I'm not renovating yet. What should I do now?
Nothing drawn, nobody quoted, walls closed: the cheapest week there is. Six things to write down before a drawing exists, none of which cost money, so the decisions land on the drawing instead of in change orders.
What you can change in a rental without asking
You can't put wood behind a landlord's walls. You can change the handles, the shower head, the bed height, the light, where everything lives and the route through the room this week without asking. What's worth asking for, and the one thing not to buy.
The five things your house is charging you
Before you spend anything, your house is charging you in five ways: steps, reaches, transfers, minutes and hands. Name them room by room, pick the five that cost most, and that list is what you renovate from.