Posted on 01/19/2022 9:15:23 AM PST by MAGA2017
Short answer: it depends on you and the contractor. We’ve done a fair amount of remodeling over the past year, bought some of the materials ourselves, and the contractor provided others (and billed us for them). In your case I think I’d forgo the remodel if the market is really cooking along. Lower stress is always good, and getting work done in a pandemic is challenging!
If buying new tub, make sure box is opened before leaving the store.
It was tub #3 that was finally installed. Damaged in crate.
I finally got Lowe’s to refund delivery charges both ways for the first 2.
We did our remodel for us.
That said, our value dr 2019 to 2020 grew 75k
Took me almost a year for my new bathroom.
Keep in mind that the remodel may not improve your selling price enough to cover the cost of the remodel, and the buyer may want to do it HER way.
How it works is that any purchase you make that adds up to $1000 or more can be sent to the buyers for a custom discount. Plan ahead and ideally purchase everything at once to make an invoice as large as possible thus likely getting a larger markdown.
It is easiest for you and the contractor for him to pick everything up. This is what Will Call is for.
Step 2 - Optionally use the installers Pro Account number and you buy it. If you're buying it, there shouldn't be any installer markup. If installer is buying it, by contract set the markup to cost plus 10%.
Step 3 - If you're going to buy it, have the installer verify in writing that the custom items you choose will fit. Get this approval in writing and specify that if there is a fitment problem, it is installers responsibility to correct the deficiency
Step 4 Miscellaneous - Have a 20% contingency worth of $$$ set aside for a cost increase. A bathroom remodel is very vulnerable to a cost increase due to unforeseen damages found when you open up the wall. These are going to be outside of the scope of work to correct if the installer has any sense at all and will have this plainly stated in the work contract.
Lastly, HD has a company manager that has oversight responsibility for their contractors. If there is any question of cost or quality of a job, go to the store and speak with a manager. They will have a Services manager get involved to determine what's going on and resolve the problem. Resolutions are strongly biased towards customer satisfaction but depending on the details, this isn't a guarantee.
Dude - EVERY plumbing job requires at least 3 trips to get the stuff that you really need.
I've never worked a plumbing job where that didn't happen.
I do not recommend the buy the materials and have the contractor do the work route. We did our Master bath that way and it was difficult. There are a lot of detail items in a bathroom I did not know we would need and I made excessive numbers of trips to various places to get stuff.
The contractor did decent work and the bathroom looks good, but there was a lot of aggravation and I figure I spent several thousand dollars more than I needed too.
For the hall bath, I had the plumber who did the the gas lines for our fireplace quote the job, he came in at half the price of the other contractor, got almost all of the items we did not have yet (we had bought the vanity, toilet, bathtub and some accessories ahead of time to match the master bath) and did it in 2/3rds the time and it matches the Master bath.
Don’t do it just clean it up with tile cleaner and sell it as is. Homes are hot right now.
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