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How to get through a renovation step by step without losing anything. The articles are based on the route the Doma app guides you along.
The knowledge base is a work in progress and keeps growing. We're looking for expertise from contractors, designers and people who have been through a renovation themselves. We'd be glad to hear your remarks, tips and topics worth covering.
Renovation step by step
- Apartment renovation stages in order: from handover to move-inThe renovation route for a new-build apartment: 21 stages and 232 items in order, from the handover inspection and planning to utilities before plastering, screed and waterproofing, finishing, furniture and move-in.
- New-build apartment handover inspection: a checklistWhat to check when you accept an apartment from the developer: 17 items in order, from the inspection and the defect list to a follow-up inspection, the handover certificate and the keys.
- Photos of hidden work: what to shoot before the walls are closedWhat to photograph while pipes, cables, lines and waterproofing are still exposed: photos by renovation stage, who takes them and when to accept the work.
User guide
- Archiving and deleting a property: how to hand over a renovation, remove a property and restore itThe difference between “lived in”, the archive and deletion, how to move a property to the archive, restore it and delete it permanently, and what the other members see.
- Stages and marks: how to mark an item as done and change the routeHow to mark work, what “Awaiting review” and “Accepted” mean, how to reorder, rename, remove and restore stages, and how to leave a comment on an item.
- Photo records in the app: how to add, find and rename a photoHow to attach a photo to a stage item, where all the property's photos are kept, how to rename and find a photo, and when a photo can't be deleted.
- How to log in to the Doma app: with a phone number or emailLogging in without a password, with a code sent by SMS or email. What you need to log in, what to do if the code doesn't arrive, how to log out and delete your account.
- Property and survey: how to create a property and set up your renovation routeHow to choose a property type and a role, answer the survey and confirm it so the app builds your renovation route, how to add a second property and change its name and address.
- Reviewing and accepting work: how a contractor sends a stage and the designer and owner accept itWho reviews a contractor's work on a property, which buttons the contractor, designer and owner see, when to accept hidden work, how to write remarks and what happens to accepted work.
- Budget, expenses and receipts: how to set a budget and log an expense in the appHow to set a property budget, add an expense, scan a till receipt by its QR code, edit or delete an expense, add your own budget category and export the budget to Excel.
- Plans and their limits: what “Free”, “Team” and “Team PRO” give youHow many properties, how much storage, how many questions to Master Kistya and how many recognitions each plan gives, whose plan applies on a shared property and what to do when you hit a limit.
- Property passport and documents: how to store files and export the property passportWhere contracts, warranties and meters are kept, how to add a file, how the app reads a brand and product code from a photo and how to export the property passport to PDF and Excel.
- Members and roles on a property: how to invite a designer and a contractor and who sees whatWhich roles a property has and what each can do, how to create an invitation code, how to join, remove a member or report one.
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