I have only been here a couple of months and am learning so much. My question is, when rehabbing a property there must be a best order in which to do repairs. What is that order? Is it plumbing then electrical can they both be done at the same time? I assume painting and cleaning are the last two things? Is landscaping first, last or does it matter when you do it? Thank you for your replies
A mistake I made when I was a newbie (I still make mistakes) was I repaired the drywalls and then had the foundation for a pier and beam house repaired which introduced new cracks once the house was leveled. so needless to say I had to repair the walls all over again
There is probably no best answer for this. Some of it will depend on how the inspections go. For instance, you need the electrical inspected before you put up the drywall because the inspector may not pass it if they can't see everything you did and you'll have to tear off drywall to give them access.
For plumbing they generally (it's different in different cities) will pass the rough in inspection first, then you have to do the other stuff (like install the bathtub and fill it with water) and pass that stuff before you do the wall tiles etc.
You probably want to take care of the structural stuff (foundation) and roof before you do anything inside. If you have a leak in the roof, it will damage what you are fixing inside.
A mistake I made when I was a newbie (I still make mistakes) was I repaired the drywalls and then had the foundation for a pier and beam house repaired which introduced new cracks once the house was leveled. so needless to say I had to repair the walls all over again
Thank you very much, that is very concise and helpful. I appreciate it as I would rather not waste time and money having to redo, undo something because I had gotten ahead of myself in the order of repairs.