building a closet- price per sq ft?
does anyone know how to estimate the cost of closets built out of existing space? this guy’s trying to charge like 5,000 for 77 sq ft. I’m thinking around 2,500 because most/half of it is empty space w/ rods for hanging. any thoughts would be much appreciated!
does anyone know how to estimate the cost of closets built out of existing space? this guy’s trying to charge like 5,000 for 77 sq ft. I’m thinking around 2,500 because most/half of it is empty space w/ rods for hanging. any thoughts would be much appreciated!
John, what the hell is wrong with you? By reading your comments it seems like you have been diagnosed with ignoramus, a highly contagious anal disfunction… look man if you don’t get that thing probed, you will end up huting your self and some one else for that matter.
EuroCloset (see above) built out ~95 sq. ft. at ~$1200 — with two workers, in about two hours (plus 1 hr. consultation on a prior date).
So it can certainly be done much cheaper than John says. Granted, this is with high-density particle board w/melamine.
Joel,
I guess my bizarre sense of costs is what enabled me to, over the past year, estimate from sketches and track through schematic, design development, working drawings and bids a $105 million residential building that came in within 5% of my estimates.
Obviously I can’t quantify accurately the extent of the work you had done, but if it cost you $5,000 and the labor content was, as is typical in New York, 60% of the total cost, that would represent $3,000 in labor. A near-reputable contractor will be paying at least $50.00/hour including benefits and overhead (non-union) for each worker. $3,000/$50 equals 60 man hours. If you got what you describe done by (say) two guys in 4 days at any time other than many years ago then either you hired Superman himself or you were the beneficiary of the semi-slave conditions that the nation’s immigration policies encourage.
John Ife
John Ife … you have anger issues and a bizarre sense of what things should cost. I had a closet demoed, a closet built, columns moved, a new half-wall built, lots of detail work, and a new ceiling put in on a whole floor and baseboards for that amount. Even your price for the electrical and the door seem 2x out of line. Cheers, Joel
I used European Closet for my built-in and was very happy with their work. They charge by the square foot.
European Closet & Cabinet
214 49th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220
(800) 640-2567
Their website seems to be down, but here’s the url:
http://www.europeancloset.com
…and you, apparently, are an thin-skinned, ungrateful skinflint who thinks that people who have manual skills rather than those recognized by a college degree should be paid half of what a job is actually worth. Did you even do the estimating exercise?
John Ife
Damn John Ife… you’re a dick…
So, I’ve been waiting patiently for a “Thank you, but why did you have to be so prickly about it”, but the you (the OP) don’t even have the decency to do that. I guess I should have trusted my original instincts (always the best thing to do in my experience).
John Ife
….and, just to show you what a nice guy I am, I did the same exercise assuming a skinny 26′ 0″ x 3′ 0″ closet with 3 bi-folds and just two new enclosing walls and came up with $5,205. Oh, and if you’re putting a light fixture in, add $450 plus whatever cutting and reinstating of drywall/plaster has to be done to get the BX cabling to it.