We were using 3/4” tongue and groove Advantech for our sub-flooring and it went from $40 dollars per sheet to $90 per sheet just in February (and we purchase it by the tractor trailer load). Excellent product, but we had to switch back to 3/4” plywood to keep the client from getting sticker shock. All this is covid related. We have not even began to feel the trickle down from fuel going up 50%.
It’s going to be insane for longer than we hope, isn’t it?
I cannot even imagine being in ‘that part of my life’ when I might need, no less want, a new home.
I’ve always bought older homes and rehabbed them and flipped them. Very few everyday people (outside of someone like you or Beau) even have those skills these days.
I bought my first house for 60K in 1980 and went from there. It was fun while it lasted, and a hellofalot of work, but the money was good. (My Dad ‘babysat’ and worked on my properties for me while I was off doing, ‘Army Thangs.’)
Now I live in a house from 1906, which Beau pretty much re-did himself (in the late 80’s) and I just put ‘finishing touches’ here and there. ;) I’m great with a paintbrush - I ‘cut in’ like no other! Painter’s Tape? Never heard of it, LOL!
Beau’s so funny: “New flooring? I just installed this flooring 35 years ago!” LOL!
Life Is Good! :)