The right order for finishing an apartment

Doing finishes in the wrong order forces you to redo work — for example, painting before installing the flooring means repainting the baseboards afterward. The right order saves time, materials, and money.

1) Review embedded electrical and plumbing lines. 2) Drywall and partitions, if you're changing the layout. 3) Bathroom and kitchen tiling (floors and walls). 4) Flooring for the rest of the apartment. 5) Wall and ceiling paint. 6) Fitted kitchen and closets (custom cabinetry). 7) Fixtures, fittings, and final details. 8) Post-construction cleaning.

This is the sequence used in any well-managed finishing project, and it's the one the Yainis Ávila team follows on every job.

The most common mistake is installing cabinetry (kitchen, closets) before finishing the paint job, which forces you to either protect or remove the new units — or live with paint marks on them. A written schedule, like the one Yainis Ávila delivers with every quote, sets this order from day one.