Looking for a Rehab Project Plan

[William Robinson]

I am a project manager (different industry) and would like to use a project plan to schedule out my rehab. Anyone have a Work Breakdown our Plan I can leverage?

[David Robertson]

Hey William,

Here's a general timeline and order of operations for a cosmetic rehab project for a 3 bed, 2 bathroom property that involves minor exterior work and mostly cosmetic interior finishes including new kitchen cabinets, bathrooms, interior paint, floor finishes throughout.

Cosmetic Rehab Timeline (Exterior & Interior Simultaneous Crews) 

Other Considerations:

Simultaneous Exterior & Interior Work

This schedule assumes 2 crews on-site to start the project, one crew starting the exterior work, while another crew is working on the interior finishes for a total of 32 Calendar days (crews working weekends).  If you you can't have 2 crews working simultaneously on the Exterior or Interior that will automatically add a week to your schedule.

Working Weekends

If your crews don't work weekends that could also add 10-ish days over the course of a month.

Planning Stage (Inspections, SOW, Contractor Bidding & Project Prep)

The schedule assumes you will be starting the renovation on day 1 of property ownership, which means during the closing period you are performing inspections, creating a SOW for the project and getting bids from contractors so you can hit the ground running.  

If you wait to start planning, receiving bids until after you close on the property, you could waste 30 days planning the project & awarding contracts. 

Permitting
Local building departments have different rules and procedures for permitting and some take a notoriously long-time to get permits approved which could add several weeks to your schedule.  

Project Management, Schedule Slippage & the Critical Path
This schedule also assumes you are running a tight-ship and have all of your crews scheduled and showing up on time.  Any delay on the critical path could delay the entire project completion!

Overall, if you hit the ground running, have multiple crews on the project you should be able to complete a cosmetic rehab in about 30 to 50 calendar days.  If you aren't prepared upfront, run into permitting issues or mismanage your contractors that schedule could very easily slip to 60 to 90 days+.