As we have been renovating, we have some tips on how to cope with living and working in your home when you have builders pulling your house and lifestyle apart!
Move everything out of their way and store it in an enclosed space. This way your precious possessions won’t get broken or covered in “building dust”.
Pack away most of your children’s toys. This does sound mean, but it is a lot easier than having crying children with broken or lost toys from leaving them under your builders feet!
Don’t plan to work while the contractors are going to be doing major noisy jobs, ask them the night before what they will be doing the next day, this way you can sort out when to make your phone calls and when to leave the house for lunch!
Make sure you put protective coverings over your carpet or hard flooring. It is amazing what gets dropped by accident even by the most prudent of workmen. Building dust can really scratch hardwood floors, so make sure you keep it covered and taped down
Take all your pictures off the walls, as the contractors carry timber and plasterboard sheet through your home they can easily be knocked, or...