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I don't see why quality of work should drop just because there is a penalty to missing the deadline. Does it mean that the timeline given was never meant to be taken seriously? Commercial works have penalty and still quality of work must be delivered. So what's the diff?

Hi all, yes the contractor agreed to my rates. I brought this up during our early meetings and work has already started. He was pretty confident it would end on time so he just agreed. I think a verbal agreement is also legally binding. anyway the total amount I calculated was $15 x 5 + $25 x 5 + $35 x 2 = $270 I calculated based on a 5 day work week though he had little works going on during the weekends. anyway, he suggested that he would paint all the doors and gate of my house instead of an outright $270 rebate and we were fine with that. I just hope more people would do this and put it in the early stages of negotiations so that this become an industry practice. It already is the industry practice in the commercial reno market, why not home reno market?

Depending on the amount you need to remove, it might span between 1 to 2 days. Hacking for 2 toilets and kitchen usually takes 3 full days. You might be able to get workers to dismantle the kitchen while another hack the toilets. This way you save a day. Floor hacking no experience so can't advise. Your carpenter and electrician needs to work together because you might want your cupboard to hide some wires. Then you need your electrician, plumbing and tiling guys to work the kitchen and toilet so that they can hide some pipes and wires if need to. Your electrician should be in to do some primary wiring before the false ceiling goes up. Need to pln your lighting and power outlets right after hacking. Painting don't need 3 days. You want the painter to come in to paint once before any carpentry goes up then 2nd coat after all is done to touch up the damaged parts via a/c and other works installation. This will also make sure that you wont have a patch of unpainted area when you decide to change any carpentry work I future. I am thinking you have too little days for carpentry and electrical works

Though I have a contractor for my reno, I found myself coordinating a lot of the works. it seems the workers didn't know what was required! Doing self coordination can save you a lot of money but is time intensive. Both are related, time and money, if you have time go ahead and diy coordinating. Else you are paying for Someone else's time to coordinate for you.

Just sharing with everyone what you can do to deter contractors from completing your reno late. I am in the midst of my reno works and apparently it will be delayed "due to unforeseen events" like the President Election.. *rolleyes* I made my contractor an agreement: for each day of late delivery (LD) I will get $15 off my final for the first 7 days The next 7 days will be $25 off for each day The following 7 days onwards at $35 off. he is now 10 days late hehe and there's a flurry of work going on now. You guys might want to consider the same and when more people do this it will become industry standard. This is already the standard for commercial contractors at up to $2000 per day for late delivery! So my rates for home reno sounds pretty sane. My friends actually suggested $50 per day. So go with what you are comfortable with. Hope it helps!