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So your total investment was less than 12K and you got new counters, hot water tanks, flooring. landscaping and a roof? I'm calling BS.
by skeeter2020 4y ago
So your total investment was less than 12K and you got new counters, hot water tanks, flooring. landscaping and a roof? I'm calling BS.
- MontyCarloHall 4y agoA new roof is in the ballpark of $10-$20k. Decent quality flooring is $10-20 per square foot; for a 2000 square foot house, this is $20-$40k in materials alone. Quartz countertops are $100 per square foot; for a typical kitchen, this usually comes out to $10-$20k (again, not counting installation).
- mholm 4y agoHow large is this kitchen? I had new quartz countertops put in for $4500 a few months ago, after labor. Kitchen is decently sized too.
- dleslie 4y agoIt was a teeny tiny house; 850sqft and two stories. The roof only hit me back about 5k. Flooring was only about 3k, I did cheap laminate because carpet gives me allergies and I have kids.
- bombcar 4y agoYeah, even just a hot water heater and a furnace would set me back $100/mo. People are very bad at working out total cost of ownership, but it could work if the prices were very low and much of the labor was done by the owner.
- dleslie 4y agoI spent roughly a tenth of that on new water heaters; two half height to fit in the crawlspace. Electric, not gas. Is labour just that much more expensive in the USA?
- bombcar 4y agoWater heaters are about $500 per, and installation would be similar - the furnace would be the majority of the expense.
- slaw 4y agoLabor is about $300 per hour in Seattle area. For example few years ago window was $250 and installation $300 and less than one hour. Complete brake job, calipers, rotors and pads is $1200+tax. I bought parts for $350 and installed myself in 3 hours.
- thatfrenchguy 4y agoElectricians start at $100-150 an hour in San Francisco yeah