Planning Ahead: How to Prepare for a Kitchen Remodel in the New Albany and Lewis Center, OH, Area
While a kitchen remodel Lewis Center and Albany, OH, area home is exciting, the process can put a dent in your day-to-day routine. When you properly plan ahead for each stage of the kitchen remodel, you can minimize any stress and truly enjoy the transformation.
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Plan Your Storage
As part of your kitchen remodel, you may need to put everything from your kitchen space into storage. This includes the pots and pans, contents of the drawers, décor, and cleaning products.
Some homeowners like to rent a storage unit that is dropped in the driveway or yard to keep the kitchen items and furniture out of the way. This can be helpful when you have quite a bit to store and don’t want to clutter up other parts of your home.
Remember that this transitional situation could be an ideal time to weed through and donate items and furniture that you no longer need or want.
Plan Your Meals
Although you are undoubtedly thrilled about having a kitchen renovation, you still need to eat. Planning how you will cook before the project starts can be crucial to making meals. You might be tempted to eat out often but a kitchen remodel can take some time, so planning a way to cook some food in the meantime is important.
You may find that you can use your microwave, air fryer, and other small appliances in another space, such as your finished basement, to ensure that you have food to eat for every meal. If you plan to replace your kitchen appliances, perhaps you could move the refrigerator to the garage, to keep items cold during the remodel.
Once your kitchen remodel is complete and you can move the cooking activities back to the kitchen space, you can look into donating that old refrigerator and any other appliances you no longer need.
Plan for Pets and Children
A kitchen remodel can be stressful to pets and children. Keeping them on a routine schedule each day, as much as possible, could help. You will also need a place for them to get away from the noise and workers, so consider which rooms they could stay in during the transition.
You could also plan to do some fun, out-of-the-ordinary activities with your children to take the focus off the kitchen project for a little while.
Plan for the Mess
There is no way around it, a kitchen remodel can be a messy process. That’s why you will want to keep in contact with your kitchen remodel contractor about expectations, the timeline of construction work, and any cleanup plans so that you can manage your expectations and how you can continue to keep your household running smoothly.
Plan for Access
Your kitchen remodel contractor may need access to your home when you are not there. Many homeowners like to use a lockbox that secures the key and requires a numeric code to open. This can keep the key secured so that no one can just walk up, locate the key, and enter your home. The lockbox will give you a sense of security that your key is available but not out in the open.
About the Author
In 2017, David C. Ludolph II and Kody G. Kavanagh joined forces to create PropertyWorx—one of Central Ohio’s leading full-service property solutions companies. With combined experience of over 50 years, we pride ourselves on taking both residential and commercial properties to the next level, by providing home and business owners with all they need to update, transform, and tend to their properties.
