Bathroom Reno Part 2 Before/After Pics DIY Project
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Finished Bathroom Pics (two bathrooms!)--very pic heavy
Comments (41)Wooo!!! Cat, I am stuck at home because of the snow storm so wandered around here not looking at anything in particular and came upon your thread. I totally agree with you on the shower curtain choice. Regardless of whether I have the money to spare or not, keeping those suckers clean is a nuisance over time. We have a glass shower door that was installed back in 2003 and I can't tell you how much I hate cleaning it. Not that the door is all that dirty, but a shower curtain is way easier, and you can change the look/style whenever you feel like it. Can't do that with a pricey shower door. Anyway, everything looks lovely as usual, including the "prom" dress :-) Love, love those circular tiles, and the floor tiles that look like fabric. Gorgeous. What colour is that again? It looks greyish on my monitor....See MorePainting a bathroom accessory that is part metal part plastic
Comments (5)I'm not any good at decorating, I can't put two colors together without making mud, but when it comes to painting something to give us a short-term (and in some cases, very long-term) fix, I can finally add to a topic and 'give back' for all the help I've recieved here. Yippppeee Skippeee for meee! :) As far as me and my budget (or, lack of funds) are concerned, ANYTHING can be painted. In some cases it's a good short-term fix. In other cases what was supposed to be short-term lasted us years. When there are too many areas that will need taping...because of different finishes or plugs, cords or other parts of the item I don't want painted..... I use a soft brush to apply the paint instead of Spray paint. I lightly sand using very fine sand paper. Wipe off the sanding dust with a slightly damp cloth. I use good ol' Krylon Grey Primer....two light coats allowing the paint to dry well before adding the next coat. A couple very light coats of a matte sealer will usually cover brush strokes. When dry, follow up with a couple light coats of Satin Sealer, allowing to dry well between coats. Here are a few examples of my ORB painting projects. An ORB fixture ring trim would be big bucks compared to the $7 white, cheapy, flimsy almost plastic feeling fixture trim that I painted ORB. The dark shade of ORB does not show well in this pic combining flash with the ceiling light. This is the only pic I have right now of our safety bar in the shower, taken before grout had been cleaned and buffed. A minimum of 2 showers a day, every day and 6 months later not a scuff or dulling of the paint. This was our original bathroom light fixture....a very cheapy/flaky faux chrome from Target about 15 years ago. Good luck with your project, have fun, and come back and show us the results! :)...See MoreQuote for Bathroom Reno - Give me your 2 Cents
Comments (28)We're in expensive suburban Boston territory and after reading these posts, I feel positively over-the-moon now with our $30-32K bids for a master bath ADDITION. Thru our architect we have 3 from top gen contractors. It includes relocating our meter, gas lines & misc complications in the basement. I cannot believe the prices I'm hearing for this stuff. We're getting an addition for an "average master bath remodel" price of $30K++? $1600 for painting a bath?? $6K for demo/tiling a standard alcove tub/shower? I'd love to track the hours and figure out that hourly rate. Elsaduty....The estimate seems neither that high or low to me. Everything is sooo regional, in fact micro-regional as you know. 25 miles out from a major city can drastically reduce rates....that's been our exp. Compared to the crazy prices I'm hearing here, it appears you're not getting ripped off anyway! Have you gotten several bids or just 1? The toughest part is going to be acting as your own GC if you're inexperienced with construction. As mentioned, co-ordination/communication between various contractors ( and you) on how things should be or are done could be tricky and expensive if mistakes have to be corrected. We're pretty exp'd DIY remodelers over 30 yrs and try to anticipate each and every issue that can possibly arise but even with that sometimes you get bitten in the butt! Yes, check refs! Several. We have friends who got royally screwed by a contractor (who the DH considered to be a friend no less) and had to remodel the remodel! VERY expensive....See MoreBefore & After $17k Full Master Bathroom Remodel (Modern)
Comments (97)We generally prefer historical cost basis over any time of assessment, so what you paid for an item. However, one problem with the historical cost basis for ad valorem taxes is it adjusts for realized gains and losses while not adjusting for holding gains and losses. This means that two identical houses would pay two different taxes based on the last time they were sold. This isn't quite fair so to remedy this, ad valorem taxes are occasionally adjusted to compensate somewhat for holding gains and losses. In other words, we don't want people who bought 3 acres next to Central Park 65 years ago, to be paying property taxes on $100,000 when an identical property next door pays taxes on $15,000,000. That is the entire purpose of adjusting property values. Improvements aren't simply holding gains, it is putting money into the structure so that it is nicer. If you want to fairly tax improvements you would need a tax on the increased value less a tax credit the amount paid over the marginal assessment value. So, the premise that you have some moral obligation to pay marginally higher taxes because you spent $50,000 for a nicer kitchen that adds only $20,000 to the property value, is one I find questionable. In other words, if you paid more for the remodel than it added in property value you should get a tax credit against the increase. However, that is far too complicated and thus taxing jurisdictions who are acting efficiently and attempting to be fair, avoid increasing valuation for improvements and replacements, but do increase valuation for additions. Now this is completely different than rules that allow select groups to avoid assessment for holding gains and losses....See MoreRelated Professionals
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