Denial. Home improvements are necessary, essential, it’s well-known, an universal truth. Anger. The house is full of junk, trash, full of people and noise. Bargaining. They are nuisance, but once they are over one is satisfied with the result. Depression. So they say, it’s hard to imagine with so much delays, because there are always delays, for no apparent reason, but there are always delays. Acceptance. Maybe it’s because they last so much, they do, that one gets used to them, not as far as acceptance, just used. And, in the middle of that getting used, one ends up seeing their point.