{"id":35300,"date":"2016-11-22T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T05:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/consider-renovation-before-knocking-down-a-building\/"},"modified":"2016-11-22T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T05:33:36","slug":"consider-renovation-before-knocking-down-a-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/consider-renovation-before-knocking-down-a-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider renovation before knocking down a building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nProperty owners looking to make home improvements should consider making minor renovations rather than knocking down an existing building and starting from scratch, according to a renowned local architect.<br \/>\nWailee Chow, managing director of WDA Group, said this approach can lead to significant cost savings and enhanced benefits.<br \/>\n\u201cAdditions and alterations ( A&amp;A) work is a good option when owners consider enhancing the existing property,\u201d said Chow, who has almost three decades of&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/hong-kong-china\/article\/2047837\/consider-renovation-knocking-down-building\" target=\"_blank\">Consider renovation before knocking down a building<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Property owners looking to make home improvements should consider making minor renovations rather than knocking&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-9bm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52834,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chow-tai-fook-invests-in-brazils-largest-heritage-site-renovation\/","url_meta":{"origin":35300,"position":0},"title":"Chow Tai Fook invests in Brazil\u2019s largest heritage site renovation","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, the majority shareholder of New World Development, and France-based Groupe Allard, which specialises in reviving heritage buildings, are investing an additional US$95 million for the renovation of a large heritage site in Brazil. 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