All Forum Posts by: Steven Del Prete

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He put $1000 for that. Good point of the dumpster and demo. In NJ he's easily at $600-800 for the container and another 1500 for labor

Painting the outside is fine. Depending on shape of the house you estimate is slightly high but not so far off.

Windows - materials 100-150, more on those big ones. 50-75 a window for install so you 6000 is a great guess.

Landscaping seems like a fair price with the fence in there. Depending on how much fence is getting installed how how much stone it might run 2500 but good guess.

Exterior - depending on the doors you choose that could be high but then again you could blow that on one door. Shutters run about $60 a pair and should be cheap install so depending on amount you need your high or low

Interior/paint carpentry - you need to go 1 foot above water. You said it got one 1' so you could go 2' but its faster and less labor to just go 4'. You didn't mention about the doors. They need to be replaced as the got wet. Not seeing the job it's hard the say but is that's just labor it's way high but with materials you could be low.

Heating/cooling - if th water heater got wet then it needs to go. The a/c unit will run at least double just for the parts no labor

Electrical - at 1 foot of water I would think they got hit and need to be replaced. Depending on the amount of rooms you will get charged more for the electrical labor. Then add fixtures.

Plumbing - the baseboard heat that got wet your replacing would be done by the plumber not hvac. Any plumbing finishing fixtures you replace he can install too for you.

Your hardwood price is way high and carpet should be a lot cheaper too. You should really get it all done for your 5k budget or slightly less

Kitchen - you seem pretty close on it all. Granite can be higher or cheaper.

Bath - just one? Depending on size your not so bad on price give or take

I don't think they have septic over there so no cost. Depending if they converted ir not it could be oil or gas heat and shouldn't cost you anything and should be public water.

I've been using mold control on all the houses I've fixed and its working great. You could easily do it yourself or whoever did the demo would do it and would cost them under 300 in materials and not much time.

Adding 10% isn't a bad idea to cover things you can't see.

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@Greg Smith good idea on still taking a look at it. Never know as it could lead to money still for you. Do you know the size of the lot it's on? For the right price I might have an investor that would put up a new home in it to sell. Then again if you bought it and rehabbed it there is good money to be made on summer rentals.

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This thread was a good read. Great idea on keeping a journal so you know how your efforts are working out for you. That is great data for you. I will keep following the thread and watch your progress.

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@Bill G. I see what you are saying but unless they mandate everyone to demo their homes it just won't be done. I agree there is no true way on knowing what was in or not in the water.

J Scott makes a good point. While you don't need to be able to do everything yourself, you should have any understanding of how things go together and such as some contractors will try to take advantage of you or you will miss things that need to be done. There will be things you can't see from walking through like some bad wires or rotten framing behind walls, ect. But you will need to be able to tell if your getting screwed or not.

@Don Hines its a mess down there and I believe still it but here on the Jersey Shore they haven't condemned neighborhoods or anything. There is to much revenue to lose. If they did that whole towns would be lost and such. Most of the towns along the ocean make their money in the summer from people traveling down to hang out, rent out homes for a week or so ect.