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We undertook an extensive refurbishment and extension project last year and I thought I’d warn fellow renovators about getting carried away and making too many changes once works start. We are very happy with the final result, although we have gone over our original budget and ended up spending most of our contingency.
In hindsight, this could’ve been avoided had we not rushed through the design stages and instead taken time to think about what we needed from our house and how we planned to use each space in the future.