I think you will find a different attitude already with subs for your remodel, I sure have with all that I have done with the place I bought in March. Most of the people are very slow right now, and very eager to please from a price and scheduling standpoint. As to the timing, it is irrelevant unless you are measuring your outlay in terms of resale value in the near term. Since you stated you weren’t, it should not be a consideration. It has not been for me at all. I focused on setting the place up the way I want to live in it forever, in case I do. That is what should always be the focus in my opinion for something like this.