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[quote=Anonymous]For kitchen/bath renovations, lump sum seems to be more typical. Should include an exhaustive and detailed itemization (i.e. instead of cabinets it should say Thomasville Cherry with feather dust coating or whatever). For larger home renovations, detailed itemization is more common.

A lot of this is difference in methods because for a kitchen job, a contractor will likely use more of his own people than subs, whereas for a whole home, the job might be all subs. So if a contractor estimates plumbing at $1,000 and painting at $1,000, and it costs him $1,200 to plumb but only $800 to paint, so be it.

Most smaller jobs (and kitchen falls into this because of labor, not necessarily money) are lump sum contracts, where I get paid X and don't expect any change orders except for materials. Larger renovations typically involve more non-material change orders (wood to tile, extra electrical, adding a bathroom fixture), and so I write those as detailed bids.

But a good contractor should be able to break down the kitchen job if you want them to, or at least give you ballpark estimates.

Hope this helps.[/quote]

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