Make your home improvements work smarter
The way we use rooms can change over time. For example this downstairs room has evolved from a playroom, to an office and eventually a bedroom.
By investing in making sure you get the basics right, your house will be able to meet your family’s needs both now and in the future.
Insulating the walls also keeps the room cosy – and adding extra cabling/smart home wiring at this stage means your home will keep up with technology for years to come.
Floorboards make the room easy to clean and keep tidy. (Aim for slip resistant surfaces!)
When the children are older, the room can easily be converted to an office – those triple glazed windows help maintain a great working environment even when it’s really chilly outside.
Wall insulation helps keep noise down even in a busy house, and the extra cabling added earlier means your office will function smoothly with no dodgy internet connections or wifi hiccups!
Floorboards provide a clean, sophisticated working environment.
If the room needs to be converted to a downstairs bedroom at a later stage, triple glazed windows help contribute to the warmer environment needed by many older people.
Insulation also helps keep the room cosy – and the extra cabling helps run things like automated curtains, lights and bedside phones and intercoms that make life easier.
A level surface gives better accessibility for people with mobility problems. (But remove any rugs as they can cause trips!)
“I became a Future Proof Ambassador because future proofing my life and my home have been and remain extremely high on my list of priorities. With careful and well considered building design I am hoping that my ‘forever’ home will be just that”
Susanna Geoghegan, Home Owner