How To Schedule Your House Renovation.
“Here Are The Four Key Components To A Well Planned Out Renovation.”
By Van Sturgeon
Real Estate Investor
Thinking about starting a house renovation, huh?
You don’t know where to start.
Having a well-planned schedule is an extremely important step if you want your renovation to run on time and on budget.
Hey! It’s just like going into the supermarket to do some shopping. You don’t just arrive at the store and start picking up things along the way, do you? No...you take the time to prepare a list at home before you go, and the shopping is done in less time and you end up spending less money than if you didn’t have a list.
Renovating a house is not any different...trust me!
Preparing your renovation schedule
There are four key components to a schedule. They are:
- A list of each task required
- Who is going to do each task
- How long each task is going to take
- Some flexibility to allow for changes
There are often one or two items that are “critical elements” to a renovation schedule. These elements need to be completed before other tasks can be scheduled and work completed. As an example, rough electrical or plumbing work that is buried in a wall would be scheduled work first, before a drywall repair or new cabinets are installed.
Let’s take a look at a bathroom renovation. The critical elements could be that the plumbing needs to be completed first, since you are replacing the water valve in the bathtub area. Before any tile or paint goes into the renovation area, a plumber needs to get into the wall and do their thing!
Once the plumbing is done, then you can start with the other tasks. Keep in mind though, that there are still items that need to be sequenced after a plumber. In our bathroom renovation, would you let the trim carpenter in first, or the painter, or the tile installer?
These are the sequencing of contractors that you need to keep in mind when scheduling a renovation. It is good to talk with your contractors and get their opinion on when they should go in and do their work.
Just be careful in the advice that these contractors will give you, as there are times where a contractor wants to get their item of work completed as quickly as possible, so they can send you an invoice for payment.
Think about everything logically...and put together your renovation schedule.
Trust me...You will be glad that you did!
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