Here is what I have:
1940s built duplex. The kitchen has tile flooring, dated cabinets, and terrible laminate countertops.
I started to demo the wall between the kitchen and the dining room and found corroded galvanized water pipes, janky electrical work, and an HVAC air duct. I started looking for an electrician, plumber, etc. and was told one of the neighbors just down the street is a General Contractor so I gave him a call.
He works only in my community and has been renovating these units for 20+ years; he knows them well and told me so many thing I had no clue about.
Long story short, he said he can do everything minus the cost of the cabinets, countertops, and the tile for $10,000. That includes reworking the electrical, running new water lines from the basement all the way up to the kitchen and the upstairs bathroom and dropping the ceiling to hide the new water line (no other way according to him due to concrete floor under the bathroom upstairs). He's also going to replumb gas lines to move the range, install new tile, cabinets, etc. He's also going to add drop lighting in the kitchen.
He said he included material for everything in the $10k quote (again minus cabinets, countertops, and tile).
I talked to his cabinet people and they quoted me $5900 for cabinets. Wood facing and wood doors/drawers, but mdf sides. This seems high, but I have no clue.
I'll attach two photos. One of the layout now and one of the redesign he is basing it on.
I trust he does good work and everybody says great things about him, just wanted confirmation before I pull the trigger. I know costs are different everywhere, but I am clueless as to how much this stuff costs. Moving a water line? Hvac duct? Moving some wires? no idea!
Kitchen is 8.5x10 and dining room is 8.5x10 divided by a wall:
1940s built duplex. The kitchen has tile flooring, dated cabinets, and terrible laminate countertops.
I started to demo the wall between the kitchen and the dining room and found corroded galvanized water pipes, janky electrical work, and an HVAC air duct. I started looking for an electrician, plumber, etc. and was told one of the neighbors just down the street is a General Contractor so I gave him a call.
He works only in my community and has been renovating these units for 20+ years; he knows them well and told me so many thing I had no clue about.
Long story short, he said he can do everything minus the cost of the cabinets, countertops, and the tile for $10,000. That includes reworking the electrical, running new water lines from the basement all the way up to the kitchen and the upstairs bathroom and dropping the ceiling to hide the new water line (no other way according to him due to concrete floor under the bathroom upstairs). He's also going to replumb gas lines to move the range, install new tile, cabinets, etc. He's also going to add drop lighting in the kitchen.
He said he included material for everything in the $10k quote (again minus cabinets, countertops, and tile).
I talked to his cabinet people and they quoted me $5900 for cabinets. Wood facing and wood doors/drawers, but mdf sides. This seems high, but I have no clue.
I'll attach two photos. One of the layout now and one of the redesign he is basing it on.
I trust he does good work and everybody says great things about him, just wanted confirmation before I pull the trigger. I know costs are different everywhere, but I am clueless as to how much this stuff costs. Moving a water line? Hvac duct? Moving some wires? no idea!
Kitchen is 8.5x10 and dining room is 8.5x10 divided by a wall:
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