How to stop renovating and just enjoy a new house

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   riding the momentum to finish projects quickly before pets move in
2. 2
   hiring vendors and using lockboxes to manage multiple projects at once
3. 3
   monitoring savings to avoid spending too much money too fast
4. 4
   Doing a lot of the labor independently with family help to save money
5. 5
   Tackling projects room by room over time
6. 6
   DIY the demolition after basic planning and educating yourself
7. 7
   Start with a designer who may have trusted contractors and can help negotiate the price
8. 8
   Find out if the wall is load bearing as the very first step

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.