Cleaning Up After a Major Renovation
Renovating is a good way to go if you’re thinking of changing a room’s layout or making a complete makeover of your home. It can also be as simple as changing the kitchen or Vintage style bathroom tiles or taking down a wall to clear space in the living room area. Planning and execution are hard enough, but what many people forget to take into account is the rubbish disposal.
Usually, the rubbish produced from renovation is more than what’s expected. Without proper disposal planning, this waste usually ends up as a huge pile in the garage. This is where you should start asking yourself if you’re going to hire junk removal Los Angeles professionals or if you will muster all the time and energy to do it yourself.
No matter what you end up choosing, the tips below will make the job easier for you.
- Check if there are items that you can still donate. To reduce the disposal effort for you or your hired professional removalists, one of the first things you can do is check if there’s anything that’s still good enough for donating. You can search for the nearest donation center to drop them off at, so another person or family can still make use of them. Make sure that you get in touch with them first so they’re aware you’re dropping off goods and to confirm if they accept the items you’re planning to donate. Getting rid of items and donating them for a good cause will not only make you feel good but will also benefit you because it will reduce the cost of hiring a professional removalist.
- Dump your renovation waste. If you want to do the job yourself, you can bring your renovation waste to the landfill. Separate the items for donation from those you want to get rid of to make sure you won’t mix them up. Having a trailer or a flatbed truck will be an advantage but if you don’t have the vehicle for the job, there’s always the option of rental.
Before heading to the dump, though, make sure that the materials are sorted to finish the job quicker. More often than not, landfills have stations for different items, so it would be good to confirm this beforehand to save yourself from any inconvenience.
- Contact a professional removalist. It’s only normal to feel exhausted during and after renovation activities and if you feel like you don’t have the energy to do all the cleaning yourself, there is always the option of hiring a professional removalist to get the job done. From sorting to loading items onto the truck, these guys know what they’re doing so you won’t have to worry about anything else.
Vintage style bathrooms are exciting and the outcome always outshines the time and cost completing it. If you don’t want to worry about the waste disposal, it would be wise to incorporate it into your renovation budget so you can focus more on the finishing touches and updated look of your home.