Cost to frame/drywall/mid grade carpet 400 sq ft in basement (flooring, laminate)
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Just looking into finishing only about 2/5 of our basement. Would be pretty simple. 8 foot ceilings. No plumbing no kitchen no bathroom. Just some frame drywall and a couple outlets. It would be a rectangle shape so pretty easy job
Can this be done for $5,000 or under by a legit company? Not country boy Cletus and his 40 year old truck
lol not for 5k. i know ive been doing remodeling on my own and get quotes I couldn't afford. maybe a local handyman from CL would do it.
either that or learn to do the work yourself. Probably better too since you will know how to fix/repair things if something happens down the road.
At most saying nothing is done at all, just straight up concrete in the basement
installing framing in 400 sq ft concrete room, adding drywall, adding mud/taping, running outlets from an existing circuit but wiring it up to add new outlets, and adding the carpet (not including texturing, painting, other hassles in the way, messing with existing issues such as duct work, wire moving, custom carpentry, lighting, rewiring for lighting in ceiling to meet code, etc)
might be looking at 8k - 15k and about 2 weeks to complete.
if you post a picture more or less, I can see if it was similar to my quotes. I wanted a contractor to do the same thing more or less in a 500 sq ft space and got a few quotes
You’ll need an electrician, a framer, a drywaller and a carpet installer. I think $5K is pretty low but obviously you won’t know until you start getting estimates. There’s really no way anyone here will be able to give you an estimate with such limited info.
Carpet in a basement and spray painted black ceilings????
You're not adding anything to retail value. And as a consumer, I would never buy a house with unpermitted work. Most locations will fine the CURRENT owner for that, not the guy who actually did it.
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Originally Posted by westcoastforme
There’s plenty of legit contractors that will do the work without asking a city to put up some wood
Then go get quotes from them. Don't ask strangers on the internet. And btw, you want electrical work. That's not "put(ting) up some wood".
The only quotes that count are from those than can deliver the finished product to your specifications.
This was years ago...
My brother had just bought his first house... he had no money as every penny was tied up into the purchase.
The kitchen was awefull wartime construction.
Our labor was free... the materials to gut, frame, drywall, plumbing, electrical, cabinets, appliances, floor, paint counters and garden window came to $2200... used my box trailer and the boss let him use the dumpster at work as long as the lid closed just before pickup.
One of his neighbors fell in love with it and told her husband she wanted the same... he came over in a huff saying someone over here was on dope... no way could the remodel cost $2200
I showed him the invoices... the appliances were from Sears Outlet and had been dropped but looked fine and had a warranty... the counter was Formica someone ordered and never picked up.. the Inlaid Designer Solarium was a roll balance, the garden window was on close out 50% and only missing the small window screen... I got the cabinets wholesale from the distributor... still don't know how I made that work.
Anyway... his wife kept pestering and he sent his brother in law over to look at it...
They started the demo and moving walls... when it was all said an done it was 19k... way back then and the brother in law said he was giving them a deal on labor... her granite counters cost more than the material for the entire kitchen... the Cast Iron Kohler Sing was 6 times the stainless sink I put in... GE profile range and refrigerator almost 3k...
Well, you get the picture... two remodeled kitchens vastly different costs... same footprint.
lol not for 5k. i know ive been doing remodeling on my own and get quotes I couldn't afford. maybe a local handyman from CL would do it.
either that or learn to do the work yourself. Probably better too since you will know how to fix/repair things if something happens down the road.
At most saying nothing is done at all, just straight up concrete in the basement
installing framing in 400 sq ft concrete room, adding drywall, adding mud/taping, running outlets from an existing circuit but wiring it up to add new outlets, and adding the carpet (not including texturing, painting, other hassles in the way, messing with existing issues such as duct work, wire moving, custom carpentry, lighting, rewiring for lighting in ceiling to meet code, etc)
might be looking at 8k - 15k and about 2 weeks to complete.
if you post a picture more or less, I can see if it was similar to my quotes. I wanted a contractor to do the same thing more or less in a 500 sq ft space and got a few quotes
Wife just asked a custom builder friend of hers and top of line material/carpet several outlets and some canned lighting would be 12k.
So maybe 5k was a little low. Maybe 7-8k is more realistic
Carpet in a basement and spray painted black ceilings????
You're not adding anything to retail value. And as a consumer, I would never buy a house with unpermitted work. Most locations will fine the CURRENT owner for that, not the guy who actually did it.
Then go get quotes from them. Don't ask strangers on the internet. And btw, you want electrical work. That's not "put(ting) up some wood".
The only quotes that count are from those than can deliver the finished product to your specifications.
This was years ago...
My brother had just bought his first house... he had no money as every penny was tied up into the purchase.
The kitchen was awefull wartime construction.
Our labor was free... the materials to gut, frame, drywall, plumbing, electrical, cabinets, appliances, floor, paint counters and garden window came to $2200... used my box trailer and the boss let him use the dumpster at work as long as the lid closed just before pickup.
One of his neighbors fell in love with it and told her husband she wanted the same... he came over in a huff saying someone over here was on dope... no way could the remodel cost $2200
I showed him the invoices... the appliances were from Sears Outlet and had been dropped but looked fine and had a warranty... the counter was Formica someone ordered and never picked up.. the Inlaid Designer Solarium was a roll balance, the garden window was on close out 50% and only missing the small window screen... I got the cabinets wholesale from the distributor... still don't know how I made that work.
Anyway... his wife kept pestering and he sent his brother in law over to look at it...
They started the demo and moving walls... when it was all said an done it was 19k... way back then and the brother in law said he was giving them a deal on labor... her granite counters cost more than the material for the entire kitchen... the Cast Iron Kohler Sing was 6 times the stainless sink I put in... GE profile range and refrigerator almost 3k...
Well, you get the picture... two remodeled kitchens vastly different costs... same footprint.
If- and this is a big IF- you were to act as your own GC and vetted all the contractors you wanted to do each specific task (to whatever degree of "incompleteness") that you wanted, you might save a few thou'. But, what most people don't realize is "time is money"- and you would soon find that your time is more valuable doing what you do for an actual income than playing GC.
The average national cost for finishing a basement- framing, insulation, drywall (walls&ceiling), electrical to code (two or three outlets is not code)- to include recessed cans spaced appropriately apart, plumbing for a full bath and some other plumbing (bar sink), trim and doors, and carpet- in other words a "turn-key" finished space- is $116.00/sf. In Chicago, I think it would be safe to assume that that figure would be higher.
Now, you can take out what you want and that would "adjust" the price- but you'd be talking about an "incomplete" finish. And there's probably not a lot of remodeling companies that want to take on an "incomplete" project. This is where some "liability" comes into play- create your own scenario for that; I'm not going too.
So, good luck on that project.
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