Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for September 07, 2022

So that means my estimates will twice as much.

Yeah, it will be finished…in awhile.

But I understand contractors. They have to take the jobs when they’re available and shoehorn them into the days available, with time out for materials or people that just darned well don’t show up.

There’s very little “real” in “reality” tv.

“You mean it’s going to take longer than 30 minutes, including 3 commercial breaks?”

In short, in his estimates, real experience and common sense rule.

Our house was $55 over budget. After the plans were made, I added an extra electrical circuit.

any one have the number for that contractor??? :D

That’s why they are called estimates.

Extreme makeover.

Yep. Sounds about right. After a couple of years of watching the various remodeling shows on HGTV, with families having a renovation budget of $50k and getting a complete home makeover in return, my wife broke down and announced it was time to redo our kitchen. “Since they’re all getting home house remodels for that, we should be able to do it for $20k!” I just shook my head and let her get on with it. Five bids later, the lowest one we got was for $45,000 and so our kitchen went untouched…

Corners are cut on those fake reality tv shows. Things start breaking down as soon as the “remodelers” and camera crews are gone.