If you want to improve your home, refurbishing your kitchen is one of the best things that you can do. As well as improving your home for you, a new kitchen that has been well designed can add value to your home if you are planning on selling up at some point in the future.

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Creating a list of what you want from a kitchen is a good place to start. It may be that you want more storage space, more modern appliances or you want a kitchen that is more modern and stylish. Once you have an idea of things that you want, it is worth contacting a professional like this kitchen refurb company to help you bring your vision to life.

If you are planning a big refurb, and you are going to be building an extension in order to increase the size of your kitchen, you must check with the local planning authority as it may well be that you need to get planning permission before you go ahead with it. When you are doing this, you also will need an architect who will be able to plan the design for your extension.

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Another thing to do before you begin, is to work out your budget. By budgeting before you start, you will be able to decide how much you can afford and ensure that you can cover the cost of it – you don’t want a kitchen that is half done because you ran out of money.