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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe. I'd strip and refinish the original sash, myself, and build storm windows. There's almost certainly good clapboard under most of that aluminum, and I have no desire to waste 30k on cabinets. Besides, I don't need $400 per window for a job that takes an hour each, tops. You are a good salesman, but that's highway robbery. [/quote]

NP here. I agree that there is a high variety of estimates you can get when you call people to do some work in CC, and that sometime you can do something yourself and save a bunch. but I think your idea that what the builder says is crap and highwway robbery is not right and unrealistic.

my DH did our master closet this winter, changing the AC pipe that was going down into the kitchen from the attic, remade the wall around it, sanded, painted and installed the closet. but he is very handy, likes this stuff and it still took him 6 weekends of work, while I took care of the kids on my own. and that was a very minor job.  the reality is that most people are like us, parents with kids and working full time. and a lot of people (like me) have no clue about how to fix a house that needs substantial work, like the one for sale here (yes, I can paint a room, but I don't go much further than that).   if you buy a house that cost almost 1M, unless you are a lucky trust fund baby you most likely have a full time job that requires a lot of work, time and attention, and certainly do not have the time, and probably the skills, to remodel a run down house. in some cases spending the time is also stupid. A friend worked over time last year and got a $20K bonus. do you think that it would have been more convenient for her to spend that over time trying to fix her house doing something she does not know how to do it or spend her time doing well the job she knows how to do and use her bonus to hire a contractor who knows what he is doing?

this house cost almost 1M and clearly needs a lot of work. it is old so there will be surprises. whoever buys it, should have very clear that the house will need a lot of money to fix it,. you do not need a Subzero refrigerator (I laughed at the people who need it because they entertain - my mom has been cooking meals from scratch for 50 years, entertains friends and family every other week - she has a good range and oven, but the refrigerator is a normal one and even very small - she buys fresh food daily -  she does not need to stuck it into a refrigerator for days), but you do need to spend to fix this house. even an Ikea kitchen cost $15,000-$20,000 and this does not include installation and unless you want a cabinet to fall on your child, most people will have to hire a professional to instal it.  if you wwant to spend 1M on a house and then spend every single week end in the next two years fixing it, be my guest. I also think this house is  overpriced based on the amount of work it needs[/quote]

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