On today’s episode,   Bernadette is back with Day 11 of the mini-series 14 Days To A New Bathroom. She will discuss trades and making sure you get efficient quality of work that's both cost-effective and reliable. She will be breaking down each trade you need for your bathroom renovation and give her best tips for you to able to forge a good relationship with each of your trades.   Bernadette covers,

• Why she prefers breaking down each trade for your bathroom renovation
• How to cut down the costs by managing the project yourself and not rely on one company builder
• Preparing complete documentation to get quotes for your project and using it as reference
• What you need to include in your bathroom renovation checklist
• Making sure your quotes are competitive by getting 3 to 5 quotes per trade
• Getting decent trades by setting down the ground rules in your scope of work
• Her recent experience with an unreliable trade and how she dealt with it
• Why it is essential for you to teach your trade about how to treat you and not tolerate a bad attitude.
• The things you need to check first about your trades before you engage with them
• Why she likes to work with trades that have teams
• Planning on what your trades need to complete each day

 

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