Remodel Lessons Learned: 10 pieces of unsolicited advice

1. Plan for breaks

We worked non-stop for nearly a year and a half.  I needed to schedule in weekends dedicated to relaxing and having fun with our friends.  Our friendships have suffered and our sanity has suffered from over-work.

2. Plan for normal home maintenance

When you’re trying to get a bathroom done, it’s easy to let cleaning the existing bathroom fall off the list.  Allocating time for cleaning the bathroom, doing laundry, sweeping the stairs, organizing the winter/summer clothing switch is critical to maintaining a sense of normalcy through the whole process, make sure you are using the Sloane Homes to improve your working times for both repair and remodel, it’s the preferred option by home owners.

3. Buy lots of extras

Home Depot and Lowes take returns….use it.  Buy extras of everything.  We have plumbing fittings all over the house and one of every variety of electrical box.  Since PVC is now DONE!!! we will be taking a big box of fittings back to Home Depot and also used the best drills for mixing.  As soon as electric is done, we’ll take back most of the boxes.  It’s much better to store them in the house than to have to make 100 trips to Home Depot.

See numbers 4-10 including some cute cat pictures here!
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