Sub floor, pump/tank (well), and septic issues?

Question

picked up a foreclosure property in south carolina great deal and lots of work. so what order is the best order to do the repairs. Don't mind hard work but I need to work hard and efficient to get in at a reasonable time frame as my family is following me up to relocate.

Damage sub floor not all just some areas

septic /drainfield damage (hope sucking it out and snaking works may need to do more)

well pump and tank are damaged (possibly just new pump and refit same tank It looks like last resident tried to pull out and steal all they could get their hands on before eviction).

hot water heater missing

a/c unit missing

any advice on the order of operations I should follow?

Answer 1

You don't necessaily have to do things sequentially.  In fact, there may be many good reasons why some things should be attacked concurrently.  You want to get far enough into each project to know that you don't have to be ordering parts that are going to disturb your ultimate schedule (getting in by a certain date).  

While it may seem simple to go sequentially even your trips to supply houses will be far less efficient.  That pump may need some parts from a plumbing supply and then when you get around to the hot water heater you will have to go back again.  

Instead you have to carefully go through each job and make up a parts list of what you need.  If you don't know how to do something and need to study up now is the time.  If you are going to hire out the job, do the interviews and make your selection before you start anything else. You've then "passed that ball" and your contractor will start working at the same time as you are concentrating elsewhere.

You want time to be working for you and not against you.  While you sleep or work on something else if you have started other processes first they will be moving ... something will be happing without your immediate attention.  It is like putting the bread into the toaster before you start cooking your eggs instead of after they are done.  

When you run out of planning things to get done, you start on the getting supplies part:  ordering for delivery or pick up as needed.

After all your supplies have been ordered or picked up you can begin to think about doing the work.  Here you want to accomplish what will make everything else easier and thus faster in the long run.  Do you have to walk over that floor or is it in a separate room that you don't need for some time?  Do you need water on the site or hot water?  Would a repaired AC allow you to work faster or is the evaporator just going to get clogged with dust?  Generally, I work by asking the question what can I not do?  What can I put off without noticing a problem?  That item goes on the bottem of the list and then I go through each one and in this way I make up a work order.  

Less important but equally valid is the question:  What has to be done before something else has to be done?

You have to repair subfloors before you get someone in to sand the floors for example.  If you need to finish another room you might get those subfloors finished first just because it will be cheaper to call someone else in once.  (or setup your equipment once).

There are a few hard rules but sometimes you will have to make exceptions anyway.  Proper planning saves money through efficiency and reducing mistakes (including things you just  built having to be ripped out) This is why some will hire a person who does balancing act all the time.  A general contractor.  

Good luck with your project.

Answer 2

It would be VERY handy to have Water and Sewage working  at this place while doing all the other repairs. SOOOOOO thats a good place to start.

Answer 3

please get a professional.