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<blockquote data-quote="mr ed" data-source="post: 1340681" data-attributes="member: 6777"><p>Buy your own vaseline and don't expect a kiss. </p><p>I am doing the same thing to my brothers house. </p><p>Everything is costing way more than the estimates from 6 months ago. </p><p>Since the housing boom is over everybody is doubling-tripling the prices. </p><p>He got prices from contractors first. They were so high he could have bulldozed the house and built new for what some of them wanted.</p><p>Even with me and him doing most of the work he's still gone way over his budget.</p><p>The biggest problem is these contractors are running several jobs at once and you will end up being upset with how long it takes cause half the workers won't show up on time or at all. Nobody wants to work.</p><p>They want the job and will make all kinds of promises. But when it comes to actually doing it, they will take twice as long and want more money to finish.</p><p>If you don't pay up they just put a lien on your house.</p><p></p><p>He went with a contractor for his shop building.</p><p>Was supposed to be done by Labor day.</p><p>They finished it last friday plus claimed materials went up and wanted an extra 2k. This was from a prominent building contractor you hear advertised on local tv and radio. My brother said "No more contractors for him".</p><p></p><p>From your description expect quotes from 40k + up</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mr ed, post: 1340681, member: 6777"] Buy your own vaseline and don't expect a kiss. I am doing the same thing to my brothers house. Everything is costing way more than the estimates from 6 months ago. Since the housing boom is over everybody is doubling-tripling the prices. He got prices from contractors first. They were so high he could have bulldozed the house and built new for what some of them wanted. Even with me and him doing most of the work he's still gone way over his budget. The biggest problem is these contractors are running several jobs at once and you will end up being upset with how long it takes cause half the workers won't show up on time or at all. Nobody wants to work. They want the job and will make all kinds of promises. But when it comes to actually doing it, they will take twice as long and want more money to finish. If you don't pay up they just put a lien on your house. He went with a contractor for his shop building. Was supposed to be done by Labor day. They finished it last friday plus claimed materials went up and wanted an extra 2k. This was from a prominent building contractor you hear advertised on local tv and radio. My brother said "No more contractors for him". From your description expect quotes from 40k + up [/QUOTE]
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