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Brad Sparks
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You bought a gutted house...

Brad Sparks
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Lakeside, CA
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...specifically in the Knoxville area but also in general do you draw up building plans? Do you use an architect or draftsman? 

My property has fire damage so all the walls were not salvageable. I've rebuilt the foundation and I'm thinking if I should keep the original layout or make it more functional.

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Seth Borman
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Seth Borman
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The marginal cost of reframing a new floor plan for a gutted house is nearly zero. It's a couple hundred dollars worth of wood and a few hundred dollars a day for a carpenter.

Architects or designers are fine, a local one will get things through plan check faster.

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