How Remodelers Handle Projects During the Holidays

Remodelers & the Holidays

With people spending more time at home, homeowners more commonly reach out to remodelers for help refreshing their homes. That, of course, includes demo as part of the process. Usually, homeowners don’t really want to have their homes torn up for the holidays. Makes sense, right? On the contrary, recent years have seen homeowners not mind going through an extensive remodel over the holiday months.

If a project begins in late October, Christmas will most likely come and go before the end of the project. Most of these homeowners might be grandparents who plan to spend the holidays with family elsewhere. Other homeowners might be single and live alone who don’t mind a mess over the holidays.

Communication is Key

Projects that occur over the holidays require extra care when it comes to client communication. Some homeowners might not want workers inside their home while vacationing. Others might want workers on-site as soon as possible to keep the project from stalling. You should have these conversations with your remodelers well before the holidays, even before demolition starts. Your remodeling company needs to know if it’s okay to work through the holidays.

Holiday Deadlines

An easy way to make sure everyone is on the same page about the project is using Buildertrend. As one of our clients, you have your own Buildertrend log in where you can easily access your calendar. Not only can we block off certain dates like Christmas and New Year’s Day, but you can add your own items to the schedule if you prefer no work to happen on a certain day. Just be sure to inform your project manager too.

A holiday-related deadline can be stressful. The homeowners’ holiday plans may depend on the deadline, which puts extra pressure on the contractor to meet it. If you bring this to our attention during initial meetings, we will be transparent with you on whether we believe a holiday deadline is possible. We don’t make promises we can’t keep. It’s more important to be upfront than see problems in the end.

Taking a Break

Despite workloads, remodelers still plan to take at least a short holiday break. As for Cabex, our showroom will be closed December 23 at noon until December 27 at 9 A.M. For New Year’s, our showroom will be closed December 30 at noon until January 3 at 9 A.M.