Renovation - is this a good order to do things?

[cluelessinteriors]

After much dithering, I've finally decided to renovate my living room.

Is this a good order to do the works I've planned?

1. New window
2. Additional plug sockets
3. New light fixture
4. New radiator
5. New door
6. Remove carpet and sand/treat original wooden floor
7. Create new alcove cupboard beside fireplace - shelves above
8. Touch up cracks
9. Paint

You can't put your light fitting up before you decorate. Do all the potentially destructive stuff first, new sockets, take old radiator off (are you moving it or just replacing) new window, remove old carpet (need to do this before the new door or there will be a massive gap under it when the carpet is removed. Then plaster or fill gaps, get cupboard fitted, sand floor, give the room a huge clean and then cover the floor and decorate starting at the top and then put your new light fitting up.

So destructive stuff, then messy stuff and then clean and then decorate top to bottom.

Thanks @Geneticsbunny - appreciate the advice!

So the new order would be

1. New window
2. Additional plug sockets
3. Take old radiator off (I'm not moving the position) and put in new one
4. Remove carpet
5. Touch up/plaster cracks
6. Treat/sand floor
7. Create new alcove cupboard beside fireplace - shelves above
8. New door
9. Clean room and cover floor
10. Paint/decorate
11. New light fixture

Yep. If you want, you can ask the electrician to show you how to safely change the light fitting yourself so you can do that bit.

Also, if you want to do a super pro job leave the new radiator to be fitted till after you have decorated but that is a bit tricky as you might need to get a plumber out twice so will be more expensive. Removing an old radiator is a reasonably easy DIY job if you wanted to try that though?

Cleaning and prepping take loads longer than you expect like almost the same amount of time as the decorating. Do you have a deadline or are you just going to work though the list slowly?

@Geneticsbunny thank you! I managed to mess up grouting so will be very hands off during renovations. My 'skills' are limited to assembling Ikea furniture and the odd bit of painting.

I don't have a deadline. I'll just work through the list slowly (probably adding another bit after I'm paid each month).

I bet you would be awesome at grouting second time round. Getting it wrong is how you learn. I have done some really awful grouting in my time.

Maybe check with your plasterer if they want the old carpet left down while they're working, so any mess won't matter so much.

Sanding lower down - just before clean room and cover floor.

Thanks everyone, I think I'm all set!