How Home Renovations Affect Your Relationship

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My partner and I have been the victims of…um, I mean, lucky enough to receive…several massive renovations to our building in the last year. In fact, for nine out of the last twelve months, we either woke to hammering at 7:55am, found dust flying in through out windows, couldn’t use our parking spots, met with some concerning characters in our driveway or all of those things at once. Home renovations make you feel like your entire life is turned upside down. And once they begin, you experience a total loss of control. You’re given one timeline—say, six weeks—but because of the hold up to acquire this certification from the city and the delay on that equipment being delivered, that timeline gets extended again, and again, and again. Before you know it, your home hasn’t been your own for a quarter of a year and you and your partner are going insane. Here is how home renovations affect your relationship.

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Bed times are stricter

Sleep fights get worse

Storage wars

You escape to friends’

But argue about which friends

You fight about making accommodations

You’re quarantined to another room

Disputes over contractor communication

You see your mean sides

You’re on edge and irritable

You fight over misplaced items

You’re financially strapped

Privacy policies are pushed

Doors and windows are left unlocked

One day it just…stops

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**But argue about which friends**