Kathy's Remodeling Blog (formerly the LA Times' Pardon Our Dust) has an article on The Nightmare Remodel: How it goes wrong and how to make it go right that every homeowner who is contemplating a remodel should read.
Comments by readers there (including me) are also insightful.
Peggy
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