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01APARTMENT RENOVATION
Apartment layouts can often be improved — a closed kitchen opened, a bedroom merged into the living room, a walk-in wardrobe created — but the building's structure, shared services and rules decide what is possible.
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Discuss a layout changeOr message us on WhatsAppColumns, shear walls and the building's structural frame cannot move. Risers for water, drainage and air conditioning are shared with other floors. Fire-rated walls around the entrance and between units protect escape routes. External windows and balconies belong to the facade. A layout plan that works around these from the start avoids redesign after the survey.
Non-structural partitions between rooms, kitchen walls that do not contain risers, built-in wardrobes and ceilings can usually be changed with approval. Opening a kitchen, merging a small bedroom into the living area or carving a dressing room from a bedroom are typical.
Moving walls changes how air conditioning serves each room. A merged space may need its fan-coil unit or diffusers repositioned, and a new enclosed room needs supply and return air. These are designed with the new layout.
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