All of us have a dream home in our minds.

We all have that desire to live in a home that is not only comfortable but also well designed. We want to live in a house where we can get everything we want from rest to recreation. It would certainly be fulfilling to live in a home like that. But how can we get our dream house? What are the home improvement steps that we need to take in order to achieve it?

• Check on your lifestyle. What do you do and what do you need in your home in order to live comfortably in it? Do you need your own recreation area? Or a home study ? A separate Dinning room or a Kitchen diner. List down what you want to have and what you truly need for a home. This can be a good guide for you in designing your dream house.
• Make sure you can afford to do it right. What’s the point of building something that you feel is just too small to fulfill your family’s needs. We can hear you say “But we can’t afford it all!” and we agree, but the important thing to get right is the structure. Get the structure right and then fill it with your choice of kitchen, bathroom etc. when you can afford to do so. Do make sure you install any pipework or electrics, though, because that would be disruptive to the fabric of you home when you do finish it off.
• Inspirations for your ideal home can come from many sources, visit show homes, showrooms and Magazines can all provide ideas that will help you create your vision. Bring those with you when you meet your designer, as they will help you convert that image into one that will truly work for your family.
• Sometimes it is as useful to know what you don’t want as what you do, as this can tell as much to a designer as what you do like and will prevent them incorporating any of your hates.
• Planning is an essential each room needs to be thought about in its entirety before any work is started. Just a movement of a wall a few inches in either direction can compromise a layout of a bathroom or a kitchen.
• Choose a contractor with a shared vision that can guide from the breaking of the soil to your first dinner party and beyond.