Planning on remodeling your home soon? If you are, then you should check out this interesting article on Houzz: 11 Things to Expect With Your Remodel. The article was written by Anne Higuera. She and her husband are owners of Ventana Construction, a full-service remodeling company with a focus on whole-house remodels, additions, kitchens, baths and custom new homes in the Seattle area. The following are eleven things you can expect during a home remodel.
11 Things to Expect During a Home Remodel
- Dust
Even with elaborate ZipWalls, a fine layer of dust can gather in parts of your home far from construction. - Noise
It will be incessant. Whining saws, scratching Sheetrock sanders and thumping nail guns followed by bellowing compressors: in short, little peace or quiet. - Triumphant highs
For you it may be the demolition of the ugly vinyl floors in your kitchen. For others it may be the installation of the carefully selected backsplash tile. - Multiple sighs
Hang in there — remodeling fatigue will be short lived when you get to move back into your newly remodeled space. - The unexpected
Count on finding something no one could have anticipated in your budget and your time frame, and you will be well prepared when it happens. - Change orders
The unexpected’s cousin is the change order, by which any new and changed work is documented, along with added or reduced cost. - Cash concerns
Even if your project is right on budget, the sheer amount of money you are spending may cause a bit of a freakout. - Delays
You and your contractor will likely be working from a schedule that assumes the world is a perfect place. It’s not. - Decisions
Count on hundreds of questions that you’ll need to answer as your project proceeds, or select your architect as your proxy. - Outliers
At the end of your project, expect one or two punch-list items that will take longer to resolve than anything else. - A party!
Expect that you will want to show off your newly remodeled kitchen, living room or addition.
