Līvāni house renovation

What to find out before the estimate

Each house may have been altered differently, so write what you know about your house. An exact estimate can be made after seeing the house.

In the request write what you know about the house: the year of construction, whether the walls are boarded, whether the floors are wooden, whether there has been earlier renovation. If you have a plan of the house or a technical inventory file or cadastral survey file, you can send it to the specialist when they contact you. The more is known before the estimate, the fewer surprises after demolition.

What to check in an older house before demolition

• Asbestos: asbestos cement was used for slate roofing, pipes and boards, and old vinyl floor tiles and their adhesive may contain asbestos. It cannot be reliably identified by appearance, only in a laboratory. Damaged asbestos is dangerous because the fine fibres get into the airways.
• Electrical wiring: in many homes the wiring dates from the Soviet era and is worn out. When rebuilding the installation in an existing building, residual current protection is needed; for socket and lighting circuits no more than 30 mA.
• Gas: a gas hob can be moved within one room in agreement with the gas supplier; moving it to another room needs technical conditions and a building design.
• Floors: under laminate, Quick-Step requires levelling unevenness greater than 2 mm per 1 m.

For more on asbestos, see the article asbestos in an apartment during renovation.

Documents

Interior finishing work needs no documents. If load-bearing walls, floors between storeys or the volume of the house are changed, it is a reconstruction or renovation that needs an explanatory memorandum or a building design, and work starts only after the building board's note. Ask the building board of your municipality.

Order of work

1. Initial data In the request state the structure of the walls and floors, the utilities and any traces of damp.
2. Demolition The old finish; suspicious materials are sent for analysis before being damaged.
3. Utilities Electrical wiring under the direction of a certified construction specialist, pipes.
4. Walls and floors Plasterboard lining or plastering, floor levelling.
5. Finishing Skimming, painting, tiles, floor covering.

How long the renovation takes depends on the amount of work and the drying time of the materials.

Price of renovating a Līvāni house

• Painting walls or ceilings: from €4/m².
• Skimming walls or ceilings: from €10/m².
• Plasterboard partition wall: from €12/m².
• Laying laminate: from €6.50/m².
• Tiling: from €24/m².
• Bathroom renovation (all the work): from €3,000.

Prices are for labour. Materials are calculated separately in the estimate. Example: a 15 m² room with 40 m² of wall: skimming 40 × €10 = €400 and painting 40 × €4 = €160, total from €560.

The price changes with the area in m² and the number of rooms, whether the renovation is cosmetic or full, the condition of the walls, floors and ceilings, whether the wiring and pipes are replaced, and the chosen finish. An exact estimate can be made after seeing the house.

What interior work includes