If you have 2 small kids (2.5 and 4.5), and were planning a huge remodel of your home (new kitchen, new baths, reconfigured master bath, new loft addition, all new interior paint, new doors and trim, new baseboards) - what would be your criteria for moving out for the duration?

On one hand, paying mortgage and short term rental rates would be astronomical. On the other hand, I worry about our physical and mental health living in a construction zone for 4 months.

Any advice? Any experience and recommendations/regrets?

For those of you who did move out during a remodel, did it seem like the project moved along more efficiently (because the crew didn't have to clean up every day, could schedule a lot of work sumultaneously)?