For young people living in first-tier cities, high housing prices are out of reach, and even renting a well-decorated bedroom is becoming more and more difficult because of rising rents. But as a well-known chicken soup saying goes, "A house can be rented, but life is not." ”
More and more young people are pursuing a more comfortable living environment, even in rental houses.
"Demolition of rental housing" has become a trend that is becoming popular among young people.
"Before the renovation of the rental house,
I couldn't sleep all night."
After moving into his new home, Osawa lost sleep for a whole week. Despite being a shared apartment, the room was large in size and had little furniture left by the landlord. Lying in bed at night, looking at the empty room, Osawa did not have any sense of belonging.
As an interior designer who grew up watching programs like "Dream Of a Home" and "Swap Space", Osawa decided to renovate his rental house to give the room a little more "home feeling". Due to her limited budget, she did not choose to change the hard decoration of the room, but changed from the soft decoration: changing the curtains, laying the carpet, and buying furniture such as desks, chairs, floor cabinets and so on.
Osawa's room after renovation (source Little Red Book @ Orange Flavor)
"Most of the young people working in first-tier cities are more stressed, and by renovating rental houses to make their homes warm, they can alleviate the fatigue at work to some extent."
There are not a few people who have similar ideas with Osawa, especially young people living in first-tier and new first-tier cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. Searching for "renovating rental houses" on the Little Red Book, you can see more than 60,000 notes; in the Douban "Welcome to My Room" group, there are also many people who are keen to share the results of their transformation of rental houses.
High housing prices in first-tier cities are another reason why young people fall in love with renovating rental homes. Emily, who lives in Shanghai, mentioned that for young people living in big cities, buying a house is a relatively distant goal in the first few years of work, and "renovating rental housing" has become an important way for everyone to improve their living standards.
"Many people work for years to get a down payment, buying a house is too far away, but they have seen beautiful things and have a pursuit of the quality of life." No one wants to live in an environment where they still have a great passion for life. ”
"Breaking up the rental house, it will be addictive"
This is Emily's fourth retrofit of a rental home.
When she first started out as a graduate student in the United States, Emily would buy some soft decorations to decorate her room. What really made her feel transformed was an experience of visiting a foreign classmate's apartment. The exposed pipes, nearly 4 meters high floor, and the floor-to-ceiling windows on all sides made her feel for the first time the impact of the owner's aesthetic on the living environment.
After returning to work in Shanghai, Emily decided to design her own rental house like her American classmates.
"I knocked on a wall, smashed a door, changed the kitchen to a semi-open, changed the ceiling of the kitchen and toilet, and changed the rest of the circuits, windows, floors, showers, bathroom sinks, and cabinets. I remember once the landlord came to repair electrical appliances, by the way to see the house, I thought it would be more difficult for her to smash a wall, but she actually thought that I had remodeled very well, and I also liked this semi-open kitchen, I was still very happy. ”
Comparison before and after Emily's room renovation (Source Little Red Book@Emily X)
Little Red Book blogger @is Yu Girl Ya has moved three or four times since graduating from work, but still spends time and effort to renovate her rental house every time. "It's a lot of tossing, but it's worth it to be able to live comfortably for a long time to come."
from 1000 to 100,000,
Young people work hard to renovate rental houses
The "budget" is an important reason for determining the overall idea of rental housing renovation, and most respondents said that they will not change the hard decoration in the renovation. Taking Osawa as an example, she decided to spend only about 1,000 yuan to renovate the room at the beginning, and finally successfully controlled the total price within 1,000 yuan. The other two interviewees interviewed had budgets of 3,000 yuan and 6,000 yuan respectively, and on the Little Red Book, tutorials that teach you "500 yuan to renovate a rental house" abound.
Of course, there are also people who are willing to invest more money in renovating rental houses. Little Red Book blogger @ I ate and said in a note that I spent three months to renovate the rented house, before and after a total of 100,000 yuan. Emily spent a total of 30,000 yuan to renovate the rental house she lives in now, and it cost more than 5,000 yuan to renovate the windows alone.
"It turned out that the windows of the house were single-layer glass with gold borders, which not only leaked air but also were ugly, so I simply replaced the windows of the whole house with double-glazed glass. Another big spending money was circuit remodeling, where I changed all the bright lines in the house to dark lines and added some sockets. Only when the hard decoration is done, there will be a good foundation when the soft decoration is transformed in the later stage. ”
Adding expensive medieval furniture or well-known brands of furniture to rental houses has also become a place where young people are willing to spend money on renovations, after all, these furniture can be easily moved to another room even if they are hardware, and will not be wasted.
In an interview with the "ELLEDECO Home Gallery", fashion designer Rico showed off his old bungalow: the Le Corbusier LC4 recliner on the living room side was from Cassina, worth about $4,500; the Pipistrello lamp by the fireplace was designed by Italian designer Gae Aulenti; and the sofa was from Wittmann, a handmade furniture brand used by the Austrian royal family.
Le Corbusier LC4 recliner
Rather than making the living environment more comfortable, these luxury furniture exists to highlight: even if the house is rented, the owner's aesthetic and taste are still very good.
"After spending 40,000 yuan to renovate the rental house,
I was kicked out by the landlord."
Two weeks ago, a Little Red Book blogger @ Da Qianleo posted on the Little Red Book that his landlord temporarily notified that he wanted to sell the house and needed to reclaim the house. In order to transform his own room, @Daqianleo added a lot of furniture before and after, and it cost 40,000 yuan to just transform the living room.
However, because there is not much experience, @Daqianleo did not sign terms with the landlord and the renovation when renting, and had to face the dilemma of "the room is repossessed by the landlord after the renovation". Although most of the soft decoration can be taken away, some of the money spent on the hard decoration is also lost.
@Ms. Lei, who does not eat coriander, has also encountered a similar situation. Two years ago, she rented a three-bedroom apartment in Hangzhou. When she signed the contract, she verbally told the landlord that she would make some modifications to the room, but did not write down a written agreement.
"In fact, it was a carpet and curtains, and I sent him a photo after the transformation, and he didn't say anything at the time." As a result, when it was time to check out, he had to deduct my money, and finally deducted my deposit of 1,000 yuan to end the matter. ”
@ Ms. Lei who does not eat coriander before and after the room transformation comparison
There are also risks in throwing away and selling the landlord's old furniture at will. "Gu Yu Lab" once reported a story that the author sold a pair of flower stands left in the room by the landlord for 20 yuan when renovating the rental house, and the landlord came to the door, told her that the flower rack was worth 50,000 yuan, and asked her to get it back.
The author spent a lot of effort and ran all over the flea markets in Beijing to find the buyer who had already blocked her, and finally bought the flower stand for 3,000 yuan.
Therefore, almost every respondent mentioned that it is necessary to confirm with the landlord at the signing stage whether it can be renovated, whether it needs to be restored after the renovation, and write down a written agreement to avoid conflicts in the future.
"I don't recommend short-term rental for young people
Remodel your own rental house"
Although "renovating rental houses" has become a trend among young people, Ms. Lei, who does not eat coriander, does not recommend that all renters spend their minds to renovate their rooms.
"If you only rent for a few months to half a year, there is really no need for a big transformation, this is simply to find something for yourself to do, and waste a sum of money." If you rent a house with a cheaper rent and a longer lease period, it is worth spending thousands of dollars to renovate it. ”
Little Red Book blogger @Comb West suggests that everyone should not see beautiful furniture and buy it all at home for a while. He once fell in love with a pink mirror at first sight on Taobao, and impulsively spent 500 yuan to buy it, only to find that it did not match with other furniture in the house, and finally could only give the mirror to a friend.
Comparison of the rooms before and after the renovation of the comb west
"Be sure to plan ahead, spend money carefully, and look good things online may not be suitable for your home."
Edit: Echo
Partial source "ELLEDECO Home Gallery"
Some of the images were provided by the respondents