Greg Smith Company Guide:
Establishing Your Home Remodeling
& Contractor Priorities

Before you start serious planning for a home remodeling project — and before you start talking to remodeling contractors — it’s useful to define your remodeling priorities. We hope you find this guide helpful in getting the most from your home remodeling project.

Also see our tips on How to Select a Remodeling Contractor.

Unless otherwise instructed in a question , establish your priorities assuming you can afford to do the project and use the remodeler(s) you are considering. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers. Instead, these questions will help you clarify what matters most to you and to see your priorities in ways you may not otherwise consider.

Part 1 - Home Remodeling Project Priorities

Print Part 1 and fill in your answers to these questions about your project.

1. What is it about my home now that reduces its value (emotional, functional, financial) to me?

2. What is it about my home that I want to change? (For example: make more space, improve appearance, increase functionality, modernize it, fix it up for resale, etc.)

3. What must I absolutely have in my remodeling project?

4. What more would I like to have done to my home if I can afford it?

5. What would be nice to have — but that I could do without if it added too much cost?