Moving/resizing a window - cost estimate

[Anonymous]

I have a 1940s brick Colonial in Bethesda. We plan to combine the kitchen and dining room, but our plans for the new space are complicated by an existing window that goes lower than counter height. Roughly speaking, how much am I looking at to resize the window? The interior walls will already be taken down to the studs, so I'm just wondering about the brick work. Does it matter if I am merely shortening the window (so just adding a row or two of brick to the opening) vs also widening the window (so needing to remove bricks)?

There's also a door on the exterior wall in question. What would it run to remove it entirely? To move it several feet over (so bricking over the entire current opening, and making a whole new one)?

Trying to get a sense if these are hundreds or thousands of dollar line items as we plan the layout...

[Anonymous]

We covered 2 doorsways and 1 window during our last remodel. The mason cost approximately $4k and did a beautiful job—it’s neary impossible to see the “new” brick. Tough part was finding the midcentury Roman Brick.

[Anonymous]

If you are just shortening the window - keep the brickwork as is on the exterior and just place a piece of wood trim underneath the new window. I wouldn't spend money on a mason for that. Or if it is being raised more than 12" or so make it a decorative trimmed out panel underneath the window.

[Anonymous]

Our contractor did exactly this—shortened a tall window to counter height—and I’m certain it was hundreds, not thousands. It was rolled into total cost so I can’t remember exactly but we were on a tight budget and it wasn’t cost prohibitive.

Definitely worth it to do brick and not wood trim.