Pre-decoration preparation - selection

The reporter once investigated a number of owners who had been renovated and being renovated, and found that most of them had little knowledge of the decoration of white and black letters. When they began to decorate and settle, they often found that the difference between the actual expenditure and the budget on the quotation was very high. Big.

The decoration quotation (industry sources call it the decoration budget statement), what exactly does it do? What looks like a clear project? To this end, the reporter asked many people in the decoration and design industry how to understand the quotation. In their view, it is not always easy for the general industry to read the decoration quotation, because there are many professional knowledge hidden under the quotation frame. The non-standard decoration company may use this expertise to do some things that the owners do not understand. Articles.

Insights: Five Pitfalls of Quotes

A trap pulls down the price of a single item

After listening to the tricks of the decoration company, the owners will ask friends who have already renovated, or go to the market to understand the price of a certain material, but the information they understand is often one-sided. For example, an owner knows the current unit price of floors and tiles, but he does not necessarily understand the labor costs for floor installation and tiling, and he cuts down the prices of floors and tiles, but he suffers from the loss in labor costs.

Solutions:

Look at the decoration quotation. Don't just look at the single item price of a project. Instead, look at the costs of labor, loss, machinery, and other items. If you find that a certain price is particularly low, then you have to review. The price of other items.

Trap 2 omit some hard-decorated main materials

This may be a problem many owners have encountered. Some of the main materials were deliberately omitted on the decoration quotation list. The owners were attracted by this kind of overall and reasonable price quotation, and the contractor readily signed the contract, but in the course of the subsequent renovation, the owners will continue to go out for the decoration company’s malicious oblivion. money.

Solutions:

The respondents in the industry all suggested that the owners should be gentlemen first, and according to the design drawings, all the main materials must be clearly stated in the decoration contract or agreement, and whether the buyer is the decoration company or the owner himself. The main materials that are often more easily missed are materials used for corners such as walls and ceilings.

“This is a very good self-protection measure for owners, and it is also true for decoration companies!” An industry source called it the most powerful trick to reduce the number of decoration tricks.

Trap three fuzzy selected main material quality, grade, specification

This is a relatively common trick used by non-standard decoration companies. Although some materials are required to indicate the quantity of materials required, they do not indicate what kind of quality, what brand, or what kind of material is used.

The reporter received a quotation from a decoration company and gave a description of the aisle background: "Aisle background (glass door), main material name: painted glass, quantity: 1.5 square meters, unit price: 220 Yuan..."The person in the industry thinks that this one looks very clear from the price and quality. The general price that the owner knows from the market may also be similar, but in fact, different thicknesses and different manufacturer's glass materials have different prices. In many cases, the decoration workers will simply tamper with the column and the interests of the owners will suffer. The normative approach should be to note the thickness of the glass and the brand, source.

Solutions:

To match the unit price with the specifications of the product to see the cost, each item of the quotation is required to specify the various elements of the material in as much detail as possible. During the renovation period, check whether the relevant materials are purchased according to the specified requirements.

Trap 4 stole material measurement unit

This move is the most difficult for non-professional owners to see through, because the owners rarely pay attention to the units on the quotation, do not understand the different units means that the quoted figures are very large deviations. For example, if a shoe is customized, the quotation says "Main material: 8 mm glass shelf + 1 cm tempered glass + mirror + accessories, unit: item, quantity: 1..." It looks like a very reasonable look, in fact, about shoe cabinets There is no description of the size, leaving room for future decorators to take advantage of opportunities.

Solutions:

The foreign decoration prices are generally calculated according to the actual area. All the decoration materials are explained in advance. Then according to the required decoration cost per square meter, multiply the total area of ​​the house to get the total renovation price. Although the domestic interior decoration has not yet reached this stage, it is still recommended in many projects to be based on the actual area, such as wardrobes, shoe cabinets, etc., as little as possible to "item" as a unit, so as to avoid errors in the decoration process.

Trap 5 construction process is ambiguous

Looking at the numbers and not reading the textual descriptions are common mistakes that most owners make when they look at the quotation. They always feel that a digital error will cause losses, and the written explanations certainly cannot be used. This is not the case. Whether it is the construction of the wall coating, the construction of the floor, or the construction of the sewage pipeline, each has its own construction process requirements, and a process has been missed in the middle. In the future life, it may cause you a lot of troubles, such as paint falling off the wall and water seepage in the bathroom. Most of them are due to the renovation of the construction process.

Solutions:

Learn a little more decoration knowledge, understand the construction process standards for interior decoration, and regularly go to the new house to understand the process, so that it has a certain preventive effect, but a better way is to hire a qualified, professional and stable construction workers The decoration company serves itself.

Proposal: Interpretation of the "Three Looks" of Quotes

A more complete refurbishment quotation, including attachments (requirements that are legally binding) of the decoration budget, budgetary agreements (indicating the owner's own purchase, materials purchased by the decoration company, and the model, grade, brand, unit price of the material, etc.), customers Main material list (list of main materials purchased by the owner) and decoration quotation sheet (in addition to the quotation of all materials, there are detailed construction standards).

All of the content together form a thick piece of information, so that completely amateur owners can understand it is a bit of a headache. Industry insiders suggest that owners who do not have the time and professional knowledge should not only stare at the price, because the result of your bargaining is only a small bargain, not to mention the total price comparability of different companies using different materials and using different calculation methods. Not high, you can use the following "Three Looks" to prevent quizzes.

Look at the design drawings because this is the general plan for the renovation of the house. You can not look at the quotation first, and ask the decoration company to mark all the materials needed in the quotation according to the design drawings, and specify the materials for the purchase and purchase in the contract, and then make up your mind not to design. Any change, then your final decoration costs will be very close to your quotations.

Second, look at the main material, because the main material costs account for the bulk of your decoration expenses. You know in advance the main materials in the market or your favorite main material specifications, prices, styles, brands, etc. When looking at the detailed list of quotations, first look at whether the main material has problems and whether it is already stated.

Third, look at the construction process, because it determines the quality of the house decoration and the service life. Before decorating, you have to understand the general construction process of interior decoration, know that the wall coating should be brushed several times, the ground treatment is divided into several processes, and at the same time select a decoration company with a good reputation, so as to ensure the quality is no problem.

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