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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's driving the cost up? Our house is old and the GC warned us that once the walls open, unexpected issues could come up and it would be extra. So yeah, we definitely faced that. But outside the unexpected, why is your cost going up so much? My guess would be your GC did a poor job calculating the initial estimate. That would be on him. [/quote] Did you miss the thread where people were complaining that grocery baggers should be paid a living wage (i.e. enough to rent an apartment and raise children?) Do you think that people with actual hands-on construction skills are willing to work for the same money as a grocery store employee? Wages rise, prices rise, wages have to rise to meet prices. Labor is by far the biggest expense in these projects.[/quote]
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