What about budget overruns? Experts teach you to make up loopholes

2018-06-26 21:00:11

Before the renovation, the owner will make a decoration budget according to the actual situation. However, in the actual decoration process, budget overruns are also very easy to emerge. If the family only has so much money available, it will be troublesome. It is also possible that half of the renovations will not be carried out. Budget overruns are generally due to the fact that when the decoration materials were purchased, the unscrupulous merchants bought something extrabudgetary. So, how to plug the loophole in material overrun?

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Secret: Large-scale accumulation of overspending causes

The phenomenon of overspending of decoration materials in home furnishings is so common. What is the reason? The reporter visited the building materials market and also interviewed some consumers who purchased materials that were overspending. Combined with interviews with professionals, the reporter learned that: the split sales of building materials industry, the quoting method is not clear, the material loss, lack of owner expertise, and the temporary change of materials And the low-cost cut-in of unscrupulous merchants is the reason that led to material budget overruns.

Split quote is prone to leak

In the home building materials industry, building materials sales are a tradition. The price of building materials may not include the prices of some parts and accessories. In order to purchase these parts, consumers may have to pay a small fee.

For toilets, for example, the fittings should include a hose, an angle valve, and a flange (the seal used to connect the toilet to the downcomer). When most businesses sell, the price of the toilet includes flanges. However, hoses and angle valves need to be purchased separately by owners, and the price of these two is about 100 yuan or more. It is understood that there is a possibility of split sales for building materials such as basins, bathtubs, and body-washing devices. If the owners purchase all the accessories, it is not a small expense.

Unknown quotes are prone to overspending

According to Liu Yong, a manager of Beijing Dongyi Risheng Decoration Wooden Works, wooden furniture such as cabinets and wall cabinets, due to the different quote methods provided by the merchants, may lead the owners to spend more money without knowing it. For example, a cabinet sample containing a hood, basin, etc., merchants will generally inform consumers that the cabinet price is 2,000 yuan/constant meter (including table top or no table top). Consumers who do not have a fitting experience will assume that the quote contains all the sample configurations, such as glass cabinet doors, damping drawers, and pull baskets. In fact, this quotation is only the price of the standard configuration. If you replace a group of cabinet doors with drawers, you need to add money. Then you need to increase the amount of money for the drawer. If it is a glass panel or a metal plate, you need to add another amount of money. In this way, if there are some more personalized demands, the ownersâ€™ budget may be greatly increased.

Liu Yong said that this situation is mainly determined by the way of quotation. Currently, the prices of cabinets on the market are divided into two types, namely the extended meter price and the unit cabinet price. If you press the extended meter offer, the price generally points to the standard configuration, some of the individual needs, such as damping drawers, pull baskets, glass panels, open the door and so on are all non-standard configurations, all require additional charges. In the process, some unscrupulous merchants may adopt a low-price cut-in approach, not telling consumers in advance, and not telling them that they have extra charges until the time of customization, leading to over-expenditure in consumer budgets. The method of quoting according to the unit cabinets will be relatively intuitive and accurate. The fees will be specific to the prices of individual cabinets, drawers and baskets. After the owners have combined according to their own needs, the merchants will give accurate final quotations. When the owners select the cabinets The final budget can be clearly known.

Specific to the closet door, whether its budget is over-spending or not is also partly related to the quoting method. According to reports, there are three ways to offer closet doors on the market. According to the calculation of the unfolded area, that is, charging according to the total square meters of the use of sheets is the more mainstream method. Calculated in this way, the layout of its internal space is generally a partition or a large space, if the owner needs a drawer, pants rack, tie box, etc. need to add another single money. The reporter consulted a certain brand of closet merchants learned that each drawer is more than 300 yuan, damping drawers each need about 500 yuan, trousers and tie boxes are also around 200 yuan. In this way, based on the original quotation, it is not impossible for the owner to overspend 2000 yuan on the closet door. Another form of quotation is quoted in terms of square meters of space, which is the same as quoted price by area, and some individual needs in its internal structure require additional money. There is also a quotation according to the unit combination method. This method marks out the separate price of the coat area, the short clothes area, the pants frame, the tie box, the drawer, the partition, etc. After the owner completes the layout of the closet according to their own needs, It is clear that the total price is relatively clear and accurate.

Material loss can not be ignored

Liu Fazhe, sales manager of Beijing Dongyi Risheng Decoration Products, pointed out that the loss of materials is also a major factor that cannot be overlooked in the problem of material overruns, especially curtains and wallpapers.

Taking curtains as an example, many homeowners will measure the size of their windows at the time of purchase, and then ask for the unit price, which means that the window width x unit price is the total curtain price. In fact, curtains need to be pleated, and homeowners often need to purchase curtain fabrics that are two to three times the width of the window to meet the need for pleating in the curtain design. In addition, the pair of flowers on the curtain or wallpaper pattern will also bring more losses, and the owner often needs to pay for this part of the loss, which is often an important reason for budget overruns.

Lack of professional knowledge is also the reason

Liu also pointed out that home improvement is a professional project and the lack of professional knowledge of the owners may also lead to budget overruns. Take the switch socket as an example. After the designer has finished the water circuit transformation and design, the number of switches and sockets has been determined, and the owner may look at the prices of the switches and sockets and calculate the total price. But in fact, the types of switches and sockets vary greatly. There are five-hole sockets, three-hole sockets with switches, single-open panels, and dual dual-control panels. The prices are all different. The price of some special sockets is also relatively high, such as about 60 yuan for a TV socket, 160 yuan for a computer socket, and about 60 yuan for a telephone socket. All these demands add up to a much higher price than originally expected.

Some owners in the renovation process, poor budget control, temporary replacement of better materials, etc. are also likely to lead to overspending.

Charging: Find out what is easy to leak beforehand

Adding expertise and understanding important material constructs can help you be aware of your budget. The reporter here lists some material items that need to be considered for accessories and hopes to help you.

Cupboards: Dampening drawers, baskets, hoods, cooktops, faucets, basins, countertops, etc. may not be included in the standard configuration.

Wall cabinets, wardrobes: In the standard configuration of Yanmi quotes and square meter quotes, pants racks, tie boxes, drawers (dampening drawers), slide rails, etc. may all require a single receipt of money, and the spread of different brands of accessories may be relatively large.

Toilets: Fittings include a hose, an angle valve, and a flange. Ask about what items to include at the time of purchase.

Bathtub: The accessory consists of a water fitting and a bellows (most brands have a water fitting).

Basin faucet: The fittings contain two hoses, two angle valves, and one S-bend (some sent under water accessories). Some brands are not included, and the price is around 200 yuan.

Body cleaner: The accessory consists of two hoses, two angle valves, a bellows, and a cold, hot, and two water levels.

Curtains: Curtains (water curtains, Roman curtains, etc.), curtain rods, slide rails, tassels, hooks, etc. all require additional money. In addition, the consumables for the flowers in the curtains also have to be borne by the owners themselves.

Prevention: targeted items

In addition to supplementing professional knowledge, what aspects can the owner use to strictly control the budget and prevent overspending? Liu introduced the budget to everyone.

First of all, we must use space as the unit rather than the project as the unit. For example, the kitchen needs cabinets, wall tiles, floor tiles, ceilings, hoods, stoves, dishwashers, microwave ovens, etc. to prevent leakage. In addition, in the process of purchasing main materials, there will inevitably be a situation in which better materials are expected to be replaced. The owners need to â€œtargetâ€ at this time to see where their requirements are higher and they can care about their own material quality. Improve and reduce the quality of some unimportant or unintentional links, and adjust the products to achieve a balanced budget.

There are also ways to ensure that the upfront budget is as accurate as possible in order to prevent poor merchants from entering the market at the time of purchase. For example, when purchasing materials in the market, provide the merchant with accurate data of their own house or required materials, and bring the floor plan for reference; describe the desired function and demand to the merchant, let different merchants quote according to demand, etc. After adjusting with its own budget. When purchasing a measurement product or a product with multiple accessories, it is best for the owner to actively ask for details, such as whether the door contains details such as door lock hardware and door stoppers, in order to avoid additional costs for the purchase of accessories.