RENOVATING? Four very important things to remember...
- Budget for extra expense
- Allow for additional time
- Have a detailed contract - and any changes made to be initialled by both parties.
- Be prepared for dust eveywhere!!
For those of you who have lived through the renovation process of a kitchen in particular, you know how frustrating it can be… not to mention the inconvenience of not having a sink or stove for 3-4 days or more. Resorting to having to wash dishes in the laundry tub and relying on either a hot plate, toaster oven or microwave to cook with, for 5 people is not much fun, but keeping focused on the end result gets you through it.
The company I contracted with instructed his sub contractor (in my presence) to leave the sink in as long as possible, and also the stove as I have 3 young children here and it would be helpful to me, the paying customer, to have some convenience for as long as possible especially over the weekend when no work would be done. But of course, subcontractors have a mind of their own, (and in this case this one did not think of the consquences of his actions) and lo and behold, he rips out my sink and disconnects my gas stove on a Friday afternoon leaving me the whole weekend with nothing!!
I am a single grandmother raising 3 small children, so I have to somehow come up with something creative to eat at dinner for all of us.. It is challenging to say the least. Although they installed plastic barriers to keep down the dust… it doesn’t work. There is dust everywhere, so have to keep all my dishes covered which are now sitting on my kitchen table, which has been relocated to my family room.
Although they have time frame for this work that has been carefully planned, be aware for the unknown when they start demolishing your current kitchen. I went thorugh that process a few years ago and was expanding my kitchen and having one wall pushed back about 2 feet . When the wall between the kitchen and dining room was torn down they found something that required immediate attention to make my house safe.
One of my support walls was resting on a 2 x 4, and not being supported by any beam in the basement. In fact my oversize refrigerator had been in that spot for 6 years and I’m fortunate my whole floor, and house has not collapsed.
So after the second day of renovations, its already costing me more money and an extra three days to fix the problem. I’m trying to remain calm…. and keep focused on the end result.
If you have a renovation in your future, be prepared... if you budget for $25K. be prepared for $30K.. and if they give you time frame of 3 weeks…expect another week or two in addition as there may be problems that arise which will delay the project.
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