Project Management: Critical Evaluation of Renovating a Beachside Cottage into a Holiday Retreat Home

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Introduction
Having inherited an old beachside cottage, I began renovating it so that I could use as
a holiday home through the Airbnb business platform, which offers rental space for tourists
and travelers the world over. I then decided to adopt and implement several management
guidelines such as highlighting the mission and vision, the modalities of engagement and
execution strategy among others in order to promote the success of the steps I would take.
The project did not complete within the scheduled time due to the failure to use a number of
crucial project management tools.
Additionally, the repair work on the cottage took more time than I anticipated because
I overlooked some aspects of its implementation and the failure to place emphasis on the
‘soft’ sections of the project. The project plan mainly focused on the hard section of repairing
the old beachside cottage. Despite having hired sufficient labor to implement the project, I
had to take part occasionally to ease the workload on the laborers. Moreover, I was forced to
carry out some odd jobs on the project when apprentices failed to show up for almost two
days. This paper provides a critical evaluation of my experience in undertaking the project of
repairing and refurbishing the old beachside cottage into a holiday retreat house that could be
used through the Airbnb house rental service.
Managing the Cottage Project
Before and during the repair work and conversion of the old beachside cottage into a
holiday retreat home for Airbnb, I undertook a number of measures to promote the success
of the project. One of the measures was to organize the project into manageable sections
(Meredith and Mantel, 45, 2011). By doing this it made the process easier as it simplified the
project execution process. Another measure taken was clearly defining roles and
responsibilities during the implementation of the project. I used a Gantt chart to plan and