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Renovation order, hidden work, accepting each stage · 17 articles

• 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 handover and planning to utilities, screed, finishing and move-in.
• 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.
• Rough finishing in an apartment: the order of work and what to checkWhat rough finishing includes and in what order: utilities ready, boxing, primer, guide beads, plastering walls and reveals, geometry checks and tolerances.
• Final installation: sockets, fixtures, doorsAt the end of a renovation the doors, skirting, sockets, lights, fixtures, radiators and AC units go in. In what order and how to check each before acceptance.
• Apartment wiring during a renovation: how to accept electrical work before plasteringAccepting electrical work while walls are open: a plan by furniture, the panel and circuits, RCDs, the bathroom, insulation testing, photos of cable routes.
• Bathroom waterproofing: where it's needed and how to check itWet areas are waterproofed after the screed and before tiling: floor, walls, corner tape, pipe and drain collars. How to flood-test it and what to photograph.
• How to accept a crew's work stage by stage and not miss poor workmanshipWhy a renovation is accepted stage by stage: what to check at each stage, when to accept hidden work, how to write remarks and check the fixes.
• Air conditioning in a renovation: when to run the linesInstallers come twice: lines, drainage and power after wiring and before plaster, units after painting. What to decide early and how to accept the lines.
• Stretch ceiling: when to install it during a renovationA stretch ceiling goes up after the walls are painted and papered, before the floors. It is prepared earlier: lighting, mounts, photos. Order and acceptance.
• Tiling: how to accept tile workHow to check tiling: flatness with a straightedge, voids by tapping, joints, cuts and layout. Which rules apply from 2026 and what to put in the contract.
• After moving in: meters, maintenance, your home's historyThe renovation is over: submit meter readings, set up utility accounts, watch the home through the first heating season and keep the renovation history.
• Final acceptance of a renovation: checklist before moving inWhat to check before settling up: a daylight inspection, every system running, one list of remarks, documents, the last payment and the certificate.
• Reviewing and accepting work: how a contractor sends a stage and the designer and owner accept itWho reviews a contractor's work, which buttons the contractor, designer and owner see, when to accept hidden work and how to write remarks.
• Wall flatness: how to check it and what to put in writingPlaster tolerances since 2026, how to check walls with a straightedge and a level, what figures to write into the contract, and what to do if walls are crooked.
• Plumbing: pressure testing and checks before boxing inHow to make sure the pipes won't leak: a pressure test with photos of the gauge, flush-testing drains, slopes, access to valves and photos before boxing in.
• Floor screed in an apartment: when to pour it and how to check itWhen the screed is poured, what to do and photograph before pouring, how long it dries, how to check flatness and the shower slope under SP 29.13330.2011.
• Apartment ventilation during a renovation: what you can touchShared vent shafts aren't closed off or rebuilt on your own - ask building management. What you can do: check airflow, hood outlet, ventilators, fans.

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