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Hostel Renovation

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Rucksack Brian started this discussion 10 years 11 months ago

The low season is prime time for hostel operators to renovate and refresh their properties. How often do you renovate your hostel, and to what extent?

YHA (England and Wales) will give the Edale Youth Hostel in Peak District a £250,000 makeover, refurbishing most bedrooms, all bathrooms, the reception, lounge, kitchen, and dining room. Pretty extensive renovation!

Last year we completely remodeled one bathroom, our courtyard, and the storage space in my hostel. That was a pretty big project for us. This year we upgraded our private rooms with new beds, paint, and decorations. We’re considering remodeling additional bathrooms as well. Our goal is to improve the hostel facilities each winter.

Are you taking on any renovation projects in your hostel this year?

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slushysnow

10 years

We're going to be upgrading our kitchen in a few months time - currently we share our kitchen with the cafe next door (sounds weird I know, but it works pretty well and is totally legal), but we are going to be splitting the kitchen with 2 goals in mind.

Firstly, segregating the cafe kitchen from the backpacker kitchen to keep the health dept even more happy than they currently are and provide the cafe with an easier workspace.

Secondly, by adding more wash troughs in the laundry, more burners etc, we are aiming to increase the number of people we are licensed for by 18, which brings us up to a full occupancy of 103.

Going to be expensive and disruptive but should be worth it - probably goign to cost about AUD 250000...should be happening in June/July (our low season).

Hopefully the planning process goes well and we get it done this year without hiccups!

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Rucksack Brian

10 years

AUD250000 is a lot of money for a kitchen, but I can imagine that it will be great for you and for the café to separate your spaces. And it gets a lot more appealing if the renovation would grant you a license for 18 more beds. Do you have the demand pressuring you to add those extra beds? Will the cafe split that cost with you, or is this just YOUR part to pay?

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kathymathews

10 years

Renovation is never an easy task,as it takes a lot of time and huge amount of money is required.And Remodeling also increases the price value of house. As I am also planning to renovate my house from denver renovations.I am going to remodel my old 70's house as too much of time is going to be required.

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Asitpatel

4 years

The renovation process takes time, money. First, you hire an excellent and expert interior designer. Expert suggests you or does the space planning, redesign ideas. Renovate the hostel is a challenging and extensive task. You can arrange bed systems and given to all separate cupboards and racks.

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