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Can You Move Back Home Right After Renovations?
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Mar 28, 2025
After a home renovation, you’re eager to move back in—but is it safe to do so right away? The answer depends on key factors like project completion, drying times, and passing inspections. In this video, we break down what you need to know before settling back into your newly upgraded space. Watch now and check out our blog for more details: https://real-estate-crunch.com/can-i-move-into-my-home-immediately-after-renovations/ #RealEstateCrunch #HomeRenovation #MovingIn #HomeImprovement #RealEstateTips #HouseRemodeling #RenovationGuide #HomeSafety
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hi this is Anita from Real Estate crunch
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this month I'm going to talk a lot about
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Renovations in particular home
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renovations or I'm going to answer the
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question can I move into my home
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immediately after renovation now this is
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kind of an interesting question because
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if you like say you move out of a place
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or you bought a place you're doing the
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renovations can you move back into the
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home well first of all the renovation
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should be completed that you know that
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should be one of the factors you should
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determine you shouldn't try to move in
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without the paint being done or the
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paint being wet or something being wet
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where something could be damaged that
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everything should be dry and be
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undamaged but the most important factor
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and crucial factor is the building
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inspection and whether or not the home
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has to be reinspected for you to be able
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to move back in has a lot to do with the
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scope and scale of the
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renovations so this is something that
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you will need to check to make sure that
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you can legally move back in after
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you've done some
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Renovations with the building inspectors
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particularly if you are living in the
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United States now if you're living in
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another country this may not be an issue
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it may not matter it may not be any type
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of problem at all but if you are living
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in the United States and it can really
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make a difference and particularly
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which part of the United States you live
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where you're living in the United States
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and what the rules and regulations are
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there for the area that you live as I
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have said many many times and as we've
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spoken about here on this podcast one of
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the difficult things about real estate
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is so much of real estate the laws the
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rules and regulations are localized in
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fact what may be okay in one city may
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not be okay in a city across the road so
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you know it really can make a difference
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as to which city which county which
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state especially if you are in the
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United States that you are in and also
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what country on exactly what can be done
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and what cannot be done with things such
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as renovation or when you can exactly
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move back in after something's been
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renovated for example I know for a place
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like in Vietnam this would not even be a
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question there would not be any type of
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real inspection that went on here other
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parts of the world would be exactly the
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same but in the United States if you
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have done major renovation then you have
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to have an inspector come in and the
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building codes you know well they have
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to make sure that the building is up to
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code and you know that you'll have the
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required
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permits now if the building does not
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pass the inspection you cannot move in
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until the issues flagged are address
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that becomes the main issue there that
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if they are not addressed you you you
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cannot simply just move back in now it's
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you know it's much easier to renovate an
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empty house than it is a house which is
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full of furniture people are living in
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you know there's some reasons why some
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of the obvious reasons are you don't
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need to move things around there's less
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risk of damage it's faster work it can
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save you cost um it can save you time
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there's going to be less disruption it
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can be easier for the contractors if you
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have contractors that need to go in and
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out it's easier for them it's better
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planning it can be safer for everybody
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because you know the house is empty it
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can allow you to thoroughly clean it and
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it will simply be less stress so you
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know all of these things can make a
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difference we've written a blog post
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about this so if you are sort of in this
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where you're doing renovation you you
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have a um a home that you are renovating
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you're moved out you want to move back
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in you'd like to read it we or if you're
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just interested about this we love to
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have you read our blog post we'll put a
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link in the description below because we
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also give some ideas of some checklists
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and things that you need to do when
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you're looking to renovate and things
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that you should look out for when you
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are looking to to uh renovate a home so
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you know talk about some of the key
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considerations that things you need to
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consider so that hopefully then you can
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be better prepared and it will not be a
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problem and you can move immediately
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right back
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in this is Anita from Real Estate crunch
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we've hope you've enjoyed this uh where
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we spend a few minutes each week and
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talk about just some things to do with
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real estate we'd like to thank you for
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being part of our community if you have
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any questions at all we'd love to hear
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from you and we'd like to thank our team
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who makes this possible especially Rico
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for making this happen um thank you all
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so much
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