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10 Things to Expect With Your Remodel 1. Dust. Even with elaborate dust curtains, a fine layer of dust can gather in parts of your home far from construction. You can, close off the construction area from the rest of your house with a compression-fit temporary wall. Running air filtering systems called air handlers can also pull the dust from the air on the nonconstruction side of the house. Heat the house without your furnace if possible, or completely block the warm-air and cold-air returns in the construction area. If you don't, you'll just be pulling dust from that section of the house into the part where you're living. Consult an HVAC company before blocking ducts to make sure your furnace will still work effectively. 2. Noise. It will be incessant. Whining saws, scratching drywall sanders and thumping nail guns followed by bellowing compressors: in short, little peace or quiet. Don't plan on napping or working from home unless your home office is far away from the construction zone. If you don't think it will be that bad, visit someone's home under construction and you'll see. 3. Triumphant highs. This is what makes our jobs rewarding and your project exciting. It may be the demolition of your ugly kitchen floor, the installation of your carefully selected back splash tile or just to relax when their project is completely done. 4. Multiple sighs. It may be that you just want to be done, or that you're tired of answering so many questions and writing so many checks. Or you may just be tired of having so many people in your house. Hang in there - remodeling fatigue will be short lived when you get to move back into your newly remodeled space. 5. The unexpected. If you expect anything, expect this. Irregular framing, jerry-rigged wiring, funny plumbing and more unexpected surprises are bound to arise. 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. 6. Change orders. Any new and changed work is documented, along with added or reduced cost into a change order that is agreed upon by both parties. Change orders can also be used to resolve allowances, which are placeholders in the budget for particular items. But most often change orders occur because of things that clients decide to add or change. 7. 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. If costs are increasing, along with change orders, it could increase your anxiety. Having cash on hand that's a bare minimum of 10 percent above contract for contingencies will help alleviate that stress. Have 20 percent if you want to worry less. 8. Delays. Rain falls, people get sick, cars break down and sometimes faucets ordered from the factory take 10 weeks instead of six. You will likely be working from a schedule that assumes the world is a perfect place. It's not, and knowing that will allow you to be resilient when your schedule shifts a bit. 9. Decisions. Where should that outlet be? How high do you want the showerhead? Where do you want the cabinet hardware mounted? Oilrubbed bronze or chrome or brushed nickel or satin nickel? Is your head spinning yet? Count on hundreds of questions that you'll need to answer as your project proceeds, or select your architect as your proxy. Just know that your selection of a contractor is the first of many you will make. 10. Outliers. At the end of your project, expect one or two punch-list items that will take longer to resolve than anything else. It may be a light fixture that arrives broken or the very last two pieces of tile. The important thing is to get the final details right, even if they take a little longer. Remodeling is an inconvenience and at Turn Key Remodel we try to minimize that inconvenience every way that we can. We do whatever necessary to accommodate our customers during construction. Our goal is to exceed your expectations, onbudget and on-time. Contact Turn Key Remodel at (714) 777-7713, or visit our Website at Turn Key Remodel.com and let us guide you through your remodeling project with ease.
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