Work Plan Ideas
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Make sure you protect your investment
Do your research, ask contractors and product suppliers. If you don’t feel comfortable or they don’t provide a detailed list of works for your job, find someone who can. This site will help you find somebody with the right attitude but you also have control over planting that seed of compliance through choice and not accepting less than you deserve.
Create a mood Board
This is where you get images etc, of products and styles, colour preferences or whatever you like. Ready to communicate your ideas to designers and workman
Write your ideas down
Make a list of the work you want done, then make sub lists breaking down each point into smaler achievable tasks. Get help from professionals for this if you need.
Time to get more technical
Take time to map out the areas with proper dimensions and also product sizes, you can use software or squared paper and cut furniture out to size to play around with your space.
Start to contact professionals
This is what we are all about, helping you find specific contractors to do the required job to a better standard than without us. Better choose 2 or 3 trades with the right skills than hope for the best.
Know your contractor
Take a little time to get to know your contractors and build a relationship with them, if it doesn’t go how you expect, we will help you find alternatives. If they like to work with specific tradesman that’s generally not a bad thing, but still do your own checks as well.
Designs and Plans
Communication is your most valuable tool, visual tools (3D) can help you talk through your ideas much more effectively than without. they may also help you with specialist details and material lists, helping you with budgets and council permits.
Schedule of works
Spreadsheets or simply making neat lists to put in a folder, get your contractors involved with the process, search on line or use AI to help you get started. However you do this you want to end up with a document that can be signed by all parties including the price and a time schedule for work.
Schedule of payments
You don’t want to pay too much ahead of defined schedules however much pressure is put on you, But you have to be sensible about what’s needed for them to start. Again get it written down and signed, make sure you know your rights ahead of time to help with clear communication.
Get a signed contract
Sorry about the repetition here, but it just saves so much time with “he said, she said” scenario. It’s just so important to protect yourself and your most valuable asset.
Allow for insurance
We are all human, people make mistakes on both sides, quite often over communication or being ill-prepared. Don’t let this happen to you, Insurance is your backup.
Plan for remedial work
Settling in periods, mistakes etc, are all real issues, plan for them , allow some time and budget for them, Don’t forget about rubbish removal. a clean site is an efficient site. Spending time on the planning and communication will help to minimise this part of the job.
Safety / Access plan
Periodic cleaning and keeping pathways clear is part of a safe site, a safety plan is where you make sure site hazards are noted and dealt with quickly, plan for routine rubbish removal. Helps a lot, Thanks for your co-operation. Making the extra effort always pays off in the end.
