The answer is "it depends".
We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen and dining
area.
I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing wall.
I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give me some help.
Thanks,
I check to see if you have a local Builder's Association they should be able
to give you good price per square foot figure. I added a 14' x 25' family
room on my house two years ago for 35,000. In New Mexico.
--
Mike
Watch for the bounce.
If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
Old Air Force Munitions Saying
IYAAYAS
"Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The dining portion should mostly be just walls and a window.
>
> The kitchen portion would re-use all the existing cabinets and maybe add
> another 4 to 6' of base cabinets (turn a U-shape into and L-shape with an
> island), but that does mean moving plumbing and electrical -- though it's
> unfinished basement (and to be crawlspace) below. No additional windows
> for the kitchen.
>
> The home is only 8 years old; we'd just like to open up the kitchen-dining
> area and enlarge it. It's a shame they did not do this to begin with.
>
> It's a 1.5 story with steep, consistent roof line (one continuous roof in
> this expansion area). The thought is to tie into the roof and extend it
> out at less pitch to get an 8' extension that would be about 24' long.
> So a 8x24 extension. The $30K estimate came from a 150/sq ft guestimate.
> The 24' of wall, however is the exterior load bearing wall with a dormer
> type bathroom overhead.
>
> It's in KS for what's that's worth.
>
>
>
> "Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> The answer is "it depends".
>>
>> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen and dining
>> area.
>>
>> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>>
>> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing wall.
>>
>> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give me some
>> help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>
>
The dining portion should mostly be just walls and a window.
The kitchen portion would re-use all the existing cabinets and maybe add
another 4 to 6' of base cabinets (turn a U-shape into and L-shape with an
island), but that does mean moving plumbing and electrical -- though it's
unfinished basement (and to be crawlspace) below. No additional windows for
the kitchen.
The home is only 8 years old; we'd just like to open up the kitchen-dining
area and enlarge it. It's a shame they did not do this to begin with.
It's a 1.5 story with steep, consistent roof line (one continuous roof in
this expansion area). The thought is to tie into the roof and extend it out
at less pitch to get an 8' extension that would be about 24' long. So a
8x24 extension. The $30K estimate came from a 150/sq ft guestimate. The
24' of wall, however is the exterior load bearing wall with a dormer type
bathroom overhead.
It's in KS for what's that's worth.
"Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The answer is "it depends".
>
> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen and dining
> area.
>
> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>
> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing wall.
>
> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give me some
> help.
>
> Thanks,
>
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> But for
> major new plumbing and appliance installations as well as real remodleing
> like replacing siding and windows plus my addition, I have hired
> qualified people, and not only because I didn't have the time.
>
Well now you've hit on something totally different, and even more valid.
There are some absolute truths in life. Among those most worthy of
internalizing are (1) more than a handful is wasted, and (2) if it's got to
do with plumbing, farm out the work.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"dadiOH" wrote:
> Is that in San Francisco or Iowa?
Location, Location, Location.
Construction costs tend to average out across the country.
What you give up on the potatoes, you make up on the green beans;
however, land costs are a much different thing.
Here in SoCal, a developer with buy a house, then tear it down, just
to have some bare dirt.
Suddenly that piece of land that had a 40 year old starter house on
it, now has expensive condos on it
Lew
Rich took a can of maroon spray paint on March 29, 2008 10:10 am and wrote
the following:
> Kevin wrote:
>
>> The dining portion should mostly be just walls and a window.
>>
>> The kitchen portion would re-use all the existing cabinets and
>> maybe add another 4 to 6' of base cabinets (turn a U-shape into
>> and L-shape with an island), but that does mean moving plumbing
>> and electrical -- though it's
>> unfinished basement (and to be crawlspace) below. No
>> additional windows for the kitchen.
>>
>> The home is only 8 years old; we'd just like to open up the
>> kitchen-dining
>> area and enlarge it. It's a shame they did not do this to
>> begin with.
>>
>> It's a 1.5 story with steep, consistent roof line (one
>> continuous roof in
>> this expansion area). The thought is to tie into the roof and
>> extend it out
>> at less pitch to get an 8' extension that would be about 24'
>> long. So a
>> 8x24 extension. The $30K estimate came from a 150/sq ft
>> guestimate. The 24' of wall, however is the exterior load
>> bearing wall with a dormer type bathroom overhead.
>>
>> It's in KS for what's that's worth.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> message news:[email protected]...
>>> The answer is "it depends".
>>>
>>> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen
>>> and dining area.
>>>
>>> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>>>
>>> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing
>>> wall.
>>>
>>> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give
>>> me some help.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
> Well you might be in the ball park? You might check Direct Buy if
> you have one in your area. One of my customers had estimates on
> Kitchen Cabinets that ranged from 22,000-30,000 and one of these
> estimates was from Home Depot. He joined Direct Buy for 5,000
> and got the same cabinets for 12,000, I installed them for
> 2,500.00. Take one of their guest tours and see if it's for you.
Direct Buy is the biggest rip-off, power sale known to mankind, for every
good story you hear there are 100 bad ones.
--
Lits Slut #9
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:06:45 GMT, Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
>What were the other 2? Just curious! I can only speak of the one
>and only experience I had and not a direct experience, for whats
>its worth.
United Consumers Club is one, the second escapes me right now. It may
have been Total Home. We have a location nearby that seems to come
and go.
<http://www.infomercialscams.com/scams/direct_buy_scams>
I don't have any personal experience, other than sitting through the
high-pressure presentation. I was told that if I didn't buy today, I
couldn't in the future. That was good enough for me! Why would I
want to do business with an organization that starts off on that path?
Maybe I missed out, but I found it just plain too weird.
Kevin wrote:
> The answer is "it depends".
>
> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen
> and dining area.
>
> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>
> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing
> wall.
>
> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give
> me some help.
>
> Thanks,
If you want to see a kitchen I remodeled about a year ago check
out rentmyhusband.co.nr see my posts below for other comments
on your post. Believe total was around 50,000.00 on kitchen
alone.
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> A usenet forum may possibly be the worst place to post a request like
>> this.
>
> As everywhere, it is the OP's job to separate the wheat from the chaff.
> But you could help ...
>
> IMO, the advice to get an architect (local preferably) is the best. Then
> if any engineering is involved, get more advice. Local word of mouth will
> be the best thing. Our addition came out beautiful, in style with the
> original and the neighborhood. The one problem we had was with the
> heating
> of the addition, and that led us to invest in a change from steam to hot
> water baseboard, and a 2-zone system. In 2001 it cost an extra 9K (but
> replaced an elderly heating system that proably wasn't going to last too
> long). All very worthwhile for us!
Well, though you had a great experience, that's just one aspect of why
usenet is not a very good forum for such and open ended question. Many that
hang out here would be very capable of building a perfectly proper addition
on a house, without an architect's involvement. Others would elect to go
the path you did. As an open forum, usenet tends to supply an endless
stream of experiences and opinions that make good reading, sometimes inform,
but often simply surround such open ended questions with just lots of words.
I actually do try to help quite a bit here, but sometimes even I get a wild
hair out of place, and spout off. In this case I don't think I was overly
offensive.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
> IMO, the advice to get an architect (local preferably) is the best.
>All very worthwhile for us!
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzhan-flnj/before.JPG
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzhan-flnj/after.JPG
> > Han
Han:
Your before & after phots, is this the front of the house
or the back ?
If front, an added deck would be nice.
Smitty
You will have the base cost of the building extension plus the cost of the
kitchen which will include extensive wiring, plumbing and cabinetry. Local
regions, roof connections and foundation type will influence the cost of the
extension. Your (wife's) taste and needs will dictate the kitchen cost. 25
years ago I did something similar and your entire budget went into the
cabinets alone, so I don't hold out for much success of spending less than
$30k for the entire job.
"Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The answer is "it depends".
>
> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen and dining
> area.
>
> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>
> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing wall.
>
> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give me some
> help.
>
> Thanks,
>
FrozenNorth wrote:
> Rich took a can of maroon spray paint on March 29, 2008 10:10
> am and wrote the following:
>
>> Kevin wrote:
>>
>>> The dining portion should mostly be just walls and a window.
>>>
>>> The kitchen portion would re-use all the existing cabinets
>>> and maybe add another 4 to 6' of base cabinets (turn a
>>> U-shape into and L-shape with an island), but that does mean
>>> moving plumbing and electrical -- though it's
>>> unfinished basement (and to be crawlspace) below. No
>>> additional windows for the kitchen.
>>>
>>> The home is only 8 years old; we'd just like to open up the
>>> kitchen-dining
>>> area and enlarge it. It's a shame they did not do this to
>>> begin with.
>>>
>>> It's a 1.5 story with steep, consistent roof line (one
>>> continuous roof in
>>> this expansion area). The thought is to tie into the roof
>>> and extend it out
>>> at less pitch to get an 8' extension that would be about
>>> 24'
>>> long. So a
>>> 8x24 extension. The $30K estimate came from a 150/sq ft
>>> guestimate. The 24' of wall, however is the exterior load
>>> bearing wall with a dormer type bathroom overhead.
>>>
>>> It's in KS for what's that's worth.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> message news:[email protected]...
>>>> The answer is "it depends".
>>>>
>>>> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger
>>>> kitchen and dining area.
>>>>
>>>> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>>>>
>>>> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing
>>>> wall.
>>>>
>>>> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to
>>>> give me some help.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>> Well you might be in the ball park? You might check Direct Buy
>> if you have one in your area. One of my customers had
>> estimates on Kitchen Cabinets that ranged from 22,000-30,000
>> and one of these estimates was from Home Depot. He joined
>> Direct Buy for 5,000 and got the same cabinets for 12,000, I
>> installed them for 2,500.00. Take one of their guest tours and
>> see if it's for you.
>
> Direct Buy is the biggest rip-off, power sale known to mankind,
> for every good story you hear there are 100 bad ones.
Hey it worked for them, I have had no direct experience with
Direct Buy. If you noticed I only told them to check it out and
see if it works for them. Customer bought kitchen cabinets,
tile, and hardwood flooring. I installed it all. If you want to
see the Kitchen and all other work I did on this house you check
out my website rentmyhusband.co.nr They did get the run around
on Granite and decided to deal with a guy I set them up with.
Other than that, a decent experience.
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:16:10 GMT, FrozenNorth
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Rich took a can of maroon spray paint on March 29, 2008 10:10 am and wrote
>the following:
>
>> Kevin wrote:
>>
>>> The dining portion should mostly be just walls and a window.
>>>
>>> The kitchen portion would re-use all the existing cabinets and
>>> maybe add another 4 to 6' of base cabinets (turn a U-shape into
>>> and L-shape with an island), but that does mean moving plumbing
>>> and electrical -- though it's
>>> unfinished basement (and to be crawlspace) below. No
>>> additional windows for the kitchen.
>>>
>>> The home is only 8 years old; we'd just like to open up the
>>> kitchen-dining
>>> area and enlarge it. It's a shame they did not do this to
>>> begin with.
>>>
>>> It's a 1.5 story with steep, consistent roof line (one
>>> continuous roof in
>>> this expansion area). The thought is to tie into the roof and
>>> extend it out
>>> at less pitch to get an 8' extension that would be about 24'
>>> long. So a
>>> 8x24 extension. The $30K estimate came from a 150/sq ft
>>> guestimate. The 24' of wall, however is the exterior load
>>> bearing wall with a dormer type bathroom overhead.
>>>
>>> It's in KS for what's that's worth.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> message news:[email protected]...
>>>> The answer is "it depends".
>>>>
>>>> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen
>>>> and dining area.
>>>>
>>>> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>>>>
>>>> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing
>>>> wall.
>>>>
>>>> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give
>>>> me some help.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>> Well you might be in the ball park? You might check Direct Buy if
>> you have one in your area. One of my customers had estimates on
>> Kitchen Cabinets that ranged from 22,000-30,000 and one of these
>> estimates was from Home Depot. He joined Direct Buy for 5,000
>> and got the same cabinets for 12,000, I installed them for
>> 2,500.00. Take one of their guest tours and see if it's for you.
>
>Direct Buy is the biggest rip-off, power sale known to mankind, for every
>good story you hear there are 100 bad ones.
Yup.
A friend joined - had just bought a Condo he wanted to spruce up, as
well as an industrial building he needed to put new offices in. His
Mom also just got a house that needed to be done from end to end, top
to bottom.
Ends up he could buy EVERYTHING cheaper elsewhere and didn't need to
wait for it. Biggest waste of $5-6000 he ever spent. He might have
bought $1000 worth from them - but no huge savings.
--
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:04:34 GMT, Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
>FrozenNorth wrote:
>
>> Rich took a can of maroon spray paint on March 29, 2008 10:10
>> am and wrote the following:
>>
>>> Kevin wrote:
>>>
>>>> The dining portion should mostly be just walls and a window.
>>>>
>>>> The kitchen portion would re-use all the existing cabinets
>>>> and maybe add another 4 to 6' of base cabinets (turn a
>>>> U-shape into and L-shape with an island), but that does mean
>>>> moving plumbing and electrical -- though it's
>>>> unfinished basement (and to be crawlspace) below. No
>>>> additional windows for the kitchen.
>>>>
>>>> The home is only 8 years old; we'd just like to open up the
>>>> kitchen-dining
>>>> area and enlarge it. It's a shame they did not do this to
>>>> begin with.
>>>>
>>>> It's a 1.5 story with steep, consistent roof line (one
>>>> continuous roof in
>>>> this expansion area). The thought is to tie into the roof
>>>> and extend it out
>>>> at less pitch to get an 8' extension that would be about
>>>> 24'
>>>> long. So a
>>>> 8x24 extension. The $30K estimate came from a 150/sq ft
>>>> guestimate. The 24' of wall, however is the exterior load
>>>> bearing wall with a dormer type bathroom overhead.
>>>>
>>>> It's in KS for what's that's worth.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>> message news:[email protected]...
>>>>> The answer is "it depends".
>>>>>
>>>>> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger
>>>>> kitchen and dining area.
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>>>>>
>>>>> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing
>>>>> wall.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to
>>>>> give me some help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>> Well you might be in the ball park? You might check Direct Buy
>>> if you have one in your area. One of my customers had
>>> estimates on Kitchen Cabinets that ranged from 22,000-30,000
>>> and one of these estimates was from Home Depot. He joined
>>> Direct Buy for 5,000 and got the same cabinets for 12,000, I
>>> installed them for 2,500.00. Take one of their guest tours and
>>> see if it's for you.
>>
>> Direct Buy is the biggest rip-off, power sale known to mankind,
>> for every good story you hear there are 100 bad ones.
>Hey it worked for them, I have had no direct experience with
>Direct Buy. If you noticed I only told them to check it out and
>see if it works for them. Customer bought kitchen cabinets,
>tile, and hardwood flooring. I installed it all. If you want to
>see the Kitchen and all other work I did on this house you check
>out my website rentmyhusband.co.nr They did get the run around
>on Granite and decided to deal with a guy I set them up with.
>Other than that, a decent experience.
The difference between what the estimates were to have the whole thing
done and what it cost them buying from Direct Buy and having you
install was insignificant at best. I'm sure they could have gotten
every bit as good a price buying direct from one of the many cabinet
shops in most large cities and having you do the install.
The only advantage to Direct Buy is you look at all the catalogs in
the same show-room, so it saves you a bit of time and gas.
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"dadiOH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:MidHj.121$A87.25@trnddc06...
> Kevin wrote:
>> The answer is "it depends".
>>
>> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen and
>> dining area.
>>
>> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>
> Is that in San Francisco or Iowa?
>
> --
>
> dadiOH
> ____________________________
>
> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
>
>
>
Or Detroit?
Valued Corporate #120,345 Employee (B A R R Y) wrote:
>
>>>>
>>Well you might be in the ball park? You might check Direct Buy
>>if you have one in your area.
>
> Glad to hear it worked out for your customer, but that place,
> as well as it's three prior incarnations, is a consumer
> advocacy lightning rod.
What were the other 2? Just curious! I can only speak of the one
and only experience I had and not a direct experience, for whats
its worth.
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
Kevin wrote:
> The answer is "it depends".
>
> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen and
> dining area.
>
> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
Is that in San Francisco or Iowa?
--
dadiOH
____________________________
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...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
Kevin wrote:
> The answer is "it depends".
>
> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen
> and dining area.
>
> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>
> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing
> wall.
>
> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give
> me some help.
>
> Thanks,
The last remodel I did the kitchen alone was 30,000.00 plus.
Depending on where you live there should be a sq.ft. price that
should get you close. Remember Kitchen and Baths are the most
expensive part of any build.
Rich
--
"You can lead them to LINUX
but you can't make them THINK"
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> A usenet forum may possibly be the worst place to post a request like
> this.
As everywhere, it is the OP's job to separate the wheat from the chaff.
But you could help ...
IMO, the advice to get an architect (local preferably) is the best. Then
if any engineering is involved, get more advice. Local word of mouth will
be the best thing. Our addition came out beautiful, in style with the
original and the neighborhood. The one problem we had was with the heating
of the addition, and that led us to invest in a change from steam to hot
water baseboard, and a 2-zone system. In 2001 it cost an extra 9K (but
replaced an elderly heating system that proably wasn't going to last too
long). All very worthwhile for us!
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzhan-flnj/before.JPG
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzhan-flnj/after.JPG
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
"Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>> A usenet forum may possibly be the worst place to post a request
>>> like this.
>>
>> As everywhere, it is the OP's job to separate the wheat from the
>> chaff. But you could help ...
>>
>> IMO, the advice to get an architect (local preferably) is the best.
>> Then if any engineering is involved, get more advice. Local word of
>> mouth will be the best thing. Our addition came out beautiful, in
>> style with the original and the neighborhood. The one problem we had
>> was with the heating
>> of the addition, and that led us to invest in a change from steam to
>> hot water baseboard, and a 2-zone system. In 2001 it cost an extra
>> 9K (but replaced an elderly heating system that proably wasn't going
>> to last too long). All very worthwhile for us!
>
> Well, though you had a great experience, that's just one aspect of why
> usenet is not a very good forum for such and open ended question.
> Many that hang out here would be very capable of building a perfectly
> proper addition on a house, without an architect's involvement.
> Others would elect to go the path you did. As an open forum, usenet
> tends to supply an endless stream of experiences and opinions that
> make good reading, sometimes inform, but often simply surround such
> open ended questions with just lots of words.
>
> I actually do try to help quite a bit here, but sometimes even I get a
> wild hair out of place, and spout off. In this case I don't think I
> was overly offensive.
>
I apologize if I offended. No offense was intended. Indeed, usenet is
open to all, and any (and all) opinions one sees here are only that, the
poster's opinions.
I still think having an architect and a contractor who were very familiar
with the local circumstances, rules, etc. was very helpful to us when we
did major remodeling. I believe it would be better for many people in
similar circumstances. However, if you live where no architectural
rules, building permits and standards are applicable, or if you can
process the paperwork easily yourself, then by all means do the work
yourself. In fact, I have added some wiring and shelves to my home (this
and the previous one), and it has worked out just fine so far. But for
major new plumbing and appliance installations as well as real remodleing
like replacing siding and windows plus my addition, I have hired
qualified people, and not only because I didn't have the time.
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
Kevin, Get An Archetect. Get an archetect what ever you decide to
do. It will cost you about 10% of the construction cost, but will be
worth every penny you spend. I see many additions that look like an
addition, and hurt the sale of your house. I bought a 2br house with
a less than perfect house plan. Wanted to add a 3rd bedroom, and a
larger LR window.
I ended up with that and a new entrance and deck, and a floor plan
that worked. People now say the house looks great, much better than
original, and it has the 3rd BR and Huge deck. The archetect came up
with some great ideas, and acted as the control on some of my stupid
ideas. Or I would give him an idea of what I wanted, and he made it
integral to the overall plan.
Once I had the plans, I could take them to a contractor and get a
specific bid. "Follow the plans, match the existing work." No
Exceptions! After a year, I can't find a single thing I would have
changed. FWIW in Montana, Additional bedroom, new entry, some large
picture windows, big deck, new gable roofline, new interior LR, DR
sheetrock, lam floors came to $70k, archetect was $6k. House
appraised value increased $120k in 6 months over construction. You
can't tell any remodling was done at all.
Hope this helps.....
Rich
"Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The answer is "it depends".
>
> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen and dining
> area.
>
> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>
> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing wall.
>
> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give me some
> help.
>
A usenet forum may possibly be the worst place to post a request like this.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The answer is "it depends".
>
> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen and dining
> area.
>
> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>
Change that to "best case"and you have a shot. The kitchen alone can be
30k. plus the shell you build for it. Unless the property is a great
location and deal, I'd move on to something already suitable.
"rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Kevin, Get An Archetect. Get an archetect what ever you decide to
> do. It will cost you about 10% of the construction cost, but will be
> worth every penny you spend. I see many additions that look like an
> addition, and hurt the sale of your house. I bought a 2br house with
> a less than perfect house plan. Wanted to add a 3rd bedroom, and a
> larger LR window.
Many towns will not approve plans without a stamped set of prints. Or if
they do, they will be scrutinized and questioned considerably as opposed to
just approved. Depends on your local situation, but I'd pay for the
Architect.
Kevin wrote:
> The dining portion should mostly be just walls and a window.
>
> The kitchen portion would re-use all the existing cabinets and
> maybe add another 4 to 6' of base cabinets (turn a U-shape into
> and L-shape with an island), but that does mean moving plumbing
> and electrical -- though it's
> unfinished basement (and to be crawlspace) below. No
> additional windows for the kitchen.
>
> The home is only 8 years old; we'd just like to open up the
> kitchen-dining
> area and enlarge it. It's a shame they did not do this to
> begin with.
>
> It's a 1.5 story with steep, consistent roof line (one
> continuous roof in
> this expansion area). The thought is to tie into the roof and
> extend it out
> at less pitch to get an 8' extension that would be about 24'
> long. So a
> 8x24 extension. The $30K estimate came from a 150/sq ft
> guestimate. The 24' of wall, however is the exterior load
> bearing wall with a dormer type bathroom overhead.
>
> It's in KS for what's that's worth.
>
>
>
> "Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>> The answer is "it depends".
>>
>> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen
>> and dining area.
>>
>> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>>
>> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing
>> wall.
>>
>> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give
>> me some help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
Well you might be in the ball park? You might check Direct Buy if
you have one in your area. One of my customers had estimates on
Kitchen Cabinets that ranged from 22,000-30,000 and one of these
estimates was from Home Depot. He joined Direct Buy for 5,000
and got the same cabinets for 12,000, I installed them for
2,500.00. Take one of their guest tours and see if it's for you.
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but you can't make them THINK"
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:43:56 GMT, Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
>Kevin wrote:
>
>> The answer is "it depends".
>>
>> We are looking at a 1.5 story home that needs a larger kitchen
>> and dining area.
>>
>> I want to validate an estimate of worse case 30K.
>>
>> The extention would be 8' x 25' off the back - load bearing
>> wall.
>>
>> I will post pictures, floor plans, etc if the is a way to give
>> me some help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>
>The last remodel I did the kitchen alone was 30,000.00 plus.
>Depending on where you live there should be a sq.ft. price that
>should get you close. Remember Kitchen and Baths are the most
>expensive part of any build.
>
>Rich
Around here, 200 Sq feet will cost you $20,000 - and then you put the
kitchen in. Sounds about right.
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