Home Remodeling: Staying Organized

Congratulations! Choosing to remodel your house or business can be very exciting. If you have been thinking about home remodeling for years but have put it off for one reason or another, jumping in and making the decision to go ahead can feel really good. However, it is staying organized during the remodel process that will help keep everything going smoothly.

First of all, you want to choose the company or individual to do your home remodeling. Look for experienced companies that are interested in maintaining excellent client communication throughout the process. If you find a company that will keep you informed it will be much easier for you to stay involved and stay organized. Because they will talk you through what is going on, you will have a good understanding of task completion and timeline.

Speaking of timeline, one of the first things you will want to do after hiring your remodel expert is discuss timeline. Get a good understanding of what they have in mind as far as how long they think the process will take. If you are doing multiple rooms, you will want to have an adjusted time line for each room and then a time line reflecting the completion of the entire project.

These time lines will help you stay mentally organized. Another way to help with the mental clarity aspect of your renovation is to create an outline. Once you have spoken with the contractor, you will understand better what needs to be done and the order in which it will be completed. This outline can assist you in knowing when you will need to make certain decisions.

Organizing your decision-making will be a blessing to you in the long run. If you can focus on one decision at a time, it will keep you from feeling overwhelmed. For example, your time line tells you that the contractor will begin work on your bathroom in three weeks. Your outline should reflect this and suggest to you that you need to be making final decisions on hardware, etc., no later than this week.

You will appreciate the paper trail if your contractor quotes you a certain completion date and then has to extend it. You can more easily discuss the extension with them if you have taken the time to write down and outline all the decisions. You will have a better understanding of why things are being extended when there is a problem or if an issue comes up.

Being organized can help you deal with the hectic nature of a home remodeling situation. Because they tend to be so crazy with demolition happening and contractors traipsing through your normally quiet house, having an organized file to keep track of the work will help you feel involved and perhaps a little more sane.

Home remodeling can be rewarding for all involved if you find a way to keep yourself and the process organized.