HOMES & LIFESTYLES
Tips for Finding a Short-Term Rental During a Home Renovation By TP Corporate Lodging
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f your home requires major renovations, it may become temporarily unlivable. This presents a unique
predicament because you and your family may be displaced for up to several months while renovations or repairs are completed. On the one hand, staying in a hotel for that length of time would be costly and unfeasible. On the other, most rental apartments come unfurnished and require a lease for a fixed amount of time. How do you find a short-term rental solution that is flexible enough for your needs but won’t break the bank while your home is being renovated? The good
in several parts of the home, there’s an
news is there are several options available
increased chance that the home itself
that you might not have previously
may be unlivable while renovations are in
Options for Short-Term or Temporary Housing
considered. Let’s explore some of these
progress. Utilities like electricity, water and
If major renovations have temporarily
short-term rental options and look at
sewer lines may need to be shut off for ex-
displaced you and your family, you have
some additional tips to help you find the
tended lengths of time, or the excess dust
several short-term housing options. Let’s
solution that’s best for you.
might be unsafe to breathe. There might
look at the most common solutions.
Reasons for Needing Temporary Housing During Renovations
also be structural work in progress that makes the home temporarily unstable.
Extended Stay Hotels Extended stay hotels typically provide
Granted, many home renovations aren’t
Repairs and Restoration Due to a
suite-like accommodations at discounted
intrusive enough to require you to vacate
Natural Disaster
weekly or even monthly rates. They are
the home—for example, if you’re remodel-
Fires, floods or major weather events can
generally more affordable than con-
ing a bedroom or adding a room. Howev-
do extensive damage to a home. In many
ventional hotels, but they can still be
er, when you’re facing major renovations
of these cases, it may be unsafe to stay in
pricey over the course of a few months.
or repairs, moving out temporarily makes
the home until repairs and restoration
Additionally, even if the suite provides
more sense—and in some cases, it may be
efforts are completed; for example, receding
a kitchen or kitchenette, it will still feel
mandatory. Let’s look at two of the most
floodwaters can breed dangerous bacteria
much like a hotel, which can have a nega-
common instances in which you might
and mold, or high winds might have torn
tive effect on family moods after a time.
need alternative temporary housing.
off part of the roof. In such cases, it’s usually necessary to relocate temporarily—and in
Sublets
Major Elective Renovations
many cases, your short-term housing may
One temporary housing option to
If you choose to perform major updates
actually be covered by insurance.
consider is finding someone willing to
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