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Printable renovation checklists
One checklist per room, ordered the way the work actually happens: decide, strip out, first fix, plaster, fit out, finish. Print it, stick it on the wall, cross things off. No account needed.
Kitchen
55 itemsThe room with the most trades, the longest lead times and the least room for a late change of mind.
Bathroom
45 itemsA small room where waterproofing and one hidden waste run decide whether the result lasts ten years or two.
Bedroom
32 itemsThe cheapest room to get right and the easiest to redo, so it is the best room to start on.
Living room
46 itemsMostly a decorating job, unless a chimney, a knock-through or a media wall is involved.
Exterior
39 itemsWeather-dependent, top-down work where a small unfixed leak quietly undoes everything you did inside.
General guidance, not professional or legal advice. The sequencing describes common UK practice. Anything involving gas, electrics, structure or asbestos needs a qualified person, and the rules on permission and sign-off differ by country, so check what applies where you live.