Full Idea
Before beginning to rebuild the house in which one lives…. one must also provide oneself with some other accommodation in which to be lodge conveniently while the work is going on.
Gist of Idea
When rebuilding a house, one needs alternative lodgings
Source
René Descartes (A Discourse on Method [1637], §3.22)
Book Reference
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.45