Home Addition Renovation Project Costs

Updated estimates for popular projects. With new sections on home offices, in-law apartments and remodeling for disabled residents. Includes: -- Attic & Basement Conversions -- Kitchen and Bath Remodeling -- Fireplaces -- Storage -- Stairs, New Floors -- Walls & Ceilings

"This book can help upgrade contractors? estimating skills ? from early-stage cost ranges for discussion with homeowners ? to detailed bid estimates. The 35 cost estimates presented here cover a whole range of popular projects ? from small jobs like opening up an interior wall, to converting garages, attics, porches, or basements into living space ? plus a variety of room additions ? from a small front entry porch or bump-out to one- and two-story structures with family rooms, kitchens, master suites, sunrooms, porches, garages, and more" -- publisher website (February 2007).

VThe HomeTech Publishing Remodeling & Renovation Cost Estimator puts an entire estimating system in your hands that lets you estimate complete jobs in 20% of the time it takes using the old fashioned stick method. Using this manual, you will have specifications for hundreds of jobs at your fingertips and get fast, easy access to labor and material costs for virtually every job you'll ever do. We publish books for over 200 local regions of the country, each one containing costs specific to those individual areas, assuring that the costs you use are accurate for your local area. We have organized the best unit cost information in the industry into 25 categories designed specifically for remodelers, organized in the same order that you build a remodeling project. This allows you to mentally walk through each step of the production process while doing an estimate and catch all the small items that you might otherwise miss with other methods of estimating.

Building a major addition to your house can take over your life or drain your bank account if you aren’t fully prepared with top-notch information. The Complete Guide to Room Additions is both an insurance policy for dealing with contractors and a planning guide that arms homeowners with vital information about the remodeling process. But it also is much more than that: it’s a hardworking how-to manual filled with hundreds of photos that show you the hammer-and-nail details that go into these major projects. From garage conversions to kitchen bump-pout expansions, dormer additions and more, this book will be an indispensable tool for any project that adds new square footage to your home’s footprint.

The HomeTech Publishing Remodeling & Renovation Cost Estimator puts an entire estimating system in your hands that lets you estimate complete jobs in 20% of the time it takes using the old fashioned stick method. Using this manual, you will have specifications for hundreds of jobs at your fingertips and get fast, easy access to labor and material costs for virtually every job you'll ever do. We publish books for over 200 local regions of the country, each one containing costs specific to those individual areas, assuring that the costs you use are accurate for your local area. We have organized the best unit cost information in the industry into 25 categories designed specifically for remodelers, organized in the same order that you build a remodeling project. This allows you to mentally walk through each step of the production process while doing an estimate and catch all the small items that you might otherwise miss with other methods of estimating.

The HomeTech Publishing Remodeling & Renovation Cost Estimator puts an entire estimating system in your hands that lets you estimate complete jobs in 20% of the time it takes using the old fashioned stick method. Using this manual, you will have specifications for hundreds of jobs at your fingertips and get fast, easy access to labor and material costs for virtually every job you'll ever do. We publish books for over 200 local regions of the country, each one containing costs specific to those individual areas, assuring that the costs you use are accurate for your local area. We have organized the best unit cost information in the industry into 25 categories designed specifically for remodelers, organized in the same order that you build a remodeling project. This allows you to mentally walk through each step of the production process while doing an estimate and catch all the small items that you might otherwise miss with other methods of estimating.

ENTIRELY REVISED AND UPDATED! Over 40,000 first edition copies sold. How much does it really cost to renovate your investment property? Learn detailed tips, tricks, and tactics to accurately budget nearly any house flipping project and investment property renovation from expert real estate investor and fix-and-flipper J Scott. Discover the tried-and-tested steps of his professional framework and methodology for precisely evaluating renovation costs in hundreds of his own successful rehab projects. Determine how to accurately estimate all the costs you are likely to face during renovation--and get all of your rehab questions answered in a single place! Whether you are preparing to walk through your very first rehab project or you're an experienced home flipper, this handbook will be your guide to identifying renovation projects, creating a scope of work, and staying on budget to ensure a timely profit! Inside, you will learn how to: -Inspect every aspect of a property to create your renovation scope -Decide which upgrade options provide the biggest bang for your buck -Identify the 150+ most common renovations you'll likely encounter -See big problems (like mold and termites!) and quickly fix them -Assign accurate prices to every rehab task to build a detailed budget -Determine which contractors are best for certain repairs or projects -Break down the top 25 basic components of a renovation -And so much more! You don't need to be a contractor to flip houses, but you do need to know the fundamentals of budgeting and pricing your renovation--including everything from cosmetic renovations to complex installations and upgrades. This book gives you the estimation tools needed to produce the income you desire on your first--or next--investment deal!

In order to succeed in a construction business you have to be able to mark up the price of your jobs to cover overhead expenses and make a decent profit. The problem is how much to mark it up. You don't want to lose jobs because you charge too much, and you don't want to work for free because you've charged too little. If you know how much to mark up you can apply it to your job costs and arrive at the right sales price for your work. This book gives you the background and the calculations necessary to easily figure the markup that is right for your business. Includes a CD-ROM with forms and checklists for your use.