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Be available. Meet as a family regularly. Communicate throughout the day. Put one person in charge of communicating with the contractors. Have your family help you talk to the neighbors.
Your kids or your spouse might want to complain once in a while about the inconvenience or the cost. Let them. Refer to the timeline and point out that the end is in sight. Whether you get together over dinner, breakfast or some other time during the day, meet to discuss progress and concerns. Different people may be home at different points of the day, so stay in touch with everyone. Use text messages, email, social networking posts and phone calls If the workers get different information and feedback from all members of your family, things will get confusing. Appoint one person to talk on behalf of the family. They might have to deal with some noise and disruption too, so letting them know about your plans will help keep the peace in the neighborhood.