Jason Housman
Active Member
I know there's a lot of people on here who are pretty knowledgable and I'm just looking for a little insight on a job i have. There are probably some people who have had work done and can chime in as well. Sorry if this is a little long. Here's the deal----
In July my wife and I purchased a house. This house was owned by an 87 year old woman before us and showed some signs of neglect. We started working on the house immediately after buying it and didn't move in until September. We have remodeled every room so far on the first floor and only our kitchen is left to complete. We completely gutted the kitchen from top to bottom and put up new sheetroock on every wall as well as the ceiling. Now things are taking too long in my opinion to get done. Work took me away from working on my house for 2 months and I'm getting to the point where I just want my kitchen finished. What I want done is I want to have someone come in and not finish my kitchen for me but finish the drywall part of the job. i want to have everything taped and sanded and smooth ready for a coat of paint. I'll take it from there. I'll handle the molding and painting and anything else i decide to do.
I've had 2 people over to give me estimates and a third coming this week. My kitchen is 672 square feet. one estimate was for $800 and the other was $600. Like I said before I started the job and am just looking for someone to finish sanding, taping and readying the walls and ceiling for a coat of paint. Are these estimates reasonable? I know that going by just this information and not seeing the actual project doesn't help but i'm just looking for a little insight. Should i contract it out and be done with it and ready to paint in 5-7 days or should i trudge on, try to save my money and see how long it takes? Thanks in advance for any advice given. I won't be back on here until sometime tomorrow so if you ask any questions i can't answer them until tomorrow. Thanks again.
In July my wife and I purchased a house. This house was owned by an 87 year old woman before us and showed some signs of neglect. We started working on the house immediately after buying it and didn't move in until September. We have remodeled every room so far on the first floor and only our kitchen is left to complete. We completely gutted the kitchen from top to bottom and put up new sheetroock on every wall as well as the ceiling. Now things are taking too long in my opinion to get done. Work took me away from working on my house for 2 months and I'm getting to the point where I just want my kitchen finished. What I want done is I want to have someone come in and not finish my kitchen for me but finish the drywall part of the job. i want to have everything taped and sanded and smooth ready for a coat of paint. I'll take it from there. I'll handle the molding and painting and anything else i decide to do.
I've had 2 people over to give me estimates and a third coming this week. My kitchen is 672 square feet. one estimate was for $800 and the other was $600. Like I said before I started the job and am just looking for someone to finish sanding, taping and readying the walls and ceiling for a coat of paint. Are these estimates reasonable? I know that going by just this information and not seeing the actual project doesn't help but i'm just looking for a little insight. Should i contract it out and be done with it and ready to paint in 5-7 days or should i trudge on, try to save my money and see how long it takes? Thanks in advance for any advice given. I won't be back on here until sometime tomorrow so if you ask any questions i can't answer them until tomorrow. Thanks again.