Kitchen Renovation: The Biggest Mistakes To Avoid

A properly executed kitchen renovation is guaranteed to add value to your home, especially if you intend to sell. It's also sure to enrich your living experience, if you're doing it simply to improve your living standards.

However, it can all go very wrong, which is quite painful, especially considering that an average kitchen renovation would cost about $19,123 (based on data from the Housing Industry Association (HIA) 2013/14 report). Therefore, you must avoid committing these major renovation mistakes:

1. Neglecting The Rest Of The House

If you intend to only renovate the kitchen, you should be sure that the rest of the house will match up to this new look. If not, you'll simply end up with a big contrast that will make your beautiful cooking area look completely out of place in a dull-looking house. Apart from ruining your personal experience in the home, such a renovation is not likely to substantially increase the value of your home.

To avoid such a calamity, make sure that any remodeling you intend to perform in the kitchen, or any other room, is complemented by the overall look of the house. You just might have to upgrade other areas of the house to achieve this.

2. Spending Too Much Or Too Little

Most people who focus on the cost of a remodeling project are missing the main purpose of renovating. Each home owner must set clear goals for any renovation project - not just trying to get the best price. Such goals may include: increased energy efficiency, greater durability, and aesthetic appeal, among many others. Obviously, the cost of renovation will vary depending on varied forms of renovation required to achieve different objectives.

If your main concern is energy efficiency, you're sure to focus more attention on energy efficient appliances (appliances account for 31% of residential energy use in Australia, based on a 2008 report by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA)). Such a renovation project is likely to cost so much more than a simple improvement on the aesthetic appeal of your kitchen.

Moreover, trying to cut costs on an energy efficiency upgrade will be counterproductive. On the other hand, you wouldn't want to spend too much on improving the look of your cooking area.

3. Remodeling For The Past

When you decide to undertake a renovation project, what aspects do you consider? Do you think of the inconvenience a particular layout has been creating and how much you've always wished to change it? If you have, then you're probably remodeling for the past, rather than the future.

You may end up changing something that you found irksome in the past, only to find out much later that there actually was some use to it. To avoid regretting any changes you make in your house, you should consider how your lifestyle is likely to change in the future.

For instance, you may currently live alone with very few guests in your house, but that might soon change if you get more friends visiting regularly. Alternatively, a married couple should seriously consider any changes they intend to make, since they might have children in the near future, who won't spare any precariously positioned fixtures in the kitchen.


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Jeremy regularly shares some of his best tips on getting the perfect renovation. Follow these simple ideas and you're guaranteed to get the most out of your investment. For the best professional service, contact Apollo Kitchens at http://www.apollokitchens.com.au/kitchen-renovations-nsw.html .