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Oculus Spirit [97676]
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Nov 15, 2020, 6:34 PM
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BIL has a third child on the way and they need to add a bedroom to their house. Contractor who is a friend of his (did some work for us in the past) quoted him $90K. Now this is to add a decent sized bedroom. No plumbing work. Just add a freaking bedroom and a closet I guess. Dude gave some excuse about plywood going from $11 to $20 or some such nonsense. But have prices really jumped that much? Have all the workers left? 90K seems INSANE to add a bedroom on a house. Flat ground too.
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Oculus Spirit [75683]
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Re: Lungecontractor.net
Nov 15, 2020, 6:37 PM
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I'm interested to see what others say, but that sounds like the "I don't want to do this" price. Also may as well sell and move if that is the good rate.
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Oculus Spirit [97676]
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He's getting other quotes. I thought that was the
Nov 15, 2020, 6:54 PM
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"I don't want to do it price" as well. Wish we had held off selling that pulpwood last year. But even then.....this is a guy he trusts. I dunno. He gave us a good deal on gutters.
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All-In [40875]
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Wood prices are through the roof right now
Nov 15, 2020, 6:59 PM
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Small additions cost more $$ per square foot because you still need all the trades but they don't have as much work.
Right now is a bad time for a small addition. Everyone is busy so they through stupid money at it. If it sticks great its worth it, if it doesn't, its no big deal because there is plenty of work.
Wait a few months and the cost will come down and they will get it done quicker.
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Lumber is insane....
Nov 15, 2020, 7:23 PM
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WSJ (I think) said that lumber prices were adding $26,000 to the cost of the average new home.
It’s been a month or two, but a standard 8’ 2x4 was almost $9 at Lowe’s when I looked. Ridiculous.
Given the demand on contractors (especially residential) right now, you’re probably not going to touch anything under $150/SF.
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Heisman Winner [105478]
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$150/SF means a $90k job nets you 300SF. I imagine this
Nov 16, 2020, 7:56 AM
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bedroom is more along 15x15 at the max, so like 225SF. At $90k that is $400/SF which is close to highway robbery.
Tiggity®, has he priced RVs? Maybe just park one of those in the driveway, let the baby sleep there.
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Oculus Spirit [97676]
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Well, I asked the wife, and as usual lack of proper
Nov 16, 2020, 8:17 AM
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communication skills has struck. That's usually how I discover she's not telling me the whole story. When it doesn't make sense, grill her until you get the truth/whole story.
Anyway, they want to extend their hallway as well to the end of the new bedroom, and add a closet and make their current closet part of the bathroom and add a bath tub (jacuzzi, jets, tile, etc. I can assume). Details that were left out because of superior communication skills.
Anyway, with this additional information, I can see 90K. I told her that was BS for just adding a bedroom last night. I didn't buy the GC's price for that. She said ONLY adding a bedroom/small closet. So I grilled her for the additional details this morning and just at that argument tipping point.... shezam....more details emerge.
Anyway, shouldn't even have bothered yall with this due to the source. My bad. Should have just talked with BIL first. You can't trust what she says. I knew better.
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Heisman Winner [105478]
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I mean, that DOES make alot more sense.***
Nov 16, 2020, 8:20 AM
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Oculus Spirit [97676]
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Yeah....well....still about 20K more than I would expect,
Nov 16, 2020, 8:30 AM
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but at least I can wrap my head around it. She got all defensive as usual when I told her the exact same thing. Said she didn't grill them, maybe I should grill them....yadda yadda.
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Oculus Spirit [75683]
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Wow, this sounds a lot like what I dream of doing.
Nov 16, 2020, 9:06 AM
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That dream is now dead as I imagined I'd be looking at like 25-30k. Luckily I haven't even gone so far as to measure the footprint.
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I talked to a contractor who quoted a job back in March.
Nov 15, 2020, 7:46 PM
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His cost for materials at the time was just under $18,000.00. Due to Covid, weather, and other unavoidable setbacks, the project kept getting delayd. Now the cost of material is over $40k. Most of that increase is in lumber, even though I understand some other materials have been affected too.
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Re: Lungecontractor.net
Nov 15, 2020, 10:00 PM
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Lumber futures have been up a lot the last few weeks.
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Re: Lungecontractor.net
Nov 15, 2020, 10:01 PM
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They could go right back down tho depending on shut downs or not.
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Re: Lungecontractor.net
Nov 15, 2020, 10:05 PM
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We had a room put in a few years ago and made the kitchen bigger that is right in the ball park. A lot of contractors went out of business in 2008-2010. There are not a lot of good ones left unless you speak Spanish.
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Oculus Spirit [80999]
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Yes, it has. Tell him to wait.
Nov 15, 2020, 11:22 PM
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6 months from now it will be much cheaper.
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