- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Cost to renovate a gutted house?
Posted on 4/15/15 at 10:45 pm to poochie
Posted on 4/15/15 at 10:45 pm to poochie
quote:
Paint $20k (may be high)
WTF? for 1800 s/f? I was thinking a few grand but I admittedly know little about that part.
It is gutted. There may be some things usable but not much at all. I think some of the plumbing/pipes are ok and most of the AC is fine other than I need the actual unit.
I think you're high on the drywall as well.
I'll post the quote in this thread tomorrow evening with a breakdown. I'm expecting 65K or so.
ETA: this quote is for the bank for a 203K. I do plan on doing some of the stuff myself/with friends.
This post was edited on 4/15/15 at 10:48 pm
1
Posted on 4/15/15 at 10:59 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Yeah, I'm unsure on that one. You're looking at about $2k in materials. I don't know about labor and can't really judge it. I tried to gauge this off of my house which is about that size. I came up with about 6000sf of paintable surface and 1100lf of trimwork. But yeah, no way it's $18k for labor.
I was using an estimating website and most of the other ones came close to my guesses so I went with it. Further analyzation proves it wrong.
You can save money doing simple but labor intensive things. Electrical and plumbing are easy if you have a brain. Buy a book and figure it out. Flooring labor is a lot but labor intensive.
One thing I will NEVER do again is tape float and finish drywall. Maybe never hang it again either. F that stuff.
I was using an estimating website and most of the other ones came close to my guesses so I went with it. Further analyzation proves it wrong.
You can save money doing simple but labor intensive things. Electrical and plumbing are easy if you have a brain. Buy a book and figure it out. Flooring labor is a lot but labor intensive.
One thing I will NEVER do again is tape float and finish drywall. Maybe never hang it again either. F that stuff.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News