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JsWife
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Patricia
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Cost of finishing basement?
Right now we have an unifinished basement. We are looking to put in a half bathroom and finish just half - which is about 530 square feet.
Any good guesses on how much we should expect this to cost? Even a rough guess would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Posted 6/18/12 1:51 PM  |
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VickiC
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Re: Cost of finishing basement?
I would say at least $15,000 since you're putting in a half bath. We had half our basement finished and it cost us about $10,000 for about the same SF.
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| Posted 6/18/12 2:28 PM |
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JsWife
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Patricia
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Re: Cost of finishing basement?
Posted by VickiC
I would say at least $15,000 since you're putting in a half bath. We had half our basement finished and it cost us about $10,000 for about the same SF.
Thank you! We got an absolutely ridiculous quote from a contractor so my husband thinks they did not understand what we were looking to do.
Get this... the quote was $55k!!
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| Posted 6/18/12 2:34 PM |
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Mrs213
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Re: Cost of finishing basement?
Posted by JsWife
Posted by VickiC
I would say at least $15,000 since you're putting in a half bath. We had half our basement finished and it cost us about $10,000 for about the same SF.
Thank you! We got an absolutely ridiculous quote from a contractor so my husband thinks they did not understand what we were looking to do.
Get this... the quote was $55k!!
55k? Were they going to give you solid gold mouldings??
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| Posted 6/18/12 8:01 PM |
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JDubs
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Re: Cost of finishing basement?
I have a 500 square foot basement and the cheapest quote I got was 17k. The highest quote was 25k. This didn't even include a bathroom. We didn't think it was worth it, so what we ended up doing is having people in my family that were handy help us out and we pretty much DIY'd everything except putting up the sheetrock (we hired people to come in and do this) and getting the carpet installed. Its been a slow process, but all in all I think with materials and everything (we also got a new washer dryer) its probably costing us around 7k. We are almost done thank goodness!
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| Posted 6/19/12 9:33 AM |
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JsWife
His laugh, Her smile
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Re: Cost of finishing basement?
Posted by Mrs213
Posted by JsWife
Posted by VickiC
I would say at least $15,000 since you're putting in a half bath. We had half our basement finished and it cost us about $10,000 for about the same SF.
Thank you! We got an absolutely ridiculous quote from a contractor so my husband thinks they did not understand what we were looking to do.
Get this... the quote was $55k!!
55k? Were they going to give you solid gold mouldings??
I know, right????
DH called them back fully expecting they misunderstood what we were looking for - NOT! All they kept saying was the cost of materials is high! Like you said.... Are they using gold??? Sheetrock is fine by us!
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| Posted 6/19/12 10:21 PM |
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