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2010 Feb 6, 7:47am
elliemae says
I would imagine that many people like myself who have never owned a home, nor worked on home improvements must weigh two options:
If you never did home improvement before, your in for a rude awaking. It’s not as easy as they make it look on TV. There’s a lot of contractors that have to go in and fix other people’s bathrooms and kitchens that as half demolished cuase some fool seen it on TV and said I can do that.
elliemae no say the first part. I own a home, have completed home improvement projects, and know my limitations. One of the things that people can't handle is the way their house is torn up during home improvements. If you DIY, it'll be torn up longer.
Not just that, tho. People go & price things and don't figure in contingencies, tools, stuff like grout or drop cloths, etc. All that adds up quickly. I don't think that people shouldn't do stuff, they just shouldn't do it alone with no help if they don't know what they're doing. And if they say, "that's good enough..." when doing something, they should reconsidering hiring a pro. It's alot easier to do it right than to fix what's broken.
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Hi,
I would imagine that many people like myself who have never owned a home, nor worked on home improvements must weigh two options:
1. Buy a home with as close as possible the style and upgrades you want
Or
2. Buy a similar sized home in a similar area, but it needs updates in the kitchen, bathroom, windows, and floors. Generally needs to be upgraded to the condition in home #1.
I'd like to think that I could go on down to Home Depot and pick up all the material and install it all myself and it would come out looking great and I'll save myself a ton of money, but I'm not that naive.
Out of the 4 areas Kitchen, Bathroom, Windows, and Floors where have you found it to be much more expensive than you originally thought, and underestimated the amount of work?
As far as quality of the materials, this would be your guide:
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Sacramento/31-Mossglen-Cir-95826/home/19328790
My uneducated guess:
Kitchen: $20K
Hardwood Floor: $15K
Windows: $15K
Bathroom: $8k