Contractors, designers take different approaches during COVID-19 pandemic
Only builders doing jobs ‘critical to the nation and to the life of the economy should continue to work’ during the coronavirus crisis, says Cabinet minister Michael Gove. He’s telling the public that carrying out construction tasks involving ‘intimate contact in someone’s home’, including renovations on a house where the occupants are still living, would be ‘inappropriate’.
But the guidelines for residential projects are not clear enough, say homeowners, builders and architects. What are you supposed to do this week if you’re in the middle of a major renovation project such as a kitchen extension or loft conversion?
