# What’s the most common mistake homeowners make when starting a renovation? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 20, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517 "2025-08-20T21:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michelle\_Brown](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/michelle_brown/32/2325_2.png) [@Michelle\_Brown](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Michelle_Brown)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/1 "2025-08-20T21:52:31Z")
jumping in without a clear plan or realistic budget @Jennifer_collins @Tim_Michael1 @Bianca @ ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Michael1](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/tim_michael1/32/6294_2.png) [@Tim\_Michael1](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Tim_Michael1)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/2 "2025-08-20T21:53:09Z")
Jumping in without clear plan offcourse ---
**Author:** ![Michelle\_Brown](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/michelle_brown/32/2325_2.png) [@Michelle\_Brown](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Michelle_Brown)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/3 "2025-08-20T21:54:11Z")
Thank you for your opinion ---
**Author:** ![Jennifer\_collins](https://home.renovation.reviews/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jennifer\_collins](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Jennifer_collins)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/4 "2025-08-20T22:45:52Z")
Realist budget Thanks for the insight ---
**Author:** ![Bianca](https://home.renovation.reviews/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bianca](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Bianca)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/5 "2025-08-20T22:54:36Z")
Not having a well laid out plan ---
**Author:** ![Michelle\_Brown](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/michelle_brown/32/2325_2.png) [@Michelle\_Brown](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Michelle_Brown)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/6 "2025-08-20T23:06:00Z")
Thanks for sharing your opinion ---
**Author:** ![system](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/system/32/77_2.png) [@system](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/7 "2025-08-20T23:39:01Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/system/32/77_2.png) [@system](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/8 "2025-08-21T11:04:54Z")
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**Author:** ![Tim\_curtis](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/tim_curtis/32/2766_2.png) [@Tim\_curtis](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Tim_curtis)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/9 "2025-08-21T17:47:26Z")
Extremely short but surprisingly educative ---
**Author:** ![ThomasWood](https://home.renovation.reviews/user_avatar/home.renovation.reviews/thomaswood/32/12461_2.png) [@ThomasWood](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/ThomasWood)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/10 "2025-08-22T00:08:50Z")
Nice articleThank you for sharing ---
**Author:** ![Yungstar](https://home.renovation.reviews/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/71c47a/32.png) [@Yungstar](https://home.renovation.reviews/u/Yungstar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/what-s-the-most-common-mistake-homeowners-make-when-starting-a-renovation/21517/11 "2025-09-11T16:38:16Z")
Hmmm really good work