1. Create a time plan for your renovation.
Factor in some big blowouts in terms of time estimates. Bad stuff happens; be prepared for it. If you’re hiring tradies to perform the work, you can save time by having some jobs completed in parallel. For example, you can have the outside painted while the kitchen is being installed.
Be sure to consider the logistics of each job, though. You don’t want tradies treading on each others’ toes. And you don’t want the carpet laid before the internal walls are painted.