How much dose it cost to renovate a garage that's pretty much useless?
Basically we want to turn our garage into a one car garage with new cement plus a small attic on top and a one room, small kitchen and bathroom? The garage we have now is pretty much useless it is sliding to one side. Can anyone give me an approximate quote and any references to good contractors i believe we need someone with license to do the job right? I really don’t know how to go about to do this job. I live in redwood city california. Thanks
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Three_Kings_Cloo
17 Nov 2010
peppermints@tnt2
17 Nov 2010
I can’t give you costs as I am in Canada, but starting with getting some quotes from general contractors with experience willl give you head’s up about the alternatives you have with the set of circumstances you have there. Here in Canada it could easily cost $5,000.00 to do it right and from scratch from beginning to end. Go to your yellow pages, I am sure there are lots of contractors out there and just ask what they do and have 3 or 4 come out and give you a price. You will then know more about what it is you really want, how much, and to what extent you want to go to. Also get references of other jobs they have done. Go and look at them or call them and see what sort of craftmanship they presented.
Hi ya, Clarita!
Hmm, what you’re planning to do–renovate your garage into a better, more usable place for your family, to include a room, kitchen and bathroom–sounds like a marvelous idea.
You know, the easiest thing you can do is to call home remodelers in your area and get free estimates from them as to the cost involved in constructing such a renovation. This is the only true way of assessing the cost involved, as the cost of material and labor greatly varies by location; so what one person says here on Yah does not get you any closer to understanding what costs are involved in this project without the use of local contractor estimates.
Hmm, for your convenience, here is a handyman site I use often, which has a section devoted to home improvement articles, where you’ll also find towards the far left bottom of the following home improvement page a bright, kind-of-orange home-guru Bob Villa-endorsed ad that offers up to four (4) Free estimates that can be given to you very fast from local remodeling contractors in your area (again, this free-estimate offer is towards the very left-bottom of the following linked page):
http://yourhandymanzone.com/Your_Handyman_Zone_How_To_Pages_Home_Improvement_Zone.htm
Like I said, get a hold of some local remodelers. In exchange for giving them work, you also might be able to get a good deal on the material from the remodeling contractor, since, usually, they have access to wholesale pricing on building materials given the great amount of installations they do. That’s the way to go. Good luck with your project!