Remodel readiness quiz.

Fourteen is fully planned.

• Planning score = your points ÷ 14, as a percentage
• 85% and up: ready to get a written number
• 50 to 84%: close, with a few decisions to make first
• Under 50%: early days; start with the scope and the budget
• Every answer under two points becomes a checklist line with the page that helps

Scope first, because everything else is priced from it. Finishes second, because the lead times start when you pick. Then the quote, the budget and a reserve, where you'll shower for two weeks, what the HOA or the condo board requires, and when you need it done.

• Scope: what changes and what stays, in writing
• Finishes: tile, valve and trim, vanity, glass, with model numbers
• Quote: a written, itemized fixed price, not a verbal number
• Budget: the number plus a 10 to 20 percent reserve
• Living: the second bathroom, parking, the dog, a cleared path
• Access: HOA or board rules on hours, elevators and insurance
• Timing: a window, a date, or a hard deadline

The scope and the finishes are yours to decide; the quote and the schedule are ours to write. Most people arrive with three or four open items, which is normal: the free visit is where most of them close, because Brad measures, looks at the plumbing and tells you what the choices really are.