How much to rehab this 1800s farmhouse?

[Anonymous]

Its stone exterior. About 2500 sf. If it needs 3 chimneys flashed/lined, new electrical, new plumbing, rats in dirt-floor basement exterminated, 1 room entirely scraped & repainted with fallen ceiling plaster area redone, boiler replaced, whole house water filtration system, HVAC updated, and floors sanded/polished in a few rooms (existing flooring is okay), and gravel driveway put in, what are we looking at?

[Anonymous]

Adding, it’s in a LCOL area not DC/VA.

[Anonymous]

A few hundred thousand.

[Anonymous]

I paid approx. $5000 for chimney relining. They may have done more.

[Anonymous]

$75-100k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$75-100k

That's all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$75-100k

That's all?

No way except if you diy

[Anonymous]

200k?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$75-100k

That's all?

No way. It'll be well over 6 figures. Maybe even closer to 200k than 100k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$75-100k

10 years ago

[Anonymous]

I must be nuts. I was thinking $500k in my head. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adding, it’s in a LCOL area not DC/VA.

Even if it's in a LCOL area labor and supplies are still tight, so don't expect it to cost that much less than it would in a higher COL area. Also there are not that many contractors out there who know how to properly rehab a home of this age, if you're trying to keep the authenticity which I assume you are because you highlighted the fact that its 1800's. I think $200K to do this the right way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adding, it’s in a LCOL area not DC/VA.

Even if it's in a LCOL area labor and supplies are still tight, so don't expect it to cost that much less than it would in a higher COL area. Also there are not that many contractors out there who know how to properly rehab a home of this age, if you're trying to keep the authenticity which I assume you are because you highlighted the fact that its 1800's. I think $200K to do this the right way.

+1 and be very prepared to uncover multiple other urgently needed fixes as you open up walls and bring things like plumbing and electrical up to date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I must be nuts. I was thinking $500k in my head. Lol.

You are closer than the person who estimated 75-100k. Lol. That's crazy. I would guess 300k, depending on the nature of the electrical and plumbing work, it could be more.

[Anonymous]

When you say update HVAC I would guess that you mean up date the heating system and add air conditioning. The AC can either be done for a lot of money and you will have lots of visible components on both the inside and outside of the house. Or it can be done for an insane amount of money with much smaller components visible.