Moving out for a remodel is expensive, so most of our clients don't. Staying is usually workable, but it works better when everyone agrees on the rules in week one instead of week three.
Containment comes first. We build dust barriers at the edge of the work zone, tape and protect the floors on the path our crew uses, and cover what we can't move. Drywall sanding and tile cutting are the two operations that will find every crack in a weak barrier, so those are the days we schedule with the most care.
Then sequencing, which is really about water and cooking. Losing a kitchen for three weeks is fine if you've planned a temporary setup — a microwave, a coffee maker, and a sink somewhere else in the house. Losing your only bathroom is not fine, so when there's only one, we sequence it as a tight block with the fixtures already on site rather than spreading it across a month.
The part nobody warns you about is noise and the start time. Our crews are on site early because it's Florida and afternoon heat is real. If you work from home, tell us at the estimate — we can often group the loudest work into a couple of planned days rather than scattering it across every week.
Finally: expect the site to look worse before it looks better, and expect the last ten percent to take longer than it looks like it should. Punch-list work is a hundred small things, and doing them properly is slower than framing a wall. We leave time for it on purpose, because that last ten percent is the part you'll look at every day for the next decade.