When we do renovations for clients that are interstate some of the key things that we put in place which would be good for you to think about as well are:
- a very detailed brief to start with and walk through together. Get all of that confirmed in writing afterwards (listing all inclusions).
- always helps if you can provide them with pictures of examples (off the net) of the way you would like certain things to look
- organise to have decision points, ie by week three decide on tiles and benchtops, week 5 paint, etc. They can then provide you with photos/links of some options and you can let them know final choice.
- organise to have weekly status updates over the phone and for them to post photos regularly so that you can see progress
- get them to send you an updated schedule which shows % progress for each section of the reno
- get them to send you an updated $ statement which shows how much you have put down in progress statements and how much of that has been used up and on what
Wishing you every success, Ana