Basically I'm renovating my house with my dad as the main con. What we did was in the following while at the same time renovating from the rear to the front to minimise damage passing by. I recommend to start as follows:

Pre-requisites:
1. Engage ID
2. Engage architect/draftsman to submit city council approval

Actual work:
1. Structure and plumbing (from the back to the front with top and bottom floor at the same time)
2. Roofing
3. Wiring
4. Walls plastering and window work
5. Tiles (Again start from the innermost places so you don't walkby them constantly to risk scratching them
5. Car porch structure
6. Car porch wall plastering
7. Car porch wiring
8. Cabinets and interior work
9. Laminate/SPC flooring (do it at the very last for the interior because it is easy to scratch)
10. Car porch tiles
11. Front gate, grilles and fence
12. Painting

My dad is main con for the structural works, plumbing, wiring, painting and tiles. Cabinets we hired an ID, while for laminate flooring, windows, grilles, gate we found them externally.

Best order of work is actually engaging the ID first. We fcked up big by not doing that from the very beginning, ended up doing one thousand and one changes over the project because of changing minds and unforeseen limitations. Eventually we decided on a ID but it delayed our project by 2 months due to the time taken to find an ID we like and discussing all the small details until a 3D render. After we have the ID drawings it is SOOOOO easy. Even if you don't plan for a professional ID, just engaging ID from cabinet makers already gives you a very good idea.

This post has been edited by holynoob: Jul 30 2024, 02:21 PM