You’ve compiled inspiration photos, you’ve compared local contractors, and you’ve picked out paint swatches. Are you missing anything?
Are you sure?
A whole-home renovation is an enormous task for you and your family to take on, and it quickly becomes chaotic and stressful. Home renovation checklists help you track what’s complete and what still needs your money and time.
Read on for our ultimate home renovation tips for staying on schedule (and preventing excessive stress-induced hair loss!).
Table of Contents
Are You Compliant?
Before you even start thinking about renovations, make sure your paperwork is in order. This article goes into detail about the consequences that follow upgrading a home without the correct permits.
Planning and Design
A whole-home renovation starts with a vision. What do you want your upgraded house to look like? What features of your existing home do you want to keep or highlight?
Once you have a list of ideas and changes you want to make, contact your local contractors. They will let you know what’s possible within your budget and proposed timeframe and might assist you with their own home renovation guide.
Check the Bones
Hire professionals to check out your foundation, siding, roofing, windows, and your plumbing and electrical systems. They will let you know of any necessary repairs and give you cost estimates to help you plan and budget.
Demo Day
You need “out with the old” before you can say “in with the new”! Demolition can range in intensity from small changes to a full gut – tearing out everything and starting from scratch. Try to do as much demolition as possible in the early days of renovating, especially if you aren’t living in the house when it happens.
Anything that doesn’t match your vision needs to go! Hire a dumpster to hold waste, including old cabinets, outdated tile, and walls you’re removing.
Rebuilding and Framing
Whether you’re putting up or moving walls, their framing needs to happen after demolition is complete. Add necessary support beams, make accommodations for new or larger windows, and make all other changes to the structure.
Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical Work
Once your frame is complete, you can make any changes, repairs, or upgrades to your HVAC, plumbing, or electrical systems. Regular electrical maintenance prevents fires and helps keep your energy bill low!
Insulation and Drywall
Now it’s time for the insulation installation. This keeps hot air outside during the summers and inside during the winters.
Drywall goes up after the insulation of your walls and attic is complete.
Windows and Carpentry
When the walls are up, you have somewhere to install new windows. This is also a good time to put in new molding, trim, and built-in cupboards.
Walls and Flooring
Paint your walls and add an accent wall with eye-catching wallpaper. Complete the renovation by installing all flooring, including carpeting, tiling, hardwood, or laminate flooring.
Use Home Renovation Checklists to Stay on Track
By now, you should know exactly how to renovate a home. Knowing how different tasks flow into each other during a home renovation is essential for remaining sane throughout the process.
Home renovation checklists keep you organized and informed from the design stages to the final touches.
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