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Remodel Cost

Defining Remodel Cost: Hiring a Remodeling Coach

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Our last three posts considered an array of methods for defining remodel cost including using contractors, creating your own spreadsheet (template provided by yours truly) and using online calculators. In this final post of the Defining Remodel Cost series, we look at a little known yet highly effective method of using a remodeling coach to [...]

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Defining Remodel Cost: Using On-line Calculators

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Who doesn’t like a good online calculator? Need to calculate your body mass index?  There’s an online calculator.  How about figuring out your mortgage payment?  There’s an online calculator for that as well.  Determining future child support payments, figuring out how much alcohol you need for a party, ascertaining the cost of college  and even [...]

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Defining Remodel Cost: Build Your Own Spreadsheet

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Welcome to part two in our four-part series Defining Remodel Costs.  In our last post we looked at defining remodel cost via contractors.  Now we turn our attention to a more advanced, do-it-yourself approach: developing your own spreadsheet. I am an Excel fanatic.  I have an assortment of Excel lists, budgets and estimates: upcoming blog [...]

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Defining Remodel Cost: Soliciting Contractor Proposal

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The first, and perhaps most common way to price your remodel project, is by getting bids from professional general and sub contractors.  Some people dread this process; for good reason.  It’s uncomfortable having strangers in your home, discussing subjects you may not be too knowledgeable about.  But the process doesn’t have to be painful.  This [...]

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Defining Remodel Cost: 4 Methods for Pricing Your Home Improvement

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Have you ever gone to Costco? I love Costco.  My family loves Costco.  My pets love Costco.  My wallet?  My wallet does not love Costco… Why?  Because when I go to Costco I can’t help myself.  I pick up a new book, and then a pair of shorts, and then a case of 40 packs [...]

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