About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

gee, thanks "One Trillion Dollars". Don't you have other blogs to post on? lame. And thanks, 12:32pm, I didn't realize Ikea had a website....Again, don't you have more important comments to post elsewhere?

Yes, I'd like to do some of the work myself, so I think I could do a bath for $6-10k, hopefully the kitchen for $10-15k. So, I guess $25k budget total...

Thanks for the great comments!

Posted by: sushi at April 2, 2008 5:00 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

of course I know Ikea has a website (sarcasm in return for the 12:32 post). a lot of people on here seem to have all the free time in the world to just post stupid things! All I was asking for was some advice, not lame comments like "one trillion dollars".

Posted by: sushi at April 2, 2008 8:47 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

Great, thanks for all your help housesearcher (and everyone except trolls)!

Posted by: sushi at April 3, 2008 1:38 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

Are you serious? You didn't know IKEA had a website?

Posted by: guest at April 2, 2008 6:10 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

of course I know Ikea has a website (sarcasm in return for the 12:32 post). a lot of people on here seem to have all the free time in the world to just post stupid things! All I was asking for was some advice, not lame comments like "one trillion dollars".

Posted by: sushi at April 2, 2008 8:47 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

Sushi, welcome to the Brownstoner trolls - the lame and outright mean comments on here are a mystery to me, but it's best to just ignore them than engage.

Anyway, we gutted a half bath and turned into a 4 x 5 full bath for about 11K. We have another full bath (about 6 x 8) that would have probably been $20K min to gut and redo. But what you're talking about sounds more surgical, not a complete gut. You could probably create a budget just be looking online at fixtures/tile you like - and of course, it depends on how end you want to go. Tile starts cheap ($3/4 psf all the way up to $30+) and sinks vary hugely.

The architects and design building has tons of showrooms where you can get a sense of different options:

http://www.adbuilding.com/

I have lots of other links if you want them but won't clog up this post if you already know of places (i.e. tile and fixture sources).

Posted by: housesearcher at April 2, 2008 11:24 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

Woops, forgot to add that the places that source fixtures/tile might be able to help with ballpark labor estimates - we were able to get a sense of installation costs when we were shopping for tile... Though of course, getting an estimate from a contractor is best way to go. Why not look up a recommended contractor and have them come take a look at your place to give a more specific estimate? It can be a relatively quick process and then you'll really have a better sense!

Posted by: housesearcher at April 2, 2008 11:48 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

Great, thanks for all your help housesearcher (and everyone except trolls)!

Posted by: sushi at April 3, 2008 1:38 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???

Prices vary based on square feet, location and finish. Consumer Reports used to have a kitchen renovation cost calculator on their website, which I can't seem to find anymore. This was for complete and total renovation, including appliances, labor--everything.

When I checked last summer for myself, in zip code 11215, for an 8x9 foot kitchen, the range was $30K for economy, $53K median and $95K for luxury.

Posted by: guest at April 19, 2008 6:25 PM in response to About how much to renovate small BATH & KITCHEN???