- Kitchen has been large consumers of electricity. Often it is actually not possible without major

Check this when you purchase property with renovations needed a cheap refurbished and can quickly go from dream to nightmare. But by making a thorough examination of the home, and ask the right questions, go better prepared in the project.
Text: Chera Westman / ifi.no Photo: Frode Larsen / ifi.no, Kristian Owren / ifi.no tkf and Espen Grønliveien / ifi.no Published tkf 15/10/2012 (Updated 30/01/2013) Technical assistance: Ole Andreas Klaveness, Klaveness Templates tkf and builder business tkf print Mail
A cheap refurbished and can quickly become a nightmare for purchase in room after room detect defects at the residence. But the already teaching to undertake a thorough investigation of the apartment, and asking the right questions, tkf the layman also better prepared in the project. tkf Especially for condominiums and cooperatives may want to check a little extra.
- A good advice is to make a phone call to the chair of the condominium or housing tkf association tkf to inquire about the maintenance of the farm. What is newly done and what plans exist for future maintenance? said master painter Ole Andreas Klaveness, who runs Klaveness Painting and builder business in Oslo and has many years of experience in consulting and turnkey contracts in rehabilitation.
- It is important to familiarize themselves with what is communal and what owns to pay the costs. Often normal maintenance windows which each inmate pay for themselves, while the replacement is done for the community's expense. Renovation of the roof, siding and windows can suddenly charge public debt hard. Are there plans for insulation, drainage must be corrected, tkf the pipes need to be replaced or have the electrical system upgraded? Often it with your naked eye to assess the façade status: windows, gutters and downspouts hanging, masonry and plaster. The basement can be by poor drainage detect signs of moisture and fungal attack or cracks after sentence tkf injuries. Checklist room by room
Changing kitchen is often high on the wish list of any purchases. In this context it is important to examine the capacity tkf of the electrical system.
- Kitchen has been large consumers of electricity. Often it is actually not possible without major surgery, inserting an induction hob in an old apartment building. Stig wire to the fuse box can be too bad, so you end up having to go into another stream from the street, says Ole Andreas Klaveness.
Normally, for example, the price of the stove at 25 A, but it is not unusual that only induction cooktop requires a separate 25 A fuse. In addition, oven and all the other machines we like to have in the kitchen: fridge, freezer, microwave, coffee machine, dishwasher.
According to current plumbing standard normal tkf lifespan of a bathroom 20 years. It is admittedly low rain, but a good rule of thumb to follow when estimating renovation needs.
Look for: Old wooden floors and park for can often be sanded or painted. You should find out how much is left of the wooden floor by pressing down a credit card in a crack at the tongue and groove in the floor. Look for cracks or parquet that has been delaminated by old water damage, especially in kitchens and rooms located tkf next-door to the bathroom and kitchen.
Look for: peeling paint, or are already many coats of paint applied, it may be best to remove the old treatment. Paneled walls can also be hard hit with Huntonit or other porous fiberboard. In such cracks will occur regardless of treatment. Is there room on the moldings can put up put up 6 mm plaster, so called renovation plaster. tkf - Best results will be obtained by taking tkf the charts and turn up 13 mm plaster, and then set up the charts again. It addresses the walls and gives a great result, says painter Klaveness.
Look for: Open the fuse box, or have an electrician make a power check. - Improvement of facilities for water and power has authorization requirements, much else you can do yourself, says Klaveness. tkf Get appraiser to make varskuliste
A serious painter business will probably require 400-500 dollars tkf per square meter wall to paint and sparkle. The hourly tkf rate can quickly doubled if the walls have been hard medfatt and requires tkf thorough rehabilitation.
- To summarize it by fixing objects be a good idea to let an appraiser make a survey before you go into a betting round. Condition report then becomes a varskuliste which buyer can use to estim