Well home improvement is not cheap.

[GeddyWrox]

Following.

The house my GF and I bought last summer will be needing some things here and there over time. A bathroom refresh is one of them. Sigh.

[Popeye_Card]

You will spend around 10,000 hours (over 1 year) of your life [expletive]. You need to ensure that your surroundings are warm and inviting.

[AdmiralKird]

Tariffs have really increased the cost of materials and equipment (our new windows project cost us 20k but our contractor told us that if we waited a few months it would've been 35k), coupled with the fact that we're deporting the labor that does all the roofing, tiling, drywall, etc, at least here in Texas. It's not a great combo.

I don't think I've ever heard a remodeler say prices are decreasing. There's one guy on youtube who has like a million subs who always tells people prices are going up within the next few months on this or that, whether it was during the pandemic or during Trump's spree. But usually stuff that does go up is due to a specific shock in the chain like plywood or resin outlet boxes a few years back. No one really calls these in advance because remodelers are actually not very knowledgeable about the supply chain outside of what they're seeing from their supply pricing - which is five steps down the line from where anything actually occurs to muck it up.

[Donnie Ebert]

You will spend around 10,000 hours (over 1 year) of your life [expletive]. You need to ensure that your surroundings are warm and inviting.

That's certainly something to ponder.

[IMADreamer]

2nd quote is much improved. 21k. I mean it's still a lot but it's palatable.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

2nd quote is much improved. 21k. I mean it's still a lot but it's palatable.

Much better! #1 should have just said "Not interested ".

[sighyoung]

2nd quote is much improved. 21k. I mean it's still a lot but it's palatable.

Much better! #1 should have just said "Not interested ".

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[haltz]

2nd quote is much improved. 21k. I mean it's still a lot but it's palatable.

I'm curious if you got anything itemized from either person, talked about finishes got any drawings etc

[IMADreamer]

2nd quote is much improved. 21k. I mean it's still a lot but it's palatable.

I'm curious if you got anything itemized from either person, talked about finishes got any drawings etc

No itemized quote, but we did talk about finishes, tile options, etc.