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MetsGirl07
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Deanna
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dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
we have a Levitt-Cape..
DH and I wanted to dormer the top .. but was wondering the difference in prices for just dormering out the back.. and a fully dormer .
has anyone done this recently maybe can FM me quotes they got! just so we know what we are looking at .. !
thanks so much!!
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mrsmck
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
I don't have any info for you. We're hoping to do the same in a few years.
Levit Style seems to be a popular company. I see their trucks driving all around.
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| Posted 9/9/08 11:01 AM |
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ave1024
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
A full upstairs dormer will start at around 75k. Most likely more.
A rear dormer will probably be around half that. Maybe 40k?
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| Posted 9/9/08 11:02 AM |
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MetsGirl07
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Deanna
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by ave1024
A full upstairs dormer will start at around 75k. Most likely more.
A rear dormer will probably be around half that. Maybe 40k?
yea see, this is what im wondering.. if half a dormer is half the price of a full.. thanks for your reply! of course i know every contractor is different
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| Posted 9/9/08 11:23 AM |
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ave1024
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by MetsGirl07
Posted by ave1024
A full upstairs dormer will start at around 75k. Most likely more.
A rear dormer will probably be around half that. Maybe 40k?
yea see, this is what im wondering.. if half a dormer is half the price of a full.. thanks for your reply! of course i know every contractor is different
It probably won't be half (more likely more than half).
But the only way to really know is to get estimates. There is so much involved when doing a dormer or extension because certain things really add to the price.
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| Posted 9/9/08 11:35 AM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by ave1024
Posted by MetsGirl07
Posted by ave1024
A full upstairs dormer will start at around 75k. Most likely more.
A rear dormer will probably be around half that. Maybe 40k?
yea see, this is what im wondering.. if half a dormer is half the price of a full.. thanks for your reply! of course i know every contractor is different
It probably won't be half (more likely more than half).
But the only way to really know is to get estimates. There is so much involved when doing a dormer or extension because certain things really add to the price.
yea thats true.. i guess there is no way of knowing unless i get estimates!!
thanks for the advice! 
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| Posted 9/9/08 11:43 AM |
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astroqueen74
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
We are looking into a rear dormer as well. Any tips would be a great help.
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| Posted 9/9/08 11:50 AM |
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danielleandscott
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
I keep seeing an ad in newsday for LArson home improvements. They have a deal going on for a full dormer - everything except paint and flooring. $72,500 starting - full dormer.
For a levitt cape.
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| Posted 9/9/08 1:59 PM |
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ILJ619
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Irene
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by danielleandscott
I keep seeing an ad in newsday for LArson home improvements. They have a deal going on for a full dormer - everything except paint and flooring. $72,500 starting - full dormer.
For a levitt cape.
I saw this as well. My friend lives in Lindenhurst and had her cape dormered (she had an upstairs bedroom) and it cost her about 140K but she also had her kitchen done
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| Posted 9/9/08 2:42 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by danielleandscott
I keep seeing an ad in newsday for LArson home improvements. They have a deal going on for a full dormer - everything except paint and flooring. $72,500 starting - full dormer.
For a levitt cape.
wow really!! maybe they will have other deals down the road.. we have to wait till our other house sells.. and the way this market is going 
thanks for the heads up!
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| Posted 9/9/08 3:07 PM |
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ave1024
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Good luck. Didn't you have a buyer for your parent's house?
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| Posted 9/9/08 3:11 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
I would really seek out different estimates. Jobs can vary in price depending on a number of variables like the materials being used ie. windows - "builders grade" windows are a hell of a lot less than, say, Andersen windows or flooring - HWF costs more than tile.
So really the only way to know what it's going to cost is by getting estimates.
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| Posted 9/9/08 3:37 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by ave1024
Good luck. Didn't you have a buyer for your parent's house?
yes.. and it fell through so quick  finances
so we even dropped the price lower to $319,000 still nothing!
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| Posted 9/9/08 3:37 PM |
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ave1024
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by MetsGirl07
Posted by ave1024
Good luck. Didn't you have a buyer for your parent's house?
yes.. and it fell through so quick finances
so we even dropped the price lower to $319,000 still nothing!
Sorry to hear that. 
319k is so cheap too! I am sure something will come soon.
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| Posted 9/9/08 3:48 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by ave1024
Posted by MetsGirl07
Posted by ave1024
Good luck. Didn't you have a buyer for your parent's house?
yes.. and it fell through so quick finances
so we even dropped the price lower to $319,000 still nothing!
Sorry to hear that.
319k is so cheap too! I am sure something will come soon.
yea i know!! its so low.. !
we are willing to accept 300... so hopefully we will get another offer soon 
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| Posted 9/9/08 3:59 PM |
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astroqueen74
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by MetsGirl07
Posted by ave1024
Posted by MetsGirl07
Posted by ave1024
Good luck. Didn't you have a buyer for your parent's house?
yes.. and it fell through so quick finances
so we even dropped the price lower to $319,000 still nothing!
Sorry to hear that.
319k is so cheap too! I am sure something will come soon.
yea i know!! its so low.. !
we are willing to accept 300... so hopefully we will get another offer soon
wow my friend is looking for a house. The price sounds excellent. Can you FM me the msl link.
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| Posted 9/9/08 4:12 PM |
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danielleandscott
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
This is the house on abbey lane, right? I walk by it every morning. It is a good looking house from the outside and clean from the pictures on mlsli. $300k is a great price for that house
Scott
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| Posted 9/9/08 6:55 PM |
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
We have a cape in Huntington that is similar to a Levitt Cape. We got prices to do just a rear dormer shell which included the roughing out a bathroom and the average price was $30,0000 figured it would cost me another couple of thousand to finish it myself.
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| Posted 9/9/08 7:33 PM |
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danielleandscott
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Thats not bad. What can you get out of doing just a rear dormer though? 2 big bedrooms or 3 small bedrooms or 2 bedrooms and a bath?
Danielle and I were pushing around the idea of dormering, but we both think it isnt worth to put another $100k into our house and that when it come down to it we would probably just buy a bigger house. I wish I could take my block and my neighbors with me though
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| Posted 9/9/08 7:45 PM |
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dbleplay17
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by danielleandscott
I keep seeing an ad in newsday for LArson home improvements. They have a deal going on for a full dormer - everything except paint and flooring. $72,500 starting - full dormer.
For a levitt cape.
Larsen def has some good prices
DH is an architect and has done projects with them
If you have questions on plans u can FM me
Good luck!
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| Posted 9/9/08 10:44 PM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by danielleandscott
This is the house on abbey lane, right? I walk by it every morning. It is a good looking house from the outside and clean from the pictures on mlsli. $300k is a great price for that house
Scott
the house we are selling is on Abbey ..yes. yea we thought its a steal of a price.. but we guessed wrong
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| Posted 9/10/08 11:03 AM |
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MetsGirl07
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by danielleandscott
Thats not bad. What can you get out of doing just a rear dormer though? 2 big bedrooms or 3 small bedrooms or 2 bedrooms and a bath?
Danielle and I were pushing around the idea of dormering, but we both think it isnt worth to put another $100k into our house and that when it come down to it we would probably just buy a bigger house. I wish I could take my block and my neighbors with me though
the rear dormer actually does give you plenty of room.. when we were looking at houses we saw a few that had just the rear dormer and it was MUCH better.. but thats IF the difference in prices are not even close.. if they are almost the same we will go with the full dormer
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| Posted 9/10/08 11:05 AM |
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toni-mike
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
I live iin hicksville, but my home was the typical levit ranch when we bought it. We dormered the whole upstairs, front to back , there was a 1/2 bath , galley kitchen & 2 small small bedrooms up there prior, I added a full kitchen full bath & living room all in all it cost close to $80k,, HTH
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| Posted 9/10/08 11:43 AM |
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Rycois
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
These prices aren't as bad as I imagined.
Message edited 12/7/2008 9:24:13 AM.
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| Posted 9/10/08 12:11 PM |
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longislemom
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Re: dormering a cape.. has anyone done this recently?
Posted by danielleandscott
..., but we both think it isnt worth to put another $100k into our house and that when it come down to it we would probably just buy a bigger house. I wish I could take my block and my neighbors with me though
This is exactly how we feel
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