Can I Live in My Home During a Renovation?

You can definitely live in your home during home renovations in Burlington; however, in some cases, homeowners may not want to live in their home during certain parts of the process.

When it’s Usually Possible

In most cases, you will be able to live in your home during home renovations. This is usually the case when you are just conducting renovations in one area of the home, like the kitchen, bathrooms, or basement.

Generally, you can live at home with any kind of minor renovation, too. For example, if you are just changing the floors throughout your entire house, you can usually live in during this process.

Short-lived projects also make it easy to live at home during the process.

Challenges to Expect

Just because you can live in your home during renovations does not mean that it is always easy to do so. There are definitely challenges that can impact your life at home during renovations. You can expect:

Noise: Home renovations and construction are known for being noisy, as heavy-duty machinery is needed to demolish existing home elements. If you are sensitive to noise, you may want to consider alternate living arrangements.
Dust: Most homes get super dusty during the renovation process. This is natural during the building process, but those with allergies may struggle.
Limited Access to Rooms: During a renovation, there will be times when you will not be able to access certain areas of your home, which can make it challenging to live in your home. Not being able to use the kitchen is usually the biggest struggle for most people.

When it May Be Best to Move Out Temporarily

Full Home Renovation: If you are dealing with a complete home renovation, you may find living at home to be very disruptive.
Major Structural Work: Any changes made to the structure of the home or any kind of asbestos removal pose health and safety risks, in which case, you cannot live at home.

If you are looking to renovate any area of your home, reach out to Rose Building Group to learn more about whether living at home is right for you.

What Homeowners Are Saying

An Outstanding Experience from Start to Finish

Our Oakville project with Rose Group was 3+ months and the overall experience was categorially outstanding. The entire Rose team, including sub-trades are patient, communicative, responsive, and professional. While any major renovation is stressful, Team Rose seem to have a calming way about them, for which we very much appreciated. The project was on time, on budget, and Rose is flexible to make sure you receive value add along the way.The end result of our project is beyond our expectations, and we have no doubt Rose will be engaged again.

Many thanks to Matt, Neil, Alisha, Matt, Brittany, Andrew, Adam, Chris, and the entire Rose team!!!!

google review Dan Smith, Oakville

high quality standard

Our family recently had the privilege of working with Rose Building Group for a kitchen/bathroom/laundry renovation and couldn’t be more satisfied with both the process and the final product. The RGB team and their trade specialists are exceptionally talented at their crafts and very conscientious. The project was completed efficiently, to a high quality standard and the entire team was an absolute pleasure to work with. Special shout out to Neil for being such a first-class professional and always leaving us feeling like our home was in the best of hands. We are so grateful we found RGB and can’t recommend them enough.

google review Julia Amorim

nothing but great things to say

Matthew, Settle and entire team were so professional and Alisha, the selections coordinator, was especially helpful and went out of her way to help with some of the finishing choices.

Other than a few things that were delayed beyond their control, this renovation was completed in a very timely manner and is absolutely beautiful. They made our vision come to fruition and we hope to use them again when we are ready to renovate our main bathroom. They made the process of doing a major renovation relatively low stress and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to do a major renovation.

Great job RBG- you were all awesome!

google review Katie Harrison

We Couldn’t Be Happier with Our Renovation!

It is a pleasure to offer a review of the Rose Building Group and Matthew Rose upon the completion of our whole home renovation in the fall of 2020. Despite many challenging circumstances that were not of his making Matthew remained focused, solution oriented and delivered a superior result on time. He maintained open, honest, clear and responsive communication and made himself available to answer any questions. The team from RBG was skilled, hardworking, polite and respectful. Similarly, the skilled trades that were subcontracted by Matthew were careful, thorough and demonstrated excellent quality work.

Our home is where we live out the heart of our family and we are grateful for all that Matthew and his team accomplished for us. Thank you!

google review Sarah M., Burlington

Can I Live in My Home During a Renovation?

When it’s Usually Possible

Challenges to Expect

When it May Be Best to Move Out Temporarily

What Homeowners Are Saying

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