NC DHHS: Housing and Home Improvement Assistance

The first step of any home improvement project, whether that be updating your current home or working on a complete renovation project, is to write out a budget. For a big home refurbishment project, you need to know all the money you have, plus what you can add to that over time. You could start with a personal budget and then use this to find your spendable income each month plus your savings. If you simply want to update the drab kitchen in your new home or add some style to your front windows then you probably already have a good idea of how much you want to spend on materials. For anyone moving house it’s especially important that you don’t drain all your savings just moving in, and keep a little back for things like bills and emergencies.

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