Tips for Project Success

We at Impact Construction are continually looking for ways to ensure our client’s home improvements are as successful as possible. We’ve gleaned from our experiences to put together a list of our top tips for renovation success.

Top 7 Renovation Tips for Success

1. Educate Yourself. Discuss your project with home improvement experts, as they have first hand experience.

2. Plan, Plan, Plan. This is your home, and you’ll be living with your decisions for a long time. For what you’ll invest in the renovation work, investing in a great design plan at the outset is really worthwhile. It will help the finished product look and function the way you’ve dreamed it will (or even better), and help avoid costly mistakes and disappointments.

3. Ensure you Mesh with Team. You’ll be working with your renovation team (contractor, designer, suppliers, etc) for quite some time, ensure you all get along. If you can’t see yourself sitting across from one another at dinner, you probably aren’t the right match.

4. Rent a Storage Unit or a Friend’s Basement. Especially with a renovation of any substantial size, you’ll need to find a new home for many of your personal treasures, so they’re kept clean and out of the way. Be sure to check with your insurance agent to ensure your stored items will have proper coverage.

5. Keep Your Neighbours Informed. Communication goes a long way. While the renovation may be taking place inside your home, garbage bins, wind-blown debris, increased traffic and noise all affect your neighbours, so be sure to keep them informed.

6. Prepare for Surprises. There are always surprises! When a problem arises – and one will, how it is taken care of will dictate how smooth the renovation goes. If the problem is not handled or not dealt with properly, the renovation can go bad quickly.

7. Ensure Contractor’s Experience & Professionalism. Ensure your contractor has workers compensation and adequate insurance. Be sure to look at similar past jobs and ask for those references. What makes someone else happy may not make you happy. If the contractor does good work, past customers love to show their home to others! When hiring a contractor for older homes, be sure they also have worked with knob and tube wiring, older plumbing stacks and steel lines.

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