In the repair of apartments, it is important to determine the scale of changes. This is due to what repair: capital or cosmetic – a dwelling is needed. Overhaul involves the replacement of all communications with new materials, possibly by a new location. Sometimes the owners want to make a general redevelopment. So you need to break or build walls. Some change window and doorways, combining, for example, a balcony or a loggia with a room. Often, during major repairs, a new floors fill and align the ceilings. This type of repair is expensive. Why? 1) it is impossible to fulfill it independently, you have to pay for the work of professional builders. 2) materials will be required in a large volume and, possibly, expensive. 3) capital work is carried out for a long time, since the properties of some materials require a certain time for hardening, hardening, etc. P. Cosmetic repair does not require significant material costs, a long period of execution and qualified assistance. The whole process can be a decorative change in the apartment, that is, repaint walls, ceilings or cross wallpaper, change the flooring. In cosmetic repairs, you do not need to radically change the appearance of the dwelling, it is enough to change the external design.