How Many Pitfalls Can You Hit During Home Renovation?
How many pitfalls can there be in home renovation? The key is the role played by the renovation company throughout the process: is it a referee or a player?
There’s virtually no repeat business in home renovation—“one mark-up per customer” is the industry norm. The process is hard to stop and irreversible, so surprise add-ons are standard practice. The supply chain involved is long, requiring coordination with multiple suppliers, which opens the door to material substitutions.
Turnkey contracts (labor and materials included) are more convenient, but you worry the company will cut corners or subcontract the work. If you buy hard finishes yourself—like flooring, bathroom fixtures, and pipes—you must deal with multiple suppliers, calculate quantities, and fear material swaps. Supervising the crew takes time; skipping it means risking sloppy work on critical steps like waterproofing, which becomes a hassle once you move in.
The best-case scenario: Alibaba Home and JD Home bring new life to the industry by using internet technology to empower C2C renovations—standardizing construction drawings to avoid material waste, delivering precise quotes, and digitizing details like material specs, pricing, manufacturers, and quantities so that digital records remain usable years later when you renovate again.
JD Home: The safest choice is to spend a bit more on a platform you can’t run away from, pick a straightforward package to sidestep common pitfalls, and go for quality furniture to finish the job.