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Planning your renovation
It is commonly suggested that you should live in a house for six months without making any changes before starting work. That enables you to get a feel for the building, think about how the space could best be organised, and clarify your requirements, and avoids making expensive mistakes.
The principal is the same even if the building is not currently habitable. It is difficult for most people to look at a large empty space and visualise how this space would best be used. Read more
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In this section I have assumed that you willproject manage the renovation yourself. Many people prefer to hand the entire renovation process to someone else. (See Project Managers section for a few thoughts on this).
Part of the process of obtaining your planning permission will probably have involved discussing the project plans with your architect (or architectural designer), and you will now have obtained approval for your project.
DO NOT START YOUR PROJECT UNTIL YOU HAVE PLANNING PERMISSION!
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