How much to paint and re-carpet a townhouse?

[Nicola]

Hello,

I posted a while back asking for ballpark ideas of what it would cost to re-carpet the stairs and upper floor of an 1100 sq ft. townhouse. It seems that it would be in the $1500-2000 range.

Our PM is now quoting us $6000 to repaint and re-carpet (probably including the living room, too) - this seems very expensive to me - is it?

Thanks
Nicola

 

[housingrental]

It`ll depend

I`m obviously not too familiar with your local market but my comments are likely somewhat reasonable
Paint - depending on wall repair, trim ceiling, etc.. but $1500 + is reasonable for entire place.
Carpet - That would leave around $4000 for an 1100 sqft... entirely reasonable... but you can do for a few thousand less...or thousands more depending on the quality being used.

 

[Thomas Beyer]

QUOTE (Nicola @ Jan 20 2010, 11:04 PM) Hello,

I posted a while back asking for ballpark ideas of what it would cost to re-carpet the stairs and upper floor of an 1100 sq ft. townhouse. It seems that it would be in the $1500-2000 range.

Our PM is now quoting us $6000 to repaint and re-carpet (probably including the living room, too) - this seems very expensive to me - is it?

Thanks
Nicola
$1000 to $15000 for paint + $2 to $4/sq ft for carpet depending on quality (installed and old stuff removed, all in) + stairs probably .. so yes they are in the range (albeit on the high side) as you have to pay for "supervision" and 15% reno fee commonly charged for major items by PM firms ..

 

[Nicola]

Thanks Adam and Thomas,

I was thinking more like $4000 than 6000 - we will be getting quotes next week, so hopefully that`s what it will be. It just seems a lot to pay about 6 months` worth of rent to make it rentable!

 

[mortgageman]

QUOTE (Nicola @ Jan 24 2010, 01:29 AM) Thanks Adam and Thomas,

I was thinking more like $4000 than 6000 - we will be getting quotes next week, so hopefully that`s what it will be. It just seems a lot to pay about 6 months` worth of rent to make it rentable!

How much is it going to cost you if it sits vacant for six months?

 

[Thomas Beyer]

QUOTE (Nicola @ Jan 24 2010, 01:29 AM) Thanks Adam and Thomas,

I was thinking more like $4000 than 6000 - we will be getting quotes next week, so hopefully that`s what it will be. It just seems a lot to pay about 6 months` worth of rent to make it rentable!
$4000 seems about right for a TH ..

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