I'm sure the one question many people have about our remodel is what it cost.
Our contractor came back yesterday to finish the job. The replacement cabinet doors were in as was the scribe molding he needed. He installed all of that. He did a second coat of paint in the bathroom and the window sill and cleaned up all of the paint in general around the woodwork and such, and he did any other final touches that were needed.
He sent his invoice today. The grand total for his services and everything we spent out of pocket came to right around $36,000.
When we first met with him, the budget number I gave him was $30,000 and asked if that was realistic. He thought it was and told us that what would push it over that would be specific choices we made in materials and/or any unforeseen issues found in the course of the job. Of course, I knew there would be some problems along the way, and there were. We hadn't planned on replacing the dishwasher but discovered that it was leaking so had to buy a new one. The old floor was a mess and took him a lot of time, effort, and added expense to repair. And there were various little things as we went along that all added up.
When I threw out the 30K figure, I had absolutely zero expectation that it would actually get done at that number. In my head, I was okay with it costing no more than 50K. The fact that we ended up at 36K is great as far as I'm concerned. I'm very satisfied with the cost and the final results.
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