
Renovating used to be relatively simple. If the house was getting cramped, you would tack on another room, if the apartment kitchen was a bit dated, you might give it a lick of paint or maybe some new cupboard doors. Not these days.
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Today nothing escapes the eyes of the renovator. Egged on by television shows and the high price of moving, they seem to think everything about a house or an apartment needs to change: ripping out walls, moving kitchens, putting in attic storage, opening up the back to add more light. Nothing, it seems, is off limits. Even fixtures, fittings and building materials now have to be top-notch. Just think of what gets a mention in a real estate advertisement: European appliances, specific types of timber floorboards or a computer-controlled lighting system.
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