How To Live Through A Renovation
A home renovation is one of the most exciting yet daunting projects a person can undertake.
Whether you’re embarking on a kitchen, bathroom, or bedroom renovation, revamping your home naturally comes with some disruption to your normal routines.
Can You Live In A House While Renovating?
The answer to this question is yes, you can live in a house while renovating, provided it’s safe to do so.
That said, this doesn’t mean that living in a house during an ongoing renovation project doesn’t come without its own challenges.
Now that you know it's possible, let’s look at how to live through a renovation.
There are numerous tips you can follow to live through a renovation. These include, but are not limited to:
Choose work, living and relaxing areas
Protect your possessions and furniture
Find a reputable designer
Ensure your essentials are accessible
Get inventive with recipes
1. Choose Work, Living & Relaxing Areas
While living in your home during a renovation is preferable in terms of the money you will save, it’s crucial to choose work, living and relaxing zones.
To do this, establish the minimum amount of space that you and your family need to live day-to-day at home.
In the interest of keeping the project moving, be prepared to be flexible. This might mean living mainly upstairs for a while when the kitchen is renovated and then swapping to the living downstairs when it’s time to renovate your master bathroom or bedrooms.
By designating work, living and relaxing areas, you can keep your lifestyle as close to your normal routine as possible throughout the renovation process.
It’s possible to live in your home during a renovation, as long as it’s safe.
2. Protect Your Possessions & Furniture
The next tip to live through a renovation is to protect your possessions and furniture.
There’s no denying that dust can get everywhere during the renovation process. However, it’s still important to cover your furniture and possessions in dust sheets and other protective materials where possible.
In addition to this, you’ll want to ensure that you are staying on top of vacuuming and sweeping floors regularly to avoid a build-up of dust.
This is important because, over time, dust particles can irritate the respiratory system and begin to impact your physical well-being.
That said, regularly cleaning your living space will help to ensure that it’s safe for you and your family to live in your home while the renovation is ongoing.
3. Find A Reputable Designer
Living through a renovation is made more effortless and efficient with the right designer on board.
Although delays can happen, your chosen designer will make the difference between a seamless renovation project and one rife with avoidable issues.
Bearing this in mind, do your research, check a designer’s portfolio, and read Google reviews to narrow down your search.
If you’re looking to renovate your home, Cwtch Haus is on hand to help. We have years of experience in creating bespoke kitchen, bathroom and bedroom designs.
We offer a complete end-to-end service, from the initial planning stages through to installation and maintain a close relationship with our customers throughout the renovation process to ensure their expectations are exceeded.
Get in touch with a member of our team to find out more.
Always carry out thorough research to find a reputable designer.
4. Ensure Your Essentials Are Accessible
The next tip to help you live through a renovation is to ensure your essentials are accessible.
You'll need access to numerous essentials, from clean bedding to fresh clothes, to make living through a renovation possible.
This will be much easier if you segment your renovation stage-by-stage, such as renovating the downstairs before renovating your bedrooms upstairs or vice versa.
Whether you’re using a temporary storage solution or you still have access to wardrobes and shelving units, you’ll want to keep your essentials organised to make day-to-day life as simple as possible.
Having an abundance of storage bags on hand will make this process easier if you do end up having to move your living spaces around.
5. Get Inventive With Recipes
Last but not least, to live through a renovation, you must get inventive with recipes.
Preparing for a kitchen renovation is much less daunting when you have a few fail-safe recipes in your back pocket and a temporary kitchen set up somewhere safe in your home.
You will need to consider adjusting your weekly meal plans to accommodate a lack of an oven, as well as other appliances you’d ordinarily have if you weren’t renovating your kitchen.
You’d be surprised by how many meals you can make with a microwave, so don’t be afraid to research adapted recipes and get creative.
A home renovation will require some experimentation when it comes to cooking.
We hope that this article has given you a better understanding of how to live through a renovation.
Cwtch Haus dedicates time and attention to understanding our customers’ lifestyles and habits to create a space that is perfectly tailored to their needs. We work to ensure that your space is not only beautiful but practical for your everyday use.
Get in touch for your free consultation and design from one of our experts. For more advice, head to our design & renovation blog page or get in contact about our renovation services.
Written by Jemima Thomas for Cwtch Haus.
