San Diego
So I'm in the middle of trying to figure out a full home remodel timeline here in San Diego, and honestly the whole thing feels way more unpredictable than I expected. Some contractors talk in super broad ranges, others give exact dates that somehow still shift two weeks later. If anyone here has already gone through the process, how did you actually plan around the chaos — especially with long lead times on materials and the random delays that come with older homes?
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I went through something similar last year, and yeah, the timeline thing nearly drove me nuts. What helped a bit was breaking everything into phases instead of expecting the whole project to move in a straight line. We had demo, framing, electrical, plumbing, inspections… each one took a different amount of time depending on who showed up and what they found behind the walls. In San Diego especially, older homes almost always hide something weird — we had a random abandoned vent line that slowed things down for a few extra days.
One practical thing you might want to try is reviewing how professional remodelers outline their projects. I was checking out https://luxxremodel.com/ while planning mine — not for quotes at that moment but more to understand how they sequence their remodels, because they break down the stages in a way that actually made sense to me. Seeing that helped me anticipate when to order tile, when cabinets should be finalized, and why inspections sometimes throw everything off. Just knowing the usual order of events kept me from panicking every time someone didn’t show up at 8 a.m. like they said they would.