Your thoughts on Level 5 wall/ceiling finish and price per sqft?
Djmo Ortega
3 years ago
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btydrvn
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Estimated cost per sqft for this house?
Comments (12)You want real world numbers, then you have to do real world footwork. Yes, it's more work than typing a question on the net. But actually building is 3000x the work of armchair building. Cost to build is location specific. Even neighborhood specific. As a very rough guide, take the price of existing homes at a finish level that you would buy and times that time 1.5 to 2. Building a complicated and upgraded home like you show above would be nearer the 2. A lot of people don't have the discernment to judge the actual level of trim that a home has, but this isn't the usual midgrade trimmed out house. It's not upper end, but there are several upper end choices. Say upper midgrade for the most part with a few upper end choices in key areas. The bathroom shown not only has natural stone, but in a complex tiled pattern plus upgraded plumbing fixtures which equal an upgraded water heater and water delivery system. That's just a single piece of the puzzle. The couple of things that jump out at me compared to the level of the rest of the house is the roof and the kitchen. It really needs an architectural shingle with more relief to it in order to do the home's facade justice. They cheaped out there. But, that's only maybe a 10K-15K "savings" in the overall cost. The kitchen's basic design is poor, and the quality of cabinetry and appliances isn't the greatest either. It has some of the "look" but not the quality. Probably only someone in the trade sees those details though, and the vast majority of homeowners wouldn't understand the difference. Likely Chinese built cabinetry. Definately builder group A granite and box store quality tiles. So, a 25K kitchen rather than the 40-50K kitchen that would be expected....See MoreFloorplan attached and cost per sqft - Need advice
Comments (10)Price per/sq ft is rough estimate. Let's say basement: -excavate -footers -gravel -pre-plumbing -poly -walls ln ft -corners -flatwork -proofing Each item adds $/sq ft. So let's say 23$/sq ft. Finishing of that space is nowhere near as expensive as finishing the kitchen with the cabinets. Garage space is ~ cheap. Foundations and roofs are expensive. Two stories are cheaper. Costs depends on soooo many variables it is difficult to predict. With windows - sky is the limit. One can buy $100 WOW window or $1000 Ultrex. Carpets vs wood floors, deep houses can require expensive joists,steel because of span. Same with complex roofs. it is complex to nail down the price. Software helps. But you have to know how to use it. Some software underestimates, other overestimate the cost. House like you designed it most likely will cost $350 with full foundation....See MorePaint Contractor Ruins Level 5 Ceiling & Walls
Comments (18)Looks like the drywall company we hired to restore both ceilings to a level 5 smooth finish will start Tomorrow. We had a highly recommended paint company from Monterey stop by yesterday and they will be able to provide the high level of paint finish we are looking for. The owner of the new paint company could not believe how smooth and flat the walls I just restored were. He said they are not Level 5, but must be Level 7 or 8. He knows Level 5 is the highest, but could not get over what I had done with drywall. I received similar comments from other contractors in different trade before the first paint contractor we hired damaged our walls. We have sufficient evidence now to prove the paint application done by the sprayer was felony vandalism under California law. The individual who was hired by the sprayer admitted he witnessed the damage and could not get him to stop. The owner of the company will not explain why this happened to us and why an individual he has had problems with in the past was brought into our home. He just wants to come to a financial settlement and move on. Our insurance agent is recommending we file a report with the Sheriffs Department. Regarding the Sherwin-Williams Emerald paint, we like it very much. I prepared a 4â x 4â piece of 5/8â drywall and painted half with Sherwin-Williams Emerald Greek Villa in satin using a 1/4â roller sleeve and the other half using a 3/16â roller sleeve. The finish on both were excellent. This post was edited by Aptos_Station on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 14:21...See MoreIf you already owned your land, would you mind sharing price per sq ft
Comments (28)Virgil said: "More to the point, cost vary due to complexity, quality and frankly, lack of thought resulting in change orders during construction." Exactly. Are you building a basic house with clamshell molding or no molding around the windows, inexpensive carpeting throughout, minimal tile, laminate counters, etc or are you building a top of the line house with 10" crown moldings, 8" baseboard molding, calcutta marble tile in the bathrooms, Sub zero quality appliances, hand scraped hardwood floors throughout, and fireplaces in every room? Are you building in a HCOLA area or in you in a rural area where land and labor are inexpensive? A great example is my house which is custom. If I go with his basic features, which are still very nice, my cost per square foot will be $217 a square foot. Not cheap but it does include granite, tile, wood floors, a pool with hot tub, security system, a Bosch appliance package, tankless water system, semi custom cabinets, Kohler quality fixtures and many other options. However if I add every single option at the maximum price, meaning I decide I can't live without the $50 a square foot tile, or need more expensive wood flooring, the elevator, a full outdoor kitchen, upgraded moldings, a fancier staircase, etc, etc, the price could jump to as high as $279 a square foot. I can go outside my target area to an area that is 5-10 miles from where we're building and can build a house for 1/2 the price per square foot. Same zip code even. So as Virgil is saying, it really means nothing what the square foot price to build is....See MoreCherie
3 years agoMy brother in law is a drywall taper and our reno is DIY. We skim coated our popcon ceiling to a level 5 finish and some walls to a level 5. It's beautifully matte and the mud lines aren't highlighted when the sun lights up the room. We had a projector on one wall and our friends asked if it was a screen.
I feel like we ruined our walls and ceilings since painted ourselves during the lock down. I wish I had waited for professional painters.
This is a picture of a level 4 finish with a bad sand and bad paint job. You can make out a horiztional mud line just above my finger.
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