Buying or renovating an apartment?

Also think about the increase in electricity prices

The air conditioners in the apartment, the front door, the sanitary ware - especially after the increase in electricity prices, everything you buy has an effect on the pocket and sometimes on the increase in the value of the property

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04/08/2022

Thursday, 04 August 2022, 14:24

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What goes through your mind when you buy a new apartment?

Of course, words like "mortgage", "investment" and generally, you dwell on the financial meanings of the most important decision in your life.

However, many people do not dwell on the seemingly small choices, but those that can later cost them quite a bit of money.

Take the classic example - WiFi in the apartment.

Elementary, isn't it?

Still, there are many buildings or apartments with places without reception, which forces you to upgrade infrastructure, find other and more expensive solutions and sometimes not even find a solution at all.

The obvious things cost a lot, but even the apparently "small" things should be planned.

Design Studio Dolo (Photo: Uzi Porat)

With the increase in electricity prices by 8.6 percent, you will pay more for your appliances, especially air conditioners.

Every year the days become hotter and hotter, and accordingly our use of air conditioners is increasing, while at the same time the electricity bill is also swelling.

About 95 percent of the houses in Israel have at least one air conditioner installed, and in the summer they work overtime just to relieve us a little of the heavy heat loads and to deal with the temperatures and humidity percentages that keep rising and rising.

An overhead air conditioner is not a fan or a television - once you have fixed it, you will not replace it, unless there is a really good reason.

"First, it is important to choose an air conditioner with an energy rating (an index for examining the efficiency of electricity consumption) as high as possible," says Sharon Rahamim, VP of Trade of the ALM chain, "The energy rating is marked with the letters GA, where A is the highest ".

Before operating, choose an air conditioner with high energy efficiency (Photo: ShutterStock)

Chen Ben David, manager of the air conditioning division of Hisense from the HI Group, an importer of Hisense air conditioners in Israel, adds: "One of the effective ways to save electricity when using the air conditioner in the summer months is to set the temperature to 25 degrees. It is important to make sure that the air-conditioned space is as closed as possible to maintain working temperature".

Rahami also explains that one of the effective ways to make the air conditioner consume less energy is to clean the filters regularly according to the manufacturer's instructions, while "it is also recommended to remove objects or vegetation near the outdoor unit of the air conditioner, which may block the passage of air."

A moving model of a bolt lock - advanced and allows control (photo: Yehats)

And what about the front door?

"The front door has an important role - to provide protection, quality and safety, but equally important is comfort for design," says Maya Donnerstein Yatir, VP of Marketing of the Rav-Barih Group, "as part of the digital home vision that Rav-Barih has been promoting in the construction market for the past year , we launched doors with advanced technology, which is hidden in the body of the door and allows opening and intelligent control of the door in a variety of options - an app, a fingerprint, a coder or a remote control for the most advanced quality of life."

Gali Oron Ben Haim, the VP of Marketing of the 'Hamat' group, refers to the aspect of renovating the apartment. "The process of renovating the house or apartment is a long, calculated and expensive process.

When the focus is on renovating the space of bathrooms, bathtubs and toilets.

It is important to take all of these into account and not to compromise on choosing quality sanitary ware, toilets and showers, ones that should last for a long time.

For example, design and quality go together, and as befits the brand we recently launched an innovative, technological and revolutionary development for maximum hygiene that is very important these days - the MONSOON toilet with a tornado effect, which allows a silent and powerful 360 flush for the result of maximum cleanliness.

Beyond innovation and technology, Hamat also provides a solution including a 'TOTAL LOOK' for the bathroom and toilets - design, quality and durability over the years."

Using the best materials.

Design by Sharon Ella, plastering by Vega Nirlat (Photo: Itay Banit)

Sharon Leshem, director of the field of architects and inspiration at Nirlat, specifically refers to the area of ​​investment - rented apartments: "One of the things that stand out to the eye when entering a new / renovated apartment is the appearance of the walls. A clean design gives the house an airy appearance and requires a minimum of investment. In rented apartments we want to invest a minimum but Still get a designed look, so the use of different shades and textures is the appropriate solution. With a low financial investment, we can combine two shades, for example white EXTRA WHITE and the stronger shade IS0566, and give the room a stylish and stylish look. This solution is cheap and easy to apply."

And what happens when you want to increase the value of the house?

According to interior designer Hadas Roth, from "Hillel Architecture" "only with amounts starting from NIS 200,000 when it comes to a small apartment, we can even begin to think about an increase in value. The price increases in proportion to the property."

Roth further explains that when we plan with an increase in the value of the property in mind, we plan for the long term and add functions that were not previously in the house, such as a pool, an outdoor kitchen, a garden, a basement: "These in themselves increase the value of the property in terms of the quality of life and the living experience. On the financial side They can increase the value of the house by dozens of percent."

Monsoon toilet of Hamat (Photo: Yehats)

Adi Klein (Photo: Shiri Goldstein)

Interior designer Adi Klein from Studio Dolo adds: "Storage is an important and dominant issue among the Israeli consumer. It seems that we simply like to stock up, save and buy, so the subject of storage is always an ISSUE. Real storage solutions, such as partitions and joinery that are storage furniture instead of walls, are a solution Both functional and aesthetic, which provides added value to the customer and at the same time economic value."

Klein says that she advocates a design that is from A to Z: "I will always advise the client to finish the project to the end, just like in example apartments, or like a hotel room that has been treated to the level of furnishings. We worked with an entrepreneur who sold several properties in Ramat Hasharon, we finished designing the apartments Down to the last detail, indeed, the sale was immediate. Buyers get excited when they see a ready-made property and don't have to use their imaginations, just like we wander through showrooms, looking like customers from residential apartments. The developers realize that at a relatively low cost, they significantly speed up the sale and even profit from it."

Design: Bar Gil Studio, laminate surfaces (photo: Ido Aden)

Eil Shiman (Photo: Shay Adam)

Finally, Eyal Shiman, CEO of Laminam-Israel, explains: "Materials are of enormous importance during the renovation in terms of aesthetics and economics.

This, especially in luxury projects." According to Shiman, sometimes the small details are what make the difference: "When the consumer comes to purchase a property, he thinks one step ahead.

He understands that the property is well maintained, decorated and beautiful, but questions definitely arise such as what brand of kitchen, what is the marble made of, when was it replaced and why, are the sanitary ware imported or made in the country?

Questions that are of financial importance when purchasing a property and of course for the long term.

When you sell a property with luxury brands, the price is embodied in the property and so does the value of the property itself."

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