Renovate and Refresh in the New Year Thinking of giving your home a facelift for the New Year? Renovating and refreshing your property is a great way to start off the New Year, giving you a fresh new look for your home to enjoy during the spring and summer seasons. A good home improvement plan can refresh and reinvigorate the look of your home, and may also add value to the property. Such home upgrading plans can range from simple tasks such as decluttering to improving existing fixtures and fittings to creating additional living space by knocking down walls or converting a loft or basement. While preparing for your home improvement project, it’s important to plan how you will dispose of your waste, lest you be left with a pile of rubbish and rubble in the garden. Whether you're decluttering, redecorating or restructuring, ensuring you have the means to dispose of the waste incurred from a home improvement project gives you one less thing to worry about during what can be a stressful time. For this, you can take the help of a professional waste management and recycling services company like Dial A Bin UK. Their waste collection and recycling facility in the Oxfordshire area can help you to easily get rid of all the waste accumulated during your project. Dial A Bin offer skips and waste containers in a number of sizes, ranging from wheelie bins to roll-on roll-off containers to help you dispose of waste during the home improvement process, whatever the scale of your project. So that’s the waste disposal sorted. What other steps need to be taken when planning your new year’s home improvement project? Assess and Organise: The first step before planning any home improvement project is to determine the current state of your home and chalk out ideas on ways to renovate. A great way to plan a home renovation is to walk through your home, deciding as you go what changes to implement. Getting rid of clutter first can give you a clearer idea of where improvements can be made, and this can be helped by an expert waste management and recycling company like Dial A Bin UK. Their quick Banbury skip hire and rubbish disposal services, also serving the areas of Northampton, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Bicester and Buckingham, make it easy to plan any home renovation process. Creating a Wish List: Start by creating a wish list of additions for your property. The best way to do this is by asking yourself what problems you want the renovations to solve - such as opening up more outdoor space for entertaining guests. Once you have made the list, rank the improvements based on priority. Basic home additions and improvements that can help add value to your property are porches, decks, verandas, and basement or loft conversions. Planning Permission: Before planning any home improvements, secure the proper planning permission. This is important because different areas have different legal restrictions that govern the construction of any structures, home extensions or living spaces. If you are not clear of the different permissions required for your home renovation project, you can also hire a contractor who will take care of this for you. Renewed Surfaces and Updated Fixtures: To add instant appeal to your house, replace old worn flooring and counter-tops with good quality upgrades. You can also install off-the-shelf door knobs, cords and light fixtures to boost style and create a new look for your house with a relatively small investment of time and money. Whatever changes you plan to make, always keep your potential resale value in mind as not every remodelling project will increase your home's value. When designing your new space, it is important to plan ahead as this will enable you to use your new space to its maximum potential.