Tips on How to Prepare for Home Renovation

Deciding to still live at home during a reno may leave you wondering how to prepare for home renovation.

Are you planning on a smaller renovation, such as a bathroom renovation? Or do you want to tackle a larger project, such as a kitchen renovation, basement suite or an addition?

Regardless, you will need to start at the beginning—planning.

In this post, our Coleridge Construction renovation experts offer some helpful tips on how to prepare for home renovation including:

  • Deciding Where to Eat
  • Preparing Adjacent Rooms
  • Create a Bathroom Schedule
  • Enlisting the Help of A Babysitter

Deciding Where to Eat

Decide where and what you’ll be eating. This is something that not many people think about right away when it comes to home renovations.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in the project itself and forget the many ways it will disrupt your daily life. This includes the preparation and consumption of meals. It can be especially true with kitchen remodels, where all your normal meal-production items and appliances will be inaccessible or out of commission.

Getting takeout or delivery every day can add up, and you’ll already be spending enough money on the remodel itself. To save some money, look up a few crockpot, soup, or casserole recipes and prepare as many as you can ahead of time. Designate another room in your house—maybe a basement, a loft, a spare bedroom, or even the garage—as the temporary kitchen/eating area.

Preparing Adjacent Rooms

Consider the rooms near the area to be renovated and how to prepare them during the home renovation. Larger renovation projects might involve a lot of noise, vibrating tools, and a lot of dust. Remove your most precious possessions from the shelves and the walls and make room for them in a closet or somewhere else out of the way.

Create a Bathroom Schedule

Having a bathroom schedule is an important part of how to prepare for a home renovation. How many people will your bathroom remodel affect? Can they all use what may be the only other bathroom in the house without conflict? Do you have enough room for all of their personal toiletry items? These are all good questions to consider for this smaller-scale project.

Enlisting the Help of A Babysitter

Think about factoring a babysitter into your project costs. This is especially true for anyone renovating with young children who need constant supervision or a quiet place to nap. Plus the farther away from the construction zone, the safer they’ll be. It might be worthwhile to hire someone to watch the kiddos, even if it’s just for a couple of hours a day.

Contact Coleridge Construction

    If your family is considering renovating your home, our team at Coleridge Construction would love to hear from you. Let us partner with you on your journey to getting the home renovation of your dreams. 

    Please, contact us online or call us at 604.302.6312

    Paul Coleridge possesses a deep passion for continuous learning and personal growth. It has become a defining characteristic of his life. With a constant desire for knowledge, Paul is always immersed in an array of books and podcasts, eager to expand his understanding. He is also actively engaged in the development of his profession. Paul serves as a board member on the Canadian Home Builders Association of the Fraser Valley and the BC Home Renovators Committee. As an Abbotsford community renovator, Paul is a proactive participant in making positive changes in his local area.

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