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We just had an offer accepted on a 2- family 1910 brick house in Windsor Terrace in pretty good shape. But we want to do some renovations before we move in:
1. Make the upstairs kitchen a bedroom by removing cabinets, appliances, capping the plumbing and putting up sheet rock; knocking out a portion of the ibeam wall downstairs to open up the area and transform it into a living room/dining room area; pull up rugs and sand/finish the floors underneath throughout the house. We were hoping to budget 20,000 for this (that’s a price cited by the realtor, however). Is that realistic or just dreaming? And who does the forum recommend (we have so far asked Nixon Flooring and Quality Renovation to come in for estimates)? Any help greatly appreciated. We’re really novices at all this!