Humor helps

Humor helps
Someday you'll look back at this and laugh. Really.

The Ingers say a sense of humor may be the ultimate coping tool. "Everything awful that happens will become a good story that you can regale your friends with," says Ivan.

Here's an example. During one of the Ingers' major renovations, their bedroom was unusable, so the couple slept on a sofa bed in the dining room. Jeri had come down with the flu overnight and was so sick by morning that after Ivan went to work, she pulled the covers over her head and went back to sleep.

Suddenly, something startled her awake. She stuck her feverish head out of the covers. A strange man's face stared directly over hers.

At first she was terrified -- then "I howled with laughter," Jerry says. It turned out the man was the electrician, and he was reaching over the sofa bed to reach the circuit box. He had no idea she was there and was just as frightened as she was.

Below are some additional links to helpful information

Paying For Your Remodeling Project in San Diego

Additional Work

The Right Choices

Communication with the remodeling company

Speak up, communicate, clarify!

The Pre-Construction Home Renovation Meeting

Timing and Schedules, its sunny in San Diego

Delays and Frustration, how to work it out

Be flexible and be realistic

Inconveniences can happen

Preventing the Home Remodeling Fever