Undergoing a home renovation project is an exciting time – more space for the inhabitants, a refreshed, aesthetically pleasing look, and the potential to add more value to your home – what’s not to be excited about?
However, the prospect of living in an actual building site is less stirring; we’d wager. From endless tea/coffee runs, sharing your driveway, being surrounded by dust, debris, and clutter, and protecting your belongings from the mess, juggling a home renovation and day-to-day life is hard.
However, no matter how many dust sheets you use, splashes, dust, and knocks can still occur, wreaking havoc on your precious household items. Your belongings aren’t always protected against breakages, tears, or spillages, but there are ways to reduce them – we outline some below.
Move Your Belongings Out
If you don’t have enough space to keep your belongings safe at home during your renovation, why not consider moving your belongings out? Getting your belongings out of the way while you paint, plaster, and tile, may sound like a dream to most homeowners. Still, it’s entirely feasible to use self-storage solutions or removal and storage companies.
Unlike some self-storage solutions that require bringing everything you want to store to them, a joint removal, packing, and storage company like Bright Movers collects and returns your belongings after your home renovation is done – keeping them protected every step of the way. Consider visiting their website and see how their services could protect your belongings today.
Remove Wall Decorations
Even if you’re not doing any painting, it is best to remove any wall decorations you have, as it only takes a little overly harsh drilling (or a knock from a misplaced ladder!) to send artwork and photographs toppling to the floor.
Remove everything from the walls and even hard-to-reach places like the hood of your stove, or the very top of your cupboards, as this will eliminate the risk of falls, breakages, and any other damages. It also protects your workers from head injuries, as if a heavy decoration were to fall and land on their head or another body part, it would indeed setback your renovation!
Plus, if you are to be giving your walls a fresh coat of paint, ensuring that the wall is entirely bare before you start is the best way to ensure that a good job will be done (and it saves you time and effort trying to remove them all last minute!).
Keep Essentials On Hand
Nothing is more frustrating than carefully packing everything away only to later that you tucked away something you need at this very moment. To avoid this frustration, it’s essential that you set aside a box/bag of essential items before you put the rest into self-storage, into your spare room, or wherever you plan to store it until the renovation is complete.
Whether this is your coffee maker, juicer, or toaster, doing so will ensure that you don’t go without while your project is underway and save you the time/effort of rooting through the belongings you have stashed away for protection, trying to find the one thing you need. Plus, it keeps them close by if you have any valuable items you’d prefer to keep an eye on instead of putting them into storage!
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