barriers to this. In this option, experts recommend not touching two small rooms, and the largest in size can be divided into two. In addition, you can remove the partition between the corridor and the room. You will get two rooms - a bedroom and a living room, although it can be a nursery or an office.
As you can see, redevelopment of the apartment has many options. The apartment can be changed indefinitely (within the permissible). Show your imagination and use partitions as you see fit. We told you only about the most common redevelopment methods, but we are sure that, having carefully studied all the advantages and disadvantages of your apartment, you can find an original and unusual option.