Renovating your home is often an expensive and prolonged project. And you will likely find it both exciting and draining to deal with. It takes time to feel like you’re making progress or even gathering up the courage necessary to forge ahead with your project. A lot of planning is required here. So it’s best to prepare for every eventuality – to the degree that you can at least.
Yet here we hope to discuss a preparation effort that you may not have made or even considered making, one that has supreme relevance in the times of Covid-19 and national lockdowns. By this, we mean the efforts you undertake to be considerate. This might involve being considerate of your neighbors, of the services you enlist to help you, and of those that may be affected by this upheaval.
Three Tips for Renovating Your Home While Still Being Considerate of Your Neighbors
Even if you have relatively little to do in this regard, it’s best to plan for it. After all, if a problem is raised, it can distract you or potentially prolong your renovation even further. With the following advice, we hope that’s not the strict case:
1 – Neighbor Awareness
It’s vital to consider your neighbors at this time, as mentioned above. Covid-19 and its associated national lockdowns mean that there are likely many people at home that may not have otherwise been at home during the week.
This means that telling them all in a socially-distanced manner about your plans, when noisy work will be carried out, and to call if there are any problems is a lovely little bit of outreach that will, in no small part, encourage people to be more tolerant of you. Giving them your cell number enables them to call you instead of your local authorities, keeping things friendlier.
While daytime construction sounds aren’t necessarily preventable and are within your right to make, being communicative will help people understand and accept this time.
2 – Labor Requirements
It’s important to work around the labor requirements of small businesses helping you achieve this effort. For instance, it might be that they may take a little longer to work in a manner that maintains their personal safety. They may ask that you vacate the property at certain times for this. It might take longer for them to source materials for the job. The entire process might be a little more inconvenient than you are used to.
Thankfully – right now, this is normal and shouldn’t cause alarm. Just understand that you may need to adjust your plans accordingly. Flexibility, along with a great sense of humor, are keys to successfully navigating this entire process.
3 – Wildlife Care
Wildlife care is important to consider. After all, knocking down your house, building anew, tearing up the earth, all of this can cause great havoc. Indeed, that activity may cause harm you didn’t intend. This is why it’s best to use wildlife removal services to both inspect and humanely remove the presence of any creatures, such as nesting bats. This can help you move forward with confidence and care. To that extent, it’s more than worth the investment.
Some of the critters you might encounter include the following:
- bats
- squirrels
- chipmunks
- hornets or wasps
- birds
- honeybees
- mice
- rats
While you are renovating your home is the ideal opportunity to rid your house of these pests.
The Takeaway on Renovating Your Home Without Disturbing the Neighbors
With this advice, we hope you can renovate your home, not only while being considerate to your neighbors and the little critters that may also be squatting in your home but to your future self who had handily and carefully taken action before problems arose.
She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificates in Natural Health and Herbology from accredited programs. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.
Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."
Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.
Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.
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