If we would have had to pull the sheetrock out, we would have moved out. That would have been our limit.
But as I said, doing the house a section at a time worked. Took longer that way, but I liked that as I could think through how things were progressing and change course on the future phases as necessary.
I can definitely remember having house guests one weekend. We came home from work that Fri about the time they arrived. When we opened the front door, there was our old toilet sitting 5 feet in from the front door. We all laughed.
During the kitch phase, we had our old fridge set up in the living room so we could at least keep refrigerated items in the house. That’s where it sat on Halloween. Kids would knock on the door “Trick or Treat! uh, why is your fridge in your living room?”