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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are DEFINITELY getting ripped off if you -- or your architect -- thinks that $400k is reasonable for the scope of work that you've outlined.  I say this as someone who has done a major renovation/addition on her own home and who grew up in the industry with an architect father.

Ask the architect to justify why $500k is reasonable.  Sure, you have a lot of money in the windows, but using higher spec insulation (which the architect should have spec-ed if it goes beyond what is code) for example, would at most add $1-2k to your price not $100k.  Something there is very fishy.  It's hard to believe that so many homeowners are so clueless and just write blank checks.[/quote]

Thanks PP.  This is very interesting and good to know.[/quote]

For example, we just added insulation between floors to the scope for our project.  We were charged $400 for about 250 sq feet of insulation installed.  I think this was high.  The actual cost of the insulation was about $160.  Code dictates the appropriate R-value (how effective the insulation is) beyond that brands shouldn't make any difference.

Did your architect provide the full specs?  If they did you should be comparing apples with apples.  If not it will be difficult to compare accurately.  Likewise replacing more of the pipes for the plumbing should be a few thousand max - and that much only because there could be access issues.  Look at whether they really need to be replaced.  If you already have copper pipes and they don't need to be moved, for example, you may not need to replace them all.  BTW if one has spec'd copper and another PVC there is a big price difference there.[/quote]

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