Maybe I should have made it clearer, that remodeling has nothing to do with qualifying for QBI. But one certainly could qualify for QBI outside of that. Its likely possible the OP is confusing things between qualifying as a SCH C business, and qualifying for the QBI deduction. The 250 hours mentioned is one of the requirements to qualify for QBI. Whereas I "think" it's something like 750 hours is but one of the requirements to qualify as a SCH C business.
