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Just closing on a brownstone and want to do work on the parlor floor (Ultimately this first project would be ‘phase one’ of an overall plan for the house.) What we are hoping to do in the short term is install new flooring, expand the kitchen, convert a full bath to a half, renovate the parlor floor fireplace and possibly open up the wall into the stairwell. Our overall budget for this one floor would be 100-
$150k (not including architect design fees or incidentals.)

Am I crazy to think we can do all this with this budget?

If you were an architect would you consider taking this gig?

I just want to make sure I’m not approaching architects and offending them or sending them into fits of laughter by even suggesting it…