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| This is a quote for enlarging an attached single car garage. The existing garage has a passage door and 2 windows. These will be retained and relocated.
The enlarged garage will have a single garage door in front. The existing garage's door is also in the front.
The garage is easy to access. It is not in a tight space, on a hill, or far from the street. The price seems insane to me, perhaps double what it should be. That is a gut reaction. I know nothing about the nuts and bolts. Do you see something I could omit or question?
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| The price seems insane to me, That's why you get competitive quotes based on a single plan that you have drawn with all specifications. |
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- Posted by GreenDesigns (My Page) on Fri, Feb 24, 12 at 11:30
| The national average costs for a garage addition is 57K. More in some areas, cheaper in others. You're talking about rebuilding a garage as well as extending it. That's harder than a stand alone garage addition. Your costs would be on the cheap side almost anywhere in the country for the project as you've described it. |
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| The real kicker is that it MIGHT add a few thousand in value - 10k max. The rest is just money out the window. You should get some additional quotes. Also, if you want a finished surface for the drywall, that is not included in the quote. |
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| It sounds insane to me also, but then maybe that depends on your location. My DH was an architect/contractor and we were thinking of buying a home with a single garage and needed to make it into a two car garage, and he said it would be about $20,000-$25,000 max. to do the job. Get more estimates~~ |
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| Wow, we built a huge three-car garage in Phoenix and it barely came to $40K. I did act as the contractor and went directly to the subs which helped. Hope you get some better quotes! |
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| Reporting back. Second estimate is $5k less. Second contracter would tear off the existing 1 car garage and build a whole new bigger one. |
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