How to Enjoy Your Renovation Process and Keep It on Track, with Tanya

About this episode

In this episode, Amelia Lee and guest Tanya discuss the enjoyable renovation process of Tanya's Melbourne home and the effective strategies that contributed to its success.

Hello! This is Episode 395, and this is Part 2 of my conversation with HOME Method member, Tanya, about the renovation of their Melbourne home that they’ve now been enjoying living in for a year, and experiencing the results of their efforts in how it functions and performs. [For all resources mentioned in this podcast and a free, downloadable PDF transcript, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/395 ] In the last episode, we heard how Tanya used the Brief Builder inside HOME Method to get really clear on how she and her family wanted to live, and how that helped her confidently choose her team and set her project up for success. If you missed Part 1, you can head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/394 to listen or download the free PDF transcript. In this episode, we dive into what happened next. You’ll hear how that upfront clarity and preparation flowed into their construction phase, and why Tanya describes that part of the project as calm, collaborative and genuinely enjoyable. We talk about how their site meetings were run, the way they managed communication and record keeping during the build, and how front loading their decisions meant they weren’t second…

People in this episode

Host: Amelia Lee

Guest: Tanya

Topics covered

• renovation
• construction
• home design
• project management
• sustainability

Keywords

• renovation process
• HOME Method
• construction phase
• site meetings
• demolition waste

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Melbourne

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