Don’t under estimate the amount of work involved in your project

Now the reason for writing this one is that although I have previously said our project is all completed, I kind of thought it was, but it’s only now sitting and looking around our house realise that although the really big stuff is completed, there are lots of smaller jobs still to be done.

These small jobs mean all sorts of things but include the following:

There is still money to be spent

There is still lots of time needed to complete them [if I am going to do it] and get them all finished

Unfinished work can start to annoy you, and it can take the shine of the other work you have completed

And if you work on it and finish it without much effort, or complete it quickly or half heartedly it can look really bad and ruin the look of the whole project .

People will also notice the poor or unfinished work and it could well affect any future sale price should you need to sell or might even deter people from buying it.

One way to reduce the chances of having lots of work left to do is to draw up a list at the beginning of the project of everything required [well nearly everything]

This is normally called a specification, which is set out in a logical way normally set out room by room and then inside the house and outside. It lists what needs to be done and you can use it as work progresses crossing of what gets completed.

This does take time to produce however and should not be rushed as this is when things are missed, to help you there are blank lists available on the internet to help get you started.

If it is not something you feel able to do then you can get a professional to draw something up for you, maybe your architect or someone he can recommend.

If you looking around it would be worth using someone with a professional qualification such as RICS or MCIOB to make sure they know what they are talking about.