Overhaul is always costly.But how exactly are funds allocated, and why does it cost almost as much to renovate a small apartment as a large one? We put everything on the shelves When starting to repair an apartment, many find out that, for example, the cost of repairing a one-room apartment turns out to be almost the same as for a two-room apartment. More precisely, the cost of repairing a square meter in a one-room apartment may even be higher than the cost of repairing a square meter in a two-room apartment. To figure out why this is happening and what factors affect it, we were helped by an expert in the field of design and construction Irina Mitrofanova. Related articles Irina Mitrofanova, Interio-line Graduated from Moscow State University. Lomonosov and the Graduate School of Business MBA. For 14 years he has been managing his own company, Interio-line, which is engaged in design, construction and repair. He believes that you need to learn something new every day, think creatively, set goals and avoid stereotypes. - To find out why the cost is not the same as you expected, it is necessary to consider in more detail some of the stages and types of repair work. The trick is that some fairly capital-intensive types of work are done in almost the same amount, regardless of the area of the apartment and the number of rooms in it. We will talk about these works in more detail. 
Plumbing work Wiring and laying newcommunications for water supply, heating and sewerage, the arrangement of collectors and bulkhead of risers in terms of cost do not differ much in one-room and two-room apartments. All the points of water sampling and the work of the sewage system in both apartments are concentrated in exactly the same way in the kitchen and the bathroom, and there is nothing like this in the living rooms. Plumbing is expensive in itself. And finding a good plumber is not so easy, so the average prices for these types of work are quite high. When buying high-quality components, you also have to spend money, because almost all of them are imported. 
Electrical work Although the networkwires and cables are stretched and distributed throughout the apartment, the share of the cost of assembling and completing electrical panels is very high. At the same time, the main powerful consumers of electricity, that is, electrical appliances, are concentrated in the kitchen and bathroom, which are both in the one-room and the two-room. The materials and equipment for installing an electrician in an apartment are not cheap, and the average price for the work of good specialists in this area is high. And the cost is also influenced by a high level of responsibility when carrying out work with engineering communications. 
Works with tiles, stone, porcelain stoneware Usuallythe maximum amount of tiles, porcelain stoneware and stone in apartments is concentrated in the hallway, halls, kitchen and bathroom. The modern market of finishing materials offers us collections with many small details and decor, which greatly increase the cost of their installation and processing. So it turns out that the kitchen and the bathroom, which are both in the kopeck piece and in the one-bedroom apartment, incur a large share of the repair costs. 
There are, of course, other serious costs,which affect the cost of renovation, but do not depend on the number of rooms in the apartment. This is the transportation of equipment and materials, unloading and loading operations, cleaning, garbage removal. For example, there may be even more flights to deliver materials to a one-room apartment due to the lack of additional storage space. So the share of the cost of work in the second room of a two-room apartment is not decisive when calculating all costs in the complex. But there is always a way to save money without harm to quality, because the cost of repairs still depends on a large number of factors: from the style, the saturation of the project with decorative elements, the cost of finishing materials. There is always a way out! Related Articles 
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