Costs of renovation of a single family home? (wood floors, appliances)

[RG1032]

I was wondering how much should be put aside for a total makeover for a SFH of about 1600sqft?

If anyone have any ideas?
what would be price range for simple renovation to luxury renovation?
(everything inside has to be redone, kitchen, floors, bathrooms, wall paints)...

Also how much does usually cost a nice pool with installation?

Last questions, estimation of time for makeover?

Thank you for those who can provide help

[R-Tistic]

Anywhere from $15,000 to $80,000. Depends what you're doing to it.

Since moving into mine last year, I think I've spent around $16,000 on everything. New roof, cement in the driveway, painting it all, changing the plumbing, putting up shutters and removing blinds, refinishing the wood floors, and other things I've purposely forgotten about. The inside was almost perfect already, so all the work was really external.

[RG1032]

Thank you R Tistic, I would probably change everything, since the house hasn't be touched for 40+ years, it will include mainly the inside, new kitchen, new bathrooms (2), new wide open windows, new paints and new floors. (hard wood)

[oomph]

I will address your new pool costs.

I built one two to three years ago in Studio City. You will get bids from high $95-$100k to low around $40k. I settled on California Pools and I believe I paid $50 to $60k. for a nice rectangular pool with a built in spa. The design was contemporary, one side of the pool is for laps. I'm guessing it was 20 by 25 or 30 feet with decent equipment. I poured the concrete myself. I sub contracted it out competitively. I think I may have sub contracted out the drainage, too. However the pool designer designed it in the plans

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by RG1032

Thank you R Tistic, I would probably change everything, since the house hasn't be touched for 40+ years, it will include mainly the inside, new kitchen, new bathrooms (2), new wide open windows, new paints and new floors. (hard wood)

$75-100K will be the quote. It will depend on what materials you are willing to use. I know of people who insist on $10-15K oven/burners, very expensive tile and surface items, and $10K refrigerators.

You may or may not be able to negotiate lower.

Flippers with repeat business can generally get a contractor to do an "Ikea" flip for $30-40K on a house that size.

[RG1032]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

$75-100K will be the quote. It will depend on what materials you are willing to use. I know of people who insist on $10-15K oven/burners, very expensive tile and surface items, and $10K refrigerators.

You may or may not be able to negotiate lower.

Flippers with repeat business can generally get a contractor to do an "Ikea" flip for $30-40K on a house that size.

thank you for your insight!
high end appliances + high end renovation could land me to 150k, right?

[RG1032]

Originally Posted by oomph

I will address your new pool costs.

I built one two to three years ago in Studio City. You will get bids from high $95-$100k to low around $40k. I settled on California Pools and I believe I paid $50 to $60k. for a nice rectangular pool with a built in spa. The design was contemporary, one side of the pool is for laps. I'm guessing it was 20 by 25 or 30 feet with decent equipment. I poured the concrete myself. I sub contracted it out competitively. I think I may have sub contracted out the drainage, too. However the pool designer designed it in the plans

thank you, I also like contemporary, do you have a picture of your pool?

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by RG1032

thank you for your insight!
high end appliances + high end renovation could land me to 150k, right?

Easily.

[oomph]

I dont have one readily available, sorry.

[Csonka]

Appliances are what add up. Cabinets can get pricey too. The basic construction itself is not much. If you know something about construction you can save maybe 50% because then you can contract it yourself. Contractors have a ton of expenses, workman's comp, etc etc they have to pay for and fold it into the price. So you get prices from them that are pretty nuts sometimes. Also go to Home Depot and add up the costs of materials. It is not very complicated, so do not be intimidated by it. Another thing, which is something I do and which contractors do not like, but you go ahead and buy the materals and you pay them just for their time and labor. This way, there is no mark up, you can pay them what they are actually worth, etc. Except for a finish carpenter, no one is worth more than so much per tile, so much per hour, etc. And make them give you a fixed fee for the job, no "by the hour b.s." Say here is what I need, how much you want, and then that's it. A lot of these guys have a "paid by the hour" mindset, but I look at jobs as a lump sum total cost, and if they cannot price a job as a lump sum and factor in a decent profit for themselves, they are not worth it.