An apartment with rough finishing is a "bare" room with smooth plastered walls and ceiling, separated utilities (tele, electric, communications, etc.) and terminals for connecting to the central water supply and sewerage. In its pure form, it is a room prepared for piping, laying floor coverings, wallpapering, painting, etc., that is, prepared for finishing. Therefore, if you purchase an apartment in a new building "for rough finishing", you should be prepared for the fact that you will have to do all these works.
In fact, the rough finishing of an apartment in a new building is an important stage that it is desirable to independently control. At the same time, you will know what, where, and how it was laid and laid, what materials were used, and much more. Often, in order to save money, the owners do some of the roughing work themselves, but it's better not to do it if you are not confident in your abilities. Overestimating your capabilities, you risk delaying repairs in the apartment for a long time, and the quality of its implementation will not be at the highest level.
Rough finishing of the apartment, where to start?
Being experts in our field, we strongly recommend starting the rough finishing of an apartment in a new building with a layout. At each facility, before starting repairs, we, together with the customer, draw up a project that gives a clear understanding of what will be installed and where, where the sockets need to be removed, how to lay cables, etc. Thanks to the project, a picture emerges that gives a complete picture of the scope of work. Like any other business, rough finishing in an apartment should not start from the end, that is, you should not level and plaster the walls in the bathroom, and then smash them to hide the plastic pipes – this is unnecessary, as they say, "bad" work. When roughing, everything must be done consistently. Work should be carried out in the direction from the ceiling to the floor, this will avoid the hassle of cleaning finished surfaces from excess debris and blunders.
The rough finishing work should be carried out in the following sequence:
ceiling treatment and leveling (if ceilings are supposed to be suspended or stretched, ceiling work is performed after wall treatment);
laying of pipelines and wiring of electricity;
wall treatment and leveling, putty;
floor screed;