Good luck Pete!
We're in the ending stages of our Master Bath remodel. We moved out of our bedroom, bathroom and closet in January and they started Feb. 1. I'm in one bath, dh is sharing with our son. Our clothes are on the third floor in baskets, messing up my office something fierce. It's JUST starting to wear on me. We installed an Elfa closet system and we won't be able to move stuff back in there until we finish up in the bedroom as well. I'm hating the chaos!

Beth P.

Mine is due to start in less than 2 weeks so I can relate. My contractor said that the job should not take more than 2 weeks barring something unforseen happening. I was happy to find a contractor who did not want to start the job until ALL the materials were on site, that way there will no hold up due to waiting for tile or cabinets or toilet or something to arrive. I hope he's right!

I hope to start on ours in a couple months. But since it's DIY mostly we will be living in a mess for a while. I'm trying to convince DH that we will need to move out of our room into the guest room but he thinks it'll be fine. I am already having nightmares of dust getting into everything and rewashing all our laundry.

Ours took just over a year. Time flies when you're having fun! I work from home too and can relate, all you can do is take a deep breath and keep your eye on the prize. It's so wonderful when it's done.

Sympathies in advance: Ours is in week 9 now but we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. All materials were ordered 3 months ahead by the GC and were available as of the start date. We knew that there would be built-in delays in the schedule, for example, while granite was templated and cut. However, further delays occurred as the granite broke in the final cuts and we needed to locate another acceptable slab, needed to change the glass supplier at the last minute as the first one suddenly couldn't meet requirements, etc.

The noisiest part was the demolition in the first couple of days, so not so much of an issue although the vibrations wiggled loose the pot lights in our kitchen below! DH works from home and previously survived a kitchen reno, which took only 5 weeks in total, but was a much bigger disruption to the main living space.

Luckily we were able to move out of the bedroom and use another full bath. The bedroom was well draped in plastic and the floor covered with boards and tarps, but it was a disaster. Inconvenient yes, but well worth the effort to temporarily relocate. Just make sure you move enough of your stuff, just in case...

Hey all --

Demo began this morning -- so far no surprises, but there is still lots of demo to be done!

Cats are a little crazy being confined, so far that's the biggest problem!

Pete