Apartment renovation from guest workers, from a company or with your own hands - the pros and cons
Affiliate material. It's no secret that renovation is an incredibly expensive and absolutely unpredictable budget item. And it is not at all surprising that many seek to save money on repairs, but is it worth saving at the expense of quality? Is it possible to do the repair yourself? Let's figure it out!
In the past few years, guests from Central Asia have strongly supplanted good craftsmen. And not only them in general. Wherever you look, they are everywhere. At construction sites, yards are swept, trolleys in supermarkets are collected, and so on. And many are quite justified in expressing dissatisfaction with this fact.
However, it should be noted that there is also a positive side to this. Labor migration is an inevitable sign of the economic efficiency of the state. And the examples of labor migration of Mexicans to the United States, Algerians in France, and other economically developed countries are the clearest confirmation of this.
Therefore, whatever one may say, this fact speaks only of the fact that life has become better. And this fact is inexorably reflected in the labor market in general, and in particular in the market for construction and decoration of apartments and other premises. A huge number of proposals for repair and finishing at a very attractive price have appeared.
And it should be noted that big people, who are constrained in funds for apartment renovation, are tempted to take advantage of these offers. But is it worth the candle? And how to save money on renovating an apartment if professionals in their field are not affordable, and you are reluctant to take a pig in a poke?
In order to answer these questions, I will first tell you why you should not use the services guest workers. You should not use their services, first of all, due to the fact that the quality of their work, to put it mildly, leaves much to be desired. They do it cheaply and of poor quality, and often also slowly.
This happens for the reason that these are not professionals, but ordinary people whom life in their country has put in such a situation that they forced to take the lowest paying jobs despite not having the slightest idea how to do it right. Plus, they have no incentive or desire to learn how to do well. And for many, among other things, no responsibility is observed.
That is why I highly do not recommend using the services for the repair and decoration of apartments for guests from sunny, but not rich countries. Although, any rule is confirmed by exceptions. And I will not deny that there are teams of Tajiks or Uzbeks who really know their business and do it well.
As a rule, these guys are heavily and for a long time loaded with volumes, so it is really a rarity to find such a brigade. But if you saw how such teams made repairs at your friends, acquaintances, relatives, and you liked the results of their work, then it probably makes sense to take advantage of this offer.
Perhaps there are companies in your area that do apartment renovation "turnkey" inexpensively. Here one of these, for example.
There are clear and undeniable advantages when working with companies:
- warranty obligations
- the company starts repairs with measurements and estimates, which means that the cost of work will not change
- exact terms and penalty in case of delay
- the company will not disappear after the first pay
- competent advice on materials and modern technologies
- the work is done by professional craftsmen, not guest workers
In general, a turnkey repair from the company will not be a complicated undertaking, requiring minimal participation from the customer.
I myself faced such a repair problem at one time. But for myself, I solved it as follows. If you want to do well, do it yourself. As a rule, when people are confronted with such a thought, their brain at a speed exceeding the speed of light in a vacuum, begins to give out a number of reasons why it should never be done by yourself.
This is a normal reaction of the brain, he is used to doing everything along the path of least resistance, living by habit and not getting into the unknown, fear immediately arises, and even panic. What's going on? But nothing. A person takes a loan, turns to Tajiks, and they will already "decorate" his apartment in such a way that he will envy those who have no decoration at all three hundred times. And the money and time are gone, and people will continue to live for several years, or even the rest of their lives, in an ugly interior.
Therefore, if money is constrained, but you want a good quality of life, my advice to you is to do everything yourself, which does not require a special and expensive tool, and this is 90% of all finishing work. We live in the 21st century, so the question of HOW to do this disappears by itself, type in Google and you will get hundreds of sites on which you will find thousands of solutions. There is youtube, which has entire channels for finishing, where they show in detail what and how, what to do first, and what to wait with, what tools are needed, what materials, and so on.
Any adult man whose arms grow out of his shoulders will be able to do wiring, plaster, putty, glue wallpaper, make a ceiling out of drywall, and so on. You are not a Tajik, you are a citizen of a country with an efficient economy. Today every normal family has a computer and access to the network. Everything will work out for you, maybe not immediately and not everywhere. You just need to take a step towards your fear. But how are you, an ordinary person who has no idea about finishing, different from an ordinary guest worker?
Yes, by what you do for yourself, you have a goal and responsibility for the result, you have motivation and desire to do well. In any case, it will not work perfectly the first time. But you will have experience, you will rise one step higher, and from this step you will see more, your horizons will expand. It will not be so offensive for a mediocre DIY repair than if you paid a tidy sum of cash for the same quality.
Moreover, this, albeit not ideal, but self-made repair, will bring you a lot of positive emotions in the future. Because every time you look at the results of your labor, you will feel the warmth from those spiritual forces that you put into this repair. You put your soul into this business. So this room has become a part of you, and a part of you has become this room.